Identity elements
Reference code
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1925-2013 (Creation)
Extent
5.00 Boxes, 17.5 Linear Feet
Post-Fire Oversize Extent:
Boxes 2-4 (19x25): 509S: 19/10/5
Box 5 (19x25); 509S: 19/11/5
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Louise (Lou) Wilkins Herndon Was born February 26, 1924, to Loren and Ruth Wilkins in Liberal, Kansas. Her father was a jeweler, a watchmaker and later an optometrist. Her mother was a concert pianist. They moved to Wichita Kansas when Lou was in… read more
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Records relating to the history of Cooperative Extension work in Sedgwick County Kansas and focusing particularly on the Prairie Gem unit of which Lou Herndon and her mother, Ruth Wilkins, were charter/lifetime members.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged in five boxes. Box one consists of documents and boxes two through five are made up of scrapbooks.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
All materials are open for research.
Physical access
Original materials are available during open hours of repository and any digitized materials that are online are available with the Internet.
Conditions governing reproduction
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
The collection was donated to Kansas State University by Lou Herndon and her daughter, Sherry Elder in November 2017. It was housed in the Department of Special Collections until it was processed. It received the accession number 2019-20.005.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Lou Herndon and her daughter, Sherry Elder, donated these materials in November 2017.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
These documents represent the life of a member of the Prairie Gem Homemakers Extension Unit in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Related materials elements
Related archival materials
Kansas Association for Family and Community Education accrual.
Related descriptions
Specialized notes
- Citation: [Item title], [item date], Lou Herndon papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Archivist's note
Cynthia A. Harris, Library Assistant III/Manuscripts/Collections Processor processed and described materials and curator David B. Allen reviewed the finding aid in October 2019.