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Box 1, A83412152982- Contains files labeled Academic Committee Background- info and Materials III, and ECC (Educational Communications Center) Guestbook- 1991-2006. There are also 3 small books containing Annual Report to the Kansas Board of Regents- Educational Communications Center (ECC) 1990-1992, and a book on Information About the Kansas Regents -ECC.
Box 2, A83412158920 – Contains files labeled Academic Committee Background- info and Materials I, Academic Committee Background- info and Materials II, Technical Committee Minutes and Info, Academic Committee (Correspondence), Joint Committee on Economic Development- October 1991, Bob Dole Hall Dedication, Bob Dole Hall Groundbreaking, BOR Advisory Committee- Technology Solutions, another file has Kansas Regents ECC- Academic Committee Meeting Minutes, and there is another File containing correspondence to Dr. Jon Wefald and Kansas State and the ECC-1989.

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Box 1, A83412060672 – Contains photographs from the Kansas Regents Educational Communications Center. Photos include President Jon Wefald, center director Mel Chastain, and Board of Regents member Charles Hostetler at the ground breaking in 1989, as well as Senator Bob Dole and others on a tour later that year.

Box 1, A83412042593- Contains brochures from the Regents Continuing Education Network related to TeleNet courses offered from 1977-2000. As well as pamphlets with details on honor programs from 1978-1980. There are also papers related to the Regents Continuing Education (TeleNet) operations, classes, history, meeting details, news clippings, and business plans from the 1980’s- 1990’s.
Box 2, A83412075512- Contains brochures from Regents Continuing Education (TeleNet) related to Courses Offered, TeleNet Locations, Kansas Teleconferencing Service, and pamphlets with details on Honor Programs from 1978-1980. Brochures are dated from 1979-2001.

These calendars are produced by the university or by vendors with historical materials from the university. Subjects include campus images, athletics, and historical figures in university history.

These newsletters are from academic and other offices and units at Kansas State University. Topics typically will relate to department information, personnel updates, and similar subjects.

Records included in this accrual are corporate board minutes, licensing agreements, product stories, event photographs, corporate documents, news paper clippings, VHS Tapes, DVDs, Patented Products

The Women's Center records document the development and history of the Women's Center, known originally as the Women's Resource Center and today as CARE (Center for Advocacy, Response, and Education). The materials are divided into administrative records, Campaigns for Nonviolence (CNV), Proactive Educators for the Elimination of Sexual violence (PEERS), Wildcats Against Rape (WAR), photographs, artifacts, and posters.

The administrative records includes the history of the Women's Center, class resources, conferences (including one conference titled "Coming Out Day Conference" for the LGBT community), correspondence, handouts, office policies and procedures, newsletters, presentations, reports, workshops for women, the young women's project, four booklets empowering women to become leaders, and one CD with a note that reads "Future Music Possibilities." Class resources are Modules 1–6 in printed form and Modules 1–7 on a Zip disk, which were used in the "Students in Oral Communication I & IA: Speaking of Issues Relating to Women...and Men" class. The young women's project includes information on body image, eating disorders, dating, clothes, grades, and peer pressure. A special project of the Women's Center was the Empty Bowls Project to raise funds and awareness in the fight to end hunger.

CNV materials include documentation of rallies and campaigns, history, speakers' information, campaigns and seminars, publicity, brochures, newspaper articles, one Beta video recording (Campaign for Nonviolence, July 2004), eleven CDs of photographs and information pertaining to the seasons for nonviolence, one audiocassette (CNV Rally 2001 that aired on radio station 580AM), and records pertaining to a program called "SafeZone."

PEERS records describe educational offerings about sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual harassment for women and men. Other materials include the book "Replacing Skeleton Key Thinking With Common Sense and Awareness" by Peggy Gene and Jennifer Schmidt, published by the The Stephanie Schmidt Foundation.

WAR records include documentation of activities such as pub crawls, run against rape, season for nonviolence city park dog walk, take back the day, and the date safe project. Other records include photographic prints, digital photographs, and advertising.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation Forensic Laboratory Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit is the only artifact in this collection.

