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The Franklin A. Coffman papers contain letters, autobiographical materials, paternal and maternal family genealogies, legal documents, literary works, awards and honors, printed materials, photographs, scrapbooks and photograph albums, and artifacts.
Personal correspondence is mainly amongst family members though there is a letter from J. Edgar Hoover regarding a poem Coffman published.  Business correspondence is sparse.  Coffman received a bound volume of congratulatory letters upon his retirement.  The letters provide the best account of Coffman's work with the United States Department of Agriculture within the collection.  Many describe interactions with Coffman during field work and visits to experiment stations across the country.  There is no official governmental correspondence in the collection documenting Coffman's work.
Coffman handwrote autobiographical accounts of his life during his later years.  These accounts are mainly of his childhood, college days and work in the Philippines.  The accounts covering the years Coffman spent in the Philippines are extensive.  They provide many details and impressions about the native people.  The accounts also cover his travels to other Asian countries while based in the Philippines.
Coffman spent years gathering genealogical information from relatives and researching his ancestors.  He traced his father's Coffman ancestors back to 1737 and his mother's Bayle ancestors back to 1796.  There are notes, different versions of family trees, and extensive narrative written by Coffman describing the lives of his ancestors.
Legal documents are sparse.
Coffman was a prolific poet.  There are clippings of poetry published in the Washington Post.  Some poems were published without his name.  Others have his initials, F.A.C., including two series of poems compiled in notebooks.  There are also unpublished poems.
There are certificates for scholarly and service awards and honors, and the registration certificate for the Marion Oat. There are not certificates for all the awards and honors listed on Coffman's resume.
There are just a few United States Department of Agriculture's bulletins and farmer's Bulletins that Coffman authored or co-authored.  The vast majority of Coffman's published research is not part of the collection.
One of Coffman's hobbies was photography.  There are hundreds of photographs documenting his personal and professional lives.  Subjects are wide-ranging. Coffman signed some of his photographs, mainly what he referred to as the "salon prints."  There are photographs taken by others including professional portraits and candid photographs of Coffman at various ages.  Many photographs are undated and unidentified.
There are seven scrapbooks containing photographs and memorabilia. 1) Photographs and memorabilia document a 10 day automobile trip to eastern cities and New England that Coffman took with his wife and daughter in 1936.  Expenses totaled $110.96.
2)  "The Farm" album contains photographs of family members, neighbors, friends, crops, farmhouse interiors and exteriors, Rocky Ford School, and Rocky Ford dam and mill.  The album is dated 1913 and some photographs are identified.  There are also approximately 56 photographs of Manhattan and Kansas State Agricultural College.  The subjects are the campus, buildings, classmates, lake recreation, train depot, street car, and a railroad bridge.  Some photos are identified and dated 1914.
3) This photo album with narrative is titled "The Many Faces of F.A.C." and is written by "A Couple of Norths and Shanghai Louis Kao."  It was compiled in 1962 and contains photographs of Coffman in various locations.
4) The album has photographs of Coffman's family and ancestors (earliest date 1884), Sunday school class, the First Baptist Church in 1902, Kansas State Agricultural College, and Manhattan.  There is extensive Kansas State Agricultural College memorabilia including a cadet corps certificate, 1908 fall term schedule, invitations, commencement programs, band programs, banquet programs, clippings and a baseball ticket.  The album also has correspondence and drawings.  The album has memorabilia from Coffman's transit back to the United States on the Shino Maru including menus and passenger list. There are photographs of the transit and memorabilia from a Hong Kong visit en route.  There are photographs of Kansas State Agricultural College, Oklahoma A&M and Akron, Colorado. 1916.
5) The Philippines album contains photographs of Coffman's trip across the western United States to board the S.S. Manchuria for transit to the Philippines.  Coffman photographed the Golden Gate Park,  the Panama Pacific International Exhibition grounds, onboard ship recreation, Honolulu, Tokyo, Nagasaki, the Philippines' countryside, Filipinos' daily activities, Philippine experiment stations, cultural activities, villages, Coffman's office and co-workers, YMCA sports,  Viscayia (German naval ship), Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yamaa, Yokahoma,  the voyage back to the United States on the Shino Maru (not to be confused with the Shinyo Maru), Honolulu experiment station, Universal Film City, and the San Diego Exposition.  1914-1916.
6) The photographs and memorabilia in this album are compiled in honor of Coffman's brother, Will, who died in 1920.  It contains drawings, report cards, class schedule and photographs of Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, University of Kansas, and Will's travels. Loose commencement programs from Kansas State Agricultural College, 1913-1915, are with the album.
7)  The album contains photographs from Coffman's days in Akron and his travels to Amarillo, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Arlington, New York, Philadelphia and Mount Vernon from 1919-1922.  There is memorabilia from Washington, D.C., New York including a Metropolitan Opera House program and a Hippodrome souvenir book, Coffman's wedding and showers, and a program from the American Society of Agronomy 1922 meeting. Morrill, Kansas, Twin Oaks, Estes Park, county fairs, and Manhattan are also subjects of photographs.  Alta Johnson's School Girl Days: A Memory Book from Washington County High School, 1914, is boxed with the scrapbooks.
The most notable artifacts are four cameras, presumably used by Coffman:  Univex Model A, 1933; No. 1-A Kodak Junior Model A, 1914; No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie, circa 1915-1916; Kodak Six-16 camera and leather case, circa 1932-1936.

