Lou Herndon papers

Identity elements

Reference code

US US kmk 2019-20.005

Level of description

Collection

Title

Lou Herndon papers

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

(1924-2018)

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 inread 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.

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.

Access points

Subject access points