Forty posters document the Center's efforts to educate students and community members and encourage them to participate in reducing the problem of sexual violence on campus, in the community, and in the African Congo. Examples include "Can I Buy You a Drink?," "The Art of Rape," "Force is Never Friendly," "Take Back the Night," "Preventing Violence Against Women on Campus," "Contemplate Act, Walk the Paths of Peace, Moonlight Walk on the Konza Prairie," "Walk the Paths of Peace, A Season for Nonviolence, Wildcats Against Rape presents reading from Purple Cried," "Purple Cried, K-State Students' Stories of Assault," and "Campaign for Nonviolence, 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence."

Kathleen Ward was a Communication Specialist for Research and Extension at Kansas State University. She has been a longtime writer for Kansas State University. Ward's collection consists of copies of articles and local newspapers clippings dated from the late 1970s to 2010. Among other things, the collection includes multiple local publications on wild animal trapping.

Box 1, A83412081686 – Contains files from Kenneth Klabunde, and the folders are labeled: Inventory, Interlibrary loan, Intellectual Property Forum, Infa-Red Accessories-Russia, History of Chemistry, History of Chemistry Department- Staff and Faculty, Hydrogen Storage, Great Books Program-2000, Grant/ Funding History 1970-1996, Graduation Booklets-Commencement, Global Warming-Evidence Against, Environmental Seminar Series, Fuel Cells, Freshman Chem- Task Force, Fireworks/ Explosives, FastACT-MSDS Sheet, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development- Kansas Commission, Drug Chemical Structures, Diamond Dust Data, Department Priorties-2006, Diagnostic Exams 2003, Co-sent/ Bulgaria- Eastern Europe, Consulting Reports- Farms/KSU-2006, Conflict of Interest Forum, Chemical Warfare- Agent Deterrents- 2008, Communiversity, Center for Nanostructured Materials for Indoor Air Quality, Center for Biobased Polymers by Design (CBPD), Citation Report, Cold Fusion, Center for Advanced Studies-KSU, Carbon Sequestration-2003, Bacteria/Viruses List, Axe, Army Research- Excellence Booklet, American Tribute, All University Campaign 2010-2011, ACS Website Profiles, ACS Fellow Nominations -2009, UP Research-1989 Interview, UP-Dean Info- Interview K-State, UND- K-State Move Requests, Strategic Planning Documents, Sigma Xi Membership List, Retirement/Birthday Celebrations-2013, Research Discussions- Faculty, Promotion/ Tenure Document, Professional Performance Award, Presidential Lecture Series, Popular Mechanics, Nobel Prize Nomination 1993 +1994- 1999+ 2000, NSF Chemistry Director Discussions, Newsletters KSU, National Academy, Job Offers, IMAN Award 2008, Goals of Department 1983, Faculty Evaluation Conference, Committee of Presidents, Chemistry Department Heads, and Chair vs Head.
Box 2, A83412067789 - Contains files from Kenneth Klabunde, and the folders are labeled: Kansas City Star- Article on Nanotech-2003, Kinetic Energy- Calculations of Lazer Ablated Atom/Ions, KSU Christmas Party, KSURF Patents Licensed, Letters Outgoing-2011, Letters Incoming- 2011, Letters of Reference- 2012, Lithium Ion Batteries, Magnetic Properties and Units, MgO Nanosheets, MgO Pellets, Material Transfer Agreement Nanoscale- KSU, Micrometrics- Surface Equipment, Material Transfer Agreements, MS and PHD Guidelines, Nanoscale Materials-History, Nanoscale Accounts, Nanostructured Materials- Journal, National Network Initiative- Presidents 2003 Budget, Nanosheets, Nanotech- Questions of a 5th Grader, Newsletters, Nanotech Companies, NSF Website, NSF Strategic Direction,- 2008, Oxygen- Preprint, Passwords- Journals- 2003, Patents/Nanoscale, Patents and Summary, Photographs- KJK Business-2009, Photographs- KJK- 2003, Presidential Lecture Series, Post due Search- 2010, Primary Texts, Private Companies- 2008, Privatization of State Universities, Publications using our Name Products, Research Ideas- Collected, Research Infrastructure- 2010, Reviewing 2005-2006, Safety Meetings- 2004, Safety- Random Accident Department- 2008, Science Advising Board- Nanoscale, SciFinder Schedule, and Seminars for Credit (Guidelines.)
