K-State Libraries
University Archives & Manuscripts - Collection Guides
Most collections are stored off-site and retrieval of materials will take a minimum of 24 hours. Please contact the archives prior to your arrival if you wish to view material from a collection.
| Collection Name | Dates | Subjects |
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| Adamchak (Donald) Papers | Faculty Papers
Rural Sociology |
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| Agricultural Experiment Station. Branch Reports | 1906-1984 | Agriculture |
| Agricultural Experiment Station. Project Files | 1909-1979 | Agriculture |
| Agriculture, Dean of. Correspondence Files | 1912-1943 | Departmental History |
| Agronomy, Dept. of. Agronomy Farm | 1909-1949 | Agronomy Projects Farming Records |
| Agronomy-Extension, Dept. of | 1940-1979 | Departmental History Agronomy Projects |
| Ahearn (Michael F.) Collection | 1909-1961 | Faculty Papers |
| Animal Husbandry, Dean of. Office Files | 1908-1963 | Departmental History |
| Block and Bridle Records | 1927-1994 | Animal Science Student Organizations |
| Bluemont Central College Records | 1855-1863 | University History |
| Bowen (Emma Haines) | 1864-1913 | Student Papers |
| Boyd Hall Scrapbooks | 1960-2003 | Housing
Student Life |
| Carey (James C.) Papers | 1848-1981 | University History |
| Cooperative Extension Service Records | 1917-1951 | Departmental History
Master Farm and Homemaker |
| Dearborn (Edgar and Gladys) Collection | 1891-1965 | Student Papers |
| Douglas (Louis H.) Collection | 1957-1999 | Faculty Papers |
| Entomology, Dept of | 1904-1980 | Faculty Papers
Grasshoppers |
| Epsilon Sigma Phi (Alpha Rho Chapter) | 1930-1993 | Extension Honorary Organizations |
| Erhart (Andrew B.) Collection | 1962-1996 | Agricultural Experiment Station Radio Program Scripts |
| Fedder (Norman J.) Collection | 1962-1999 | Theatre Play writing |
| Food and Feed Grains Institute | 1957-1992 | International Agricultural Programs |
| 4-H Youth Programs Collection | 1913-1996 | 4-H Youth Programs International Farm Youth Exchange |
| Goodnow (Isaac T.) Papers | 1856-1900 | University History |
| Graduate School | 1960-1987 | Departmental History |
| Great Plains Agriculture Council | 1943-1983 | Agriculture
University Activities |
| Harman (Mary) Papers | 1912-1952 | Zoology Embryology |
| Hartman (Jack) Papers | 1948-1989 | Basketball |
| Hill Family Papers | 1926-1992 | Genealogy
Student Life |
| Holton (Edwin Lee) Papers | 1916-1951 | Faculty Papers |
| Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources, Dept of | pre-1995 | Departmental History
Horticulture |
| ImMasche (Francis W.) Collection | 1927-1929 | Student Papers |
| KSU Centennial Activities Committee | 1961-1963 | Committee Records University History |
| KSU Social Club Records | 1911-1995 | Women's Organizations |
| Kansas State Agricultural College Records | 1868-1920 | University History |
| Kansas State Agricultural College Records | 1869-1899 | University History |
| Kansas State Federation of Art | 1953-1971 | Art |
| Konza Prairie Research Natural Area | 1897-1999 | Tallgrass Prairie Great Plains |
| Marlatt (Washington) Papers | 1857-1881 | University History |
| Milburn (Max) Collection | 1939-1981 | University History |
| Mueller (George V.) Collection | 1904-1977 | Faculty Papers |
| Mortar Board Records | 1933-1997 | Student Organizations |
| Nichols (Ernest R.) Papers | 1900-1909 | Presidential Papers |
| Ohlenbush (Paul D.) Papers | Agronomy Range Management |
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| Painter (Reginald H.) Papers | 1920-1985 | Entomology
Faculty Papers |
