The Department of Applied Human Science includes several programs, including Communication Sciences & Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Family and Consumer Science Education, Human Development and Family Science, and Integrative Human Sciences. This series includes the reorganization of 1990 that proposed to eliminate the College of Health and Human Sciences and the College of Architecture. There is correspondence regarding program mergers. Photos and news clippings from the child development lab to the protests from the 1990 reorganization. Plans and correspondence regarding the home management houses are included. This department was created by the merger of the Department of Family Economics and the Department of Family and Child Development in 1985 which created the Department of Human Development & Family Studies. The name changed to Applied Human Science in 2020.

Brochures, correspondence, and plan documents from the Justin Hall dedication (1960) and re-dedication in (1985). Construction plans for Hoeflin Stonehouse.

Justin hall renovation plans. Buildings on other campuses in the Midwest for Health and Human Science Departments.

The College of Health and Human Science Records cover the history of the college spanning from 1863-2011. The collection includes documents, pictures, and other materials from Hospitality Days, departmental restructuring, name changes, various conference presentations and information from research and extension services. In 1912, Home Economics become a division within in the college and eventually in 1985, changed its' name to Human Ecology and later in 2019 the college changed its' name to the College of Health and Human Sciences. There were programs that moved to the College of Arts & Sciences, but the College of Health and Human Sciences retained the Interior Design and Fashion Studies programs in 1965. Likewise, programs were added to the College of Health of Human Sciences, such as Communication Sciences and Disorders and Social Work in 1994. There are correspondence and planning materials from these mergers and changes, along with other program moves. The collection contains notes and programs from conferences such as Lake Placid and the White House Conference on Families. Included in the collection is also personal and business related correspondence from Deans and other faculty members.

This series includes correspondence between Dean's and other faculty and students. Majority of the correspondence documents are from Dean Barbara Stowe between the years of 1989-1998. Dean's academic council minutes and other documents are included. Ms. Jane Barnes' scrapbooks of "Highlights in History" are included from when she served as assistant to the Dean. Reports from conferences that Dean's attended are included. Biennial and centennial reports for the college.

Speeches from conferences, task force reports, and twenty year plan.

Notes and news clippings saved by Jean Sego. Land-Grant colleges workshops for administrators and research in 1909-1967. Dean Margaret Justin photos, history, funds, and plans. Dean Virginia Moxley planning, programs, and news. Name change from Home Economics to Human Ecology in 1985.

Minutes from alumni board of directors meetings and alumni fellow awards.

Board of Directors meeting minutes and newsletters.

Dean's administrative council minutes and correspondence from 2000-2005. Dean Doretta Hoffman's personal notes, news articles, and correspondence about trips to western KS and India from 1954-1976. Goals committee task force minutes, correspondence, and questionnaire from 1977-1988. Historical booklets and college history from 1933-1988. Dean Ruth Hoeflin forum and task force minutes.

Regents review of undergraduate and graduate programs. Recommendations from the Board of Regents and planning reports.

Graphs of enrollment trends within the college and university wide. Statistics of male and female enrollment, broken down by college within the university. Academic advisors handbooks.

This series includes notes from national conferences, correspondence about extension services, and scripts from extension events for the community.

News releases and Newsletters about research and extension services. Correspondence, reports, and plans for partnership with Paraguay University. Research reviews, projects, and history. Correspondence, programs, and notes from the White House Conference on Families.

Annual report to the Board of Regents that highlights enrollment, graduate school, research, extension and service work, campus development, expenditures, notable deaths and faculty salary classification. Budget requests sent to the Board of Regents from 1985-1995. Minutes and correspondence of Council of Academic Officers and Board of Regents. Petitions for department name changes 1999-2005. Booklets that include degree and certificate program inventory are included from 1996-2000. Mission statements for the Kansas Regents system and future development.

Open House and plans for recruitment to increase enrollment. University enrollment data.

Budget proposals, accomplishments from the college, and correspondence between faculty. Correspondence, pictures, and planning for Centennial celebration and Golden Jubilee celebration. Media releases for name change, news clippings from college wide events and New Zealand exchange program journals. Lake Placid conference program, correspondence, and notes. Correspondence and news clippings about college reorganization proposal in 1990.

Graphs with statistics and reports from the Association of Administrators of Home Economics (AAHE) from 1980-1988. Administrative Council minutes, correspondence, and budget proposals from 1999-2004.

Administrative council minutes from 2003-2004. Books from educational workshop for administrators from 1960-1967. Correspondence from Dean Barbara Stowe from the years 1993-1997.

Accomplishments made by specific departments and student assessment outcomes. Organization map of the Administrative system. Report on the advancement of Women faculty from 1971-1975. American Home Economics Association booklets.

Minutes from Administrative Council and Faculty Council meetings. Minutes regarding course and curriculum changes are included, as well as information from the American Home Economics Association meetings.

Self-study reports, annual reports, and recommendations from the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), and Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS).

This series includes minutes from faculty senate, academic affairs committee, and course and curriculum committee meetings.

This series includes correspondence between faculty, program proposals, and planning documents. Previous names of the department include Department of Institutional Economics, Department of Institutional Management, and then Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management.

