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US US kmk 2015-16.004 · Collection · 1994–2024

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.

Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance
Amateur Radio Club records
US US kmk 2024-11-13/74 · Collection · 1949 - 2024

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

Kansas State University Amateur Radio Club
Box 1
US US kmk 2024-11-13/74-2024-11-13/76 · Box · 1952 - 2024
Part of Amateur Radio Club records

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.

US US kmk 2015-16.017 · Collection · 1967-2023

The Consumer Federation of America records document the association's development from 1967 to 2017 through testimonies, newsletters, reports, statements, correspondence, press releases, pamphlets, policy resolutions, and audiotapes. The collection contains minutes from the CFA board of directors meetings, CFA policy resolutions and CFA annual reports (1980–2016). Other reports, statements, and surveys provide coverage of issues investigated, policies advanced, and materials developed to educate the public and media. Areas addressed include consumer safety, financial advancement and protection, consumer knowledge, post-9/11 terrorism insurance and safety, and product safety in general and specifically product safety in children's products and automobiles.

Of special interest is correspondence documenting interactions with prominent political figures including Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Bob Dole. Also noteworthy are pamphlets from the association’s annual Consumer Assembly (1980–2015) and pamphlets developed for the CFA project America Saves. A set of audiotapes (2000–2003) offers insight into CFA conferences that tackled issues including food safety, obesity, and bioterrorism. Reports document court cases and petitions. The collection contains the association's voting records (1971–2008).

CFAnews and Consumer Federation of America annual reports are available online. See Series 8 for online access to annual reports and series 9 for online access to CFAnews. Series 12 provides access to archives of CFA's website from 2007 to 2023.

Consumer Federation of America
Box 3
US US kmk 2024-11-13/74-2024-11-15/77 · Box · 1949 - 2023
Part of Amateur Radio Club records

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

Kansas State University Amateur Radio Club
US US kmk 1898-1900s · Box · 1898 - 2023-08-21

Records contained in this accession include early agriculture experiment station press reports and bulletins.

  • Folder 1: Agriculture Experiment Station: Press Reports 1898-1900
  • Folder 2: Press Bulletins 159-178
  • Folder 3: Press Bulletins 1-115
  • Folder 4: Press Bulletins 1-34
  • Folder 5: Press Bulletins 35-70
  • Folder 6: Press Bulletins 71-124
  • Folder 7: Press Reports 125-158
K-State Research and Extension
Series 1: K-State Records
Series · 1962 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This series contains files that relate to the KSU College of Engineering. These files include agendas, minutes, memoranda, notes, slides, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, publications, reference material, depositions, speech scripts, proposals, evaluations, surveys, reports, budget and cost analysis, blueprints, photographs, maps, KSU magazines and newspapers (the K-State Engineer, the K-Stater, Kansas Technical Professions), and booklets. These materials pertain to meetings (department meetings, committee meetings, council meetings, club meetings, alumni meetings), events (open house events, commencement, talks, banquets, luncheons, career fairs, Engineering Day), programs and classes, scholarships (including donation records and recipient letters of gratitude).

Box 7
Box · 1987 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

[1987-2021] This box contains correspondence (including scholarship recipient letters of gratitude), photographs, slides, evaluations and comparisons (including Rathbone’s personal record sheet), lists of donors, reference material, depositions, publications, and notes related to the KSU College of Engineering, as well as projects and organizations that Rathbone was involved with. The additional projects and organizations include the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Kemper Military School, and the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions.

Series · 1962 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This series contains files that relate to projects, organizations, and events that Rathbone was involved with. The types of materials in this series are correspondence, newsletters, certificates, photos, blueprints, maps, speech scripts, proposals, reports, minutes, agendas, notes, publications, booklets, newspapers, slides, nomination forms, legislative materials, budget and cost analysis, and files related to fundraising and profits.