McPherson collection includes a multitude of documents pertaining the McPherson extension office as well as the 4-H program. Documents range from executive files such as financial records, meeting minutes, membership lists, and construction plans to documents such as photographs, slides, and program guides.

Contained in this collection is numerous examples of Stith's drawings, seen in his architectural portfolio and personal sketchbooks. A draft of Stith's Master's thesis is also contained, as are a few papers written by Stith regarding practices in Architecture. The collection also contains a box of slides with images taken by Stith during his travels around the Yucatan peninsula and other areas in Central America regarding his personal studies.

These records document the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance—often shortened to Great Plains IDEA—a collaboration of about twenty universities in the Plains region. Based out of Kansas State University, the group provides fully online graduate programs across several universities. Materials range from 1994 to 2015 and include meeting minutes, itineraries, board member information, education initiatives, and annual meeting information.

Additionally, there are web archives from 2001 to 2024. The current site, www.idea.edu, has been crawled since September 2024, and the previous site, www.gpidea.org, was saved by the Wayback Machine 398 times between September 25, 2001, and July 21, 2024. Web archives available at https://wayback.archive-it.org/5564/*/https://www.idea.edu/ and https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/www.gpidea.org.

This collection comprises material related to the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine between 1855-2014. This collection contains administrative records from this college, including handbooks and manuals, proposals and applications, various records, reports, publications, presentation materials, records related to international programs, material pertaining to campus and its buildings, and a film catalogue which describes some of the collection’s video material. It also contains recordings and transcripts of interviews, most of which featured alumni from the College of Veterinary Medicine for the history book “A Century of Excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine” by Howard H. Erickson and Ronnie G. Elmore. Drafts of this book are also present in this collection. Moreover, this collection contains yearbooks and scrapbooks, including auxiliaries and photo albums, from the college spanning nearly a century. There are also audio and video materials related to the College of Veterinary Medicine on cassette tapes, microcassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, and DVDs, and film reels which record college events, interviews, teaching aids, and virtual tours of the college. This collection includes class and faculty composites for the College of Veterinary Medicine spanning the majority of the 20th century, and even features a composite from the St. Joseph Veterinary College. These composites are either photographic negatives or oversize photographs.

Other photographs that can be found in this collection depict people, including faculty, staff, students, and other notable individuals. Photos of buildings, including diagrams and photos of buildings on the Kansas State campus and the Veterinary Medicine campus, as well. There are also photos of animals, which were either pets, farm animals, or lab animals, as well as the labs performed on these animals. Additionally, photographs of college events, miscellaneous photos, and oversize photos also contribute to this collection’s material.

Lastly, this collection features photographic negatives and photographic slides which depict people, like faculty, staff, students, exchange students, and Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association members. Also pictured are labs, lab equipment, and associated animals, which were often pets, farm animals, or wildlife/exotic animals. Locations within the Manhattan area (especially within the Kansas State University campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine Complex/Campus specifically) are also an important subject to this collection. Negatives of these locations feature buildings, layouts, maps, construction, maintenance, renovations, and damage to buildings. Formal, casual, recreational, donation-based, food-based, and sporting events related to the college can be found in this collection as well. Miscellaneous photo negatives and slides make up the remainder of the undeveloped photographic material in this collection.

