This collection comprises material related to the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine between 1855-2014. This collection contains administrative records from this college, including handbooks and manuals, proposals and applications, various records, reports, publications, presentation materials, records related to international programs, material pertaining to campus and its buildings, and a film catalogue which describes some of the collection’s video material. It also contains recordings and transcripts of interviews, most of which featured alumni from the College of Veterinary Medicine for the history book “A Century of Excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine” by Howard H. Erickson and Ronnie G. Elmore. Drafts of this book are also present in this collection. Moreover, this collection contains yearbooks and scrapbooks, including auxiliaries and photo albums, from the college spanning nearly a century. There are also audio and video materials related to the College of Veterinary Medicine on cassette tapes, microcassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, and DVDs, and film reels which record college events, interviews, teaching aids, and virtual tours of the college. This collection includes class and faculty composites for the College of Veterinary Medicine spanning the majority of the 20th century, and even features a composite from the St. Joseph Veterinary College. These composites are either photographic negatives or oversize photographs.

Other photographs that can be found in this collection depict people, including faculty, staff, students, and other notable individuals. Photos of buildings, including diagrams and photos of buildings on the Kansas State campus and the Veterinary Medicine campus, as well. There are also photos of animals, which were either pets, farm animals, or lab animals, as well as the labs performed on these animals. Additionally, photographs of college events, miscellaneous photos, and oversize photos also contribute to this collection’s material.

Lastly, this collection features photographic negatives and photographic slides which depict people, like faculty, staff, students, exchange students, and Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association members. Also pictured are labs, lab equipment, and associated animals, which were often pets, farm animals, or wildlife/exotic animals. Locations within the Manhattan area (especially within the Kansas State University campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine Complex/Campus specifically) are also an important subject to this collection. Negatives of these locations feature buildings, layouts, maps, construction, maintenance, renovations, and damage to buildings. Formal, casual, recreational, donation-based, food-based, and sporting events related to the college can be found in this collection as well. Miscellaneous photo negatives and slides make up the remainder of the undeveloped photographic material in this collection.

This series contains administrative and related records from the College of Veterinary Medicine from 1855-2004. This series also functions as a catch-all for the material in this collection that didn’t seem to fit well in the other series. The contents of this series are largely handbooks and manuals, proposals and applications, various records, reports, publications, presentation materials, records related to international programs, material pertaining to campus and its buildings, and a films catalogue which describes some of the video materials of this collection (see: Video Materials, CDs, and Tapes).

This series’ handbooks and manuals include the Veterinary Medicine handbook, the Animal Resource Facility Information handbook, faculty handbooks, student handbooks, and the Manual of Poultry Diseases. The proposals and applications include curriculum proposals, grant applications, construction proposals, long term plans, and development plans.

Records in this series include financial records, record and notebooks, records for specific groups, reports, data and statistics, minutes, correspondence, awards and related documents, publications, presentation information, international program material, and campus and building information. The financial records contain material like account books, budget books, budget justification, and fundraiser information. Veterinary Medicine record books and notebooks can be found in this series, as well as lab records, Developmental Council records, Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association records, Administrative council records, Dean of Academic Administration records, and Instructional Technology Center records. Similarly, this series contains reports like project reports, accreditation reports, Veterinary Medicine Annual Reports and Audit Reports, Veterinary Medicine growth and development reports, reports of research, reports of programs, reports of experiments, Veterinary Medical Licensing Program reports, Clinic Reports, meeting reports, the New York Women’s League for Animals annual report, reports on Academic Success, self-studies of departments, self-evaluation of programs, and environmental assessments of campus.The data and statistics featured in this series relate to studies pertaining to the College of Veterinary Medicine, like historical statistics of the US, student stress data, Veterinary Medicine admissions data, graduate lists and alumni information, a Kansas State University fact book, History of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Veterinary Medicine history, Comparative Data Summaries, and statistics about animals who have been medical patients.

Minutes found in this series include faculty meeting minutes, faculty council minutes, conference minutes, and administrative council minutes. Correspondence in this series largely pertains to treatment, student jobs, and other universities. The material related to awards and similar documents includes lists of award recipients and nominees, committee information (especially for the Distinguished Service in the Field of Veterinary Medicine Award), certificates, oaths, bylaws, plaques, and the constitution of Veterinary Medicine. This series’ publications include newsletters, newspapers, journal prints, pamphlets, brochures, booklets, reprints (especially faculty reprints), bulletins, speeches, and dissertations. The presentation-related material includes programs, transcripts, publications, and other information related to conferences, lectures, and seminars. The international programs mentioned in this series are the Agency for International Development, the International Agricultural Programs, and Ahmadu Bello University, all of which have to do with the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s interaction with Nigeria. Lastly, this series contains information pertaining to campus and its buildings, like diagrams, plans, records of changes to buildings, information on construction, grants, and images.