AAFCS faculty loads and self-study's. FAEIS reports and recommendations.

Undergraduate and graduate program reviews and recommendations.

Newspaper clippings from events and achievements in the college. Journals from the New Zealand exchange program. Planning for Parents Day and proposals for Ph.D programs. Correspondence and news about reorganization in 1990-1993.

Correspondence from the Department Head of Hotel and Restaurant Management and professors to other faculty, guest speakers, and potential students. Event and food preparation photos from 1968.

Stonehouse construction plans and photos 1999-2000. Studies in student personnel 1977-1982. Proposal for Visual works project in 2001 to update technology in Applied Human Science buildings.

Highlights and history of the college from 1873-1973. Proposal and proposal draft for a Ph.D program in "Home Economics." Minutes, notes, and programs from the Iowa conference on International procedures and Lake Placid conference. International agreements and minutes from the committee on International proceedings. Photos from the past Journalism, Radio, & TV program in 1954-1977. Proposal for Masters program in Public Health. Announcement and media statement for the name change in 1985 from Home Economics to Human Ecology.

College wide budget proposal presentation to Provost James Coffman, Vice President Thomas Rawson, and Budget Director John Struve. Correspondence, reports, news clippings, photos, and planning for the Centennial Celebration (1873-1973). Media release and announcment of the name change from Home Economics to Human Ecology in 1985. News clippings from events and achievements within the college.

Dean Barbara Stowe correspondence from 1990-1991. Council of Academic Deans minutes, agendas, and correspondence between members from1998-2001.

Communication Sciences and Disorder program defense of existence in protest to reorganization attempts 1988-1998. Reorganization attempts of Communication Sciences Disorders (CSD) program before 1992 and the effects of eliminating the program. The CSD merger of 1994 and planning materials. Domestic Science club history and minutes in 1861-1961. Early childhood laboratory history and correspondence 1972-1982.

Photos from the Nursery school. Proposals and correspondence for a new structure that includes the Social Work and Communication Sciences and Disorders program. Richard Morse correspondence from 1982-1985 and booklets 1975-1978. Speech and Hearing Center needs and the construction and expansion plans for Stonehouse in 1993-2000.

Photos of A.S Cripps (1875). Memos, correspondence, and proposal for coordinated programs. Course and curriculum changes 1987-2000.

Curriculum changes, restructuring, and graduate program reviews. Photos from foods classes, research, and meat judging teams.

International Congress notes from the Nutrition extension project in India. Proposals, correspondence, and plans regarding the Ph.D program and restructuring of the department 1995-1999. Correspondence between Dean Ruth Hoeflin and a former employee in the department. Minutes and proposal from the KSU Sensory Analysis Center Advisory Board Meetings from 1978-1990. Correspondence about a trademark for the Sensory Analysis Center in 1989.

The department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health used to be called the Department of Foods and Nutrition in 1947. Before that it was the Department of Foods Economics and Nutrition (1919-1947). In 1918, Human Nutrition was transferred from the Department of Chemistry. Pictures from meat judging competitions in 1927 are included in this series. Along with, reports of faculty changes and proposals for a clinical Ph.D.

New Zealand exchange program and partnership with Paraguay, 1973-1990. Ruth Hoeflin memos, conferences, newsletters, and correspondence from 1973-1989. Self-study report from 1863-1981.

Minutes from the course and curriculum committee meetings. Deans administrative council and Faculty council meeting minutes.

CSRS reviews and extension services. Correspondence about the merger of extension services. Correspondence and scripts for the extension programs such as Rapid Response Center and Family Forums.

Agricultural Experiment Station budgets, correspondence, and reports. American Home Economics Association community extension education program scripts. Kansas conference on families correspondence and booklets. Research projects and Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) reviews.

FIDER accreditation report and recommendations from 1991-1999. Graduate program review of "Clothing Textiles and Interior Design" in the spring of 1997 and fall of 1998.

Correspondence between faculty and administration. Reports

Role and Aspiration drafts and reports. Student Faculty Seminar proceedings, student life photos, and student organization correspondences' and newsletters. List of textbooks written by faculty and twenty-year plan reports. Presentation and booklet for the 125th celebration of Health and Human Sciences (1873-1998).

John Murray's article and correspondence 1985-1989. Kellstrom and Lee research on laundry efficiency in the household. Leone Kell papers and correspondence.

Reports and recommendations from FIDER accreditation. Photos from textile chemistry classes, finished garments, and the Art Department. Correspondence about the transfer of the Art Department. Correspondence about the Family Economics merger. Previous names include, Domestic Art (1898), Department of Clothing and Textiles (1920), and Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design (1967).

Newspaper clippings, photos, and correspondence about the reorganization plans in 1990. Letters in protests of the proposed reorganization of 1990. Proposals and mission statements for the University and specific departments. Memo and report for "Vision for the Future" written in 1998-1999 to plan for 1999-2004.

Grants for research from 1974-1980 and group and Individual teaching materials. Task force reports and correspondence about the extension merger and the history of extension services in Kansas.

Photos of faculty while working and faculty salary statistics. Correspondence and photos of the Golden Jubilee celebration in 1925. Highlights in history from 1855-1955.