This collection contains writings, notes, Department of History information, personal material, photographs, and miscellaneous material accumulated by Robin Higham.
The writings include drafts, historical papers, oversize papers, and manuscripts, specifically Deciphered: The Phaistos Disk and the Southern Minoan Maritime World by Robin Higham, A Guide to the Sources of British Military History by Robin Higham, Handbook on World War I by Robin Higham, 100 Years of Air Power and Aviation by Robin Higham, and Diary of a Disaster by Robin Higham.
Higham’s notes pertain to personal and professional subjects, especially publication and revision.
The Department of History information contains course material, especially syllabi and final exams/prompts, course planning, class schedules, class directories, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, certificates, and Higham operations manuals.
The personal material mostly contains correspondence and notes, but also has some information regarding Higham’s children. There are records regarding Manhattan High School and its PTA.
The photographs largely contain images of pilots, planes, other aircraft, watercraft, soldiers, colleagues, family, and other personal and professional subjects. Additionally, there are maps, and portraits. A small amount of this material is oversize.
The miscellaneous records include memoranda from the American Military Institute, Faculty Senate records, Kennedy Library Information, and awards and certificates.

Contains various photos from 4-H trips (exchange trips and ski trips) and leader connection, and 4-H summer camp.

Box includes several resources and guides on different topics, including cultural arts, family living, housing, food safety, and family economics. The box also includes information on 4-H livewires, information includes record books, meeting minutes, secretary notes, certificates of recognition, seal promotions, reports of accomplishments, correspondences and images from the livewires program. Additionally, information regarding the Lindsborg EHU program is present, information includes program booklets, account books and a photobook. Furthermore, box includes a photo of the 4-H king and queen in the year 1998.

Box contains several photos regarding 4H events and activities, including trips, livestock judging, and celebrations. Additionally, the box includes 4-H charter applications and seal awards.

The Ernie and Bonnie Barrett papers include photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, and other documentation relevant to their lives from 1947 to 2014. Box 1 includes photographic materials related to Bonnie from the 1940s to 1969, Ernie's basketball career from 1947 to 1955, the 1951 Kansas River flood in Manhattan, and family activities from 1951 to 1974. Also included are wedding and other correspondence from 1951 and 1958, documentation of family activities from 1951 to 1997, and “Palm Springs Life” magazine covers with one or both of them depicted from 1994 to 1997. The wedding photographs include a number of Bonnie's relatives: Peggy Sue Frommer, Deanna Frommer, Henry and Juanita Frommer, Alleta Frommer, Gene Frommer, Frank Frommer, Edith and George Frommer, and Mary and Walt Frommer.

Box 2 includes photographic materials, clippings, and other information pertaining to K-State football bowl games (1997 Fiesta Bowl and 2002 Holiday Bowl), Tex Winter’s 2011 induction to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, family and friends from 1981 to 2002, and the local chapter of the Blue Key Senior Honorary Society from 2003 and 2014.

Boxes 3 and 4 are family photographs, primarily of Bonnie, Ernie, and their two children (Duane and Brad) from the 1980s to 1995.

Boxes 5, 6, and 7 contain photograph albums related to family experiences and travels (1953 to 2001), K-State football bowl games (1993 to 1997), golf tournaments in the 1990s, and other K-State Athletics events from about 1990 to 2009 (Dev Nelson Press Box dedication, K-State Hall of Fame ceremonies, fundraisers, and the Mr. K-State statue dedication). Many of the albums of K-State events were created by George McCandless, an amateur photographer from the early 1990s to 2013.

Box 8 includes numerous plaques and a helmet signed by K-State football staff dating from about 1951 to about 2014. Also included are some strips of photographic negatives.

Box 9 contains a scrapbook describing a basketball team on which Ernie played while at Sandia Base during his time in the U.S. Air Force. It also includes other photographs, awards, and similar items related to Ernie’s high school, collegiate, and professional basketball career.

One oversize folder includes a matted photograph of Ernie from his collegiate time, a poster memorializing Ernie’s high school team, and a photograph of the 2009–2010 K-State men’s basketball team during a timeout.

