The Doris and Leona Velen Collection contains materials pertaining to the sisters' campaign against the construction of Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan, Kansas from approximately 1937 to1962. The women were part of a large campaign of Blue Valley residents who attempted to save their homes from being flooded by the construction of Tuttle Creek Dam. Their efforts produced hundreds of letters, dozens of scrapbooks and pamphlets and numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
Subject files covering a broad range of topics relevant to Tuttle Creek Dam are assembled to complete the second series. Most notable among them are the files relating to the Blue Valley Open House, held October 22, 1955; trips taken by Blue Valley residents to Denver in 1952 and Washington D.C. in 1955 to meet with President Eisenhower; material used in political campaigns to elect anti-dam supporters to Congress; and the Tuttle Creek Story film, created to chronicle the creation of the dam.
The third series consists of speeches given between 1951 and 1955. Speeches were delivered before various groups and commissions in order to gather support in defense of the Blue Valley. The maps in the fourth series range in scope from local to national areas. Maps are used to illustrate how Tuttle Creek Dam relates to the other flood control projects along the Missouri River Basin. Various types of printed material are organized into the fifth series. Included among them are pamphlets and propaganda unique to the movement against Tuttle Creek Dam.
A large portion of this series contains newspaper clippings from various local and regional newspapers as well as an assortment of magazine articles. These articles provide a continuing narrative of the Tuttle Creek project, from its beginnings in the 1940s, through the controversy caused by its construction, and ending with the historic flood of 1993.
Scrapbooks created by Doris and Leona Velen make up the sixth and final series in the collection. The 69 scrapbooks span the years 1951-1962 and contain newspaper and magazine articles and congressional records concerning the Tuttle Creek project. A small number of broadsides, photographs, artifacts, and a 16mm film are listed at the end of the container list.

School of Veterinary Medicine class composites (1961-1963), School of Veterinary Medicine faculty composite (1945-1949).

This folder consists of the Heritage of Kansas magazine dated November 1961, November 1962, February 1963, and May 1963.

Included in the magazine (page 14) is an article written by Minnie Davisson Baringer titled, "A Kansas Rural School During the 1890s."

Three photographs.

Photographs and descriptions of various Agricultural tools for farming and preparing to farm. Some pictures and descriptions include Hydraulics of Irrigation and Drainage, Erosion and Erosion control, and much more pertaining to preparing land to be farmed.

Photographs and descriptions of various Agricultural tools used in the process of farming. Some pictures and descriptions include Electric Motors, Motor Wagon, Electric Wiring. Along with photos about rural electrification there are also educational photos and descriptions about biological and agricultural engineering.

Two large bound notebooks that contain records for Engineering students at Kansas State University with last names through Mc-R. Some of the general information includes hometown, curriculum, date of matriculation, extra curricular activities, and lastly a photograph of each student.

Administrative council records (1918-1959), administrative council minutes (1960), Dean of Academic Administration records (1951-1964).

Two large bound notebooks that contain records for Engineering students at Kansas State University with last names through G-L. Some of the general information includes hometown, curriculum, date of matriculation, extra curricular activities, and lastly a photograph of each student.

The Richard D. Rees papers are comprised of class notes from Rees’s tenure as a student at Kansas State University as well as various program documents, personal correspondence, market analysis of a feed firm, and milling industry bulletins. Class notes are from courses such as Elements of Milling, Elements of Dairy, General Biology I and II, Principles of Accounting, Agricultural Policy, and Money and Banking. Correspondence includes letters related to job interviews, employment at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Short Course and Feed Production School in Kansas City. Also included are program documents from the Midwest Feed Manufacturers Association’s Feed Production School, the Management and Manufacturing Seminar. Also included are Rees’s master’s thesis and PhD classwork outlines.

These materials comprise the files of Roman J. Verhaalen, who served as department head or acting head of continuing education from 1956 to 1964. The materials cover from 1951 to 1964 and topics include department activities and records, Abilene-Chapman college experiment, Advisory Council for General Extension, Continental Classroom movement, Faculty Senate activities, graduate and home study programs, instructional records, television and radio class publicity, and the 50th anniversary of the department.

Two large bound notebooks that contain records for Engineering students at Kansas State University with last names through A- Carson and Carson- F. Some of the general information includes hometown, curriculum, date of matriculation, extra curricular activities, and lastly a photograph of each student.

Two large bound notebooks that contain records for Engineering students at Kansas State University with last names through S-Z. Some of the general information includes hometown, curriculum, date of matriculation, extra curricular activities, and lastly a photograph of each student.

The papers were assembled by Colonel Frank Caldwell Hershberger (1888-1965) over a long international career as a veterinary medicine specialist. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and postcards gathered into three scrapbooks dating from 1908-circa 1955.  These albums cover various locations in Europe and Africa, as well as Diamond, Wyoming and the Philippines. Additional loose photographs date from circa 1905 and document his time at the University of Missouri, Camp Marfa (Texas), Fort Monroe (Virginia), Fort Riley (Kansas), Fort Sill (Oklahoma), and Fort Mills (Corregidor, Philippines). Photographs include military officers, military polo teams, training cavalry horses, and the process of transporting horses via troopship. Augmenting the visual materials are articles, diplomatic papers, typescripts, some correspondence and a diary related to Hershberger's work for the Chinese government (1914-1918). One typescript details the history of the Port Veterinarian for the Port of Embarkation, New York, 1921-1945. The collection also includes the Legion of Merit medal, Legionnaire degree, which is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
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These materials include the 1965 dissertation of Robert Weldon "Bob" Newsome, extension faculty at Kansas State University from 1955 to 1994, titled "A Descriptive Study of the Origin, Development and Recent Major Trends of the Kansas Co-operative Agricultural Extension Service." Also included is his research for the dissertation and includes topics such as law and government, university budgeting, in-service training, adult education, and organization of extension services. Materials range from 1961 to 1965.

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.

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.

There are seven plays in this file: (1) A Christmas Welcome, undated; (2) It's Christmas Again, undated; (3) The Cowboy's Best Christmas, undated; (4) The Little Drummer Boy, undated; (5) Mother Goose's Christmas, 1966; (6) Santa Goes on Strike, undated; and (7) Trouble in Santa Claus Land, undated.

The Abby Lindsey Marlatt papers include records from her academic career and personal life. They are divided into series covering her academic work, personal life, correspondence, and publications and art.
The academic series covers her undergraduate coursework at Kansas State College (KSC), graduate work at the University of California-Berkeley, and employment as associate professor at KSC. Types of material included are assigned work, study materials, notes, quizzes, and exams. Also, this series contains items from her academic year teaching at the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon.
The materials in the personal series include documentation of her life outside academia, including information about her church, travel documents, newspaper clippings, and programs, as well as a few personal effects such as a driver's license, budget book, and guest register.
The correspondence series represents much of Abby’s adult life, although the bulk is from the late 1930s though the late 1950s. Exchanges with her parents and friends include letters, telegrams, and postcards covering topics that include her personal and professional activities, as well as social issues such as pacifism, race relations, rationing, and religion.
The publications and art series contains books and artwork from Abby's collection usually focused on Kansas and KSC.

Open house film reel.

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.