| Payne-Parkerson Collection | 1858-1929 | Student Life University History |
| Peters (Chester) Papers | 1938-1985 | Student Life University History |
| Putnam Hall | 1953-1999 | Housing Student Life |
| Shellenberger (John A.) Papers | 1955-1967 | Faculty Papers |
| Students, Dean of | 1938-1985 | Student Life Departmental History |
| Student Development, Center for | 1948-1986 | Student Life |
| University Women's Caucus Files | 1987-1999 | Women's Organizations |
| Veterinary Medicine, College of | &nbps; | Departmental History |
| Webb (William and Frank) Papers | 1901-1904 | Student Papers |
| Weber (Arthur D.) Papers | 1904-1983 | Faculty Papers |
| Will (Thomas E.) Papers | 1886-1901 | Presidential Papers |
| Willard (Julius T.) Papers | 1894-1950 | University History |
| Women, Assistant Dean of | 1960-1968 | Women Departmental History |
| Women in Communications, inc. Records | 1927-1929 | Journalism Student Organizations |
Manuscript Collections |
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| Collection Name | Dates | Subjects |
| Alfalfa Lawn Farm Records / Lewis Family Papers) | 1910-1989 | Ranching-Kansas American Polled Hereford |
| Avery (William H.) Papers | 1954-1968 | Political Science |
| Bollman (Stephen R.) Collection | 1971-1973 | Native Americans |
| Boydston (Richard M. & Marion) Papers | 1943-1945 | World War II Personal Narrative |
| Braum (Daniel M.) Papers | 1935-1998 | Farm Work Simplification Public Administration |
| Brink (Clark Mills) Papers | 1902-1916 | |
| Brink (Raymond W.) Papers | 1959-1973 | |
| Carson (Velma L.) Collection | 1924-1983 | Literature |
| Casement (Dan D.) Papers | 1861-1961 | Agriculture-Ranching |
| Christy (Donald) Collection | 1962-1967 | Agriculture-Sugar Beets |
| Cookbooks, Manuscript | 16??-19?? | Cookery Recipes |
| Curry (John S.) Papers | 1940-1942 | Art |
| Danenbarger (William F.) Papers | 1931-1981 | Education |
Davis (Kenneth S.) Papers
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1912-2000 | Biographer Historian |
| Dawson (Sue) Papers | 1979-2002 | Journalism |
| Drenner (Donald von Ruysdael) Collection | 1946-1974 | Private Press / Publishing Literature |
| FAR-MAR-CO, Inc. Records | 1914-1985 | Cooperatives Kansas Agriculture |
| Fatzer (Harold) Papers | 1934-1977 | Law |
| Fenton (Doris H.) Collection | 1948-1955 | Tuttle Creek Dam (Manhattan, KS) Big Blue River Valley (KS) Floods |
| Gavitt Medical Co. Records | 1895-1931 | Medicine, History of |
| Goheen (S.F.) Papers | 1916-1920 | Manhattan, KS |
| Haldeman-Julius Family Collection | Genealogy
Publishing |
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| Helm (John F.) Papers | 1924-1971 | Kansas Federation of Art |
| Hershberger (Arthur W.) Papers | 1908-1975 | Education |
| Hougham (John S.) Papers | 1875-1889 | Kansas-History |
| Hughes (Rees H.) Papers | 1957-1973 | Political Science |
| Joliff (Reuben B.) Diary | 1895-1898 | Agriculture-Missouri |
| Kansans for ERA | 1972-1985 | Equal Rights Amendment-Kansas Women-Kansas |
| Kansas Extension Homemakers Council | 1914-1984 | |
| Keesling (Homer G.) Papers | 1886-1891 | Agriculture-Poultry |
| Keys (Martha) Papers | 1975-1978 | Political Science |
| Kubik (Gail T.) Collection | 1933-1979 | Music |
| Lady (Wendell) Papers | 1969-1982 | Political Science |
| Mackey (David R.) Papers | 1947-1962 | Radio Broadcasting |
| Manhattan House Records, Inc. | 1972-1974 | Kansas-Manhattan |
| Manhattan Town Association and Boston Association | 1855-1957 | Kansas-Manhattan |
| Manhattan Town Association Records | 1856 | Kansas-Manhattan |
| Marshall (Charles L.) Papers | 1936-1991 | Kansas State Art Center Kansas Federation of Art |