This collection primarily includes correspondence, newsletters, mailers, clippings, and paperwork related to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), National Advertising Review Board (NARB), and Maryland Citizens Consumer Council (MCCC) between 1978 and 1990. Also included are copies of the Maryland Register.

National Advertising Review Board (NARB) case reviews, meeting agendas, newspapers, and conflict of interest cases.

Documents pertaining to the organizational structure and projects of the Maryland Citizens Consumer Council (MCCC) such as meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, etc. Additionally, it notes other organizations involved with MCCC that include the Louisiana Consumers League, Coalition for Safe Food, and the Department of Health and Human Services. There also is correspondence from various community members; documentation of Richardson's personal interest in Maryland's State Board of Morticians; and brochures, magazines, and newspapers.

Collection primarily contains amateur radio club QSLs, administrative/program materials, and station logs.

Box contains two boxes of QSL cards from different states and countries as well as blank KSU QSL cards.

Box contains several amateur radio club records and documents, including brochures, certificates, and newsletters. The box also contains administrative materials such as meeting minutes, constitutions, licensing, correspondence and registration. Additionally the box includes club materials such as radio guides, stationery, open house documents, and DX contest information.

Box contains station logs (WØQQQ & KØWAL) ranging from 1949 - 1998, the box also includes annual evaluations and maps to the KSU amateur radio club.

Box 24 contains oversized 4-H items and digital documents including several scrapbooks, construction plans, and VHS tapes

Box includes 6 Slide Boxes A-F

6 slide boxes A-F

Box 19 primarily consists of documents pertaining to the livestock and agriculture industry in Kansas. Documents include contracts and meeting minutes from both the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (D.H.I.A) and the McPherson County Livestock Association. Significant contributions to the box are made by Dale L. Ladd's correspondences (Agriculture & Community Development.) Additionally, a notable amount of documents pertain to pest control and pesticide certifications. The box also includes documents on the extension office such progress reports, plans of work, and memorandums as well as information pertaining to the construction plans for the McPherson County Extension Office Building.

Box includes Dale Ladd (County Coordinator & Agriculture) correspondence from 2000 - 2005. Additionally box includes several county and city documents and reports, farm management, department of agricultural bulletins.

Box includes a variety of Extension Homemakers Unit (EHU) records and 4-H material. EHU records include meeting minutes, record of officers, membership lists, and yearly unit programs of work across different units within McPherson County, primarily the Century Belles unit. EHU documents also include various material regarding EHU scholarship applications, program invitations, songs and games. The collection also includes 4-H records pertaining to several clubs such as the club seal goal committee and Livewires, documents include applications, enrollment cards, club guides, and event programs. Additionally, box 19 contains several documents regarding the McPherson county extension office and it's organization/procedure's, include board meeting minutes and documents pertaining to council elections

Box contains 4-H annual reports, 4-H statistics reports, 4-H membership lists and 4-H project summaries. The box also consists of correspondences from County Coordinator Dale L. Ladd in relation to agriculture and additional documents in relation to news stories and columns focused on agriculture and communications.

Box contents primarily contains EHU records including meeting cards, meeting minutes, event programs and correspondence. EHU documents highlight specific subgroups within the organization such as Sunshine Homemakers and New Horizons. Additionally, the box includes information on 4-H seals, camping resources, and the Farm Bureau.

Box contains several folders regarding the executive board of the county extension office and it's membership as well as meeting minutes. Additionally the box includes several salary books for extension county employees.

Box contains documents pertaining to 4-H, the Adult Council, the Fair board, the Farm Service Agency, and community development. 4-H Documents include meeting minutes, guest books, member list, record books as well as historian and reporter notebooks. Fair board documents include correspondences to and from board members. Community development documents include correspondence from community coordinator Dale L. Ladd.

The box contains a bank erosion inventory from 1978 alongside 2 scrapbooks one from the Century Bells EHU and the other from the Lindsborg EHU.

Box contains 4-H enrollment and membership cards alongside 4-H records regarding membership. Records include the County 4-H Events council handbook which contains documentation throughout the 1990s of club participation, roll call, meeting minutes, finances, and past family of the year letters. Additionally the box includes information on 4-H fair judging and Dale L. Ladd correspondence.

Box includes various 4-H judging guides on subjects such as photography and dog agility. The box also includes information on the stamp collecting project as well as knitting leaflets.