The subjects of these files are the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the National Society of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc (ABET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the Order of the Engineer, the Kansas Engineering Society (KES) Task Force, Great Achievement Task Force, National Youth Science Camp, Integrated Circuit Electronics Corporation Inc. (ICE), the Kansas Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions, the National Institute for Land Management and Training, the Land Management Training Center (Fort Riley), KS Army National Guard, Institute for American Liberty, Freedom Oil and Gas Co., the Kansas Power and Light Company, the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and the Manhattan Rotary Club, the Rotary Leadership Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, Kemper Military School, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Electrical Engineering, Allen County Community College, Clay Center High School, Baldwin High School, the Delphinium Society, the Royal Horticultural Society, the Jazz Advisory Committee, the Picture Lady Program, the Wrestling House Project, the Manhattan Community Foundation, Manhattan City Planning Board, Retire to the Flint Hills Committee, the Colbert Hills Golf Course, the Sunset Cemetery Paslay Singing Tower, and the First Presbyterian Church.

Series · 1945 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This series contains books (including In My Words: The Oral History Project as told by Perdue History, alumni directory books, fact books, and other KSU and engineering-related publications), booklets, photos, photo albums, certificates, maps, blueprints, plaques, awards, high school and college yearbooks, calendars, planners, appointment books, log books, address books, business card files, a Rolodex with contact information, signed volleyballs, a deck of playing cards, a Transcriber Company diamond needle, a Pickering Stereo Fluxvalve Cartridge for automatic turntables, engineering-related tools (a Hemmi Slide Rule with Don E. Rathbone’s name engraved on it inside a leather case, a Type Ceramic Capacitor Rule, a Pocket Metric Converter, and a Motor Data Calculator), VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy discs, cassette tapes, magnetic audio tapes, Polaroid slides, a flash drive, and an unlabeled film reel.

Box 17
Box · 1950 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This box contains books and booklets related to Rathbone’s personal life, Kansas State University, and other engineering-related works.
The personal items include a Stony Island photo album and the Schenley Journal (the Schenley High School yearbook) volumes from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953.
The KSU items include the KSU College of Engineering Alumni Directory volumes from 1986, 1995, 2000, and 2008; The KSU College of Engineering Fact Book volumes from 1990-2000 and 2012-2013; Legacy: Engineering at Kansas State University by Cheryl May; The Impact of K-State Engineering; and Kansas State University: A Walk Through the Campus.
The other engineering-related items include In My Words: The Oral History Project as told by Perdue History printed for Donald E. Rathbone (1939-2021), Burlington Handbook of Mathematical Tables and Forumlas, Engineering: An Introduction to a Creative Profession, 5th Edition (by George C. Beakley, Donovan L. Evans, and John Bertrand Keats), the 1979 Tuttle Creek Hydroelectric Project Feasibility Assessment Report, and The Making of an Engineer by Lawrence P. Grayson.

Box 7
Box · 1987 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This box contains correspondence (including holarship recipient letters of gratitude), photographs, slides, evaluations and comparisons (including Rathbone’s personal record sheet), lists of donors, reference material, depositions, publications, and notes related to the KSU College of Engineering, as well as projects and organizations that Rathbone was involved with. The additional projects and organizations include the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Kemper Military School, and the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions.

Box 19
Box · 1942 - 2021
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This box contains two signed K-State volleyballs, one of which has the 2007 Home Schedule printed on it, a deck of playing cards, a Transcriber Company diamond needle, a Pickering Stereo Fluxvalve Cartridge for automatic turntables, a Rolodex with contact information, a certificate of recognition from the House of Representatives to Don and Lynne Rathbone, an album with photos and mementos from Rathbone’s life, and engineering-related tools. These tools include a Hemmi Slide Rule with Don E. Rathbone’s name engraved on it inside a leather case, a Type Ceramic Capacitor Rule, a Pocket Metric Converter, and a Motor Data Calculator.

Donald E. Rathbone records
Collection · 1929 - 2021

This collection contains files relating to the KSU College of Engineering, auxiliary organizations and projects, personal information, and memorabilia and physical media.

