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This collection documents the academic career of Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, professor emeritus of agricultural economics, noted speaker, and former assistant to Kansas State University president.
This collection has been arranged in the following series: correspondence, reports, professional activities, speeches, press releases, schedules, course materials, people to people, subject files, personal files, publications, and audiovisual materials. With correspondence compromising the majority of the material. A bulk of the communication is from his time as special assistant to President Duane Acker. With the second-largest amount concerning his work on farm bills, legislation, and lobbying. The remainder of the correspondence handles professional matters, arranging overseas trips, scheduling talks, and general correspondence with personal & professional contacts.
The collection also contains speeches, with and without visual aids, given by Flinchbaugh on a variety of subjects involving agricultural economics. The collection also includes materials such as Kansas agricultural extension history, professional accomplishments, extracurricular involvement including Alpha Kappa Lambda Social Fraternity & Kansas Agricultural and Rural leadership organization, course prep, and outlines, and numerous VHS and cassette tapes in which he is a featured speaker.
It also includes a number of diverse materials including schedules, artifacts (a boomerang and a protest sign), awards, book drafts, and photographs from his numerous international trips through the People to People group.
Contains evaluation materials. Materials include agricultural policy exams, extension news and features, agriculture school policy papers, news articles, and emails/letters on Kansas farmer taxes, policies, and financial burdens.
Contains KSAC tapes (1968-78), cassettes (Landon lecture, Charels Collingwood Borlaus, Bob Bergland) (1977), The Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues, negatives, Public Affairs Anderson photos (1978), KSU legislative requests (1978), Flinchbaugh certificates, Fall Ag. Policy evaluations (2010-2013), and stamp.
Contains KSAC tapes (1968-78), cassettes (Landon lecture, Charels Collingwood Borlaus, Bob Bergland) (1977), The Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues, negatives, Public Affairs Anderson photos (1978), KSU legislative requests (1978), Flinchbaugh certificates, Fall Ag. Policy evaluations (2010-2013), and stamp.
Contains course material for the agricultural program. Such as quizzes, exams, papers on agricultural policy and course work schedules. (1972- 1989)
Also has evaluation materials, such as thank you letters/cards, report to the president and congress, farm/ag. handouts/papers/news articles, and booklets. (2000-2003)
Contains photos of Barry Flinchbaugh, employee benefits and job descriptions, agreements, briefings, correspondence people-to-people, names and addresses, leader's guide, certificates, emails, and passport.
Contains course work for Purdue University (macro and microeconomics), and Penn. State (microeconomics). As well as economics course work (statistics and resource economics).
Contains Agricultural school tests over agricultural policy from 2017-2020. Farm acts, bills, and policy from 1986-2004,. Scholarship/honors programs, meetings, and dinners. Economy records from 1999-2004. Political economy of agriculture at given time from 1991-1992. Policy from 1993-2003.
Contains notebooks filed with the notes of Barry L. Flinchbaugh, class materials of different classes taught, NASCO seed mount. style no. 5-6, and Pennsylvania 4-H club members record book.