Veterinary Medicine report to the Accreditation Committee of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1986), environmental assessment of the Veterinary Medicine campus and the proposed Clinical Science and Pathology building (1971-1972), construction grant applications (1968), record book (1931-1938), notebooks.

Kansas State University Veterinary Medicine photo album (students, staff and newsletters), auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association for students on the honor roll (photographs and certificates), Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association auxiliary (1976-1980. 3 scrapbooks dated 1976-1977, 1978-79, and 1979-1980. Newsletters, photographs, records), KSU Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association A Year in the Life of the Student Wives scrapbook (1977-1978).

Film rolls/movie reels, cassettes, account books.

Films catalogue, budgets, auxiliary bulletin material, Veterinary Medicine handbook certifications and bylaws, newspaper articles, reports, brochures, fundraiser information.

Changes to Burt Hall and Veterinary Hall (1943-1961), Veterinary Hospital estimates and requests (1950-1954), Distinguished Service in the Field of Veterinary Medicine Award committee information (1954-1982), Kansas State University/Agency for International Development with Nigeria (1970-1976).

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

Newspaper and journal prints (1855-1991), booklets and pamphlets (1948-1997), Notes Re: History of Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine from Various Sources (1961-1995), faculty council minutes (1969-1973), Kansas State University Fact Book (1996).

College of Veterinary Medicine records (1871-1930), History of the Kansas State Agricultural College (1909), College of Veterinary Medicine History (1940, 1995-1996), University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine 50 Years of Excellence pictorial review (1946-1996), Distinguished Service in the Field of Veterinary Medicine Award recipients and nominee information (1955-1982), booklets (1963-1997), correspondence (1969-1995), Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Self-Evaluation of Programs submitted to The American Veterinary Medical Association and Accreditation Report (1989), Kansas State University: The Quest for Identity (1995), 3.5” floppy disks (1995-1997).

Dean of Veterinary Medicine correspondence and records (1948-1964), Veterinary Hospital Clinic Reports (1920-1946), American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Admission Committee meeting report (1984-1985), Kansas Livestock Administration publications (1973-1974), copies of pictures and plaques (1976-2001), Phi Zeta certificate and veterinarian’s oath (1969-1972), mastitis-metritis-agalactia complex treatment correspondence (1967), Summer student jobs correspondence (1975-1976), National Central University correspondence (1949), Justus Liebig University correspondence (1976), Agency for International Development and International Agricultural Programs Ahmadu Bello University records [containing the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine table of organization (1972), suggested shipment to Nigeria (1972), administrative visits (1972), student publications (1963-1980), correspondence (1964-1981), reports (1979-2002), guidebook (1969)].

Food Animal Health and Management Center photo slides (1991-2001), Mosier Hall dedication (1998-1999), historical statistics of the United States, faculty reprints (1940-1960), speeches (2002-2004).

College of Veterinary Medicine: A Century of Excellence - 1905-2005. Alumni gathering pamphlets, brochures, booklets, a wine glass, a bag.

Faculty meeting minutes (1973-1994), annual givings (councils, meetings, cabinets) (1990-1995), faculty council minutes (1995-1999).

Kansas State Agricultural College Veterinary Division Vaccine Laboratories (1920-1926), miscellaneous executive records (1927-1961), Developmental Council records (1984), Food Animal Health and Management Center materials (1995), Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine faculty/student handbook (1995-1996), Kansas State University commencement photographs and negatives (1996), Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Accreditation Self-Study Unit and College Reports (1996).

Bulletins and reprints (1891-1940), Department of Veterinary Medicine Agricultural Experiment Statistics Project Reports (1958-1964), faculty reprints (1961-1970), Report to the National Board Examination Committee on the Veterinary Medical Licensing Program (1982), student stress considerations data (1982-1984), College of Veterinary Medicine Admissions Committee and data (1982-1988).

3-Year Program of Growth (1961-1966), budget justification (1961-1971), Veterinary Medicine needs (1961-1972), College of Veterinary Medicine Profile Review and Development study (1964), building plans, development plans, and justification for the Veterinary Medicine Complex and Frick Farm (1967-1986), College of Veterinary Medicine Program of Requirements (1968), grant application (1972), Report to the Accreditation Committee of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1986), survey of veterinarians regarding a model curriculum for teaching practice management (1989).

Information for the Annual Conference for Kansas Veterinarians (programs, schedules, transcripts, committee records, correspondence, notes) (1922-1967), Chronology of Kansas State University (1863-1992), newspaper clippings (1935).