Box 3, A83412068882 - Contains file folders holing copies of correspondence to and from Kenneth Klabunde, as well as manuscript copies. The folders are labeled: Jackie Johnson- Schuyler Baker - “Dipe Adsorption,” Co/Sio2 vs Co/Tio2- Co/Sio2-Sio2, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Balaji Jaghirdar, Yijun Sun- A Mines/ Gold/ SMAD, Mgo-Tio2 Mixed Oxides- Khadga- Publish, Khadga- SiO2 Paper- Submit, Khadga- Cu2O- Submit, Chris Parsons- Digestive Ripening, Caihong, Nanotechnology- Fundamental Principals, Nano 2030, Rajala Sadhana, Au/Tio2- Water Splitting, Vita/ Resumes, Letters Incoming- 2010, Letters Outgoing- 2010, Accomplishments 2006- 2010, and MRSEC Review of Minnesota- 2012.
Box 4, A13411849931- Contains Kenneth Klabundes’ plaques, Awards, and Souvenirs from both UND and KSU, as well as various other establishments that Klabunde worked with.
Box 5, A13411849478 – Contains file folders labeled: Settlement Agreement with Nanoscale- 2006, Bioscience Authority Presentation- Development Speech, Consulting Agreements Nanoscale April 2004, Stock Certificate- Applied Nanoscience, and KSU-Nanoscale Agreement. There are 3 folders containing more details on products from Nanoscale: OdorKlenz (an order elimination system,) NanoZorb (a decompensation order eliminator,) and FastACT (a toxic chemical eliminator,) there is also a flier and a VHS tape on FastACT. There are two magazines, one containing an article on FastACT and Kenneth Klabunde, and the second one is related to nanotech. There is a binder with additional papers on FastACT including legal documents.
Box 6, A13411849517 – Contains 12 plaques that are both awards and patents made out to Kenneth Klabunde. There are also papers about Nanotech and FastACT.
Box 7, A83412073552 – Contains a laptop along with its mat and charger. There are also 78 CDs from Kenneth Klabunde and contain his academic works and PowerPoints, as well as other presentations and demonstrations.
Box 8, A83412073497 - Contains file folders with travel logs related to trips taken by Kenneth Klabunde. The folders are labeled: Vacations – Mike Adamson, Niagara Falls Vacation, Kansas City Trips, Alaska- 2012, Austin Texas- 2012, New Orleans- ACS plus Vacation- 2013, Davenport- 2013, Italy- 2012, Austin Texas- 2011, Bowl Game/ Fiesta Bowl- 2012, Israel Trip- 2008, India Trip- 2009, Salt Lake City- 2009, and Singapore Trip- 2009. There is also a folder contains kids’ schoolwork and art.
Box 9, A83412073502 – Contains file folders with travel logs related to trips taken by Kenneth Klabunde, most related to his work. The folders are labeled: New Orleans Meeting (ACS) 2013, Oakridge Visit-2012, Japan-1977, France-1978, England Trip-1979, Italy (Venice)-1979, Japan and British Columbia-1981, Germany-1985, China-1988, Japan Trip-1988, Japan-1990, Poland- 1989, Soviet Union-1991, Chile-1990, Denmark-1992, Greece- 1993, Russia 1994, Japan-1994, Chile-1994, Italy- 1995, Bulgaria- 1998, Russia- 2001, Hawaii- 2000, Australia- 2005, and Taiwan- 2006. There is also a binder from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory dated 2011.
Box 10, A83412068183 – Contains File folders and two spiral bound books called: “Federal Compliance Topics for Tax-Exempt Organizations-2008” and “Program for the Chemistry- Biochemistry Building, Kansas State University.” The file folders are labeled: DOW/ DOW Corning Consulting, Space Chemistry, Meta Vapor Products, Photographs- KJK, Linken Technologies, Accomplishments- June 1977, Upson Lectures 1974-1975, Delaware, Communiversity, Photographs, Total Waste Management, Accomplishments + Annual Evaluations 1999-2004, Accomplishments 2011-2013, Patents, Gold Superlattices, and Photographs/ Students. There is also a thumb drive and what appears to be a computer add- on as well as its cord.
Box 11, A83412067412 – Contains 7 books on chemistry, nanochemistry, and nanoscale particles all edited by Kennith Klabunde. There is also a book and calendar full of photos of him and his friends and colleagues, given to Kenneth for his birthday and retirement, as well as a magazine that he made an appearance in.

