Folder 56: Correspondence reference Journey for Margaret by W. L. White
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Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 56: Correspondence reference Journey for Margaret by W. L. White
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 80: William Hard, "American Internationalism," The Reader's Digest
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 39: Correspondence, [Millen], Bertha
Folder 75: Kansas Legislative Directory
Folder 61: W. L. White "Introduction" to Seven Came Through by Edward Rickenbacker
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 3: Memorandum, Organization of the Massey-Harris Emergency Brigade
Joseph M. Tucker wrote this memorandum to outline his "ideas as to how the emergency harvest brigade should be organized."
Folder 9: “Joe Tucker Joins Massey-Harris as Assistant to General Manager Hyslop,” Implement Record
This article is a min-biography of Joseph M. Tucker.
Folder 30: Correspondence, June-December
Folder 65: Scholastic Note Book, Minnie Baringer
Folder 76: Eric A Johnston articles about Russia
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 81: Maurice Hindus articles
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
“The Price That Russia is Paying,” The Readers Digest, 1943 April
“The Russian Slogan: ‘Work, Study, and Learn’” The Readers Digest, 1944 February
Folder 82: Sumner Welles, "What Russia Wants"
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 30: Report on Russia, used in Manuscript
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 16: Massey-Harris Postwar Guide
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.
Folder 20: Conditional Sale Contract & Order
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.
Folder 27: Letnes, Lawrence John
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."
Folder 10: “Retribution Overdue,” Farm Implement News
A mat framed copy of a joke that was printed in the Farm Implement News poking fun at Joseph M. Tucker.
Folder 24: "Queens Die Proudly" by W. L. White
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 57: Correspondence, Katherine White
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 47: Correspondence, Hills, W. Harold
Folder 71: Correspondence, Hoover, Herbert Family
Folder 15: Photographs, Palmer, Cruise, WWII
Part of Thomas Cruise Palmer papers
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 64: S. E. L. Ledger, Farm Accounts
Folder 39: Report on Russians post publication materials
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 73: Report of the Russians by W. L. White, Book Reviews
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 31: Report on Russia, used in Manuscript
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 1: “Birthday Letter,” Country Gentleman, Vol. CXV, No. 3
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.
This series gives a researcher a glimpse to some of the work done by Joseph M. Tucker.
Part of College of Engineering records
Industrial Engineering faculty files with last names D-J. General information included in files is name of employee, salary, dates of employment, and previous work experience/qualifications as well.
Part of College of Engineering records
Industrial Engineering faculty files with last names L-R. General information included in files is name of employee, salary, dates of employment, and previous work experience/qualifications as well.
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 37: Newspaper Clippings reference W. L. Whit'e book Report on the Russians
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Department of Industrial Engineering materials
Part of College of Engineering records
The Department of Industrial Engineering series contains faculty files from the department of Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering. Files include name of employee, salary, title, resume and other various related job experience information.
Folder 84: Report on Russia Materials Not Used
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Folder 76: Kansas Legislative Directory
Folder 5: Certificates, War Production Board
War Production Board Certificate of Service and War Production Board Industry Advisory Committee certificate.
Folder 13: 1944-1945 Harvest Brigade...keyed to the wartime harvest emergency
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."
Part of College of Engineering records
Industrial Engineering faculty files with last names S-Z. General information included in files is name of employee, salary, dates of employment, and previous work experience/qualifications as well.
Part of College of Engineering records
The War Training Program series contains report cards of various training programs of war preparation through the War Training Program offered at Kansas State University. The date range for this series is 1920-1945.
Part of Department of Entomology records
E.G. Kelly "Plans of Work" Notebooks.
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
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.
Folder 30: Medal, Order of the British Empire
This is a photograph of the medal, Order of the British Empire given to Joseph M. Tucker by King George VI.
Folder 9: Proclamation 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."
