This is a photograph of the medal, Order of the British Empire given to Joseph M. Tucker by King George VI.

A photograph of the proclamation by King George VI appointing Joseph M. Tucker "to be an Honorary Officer of the Civil Division of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire."

This is a speech that Joseph M. Tucker where he was introducing the "Famine Fighters" Program after World War II.

This article gives a brief history of the Massey-Harris company. Joseph M. Tucker was the Vice-President of the U. S. company and James Duncan was President of the Canadian company.

The records of the Office of Student Activities and Services (OSAS) at Kansas State University span from 1946 to 2013. The office oversees student organziations on campus, including the Student Governing Association, and contents relate to the administration of student activities and services by the office, as well as Student Governing Association (SGA) records and information about student organizations.
SGA records include agendas, minutes, election information, and legislation and statutes of the student senate. Agendas include some years between 1998-1999 and 2003-2004. Minutes cover most years between 1946-1947 and 1996-1997. Election information is from 1989-1990 to 1992-1993. Legislation and statutes span from 1967-1968 to 2008-2009. Additional types of materials include reports, fine arts council annual reports, committee documentation, and budget and allocation records from some years between 1995-1996 and 2005-2006.
A small portion of the materials relate to student government efforts to save Nichols Gym between 1975 and 1984, and include correspondence, reports, a petition, flyers, clippings, and materials related to the Nichols Hall art competition. People frequently appearing in the collection include Greg Musil, Larry Weigel, Eric Bransby, and many faculty and administrators at the university.
OSAS records include the office newsletter, "Paper Money Plus," from 1972 to 1992, as well as reports, procedures and guidelines, and budget items from 2006 to 2012. Much of the latter content focuses on fiscal procedures, financial reports, and budget allocations for student organizations.
The largest series of records are student organization registration records, which are in alphabetical order. Included are names of officer, constitutions, bylaws, and similar types of information.

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.

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.

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

This letter was written by Marian Tucker Springer describing the famine in China and letting her father, Joseph M. Tucker, know hard it was to feed her family. After reading this letter Joseph Tucker was inspired to write a proposal to the War Food Administration to began the Harvest Brigade.

War Production Board Certificate of Service and War Production Board Industry Advisory Committee certificate.

This pamphlet explains America's dwindling food stock in 1943 and how "Massey-Harris foresaw the critical situation of the 1944 harvest - a record crop production with too few men and combines to handle the vast acreages." Recognizing the seriousness of the situation the government approved the plan for a Harvest Brigade (a fleet of 500 Self-Propelled Combines) that "pledged to harvest more acres with less fuel, manpower and equipment than ever before in the history of the world."

Pins collected from numerous College of Engineering Open House along with other artifacts of from the Steel Ring Society pertaining to the initiation process.

School of Veterinary Medicine class composites (1944-1947).

The Roper Papers consists predominantly of photocopied letters from Victor Roper to his wife, Alice Roelfs, while he was participating in the European Theater of World War II. Victor ("Vic") and Alice were married only days after he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, and they were together approximately six months before he was shipped overseas. The collection contains facsimiles of 43 handwritten letters and two V-Mails from Victor to his wife while he was stationed in France, Germany, and Austria from January to June 1945. The letters depict a lieutenant’s life before, during, and after combat, as well as reflections on his past and his hopes for the future. The correspondence describes his trans-Atlantic voyage in January 1945, a period of anxious inactivity in France through February, intense combat in Germany in March and April, the end of the war in May while stationed in Austria, and the liberation of the concentration camp near Mauthausen, Austria. The letters contain mundane details of army life, including housing, weather, and food, as well the loneliness of a husband separated from his wife. The letters often discuss the frustration and uncertainty of wartime communications, as letters often took weeks to arrive. They are varied in mood and tone, reflecting the alteration between times of stress and rest. During times of combat, the letters are necessarily vague as to locations and actions, though details are frequently provided in subsequent letters and Victor's accounts of his time overseas are emotionally poignant throughout. The collection also includes a series of letters to Victor’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Roper, his aunt Clara Wesche, and Alice’s parents, the Roelfs. The facsimiles of 18 letters and one V-Mail to his parents cover the longest period of time, from January to October 1945, including his time in Belgium. Three letters are addressed to his aunt, and one to his parents-in-law. The Subject Series includes copies of various official and personal documents. Military Documents preserve Victor’s official service records, while Personal Documents contain important family papers. Printed Material includes a copy of The 65th Halbert Division Daily News Letter from June 15, 1945, as well as two programs from Army-sponsored church services. A second box of Printed Material includes original copies of wartime newspapers, including The Chanute News, The Stars and Stripes, and Yank: The Army Weekly. The majority of issues were published after the official end of hostilities. The Photograph Series contains 161 photocopies of personal photographs and postcards. Photographs are numbered in the order in which they appeared in the original albums. The pictures capture Victor and Alice in their youth in Kansas, his early military career in Mississippi and Alabama, and portraits of his friends in the service. The largest series of images, taken while Victor was stationed overseas, depict both the landscape of war-torn Europe, as well as casual life within the military. Some notable photographs include images of the Mauthausen camp following its liberation. The photographs have been scanned and digital images can be viewed upon request in the department until they are available through the KSU Digital Library. The documents are housed in two boxes. In the first box, the correspondence is arranged first by the addressee, then chronologically. Other materials are housed by subjects in alphabetical order, followed by the photographs, duplicated in their original album order. The second box holds additional Printed Material, placed in alphabetical order by the publication title.

Dean Doretta Hoffman report of guidelines for international programs 1976-1983. Ms. Jane Barnes scrapbooks of "Highlights of History" from her time as assistant to the Dean, 1944-1954.

This booklet is a postwar planning guide for farmers. It includes a guide to farm tax management, a checklist of machine and equipment repairs and/or what can be sold and/or what is needed, and a 5-year farm inventory sheet.

This is a photocopy of a conditional sale contract and order for a new #21 SP - 12 foot Massey-Harris combine. This was purchased by Roy Kluck. He made a downpayment of $1,500 and was to pay $1,495.91 upon delivery to Enid, Oklahoma.

This series includes photographs of Lawrence John Letnes, Joseph M. Tucker, and a photograph of the Order of the British Empire given to Joseph M. Tucker by King George VI in 1946.

Fern Letnes gave the photograph and news clippings to Judy Horsch, daughter of Joseph M. Tucker.

This includes a mini-biography of Lawrence John Letnes who was in charge of the Harvest Brigade during the summer of 1944. The story states that Letnes "was the aerial liaison man who kept a fleet of 20 self-propelled combines rolling across the state of Kansas northward to the Canadian border to harvest grain that may have remained uncut because of the critical shortage of manpower and machines during WWII."

The photograph is of John Letnes standing in front of his airplane. The side of the airplane reads, "Self-Propelled Combines, L. J. Letness, Representative, Grand Forks, N. D."

A mat framed copy of a joke that was printed in the Farm Implement News poking fun at Joseph M. Tucker.

This series is made up a photograph of the Proclamation by King George VI appointing Joseph M. Tucker “to an Honorary Officer of the Civil Division of Our said and Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" and a photograph of a joke that was printed in the Farm Implement News in 1944.

Kansas State University Engineering Student Record cards from students with last names F-He. The cards contain general information about student such as birthday, education prior to university, occupation of parents, standardized test scores, extra curricular activities, and lastly the degree said student is pursuing.