The College of Engineering files include agendas, minutes, memoranda, notes, slides, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, publications, reference material, depositions, speech scripts, proposals, evaluations, surveys, reports, budget and cost analysis, blueprints, photographs, maps, KSU magazines and newspapers (the K-State Engineer, the K-Stater, Kansas Technical Professions), and booklets. These materials pertain to meetings (department meetings, committee meetings, council meetings, club meetings, alumni meetings), events (open house events, commencement, talks, banquets, luncheons, career fairs, Engineering Day), programs and classes, scholarships (including donation records and recipient letters of gratitude). There are also records related to Kansas State University Foundation, the Mid-America State Universities Association (MASUA), and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).

The auxiliary organizations and projects files include correspondence, newsletters, certificates, photos, blueprints, maps, speech scripts, proposals, reports, minutes, agendas, notes, publications, booklets, newspapers, slides, nomination forms, legislative materials, budget and cost analysis, and files related to fundraising and profits. The organizations and projects in question are the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the National Society of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc (ABET), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the Order of the Engineer, the Kansas Engineering Society (KES) Task Force, Great Achievement Task Force, National Youth Science Camp, Integrated Circuit Electronics Corporation Inc. (ICE), the Kansas Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions, the National Institute for Land Management and Training, the Land Management Training Center (Fort Riley), KS Army National Guard, Institute for American Liberty, Freedom Oil and Gas Co., the Kansas Power and Light Company, the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and the Manhattan Rotary Club, the Rotary Leadership Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, Kemper Military School, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Electrical Engineering, Allen County Community College, Clay Center High School, Baldwin High School, the Delphinium Society, the Royal Horticultural Society, the Jazz Advisory Committee, the Picture Lady Program, the Wrestling House Project, the Manhattan Community Foundation, Manhattan City Planning Board, Retire to the Flint Hills Committee, the Colbert Hills Golf Course, the Sunset Cemetery Paslay Singing Tower, and the First Presbyterian Church.

The personal records relate to the personal life of Don Rathbone and his family. The materials include correspondence, photos, certificates, newspapers, and slides pertaining to holidays, recreational organizations, retirement, and Rathbone family funerals (namely Lynne Rathbone, Gladys Rathbone, Fay Rathbone, Wally Rathbone, and Ken Rathbone).

The memorabilia and physical media relate to both Rathbone’s personal and professional life. The materials include books (including In My Words: The Oral History Project as told by Perdue History, alumni directory books, fact books, and other KSU and engineering-related publications), booklets, photos, photo albums, certificates, maps, blueprints, plaques, awards, high school and college yearbooks, calendars, planners, appointment books, log books, address books, business card files, a Rolodex with contact information, signed volleyballs, a deck of playing cards, a Transcriber Company diamond needle, a Pickering Stereo Fluxvalve Cartridge for automatic turntables, engineering-related tools (a Hemmi Slide Rule with Don E. Rathbone’s name engraved on it inside a leather case, a Type Ceramic Capacitor Rule, a Pocket Metric Converter, and a Motor Data Calculator), VHS tapes, DVDs, floppy discs, cassette tapes, magnetic audio tapes, polaroid slides, a flash drive, and an unlabeled film reel.

Donald E. Rathbone
Box 55
Box · 1982-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

conferences (youth vs. experiences, the agricultural political economy, agriculture 2000 threat or opportunity), business training (2001 ABA national agricultural bankers, agent training emporia and hays, are farmers and the environment natural enemies like...)

Box 55
Box · 1982-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains speeches, business training materials, and conferences. Speeches (ag. economics, U.S. custody programs, farm management),
conferences (youth vs. experiences, the agricultural political economy, agriculture 2000 threat or opportunity), business training (2001 ABA national agricultural bankers, agent training emporia and hays, are farmers and the environment natural enemies like...)

Box 57
Box · 1977-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains articles/presentations on food issues, ag. energy program/projects, farm management/marketing/publications, and slides/cassettes/floppies/USB drives.

Box 57
Box · 1977-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains articles/presentations on food issues, ag. energy program/projects, farm management/marketing/publications, and slides/cassettes/floppies/USB drives.

