Folder 48: Treasurer's Notebook
- US US kmk 2019-20.005-1-48
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- 2004-2012
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 48: Treasurer's Notebook
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 47: Treasurer's Notebook
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 4: Awards & Recognition
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 33: Lesson, Where in the World is Turku?
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 32: Lesson, Historical Women in Sedgwick County
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 3: Associated Country Women of the World, ACWW in Action
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 28: Household Products Disposal Guide
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 27: History of Prairie Gem Unit
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 24: Financial Investing
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 20: Educational Program Guide
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 17: Conrie, Jacqueline Marie Madeleine, Eulogy
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 15: Christmas Trees Through the Years
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 12: By-Laws, Sedgwick County Family & Community Education Council
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 11: Awards & Recognition
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Folder 10: Awards & Recognition
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Part of Lou Herndon papers
Records relating to the history of Cooperative Extension work in Sedgwick County Kansas and focusing particularly on the Prairie Gem unit of which Lou Herndon and her mother, Ruth Wilkins, were charter/lifetime members.
Herndon, Lou
Kansas Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives (Women)
This collection includes organizational records: state and national, publications, conference programs & pamphlets, and photographs from Kansas Young Farmer & Young Farm Wives (Women) from 1962-1999. The majority of the records are from 1973-1995. Please note that in 1987/1988 the organization changed its name to Kansas Young Farmers & Young Farm Women. Within the records, the larger joint organization is often referred to as KYFW. The larger organization is often broken into its parts for meetings and organizing events, those are Kansas Young Farmers (KYF) and Kansas Young Farm Wives/Women (KYW).
KYFW was an organization created by the Kansas State Board of Vocational Agriculture to promote vocational agricultural education past high school and was administered through Kansas State University. The organization was formed in 1960, with its first articles of incorporation being filed on 5/24/1962 The organize and its members are closely tied to their younger counterpart, Future Farmers of America (FFA) often sharing the same administrators and being involved in FFA events either via sponsorship or as program presenters. KYFW placed heavy emphasis on continuing education within the agriculture field. Encouraging its members to actively share and develop new techniques and technology. They also valued strong leadership skills, asking their members to not only be actively involved in the organization, at the leadership level but also within their community.
Series 1: Conferences/Conventions (1968-1977, undated)
a. National Young Farmer Institute: 1968-1990, 1944, 1997
b. Kansas
  Registration: undated
  Booth Information
  State Fair: 1975
  Kansas Young Farmers & Wives State Convention: 1964, 1966-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1995
  State Tour: 1964-1992
  Young Farmers & Wives Day: 1977-1979, 1980-1988, 1990, 1992
  Young Farmer Leadership Conference/Day: 1977-1979, 1985, 1991
  Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teachers State Conference: 1967-1970
  AIC Institute for Young Farmers
Series 2: Awards (1968-1999, undated)
a. Applications: 1972, 1993
b. Kansas Young Farmer Awards: undated, 1968-1972, 1988, 1992, 1999
c. Advisor Award
d. Community Service Award
e. Young Farmer Spokesman Contest: undated, 1976-1982
Series 3: Vocational Education (1975-1990, undated)
a. Adult Teaching Methods
b. Farmer Management Workshop: 1975-1977
c. Guidelines for Developing Adult Vocational Education
d. Occupational Experience Supervision
e. Research Studies: 1973, 1975
f. Discussion Methods
g. Education Correspondence