Folder 12: Speech, "The Story of the Loaves-No Fishes"
This is a speech that Joseph M. Tucker where he was introducing the "Famine Fighters" Program after World War II.
Folder 32: Report on Russia, used in Manuscript
Part of Research files of E. Jay Jernigan on William Lindsay White
Edna Worthley Underwood papers
The Edna Worthley Underwood Papers (1889-1946) covers the period of her most active publishing. Underwood wrote original works of plays, poetry, prose, short stories, and news articles. She also translated various author's works into English.
The first series, Correspondence (1910-1944), is divided into Personal Correspondence, letters from friends and admirers; Business Correspondence, letters regarding the publishing of books and reviews; Postcards; Telegram; Robert Earl Underwood's Correspondence; and a Letterbook, letters, and poems used for background information for her book of translation of poets of Haiti. The poets include Madame D. Viard, M. Leon Laleau, Victor Mangones, and Maurice A. Casseus. She corresponded with many of the authors, often asking for a biographical sketch and a photograph. After 1938, not much is known of her life. She did not publish but traveled within the U.S. Photographs have been transferred to the photograph collection of the University Archives.
Literary Works (1927-1938) is divided into several sub-series. Original Works contains works by Underwood; criticism of other authors; news articles on points of interest; notes; poems; prose; play, A Petersburg Night; short stories, "The Shudder of Don Giovanni", "Madame Dorette and Nature", and three untitled. The sub-series: 1) Translations, includes translations of short stories put into the book Flemish Short Stories; 2) plays, The Yellow Tent and Improvisations in June poems; 3) short stories, "The Van Helmers", "The Beggar Minar", "Tramp and Peasant", "Vaudrevil", "If Life is White", "Exile", "A Game of Chess", "Martha Timar", "Father, A Portrait", "The Trick", "Christmas Eve", and "The Wedding". Also included are original works by Aberto Zum Felde, Fernand Knopf, Robert Earl Underwood, and works by unknown authors. The last sub series contains miscellaneous items.
The series Individuals (1918-1939) contains folders on individuals that Underwood corresponded with and whose works she translated. The folders contain correspondence and original works of poetry and prose. The individuals include Max Dickman, Fabio Fiallo, Germaine Lassara-Bouchecourt, Coelho Netto, Luis Felipe Rodriguez, Daniel Thaly, and Cesar Vallejo.
The series Scrapbooks (1905-1940) contains three scrapbooks. Scrapbook #1 covers 1905-1939. It contains newspaper clippings, letters, and various printed materials. Scrapbook #2 covers the literature of South America. It contains correspondence and original works of poetry. Individuals included are Julio Herrera, Xavier Abril, Carlos Wyld Ospina, Lartigau Lespada, Juan Borch, and Fernando Torregrosa. Scrapbook #3 contains correspondence and poetry from individual poets included in Underwood's translation of poets from Haiti. The poets include Emile Roumer, Clement Magloire, Maurice Casseus, Carl Brouard, Milo Riguad, Jacques Romain, Justinien Ricot, Jean F. Brierre, and Timothee Paret.
The series Notebooks (1889-1924) contains seven notebooks. They cover the time Underwood attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. These are handwritten notes from lectures. Notebook #5 contains prose written in 1924, thirty years after her graduation from the University. The last series, Printed Material, contains booklets, "El Pais Lilac", "Revista de Las Indias", "The Hobart Guild", "De Godsdienstige Keinst Van Rubens", "La Poesia Sorprendida", and "Requiem Por Los Muertos De Europa"; translations: newspaper clippings: and miscellaneous.
Twelve photographs were removed and filed in the University Archives photograph collection under the heading of Underwood. The photographs include Maurice Andre Casseus, Concepcion Monterrosa, Cesar Vallejo (2), Xavier Abril de Viver, Jorge Luis Borges, Germaine Lassara-Bouchecourt, Coelho Netto, Helery, Balleitein de Martin, and unknown.
Underwood, Edna Worthley