The Kenneth S. Davis Papers (1886; 1912-2000) documents Davis’s career as a prominent historian and writer. Davis’s Estate holds the copyright to his literary works. The majority of the collection is related to his writings.
The Writings/Journals Series (1919; 1935-1967) consist of one box and includes some of Davis’s early writing efforts when he was seven years old. Davis kept journals for the years 1935, 1937, 1941, 1953 through 1955, 1961, and 1966 through 1967. In 1958, Davis began keeping a journal with is his wife Florence (Flo) Olenhouse Davis and they continued writing in the same journal through 1959. This series also includes some of Flo’s writing efforts. While she was never published, Flo was a highly skilled and diverse writer who wrote about topics that interested her such as trains, souvenirs from Chicago, and relatives.

Contained in 12 boxes the Correspondence Series (1934-1999) includes letters between Davis and his agents and publishers and editors and other correspondence. The agent's letters are arranged chronologically in one box while the publishers/editors are arranged alphabetically and stored in three boxes. Other correspondence is arranged alphabetically, consists of eight boxes, and includes letters from historians David McCullough, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and William Shirer. Some other correspondence of interest includes letters from Kansas individuals such as Dave Kendall host of the PBS show Sunflower Journeys, Bill Koch, Karl Menninger of the Menninger Foundation, and Richard Seaton of The Manhattan Mercury newspaper. Davis received letters from K-State individuals such as Betty Bailey, Earle, and Kay Davis, George Kren, Don Mrozek, Homer Socolofsky, Ralph Titus, President Jon Wefald, and Dent Wilcoxon.

The Awards/Certificates Series (1935-2000) is housed in one box and includes the Friends of American Writers Award that Davis won in 1943 for his fiction novel In the Forests of the Night, the 1960 Thormod Monsen Award for The Hero, Charles A. Lindbergh, and the American Dream, and the 1973 Francis Parkman Prize for FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 1882-1928. In 1963 Davis received the Centennial Award for Distinguished Service at K-State, he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1968, and in 1975 he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa at K-State. Between 1967 and 2000, Davis was often listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America.

Housed in one box, the Organizations/Clubs Series (1952-1999) includes Davis’s membership in the Society of American Historians, Bohemians, Inc., Century Club, and Dickens Fellowship and some other documents related to the organizations. Of interest in the Society of American Historians is correspondence from Kenneth T. Jackson announcing in 1973 that Davis won the Francis Parkman Prize and had been elected to membership in the society. Davis presented programs to the Bohemians including “What’s Wrong With The Press,” “The Problem of a Biographer,” and “Puritan Kansas: New England Influence” and gave a speech about remembering Clarence Daigneau. Adlai E. Stevenson proposed Davis as a member of the Century Club in New York City and William Shirer also played an instrumental role in Davis’s election into the club. Davis and his wife, Flo, were active in the Dickens Society in Worcester, Massachusetts and this section includes newspaper clippings about the Society’s Christmas dinners.

The Fellowship and Grants Series (1953-1982) is contained in one box that includes documents on Guggenheim Fellowships, National Endowment for the Humanities grants, the Stern Family Fund, and the Woodrow Wilson Scholar. In 1961, Davis applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship, however, it was not granted, and in 1974, he received a $12,000 grant. In 1980, Davis applied for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, but he did not the grant.

Contained in four boxes, the Speeches Series (1942-1998), includes Davis’s 1943 acceptance speech for the Friends of Americans Writer Award he received for his novel In The Forests Of The Night. Other speeches of interest in this series include Davis’s 1947 speech for the Topeka Chapter of the League of Women Voters titled “UNESCO-Its Nature and Function,” his 1971 speech for Assumption College titled, “Thinking About FDR: Some Problems Of A Biographer,” his 1975 speech at the Kansas State Historical Society Dinner titled, “Portrait of a Changing Kansas,” and his 1994 Lou Douglas Lecture at K-State titled, “Mass Communication and the American Democracy.” Davis and his wife, Flo, were actively involved in the Dickens Society and speeches of interest to this group include the 1962 “Of Dickens and ‘Bleak House’” and the 1968 “Edwin Drood Concluded, Again,” speeches.