h. National Survey of Adult Education in Agriculture: 1990
i. Directory of Resources: 1978
Series 4: Organizational Records (1960-1998, undated)
a. Organizational
  Articles of Incorporation
  Annual Report: 1973-1977, 1979-1981, 1983
  Annual Reporting Forms
  Tax Exempt Correspondence
  Reimbursement Policies
  IRS 990’s: 1973-1992
  Visitation Schedules
  Sponsors
  Photographs: undated
b. Handbooks
  Leadership Manuals
  Ceremony for Installing Officers
  Development Committee
c. Membership Roosters/List
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women); 1975, 1977-1991
  Young Farm Wives (Women): undated
d. Directories
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women): 1971-1972, 1976, 1981-1989, 1990-1992, 1994-1998
  Vocational Agriculture Resources: 1983
e. Yearly Records
  National Young Farmer Minutes: 1990
  Young Farmer & Ranchers: 1973-1974, 1976
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women): Undated;1970-1995
  Young Farmer: Undated;1963-1995
  Young Farm Wives (Women): Undated; 1964-1965,1970-1992;1994-1995
  District Meeting: 1971-1976
f. County Records
<emph render='bold'>Series 5: Published Materials </emph><emph render='bold'><emph render='italic'>(1970-1994, undated)</emph></emph>
a. News and Views (newsletter): 1970-1995 (incomplete)
  Drafts
  Layouts
  Materials: 1964-1695,1967-1971, 1975, 1977
  Photographs: 1964, 1968, 1970-1974, 1977-1978, undated
  Newsletters: 1964-1965, 1967-1969, 1971-1995
b. Star Young Farm Families: 1976
c. Young Farmer Spokesman Report: 1977-1978
d. Landmarks: 1981
e. Hesston Today: 1979-1890
f. The National Young Farmer
  Newspaper:1978-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1993
  Young Farmer Update: 1990-1991
  Young Farmer News: 1994
g. Hillsboro Star-Journal: 1977
h. The Citizen Patriot: 1978
i. Nation Young Farmer Annual Report: 1989, 1991
j. Pamphlets
k. A study of scope and content of farm mechanics courses and organization for teaching same in the vocational agricultural high schools of Kansas / by Lester B. Pollum.
l. The organization of and a plan for teaching through the laying flock class project / by Lawrence Fenhor Hall.
m. A study of the methods of teaching sciences underlying agriculture and their application to the teaching of vocational agriculture/ by Henry W. Schmitz
n. Misc. Newspaper Articles
<emph render='bold'>Series 6: Artifact</emph>
<emph render='bold'>Series 7: Materials from other States</emph>
Kansas Young Farmer and Young Farm Wives (Women)
This collection holds the papers of Robert O. Blunk, Jr. from 1923-2011 and includes some material in regards to his late wife, Katherine J. Blackwood Blunk. Box 1 of the collection begins with generic information regarding Blunk including his biographical information, certificates and similar materials, World War II Memorabilia, correspondence excluding World War II, and printed materials. Certificates and awards, printed materials, and correspondence from Katherine Blunk are also available. The remainder of the folders in box 1 pertain to community art and Blunk’s own sketches and published artwork. Notable materials include the Save the Arches campaign and the Chanute/Wright Memorial plans, photos, and correspondence. Box 2 categorically contains letters and envelopes pertaining to or from World War II, maintained in chronological order from 1939-1971 (primary 1942-1945). Box 3 holds many sketchbooks from Blunk’s early career (~1950s) as well as materials from the scrapbook held in box 6 along with other artifacts from Blunk’s career. More sketchbooks and free sketches can be found in box 4, in addition to oversize memorabilia from the Chanute/Wright Memorial. Box 5 contains two bound scrapbooks from the Viking House and boxes 7 and 8 contain material intended to go to the Beach Museum.
Blunk, Robert
Item 2: "Notes from Goss' Birds of Kansas"
Part of William Binnie journal
This is a list of birds from N. S. Goss History of the Birds of Kansas published by George W. Crane & Company, 1891.
Item 1: William Binnie journal
Part of William Binnie journal
Binnie wrote on pages 1-223 and left several pages blank. There is an index of birds on pages 282-298.
Personal journal kept by William Binnie, a Scottish-American self-taught naturalist, adventurer, explorer, businessman, developer and photographer between August 20, 1907 and April 11, 1912. Much of the journal’s content centers on ornithological references to eastern Kansas.
Binnie, William