Kansas State Agricultural College records

Six 5" Letter Size Boxes

The Kansas State Agricultural College records were generated and collected by KSAC, the organization that eventually came to be known as Kansas State University. The records pertain to sales of land to establish the college, physical improvements of buildings, and details about college life at the time. They document correspondence to KSAC Presidents (including Joseph Denison, John A. Anderson, and George T. Fairchild). Significant topics covered in the material include leasing land for the Manhattan Street Railway, demands by students for German to be added to the curriculum, "college greenbacks" (a type of banknote issued for use on campus), tuberculosis tests in cattle, industrials (a nineteenth and early twentieth century form of work-study at this institution), and various financial records. Approximate years covered by the records are 1868-1902.

The collection is arranged into six series: 1) land and financial records 1869-1899; 2) correspondence, 1868-75; 3) correspondence, 1876-87; 4) correspondence (1887-98) and physical improvements (1878-89); 5) bonds, Kansas and Oklahoma Territory 1871-96; 6) bonds, correspondence, and surety bonds, 1870-1901.

No access restrictions: All materials are open for research.

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• English

• Latin

Alternative finding aid found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210602162359/http://www.lib.k-state.edu/depts/sc_rev/findaids/ua1984-40.php

The collection was assigned the accession number AC 43, which converted to U1984.39.
Also reference Kansas State Agricultural College collection: U1984.40

Acqusition Method: Donation

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Processing Info: Archon processing by Edward Nagurny, graduate research assistant, March 2015.