Box 55
Box · 1982-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

conferences (youth vs. experiences, the agricultural political economy, agriculture 2000 threat or opportunity), business training (2001 ABA national agricultural bankers, agent training emporia and hays, are farmers and the environment natural enemies like...)

Box 57
Box · 1977-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains articles/presentations on food issues, ag. energy program/projects, farm management/marketing/publications, and slides/cassettes/floppies/USB drives.

Box 51
Box · 2004-2020
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains agricultural course material, such as agricultural policy quizzes and exams. As well as class schedules.

Thomas Cruise Palmer papers
US US kmk 2019-20.007 · Collection · 1913-2019

Photographs, correspondence, articles, news clippings, personal papers and other documents describing the life and career of Thomas Cruise Palmer (KSC, 1938), who from 1952 to 1977 served in various editorial positions with the Kansas City Star and Times, including ten years as executive editor. An advocate and supporter of K-State and its journalism program, Palmer was instrumental in acquiring the endowment establishing the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications. News articles, photographs and military records describe Palmer’s service in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, including his experience onboard the first Navy ship to enter Shanghai after the end of the war. Materials also include articles written by Palmer during his time at the Star, items related to his activities as a student and, later, a supporter of K-State, personal and family history-related documents and photographs with Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ginger Rogers and other notables.

Palmer, Thomas Cruise
US US kmk 2019-20.009 · Collection · 1989-2019

The Kansas State University Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture provided a forum for discussion of statistical issues motivated by agricultural problems. The conference brought together statisticians from academia, industry and government to discuss ideas and advancements in the application of statistics to solving agricultural research problems. The records pertain to the Kansas State University Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture. These records include conference proceedings, programs, correspondence, session presentations, call for papers, registration, and financial information. The conference began in 1989 and ran through 2018, it is unlikely the conference will resume.

Department of Statistics
Box 2
US US kmk 2024-11-13/74-2024-11-15/78 · Box · 1972 - 2019
Part of Amateur Radio Club records

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

Kansas State University Amateur Radio Club
US US kmk U2012.51 · Collection · 1936-2019

This collection is made up of documents created by the office of the provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University.  Documents in the collection consist of a wide range of material from the office administrative files, class documents, department and dean files, program reviews, role and aspirations, strategic planning, university events, COCAO, president's staff, Board of Regents, Dean's Council, grievances, university awards, and vice provost papers.  Some records document the interactions with other universities in the state of Kansas and universities nationally.  The bulk of the materials are from the 1980s to 2010 with most of the other documents dating back to the 1970s.

Office of the Provost (1980-)
Box 112
US US kmk U2012.51-2025-01-21/112-2025-01-22/114 · Box · 1995 -2019
Part of Office of the Provost records

Box includes files regarding the intercultural development advancement initiative, the Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Mid-Point task force, K-State athletics (financial statements, ESPN agreements, & policies), the Budget Advisory Committee, K-CAT ( K-state comprehensive assessment tools), Global food Systems, First Scholars JBL, and GIS Commons.

Box 113
US US kmk U2012.51-2025-01-21/112-2025-01-23/115 · Box · 2004 - 2018
Part of Office of the Provost records

Box contains files pertaining to various university task forces including IT, faculty, enrollment, and tuition. Additionally box includes several university distinguished lecturers proposals (FY 2010 - 2011) and information on the Universal K-state Board of Directors.

Office of the Provost
Box 113
Box · 1811-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several documents regarding his publications and research materials, even including an unpublished article from Dary’s journalism career. Also included are items found in a large metal box, such as a recording and stock information. In addition to this, the box contains reference files to people Dary knew throughout his life. Correspondence between Dary and a hired translator for some published work is also included.

Box 113
Box · 1811-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several documents regarding his publications and research materials, even including an unpublished article from Dary’s journalism career. Also included are items found in a large metal box, such as a recording and stock information. In addition to this, the box contains reference files to people Dary knew throughout his life. Correspondence between Dary and a hired translator for some published work is also included.

