Introduction

The Kansas State Federation of Art was created around 1932 and from the beginning K-State faculty served as officers and members. According to a flyer of the organization, its purpose was:

"...a cooperative organization of clubs, art associations and libraries, as well as the art departments of schools and colleges. The Federation makes exhibitions, lectures, and other services available to its members at a minium of cost. Its purpose is to stimulate and promote ever greater interest in art, and in the work of this region."

After being inactive for a number of years, members of the organization met in 1993 and agreed to finalize operations. The organization's funds were placed in the Kansas State University Endowment to establish a scholarship for a KSU art student.

Records of the KSFA were donated to the University Archives of Kansas State University in the early 1970s. The following is a container list of the holdings, 1953-1971.

Container List

Box  Folder

01         Correspondence
            Director
     01      1957-1959
     02      1961-1963
     03      1964
     04      1965   
     05      1966
     06      1967
     07      1968
     08      1969
     09      1970
     10     Lamar, Oscar V., 1957-1964
     11     Hammel, Margaret, 1962-1963
     12     Annual Meeting, 1958-1962
     13     Bulletins, 1967-1968
     14     Bulletins, 1968-1969
     15     Bulletins, 1969-1970
     16     General, 1958-1959
     17     General, 1960-1962
     18     General, 1966
     19     General, 1967-1968
     20     General, 1968-1969
     21     General, 1969-1970     

           Annual Meeting
     22     1956-1964
     23     1964-1965
     24     1965-1966
     25     1966-1967
     26     1967-1968
     27     1966-1969

           Membership
     28     Lists and Mailings, 1955-1958
     29     1955-1961
     30     1963
     31     1967-1968
     32     Lists and Mailings, N.D.
     33     Gift Print, 1957-1961
     34     1967
     35     1968
     36     1969-1970

           Exhibitions
     37     Invitations. American Institute of Architects, 1954-1959
     38     Invitations, 1956
     39     1966-1967
     40     1967-1968
     41     1968-1969
     42     1969-1970
     43     Proposed, 1966-1967
     44     New, 1966-1967
     45     1969-1970
     46     1970-1971
     47     Confirmations, 1967-1968
     48     1966-1969
     49     1969-1970


02   01     Works Received, 1960-1961
     02     Works Received, 1962-1963
     03     Works Missing, 1956-1961
     04     Bookings, 1952-1953
     05     1954-1955
     06     1955-1956
     07     1956-1957
     08     1957-1958
     09     1958-1959
     10     1959-1960
     11     1960-1961
     12     1961-1962
     13     1962-1963
     14     1963-1964
     15     1964-1965
     16     1965-1966
     17     1966-1967
     18     1967-1968
     19     1968-1969
     20     1969-1970
     21     1956-1957, Contemporary Graphics
     22     Creative Stitchery
     23     Oils by Kansas Artists
     24     1957-1958, No. 8-John Basher      

            1958-1959
     25      No.5-Photographic Exhibition of Crafts
     26      No.6-Young Painters
     27      No.8-Peter Olwyler, "Doorways of Mexico"

            1959-1960
     28      No.1A-Prairie Water Color Painters A
     29      No.1B-Prairie Water Color Painters B
     30      No.2 -Prairie Print Makers
     31      No.3 -Drawings by Mid-West Artists
     32      No.4 -Photographic Exhibition of Crafts
     33      No.5 -Young Painters
     34      No.6 -Boulder Artists Guild
     35      No.7 -Paintings by Oscar Lamar
     36      No.8 -Prints by David E. Bernard
     37      No.9 -Decorative Arts and Ceramics

            1960-1961
     38      No.1A-Prairie Watercolor Painters A
     39      No.1B-Prairie Watercolor Painters B
     40      No.2 -Prairie Print Makers
     41      No.3 -Drawings and Prints by Mid-West Artists
     42      No.4 -Paintings by Mid-West Artists
     43      No.5 -Prints by John Hannah
     44      No.6 -Decorative Arts and Ceramics
     45      No.6 -Prints and Watercolors by Shirley and Winston Schmidt
     46      No.7 -Studio Drawings by Elmer J. Tomasch