Russell Alan Frey dissertation (1970), constitution for the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine (1971-1973), faculty minutes (1970-1971), Kansas State Agricultural College graduates list (1867-1911), curriculum concept proposal (1970), alumni news (1966), New York Women’s League for Animals annual report (1957), Phase III of Clinical Sciences and Pathology Building information, teaching aid DVD (2003), Kind Hearts Caring Hands events (2004-2005), Animal Resource Facility Information Manual (1971), Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association records, correspondence (1900-1994), newspaper clippings (1920-1960), pamphlets (1961-1994), photographs various dates between 1920-1994.

Self-study reports of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery and Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Animal Resource Facility, Veterinary Medical Library, and Teaching Resource, for North Central Accreditation Review (1963-1981), Association of American Veterinary Medical College Comparative Data Summaries (1968-1991).

Correspondence to the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (Dr. Ronald J. Marler), budget and mission reports, regulatory notes, minutes, commencement.

Correspondence to the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (Dr. Ronald J. Marler), itinerary, reports, minutes, Instructional Technology Center news.

Kansas State University Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association auxiliary (1958-1976).

KSU College of Veterinary Medicine handbooks (1989-1992), KSU College of Veterinary Medicine Student Handbook (1994-1995), KSU College of Veterinary Medicine Student/Faculty Handbook (1998-1999), A Long Range Development Plan for Veterinary Medical Campus (1970), A Report on Academic Success for the College of Veterinary Medicine at KSU (1989), KSU Foundation Annual Report and Audit Report (1991-1992), A Report of Research and Sponsored Programs for Fiscal Year 1998, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Report of Progress (published sometime between 1975 and 1993), schedules, programs, transcripts, publications, and other information on the following conferences: Annual Conference for Veterinarians (1990-1999), North Central Conference of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (1994), Emergency Medicine Conference on Imagining of the Traumatized or Critical Veterinary Patient: Imagining is Everything (1999), Small Animal Internal Medicine Lecture Series (1999), Veterinary Technicians Conference (1999), Frank W. Jordan Seminar on Immunology (1999).

Manual of Poultry Diseases (1951), Veterinary Medicine accreditation self-study report (unit report and college report) (1996).

Kansas Veterinary Medical Association library scrapbooks (1905-1984), College of Veterinary Medicine History Book interviews by Veterinary Medicine students (class of 1933-1952), interview with Max Milbourn by Dr. Mike Donnelly on VHS (1995), Veterinary Medicine articles (1905-1985), photos of campus, documents, and faculty (1920-1931).

This series contains yearbooks and scrapbooks, which include auxiliaries and photo albums, from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine between 1905-1999. The scrapbooks consist of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association: A Year in the Life of the Student Wives scrapbook, a Veterinary Medicine photo album which features students, staff, and newsletters from 1989-1995, and the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association auxiliaries from 1958-1980, which include photographs, certificates, newsletters, and other records. There are additionally yearbooks for the College of Veterinary Medicine that cover the years 1996-1999.

This series contains records pertaining to interviews about the College of Veterinary Medicine. The vast majority of this series consists of interviews of alumni for the history book, “A Century of Excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine” by Howard H. Erickson and Ronnie G. Elmore. In addition to printed transcripts and cassette, microcassette, and VHS tape recordings of interviews, there are also drafts of “A Century of Excellence” in this series. The interviews and other materials for this book span from 1905 to the book’s publication in 2005. There is also a CD copy that was ordered in 2007 containing some of the information pertinent to this project.

Kansas State University Veterinary Medicine photo album (students, staff and newsletters), auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association for students on the honor roll (photographs and certificates), Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association auxiliary (1976-1980. 3 scrapbooks dated 1976-1977, 1978-79, and 1979-1980. Newsletters, photographs, records), KSU Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association A Year in the Life of the Student Wives scrapbook (1977-1978).

Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine photo album (1989-1995), yearbooks (1996-1999), Introduction to Clinical Science (1981), VHS tapes and DVDs of awards, alumni, and proceedings (1905-2012).

This series contains audio and visual material related to the College of Veterinary Medicine during 1907-2014 on CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes, microcassette tapes, VHS tapes, and film reels. In Administrative Records, there is a film catalogue that may list some of the materials in this series. The CDs largely contain photographs and portrait backups. The DVDs contain recordings of events like talent shows, commencement, alumni fellow presentations in the Historical Perspectives series, and interviews. There is also a teaching aid DVD, as well as a College of Veterinary virtual tour DVD. The cassette and microcassette tapes are largely recordings of interviews for the history book, “A Century of Excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine” by Howard H. Erickson and Ronnie G. Elmore (see Series 2: Interview Transcripts and Tapes for more information). The VHS tapes contain recordings of tribute videos and interviews for “A Century of Excellence,” as well as events like award nominations, award ceremonies, dedication ceremonies, and alumni fellow presentations in the Historical Perspectives series. The film rolls/movie reels are unlabeled and it is unclear exactly what they contain. The majority of this material is dated between 1980-2010, as most of the content that predates that period only pertains to “A Century of Excellence.”