| Munger (George M.) Diaries | 1885-1919 | Agriculture-Kansas |
| Munger Family Register | 1870-1936 | Genealogy |
| Nichols (Alice C.) Papers | 1922-1961 | Literature |
| Owens (George Washington) Papers | 1890-1978 | Autobiographical Information |
| Paddleford (Clementine) Papers | 1925-1967 | Journalism Cookery |
| Page Family Collection | 1780-1899 | Genealogy
Pioneers-Kansas |
| Parks (Gordon) Collection | 1966-1971 | Photography |
| Pillsbury (Josiah Hobart) Papers | 1821-1879 | History-Manhattan, Kansas History-Zeandale, Kansas Genealogy |
| Rogers (Harry S.) Papers | 1862-1915 | Kansas |
| Rogler Ranch Records | 1927-1985 | Ranching-Kansas
Tallgrass Prairie |
| Roper (Victor and Alice) Papers
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1944-1997 | World War II Genealogy |
| Roy (William R.) Papers | 1970-1974 | Political Science |
| Save the Tallgrass Prairie Collection | 1971-1985 | Tallgrass Prairie |
| Seaton (Roy A.) Collection | 1938-1953 | |
| Smith, Bottomly and Lill Family Papers | 1828-1970 | Pioneers-Kansas Pioneers-Iowa |
| Thackery (Russell I.) Papers | 1935-1987 | Education |
| Tornquist (Nels A.) Papers | 1880-1950 | Spanish-American War World War I African-American Soldiers |
| Underwood (Edna Worthley) Papers | 1910-1940 | Literature |
| United States Commission on Military History | 1973-2002 | Military History |
| Velen (Doris and Leona) Collection | 1937-1962 | Tuttle Creek Dam (Manhattan, KS) Big Blue River Valley (KS) Floods |
| Wadsworth (George L.) Papers | 1955-1975 | Psychiatry |
| Wood (Alice Paddleford) Papers | 1898-1967 | Advertising Journalism |
| Zukofsky (Louis) Papers | 1928-1969 | Objectivist Poetry |
Consumer Movement Archives |
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| Collection Name | Dates | Subjects |
| Agan (Anna Tessie) Papers | Housing Aging |
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| American Council on Consumer Interests | ||
| Arizona Consumers Council | 1965-1983 | |
| Brooks (Thomas) Collection | 1911-1979 | Colston E. Warne Consumers Union |
| Brunn (George) Collection | 1962-1999 | California Consumers Consumer Credit |
| Consumer Education Resource Network Records | 1976-1982 | |
| Consumer Federation of America | ||
| Consumer Relations Board [KSU Student Governing Assoc.] |
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| Kiesling (Roy) Papers | 1970-1988 | |
| Lee (Stewart M.) Papers | ||
| Margolius (Sidney and Esther) Papers | ||
| Mason (Florence) Collection | 1960-1987 | International Org. of Consumers Unions Consumer Education |
| Meyer (Louis S.) Papers | 1973-1986 | Telecommunications Federal Communications Commission |
| Mohr (Lillian H.) Collection | ||
| Morse (Richard L. D.) Papers | 1932-2000 | Consumer Protection Truth in Savings |
| Motor Voters | 1979-1991 | Consumer Protection Vehicle Safety |
| Richardson (Lee) Papers | ||
| Shields (Currin V.) Papers | 1966-1987 | Arizona Consumers Council Conference of Consumer Organizations |
| USDA-Extension: Family Resource Management | ||
| Williams (Alma) Papers | ||
| Willner (Dorothy K.) Papers
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1974-1983 | International Organization of Consumers Unions Consumers International United Nations |
Photograph Collections |
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| Collection Name | Dates | Subjects |
| Border (Mary) Collection | ||
| Horticulture, Forestry & Recreational Resources, Dept. of | 1890-1983 | Kansas Horticulture Trees & Shrubs Erosion & Irrigation |
| Simonsen (Robert F.) Collection | 1955-1993 | US Leaders: Political & Military World Leaders: Political & Military |
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