            1961-1962
     47      No.1 -Centennial Exhibit of Paintings by Mid-West Artists A and B
     48      No.2 -Prints by Ray H. French
     49      No.4 -Drawings and Prints by Mid-West Artists
     50      No.5 -Studio Drawings by E. J. Tomasch
     51      No.6 -Prairie Print Makers

            1964-1965
     52      No.2 -Naomi Lorne Caseins

            1967-1968
     53      No.1 -Drawings and Prints by Mid-West Artists
     54      No.2A-Prairie Watercolors B.
     55      No.2B-Prairie Watercolors Painters B
     56      No.3 -Oil Paintings by Mid-West Artists
     57      No.4 -New York Threesome

            1967-1968
03   01      No.5 -Three Eyes Art Society
     02      No.6 -Drawings and Pastels by Herta Galton Show
     03      No.7 -Contemporary Prints

            1968-1969
     04      No.1 -Drawings and Prints by Mid West Artists
     05      No.2A-Prairie Watercolor Painters A
     06      No.2B-Prairie Watercolor Painters B
     07      No.3 -Oil Paintings by Mid-West Artists
     08      No.4 -Watercolors by Charles Marshall
     09      No.5 -Drawings by 30 American Artists
     10      No.6 -The vacuum Print by Richard Moses
     11      No.7 -Watercolors and Prints by Betty Waldo Parish
     12      No.9 -The England Scene by Leo Meissner

            1969-1970
     13      No.1 -Oil And Acrylics
     14      No.2 -Watercolor Painting
     15      No.3 -Drawings and Prints
     16      No.4 -Scholastics Gold Key Award Winners
     17      No.4 -Midwest-Artists (canceled)
     18      No.5A-Prairie Watercolor Painters A
     19      No.5B-Prairie Watercolor Painters B
     20      No.6 -Oil Painting by Mid-West Artists
     21      No.7 -Watercolors by Pauline H. Shirer
     22      No.8 -Drawings Young Talents
     23      No.9 -Prints-Young Talents
     24      No.10 -Paintings in Oil on Paper, by Marie Wilner
     25      No.11 -Eunice Youngsmith-Author, Book Illustrator
     26      No.12 -Prints and Drawings by Robert E. Ault
     27      No.13 -The Kansas Artists Craftsman Association

           Biographies of Artists

     28     Adame-Burnham
     29     Cahoon-Duncan
     30     Eastwood-French
     31     Galton-Huntoon
     32     Jacobson-Krug
     33     Lander-Louthian
     34     Manner-Moss
     35     Nicholas-Poor
     36     Reed-Russell
     37     Sanderson-Swearingen
     38     Talleur-Voss
     39     Wagner-Workman

           Financial Documents
     40     Sale of Works, 1958-1960, Exhibition Fees
     41     1967-1968
     42     1968-1969
     43     1969-1970

           Membership Fees
     44     1969-1970
     45     1967-1968
     46     1968-1969
            
           Insurance
     47     1958-1959
     48     1960-1961
     49     1962-1963
     50     1967-1968
     51     1968-1969
     52     1969-1970
     53     Treasurer's Statements, 1958-1960
     54     Voucher's, 1967-1970

           Printed Material
            KSFA Bulletin
     55      General and Nos 53-564 (1957-1963)
     56      Nos 57-59 (1963-1966)
     57      Nos 60-63 (1966-1970)
     58     RUAP Newsletter, 1967-1969
            Exhibitions
     59      Galleries and Artists (Non KSFA)
     60      Galleries and Artists (Non KSFA)
     61      Galleries and Artists (Non KSFA)
     62      Galleries and Artists (Non KSFA)