Literary Works (1934-2000) is comprised of 51 boxes containing Davis’s works of published and unpublished articles, manuscripts, book reviews, essays, poems, and short stories. The series is chronological within each section, except for the published books, which are in alphabetical order. The most notable of the literary works is Davis’s Franklin D. Roosevelt manuscripts, which includes his research for the series of books, working drafts, and manuscript chapters. A sub-category of the FDR manuscripts is the 1997 FDR Symposium at K-State that includes the book from the symposium, correspondence, invitation, programs, and the speech Davis gave at the Symposium. Those who participated in the symposium with Davis were Nancy Kassebaum Baker, James MacGregor Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, William E. Leuchténburg, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Other subjects Davis wrote about that are of interest include Kansas history, Clarence Darrow, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert H. Goddard, James Lane, Charles A. Lindbergh, Adlai E. Stevenson, Eli Thayer and topics such as the birth control pill, fire departments, Kansas history, social security, stone walls, and UNESCO.

The Subjects Series (1942-1971) is housed in five (5) boxes and consist of information pertaining to Milton Stover Eisenhower (K-State President and his work with UNESCO, Alexander Meiklejohn who was a professor of Davis’s at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Adlai E. Stevenson, who lost by landslides in two races for president against Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1962. The files contain correspondence between Davis and each of the individuals, speeches that Davis wrote for Eisenhower and Stevenson, other correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs.

Death and Memorial Series (1999) is stored in two boxes and consists of Davis’s death certificate, eulogies, funeral papers, memorial service, obituaries, and sympathy cards.

Davis Family Series (1907-1999) is comprised of nine (9) boxes. Two (2) boxes are made up of family documents, three (3) boxes contain French souvenir postcards that Charles Davis collected during World War I, and four (4) boxes contain family correspondence. Correspondence of interest is the letters between Charles and Lydia Davis while Charles was stationed in France during World War I.

The Photographs Series (circa 1912-1999) is stored in two (2) boxes and arranged alphabetically. The majority of photographs are of family members.

The Media Series (circa 1972-1999) is comprised of three (3) boxes. Included are 3 ½ inch disks and 5 ¼ inch disks, and the files that were able to be retrieved from these disks. Documents retrieved from the disk include correspondence and manuscripts that are not found anywhere else in the collection. Items of interest are correspondence between Davis and his last editor Robert Loomis of Random House and some drafts of Davis’ first FDR books.

There are three (3) Scrapbooks in the collection: In The Forests Of The Night, 1942, Soldier of Democracy, 1945, and A Prophet In His Own Country, 1957. Because of their fragile conditions, the scrapbooks were taken apart and photocopied. Each scrapbook includes book reviews and correspondence.

The Oversize Items (1927-1997) are stored in one box. The Oversize Items include Davis’s 1927 Junior High School Diploma, his 1930 High School Diploma, and his 1934 Kansas Agricultural College Diploma. It also includes the 1973 Francis Parkman Prize certificate, the 1994 Lou Douglas Lecture Poster (Davis was the speaker), 1996 Presidential prints of President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, and two posters from the 1997 FDR symposium.

The Map Series (1919-1985) is stored with the Oversize Items and includes National Geographic Society magazine maps and a few maps from France dated 1919.

The Artifact and Art Series (1955-1997) is housed in (1) box and includes two caricatures of Davis, one by his first wife, Flo, and one by F. Mason, and a watercolor sketch. Other items include award plaques, badges, a guest book, and jewelry.

Printed Material is made up of four (4) boxes, one being a flat box for oversize documents, and consists of journals, leaflets, newspapers, pamphlets, and the Davis Family Bible dated 188 that is in the Swedish language.

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station publications; list of numbers assigned contributions & titles
Box 1, A83412143153 –Contains a slip inside that describes the contents as “KS Agricultural Experiment STA Editor Manuscript Contribution,” and is full of loose papers relating to records on Agricultural Engineering, as well as Biology, Foods and Nutrition, Botany, Bacteriology, Horticulture, Chemical Engineering, Plant Pathology, Zoology and other categories related to Agriculture. The papers are documenting Dates, Titles, Author and Content/Department numbers, and are records of various research projects, papers and experiments. Dates range from the 1920’s to the 2000’s.
Box 2, A83412143145 – Contains a slip inside that describes the contents as “KS Agricultural Experiment STA Editor Manuscript Contribution,” and is full of loose papers relating to records on Agricultural Engineering, as well as Biology, Botany, Bacteriology, Horticulture, Chemical Engineering, Plant Pathology, and Zoology. The papers are documenting Dates, Titles, Author and Content/Department numbers, and are records of various research projects, papers and experiments. Dates range from mid-1940’s to the 1980’s.