Box primarily contains 4-H enrollment and membership cards for several club such as, Livewires, New Frontiers Unlimited, Andover, Good Luck, Better Farms, City Slickers, Smokey valley, and Friendly Fremont. The box includes 4-H documents such as record books, leader guides, notebooks, program books, and information on livestock sales. Additionally the box includes documents for different 4-H programs such as geology and home environment.

Box includes several McPherson annual reports alongside 4-H reports on 4-H members and officers. The box includes several guides and materials for different 4-H programs ranging from raising animals to arts & crafts. Additionally, box includes a slide viewer as well as relevant slides which have been moved to slide box 2c-2e.

Box contains documents regarding McPherson County fair, 4-H contracts, and projects/clubs present at the fair. Majority of the box consists of recipes entered in the fair by 4-H participants, recipes are organized by year (1999, 1998, 1995, 1993) and size (full-length, half-page, and index card.) Additionally the box includes many guides and brochures regarding nutrition, health, and safety.

A significant portion of the box includes Annual reports dated 1955-1961. The box includes state supplements, a county program evaluation guide, a home demonstration unit list, and a slide carousel containing slides from the national 4-H congress. Additionally the box includes a 4-H fair submission on the Andover Club and key events

Box includes several annual reports and state supplements of McPherson county from 1943 - 1953. Additionally the box includes 4-H documents regarding castle cozy corner, Andover club documents, and youth surveys. The Box also contains 4-H slides containing images of people, trips, demos/talks, and the process of designing 4H with others.

Box contains several documents pertaining to the county fair, 4-H programs, county audits, statistics, and annual reports.
County fair records document participants and fair board duties, as well as 4-H King and Queen. 4-H documents describe programs such as the LABO Exchange, castle cozy and several nutritional programs. A significant portion of the box contains organizational documents such as board meeting minutes, correspondence, and annual reports.

Box includes McPherson County annual reports from 1929-1942, reports include membership information, officer information, activities, food and nutrition, and inventory. Additionally, box includes various slides regarding 4-H Leadership development, contents include, Tractor series, fairs, buildings/scenery, livestock, and a pets need more than love series.

Collection material includes several housekeeping guides relating to laundering, sewing, cooking and natural disasters. In addition to housekeeping material the documents also include meeting minutes from the McPherson County Council on Children and Families and the Learning to Improve Food Choices & Exercise (LIFE) organization. Furthermore, the box contains several 4-H guides and activities. 4-H Freemont records include financial books and meeting minutes, EHU records, and seals.

Slide box includes images from Day Camp, Swimming, Tractor, Livestock, Table Scapes, Groups, Livestock, Misc., Rock Springs, 4-H tours, Agriculture Extension Office Construction, 4-H building remodeling, Dennis P., and Construction.

Slides box contains several images from the Sharing Leadership Series, Shadow Helper-ship, Willow in the snow, June 1984 4-H/HE PDC Crayola Factory, Rockets '86, Texas, Michigan Exchange, Spring Show, National 4-H fashion Revue, & Groups/People.

Slide Box includes various images of Camping RSR, Lake Perry, Camping Lake Perry, Canoe trip, Style Revue/ BGB, People/Intlnl., and Demos/Talks.

Slide content includes various images of groups and individuals.

Box includes various slides of Exchange trip, People/Groups and Camping RSR

Box includes several slides on 4-h topics and programs such as dogs, Misc. Animals, Tractor tragedy Series, Fair booth/Floats, Buildings/Scenery, Misc., Recognition Luncheon, Spring Show, 4-H emblem, Photo Project, Transportation, and 4-H Buildings

Slide box Contains multiple slides and presentations on different 4-H projects including Horse Judging, "Pets Needs More Than Love", Beef, Fairs/Beef, Dairy, and Sheep/Swine.

Box includes slides on wheat fields, ski trip, presentations, agriculture, KSC silo, beef performance, spring tea, housing tours, bulletin rocks, style show, color 1, knits, charm school, style revue, county fair, flower show, food judging, and crafts day.

Box includes slides of Cattle, Individuals, and groups/people.

Box includes slides on 4-H Room Improvement, housing tours, room improvement, national meetings, weaving workshop craft fair, E.H.U, booths/table displays, clothing construction, and Boston/Omaha Board Meetings.