Box 114
Box · 1939-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several publication-related files, such as correspondence, reviews, publicity, and more information regarding Dary’s “Cowboy Culture” (1981) and research made for the book. Also included are documents regarding his shortwave radio career, his broadcast journalism career, and his time spent at the University of Kansas. Speeches made by Dary in Manhattan, KS and other areas are also included.

Box 113
Box · 1811-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several documents regarding his publications and research materials, even including an unpublished article from Dary’s journalism career. Also included are items found in a large metal box, such as a recording and stock information. In addition to this, the box contains reference files to people Dary knew throughout his life. Correspondence between Dary and a hired translator for some published work is also included.

Box 114
Box · 1939-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several publication-related files, such as correspondence, reviews, publicity, and more information regarding Dary’s “Cowboy Culture” (1981) and research made for the book. Also included are documents regarding his shortwave radio career, his broadcast journalism career, and his time spent at the University of Kansas. Speeches made by Dary in Manhattan, KS and other areas are also included.

Box 114
Box · 1939-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several publication-related files, such as correspondence, reviews, publicity, and more information regarding Dary’s “Cowboy Culture” (1981) and research made for the book. Also included are documents regarding his shortwave radio career, his broadcast journalism career, and his time spent at the University of Kansas. Speeches made by Dary in Manhattan, KS and other areas are also included.

Box 53
Box · 1991-2017
Part of Barry Flinchbaugh papers

Contains Agricultural school tests over agricultural policy from 2017-2020. Farm acts, bills, and policy from 1986-2004,. Scholarship/honors programs, meetings, and dinners. Economy records from 1999-2004. Political economy of agriculture at given time from 1991-1992. Policy from 1993-2003.

US US kmk 2017-18.049 · Collection · 1989-2017

This collection holds the materials regarding the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse from the late 1980s through 2016, with the majority of the information regarding the years 1989-1994.

Box 8
Box · 1994-2017
Part of Dean of Student Life - Pat Bosco records

Contains files regarding the Big 8/Big 12 Senior Student Affairs Officers' Workshop from 1994-2011 and additional files pertaining to similar workshops from 2001-2017. Materials within the files include graphs, photos, enrollment data, minutes, travel information, and more administrative information from Big 8/Big 12 schools in the context of the annual workshop. Other files contain similar materials regarding their own respective workshops, though these only contain K-State information and correspondence.

Box 22
Box · 1945 - 2017
Part of Donald E. Rathbone records

This box contains memorabilia and ephemera that are slated to be digitized at a later date. This includes 26 DVDs, 3 floppy discs, 1 flash drive, certificates, plaques, awards, and yearbooks.

Box 114
Box · 1939-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several publication-related files, such as correspondence, reviews, publicity, and more information regarding Dary’s “Cowboy Culture” (1981) and research made for the book. Also included are documents regarding his shortwave radio career, his broadcast journalism career, and his time spent at the University of Kansas. Speeches made by Dary in Manhattan, KS and other areas are also included.

Box 112
Box · 1846-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several pieces of research materials, including audio/visual materials. Also contains illustrations made for Dary publications and correspondence between Dary and the illustrator. Supplemental research material for Dary’s release of “Touring the West with Leaping Lena” are included as travel pamphlets and informational booklets.

Box 112
Box · 1846-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several pieces of research materials, including audio/visual materials. Also contains illustrations made for Dary publications and correspondence between Dary and the illustrator. Supplemental research material for Dary’s release of “Touring the West with Leaping Lena” are included as travel pamphlets and informational booklets.

Box 114
Box · 1939-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several publication-related files, such as correspondence, reviews, publicity, and more information regarding Dary’s “Cowboy Culture” (1981) and research made for the book. Also included are documents regarding his shortwave radio career, his broadcast journalism career, and his time spent at the University of Kansas. Speeches made by Dary in Manhattan, KS and other areas are also included.

Box 113
Box · 1811-2017
Part of David Dary papers

Contains several documents regarding his publications and research materials, even including an unpublished article from Dary’s journalism career. Also included are items found in a large metal box, such as a recording and stock information. In addition to this, the box contains reference files to people Dary knew throughout his life. Correspondence between Dary and a hired translator for some published work is also included.