The Department of Applied Human Science includes several programs, including Communication Sciences & Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Family and Consumer Science Education, Human Development and Family Science, and Integrative Human Sciences. This series includes the reorganization of 1990 that proposed to eliminate the College of Health and Human Sciences and the College of Architecture. There is correspondence regarding program mergers. Photos and news clippings from the child development lab to the protests from the 1990 reorganization. Plans and correspondence regarding the home management houses are included. This department was created by the merger of the Department of Family Economics and the Department of Family and Child Development in 1985 which created the Department of Human Development & Family Studies. The name changed to Applied Human Science in 2020.

Photos of A.S Cripps (1875). Memos, correspondence, and proposal for coordinated programs. Course and curriculum changes 1987-2000.

Introduction card and "yes" responses to the Homemaker Service Project mailing cards that were sent to community members to survey their perception on a Homemaker Service for the Manhattan area.

Homemaker Service Project survey cards that were mailed to community members and returned with a "no" response.

The department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health used to be called the Department of Foods and Nutrition in 1947. Before that it was the Department of Foods Economics and Nutrition (1919-1947). In 1918, Human Nutrition was transferred from the Department of Chemistry. Pictures from meat judging competitions in 1927 are included in this series. Along with, reports of faculty changes and proposals for a clinical Ph.D.

The Center on Aging Department series includes reports from the board of regents as well as annual reports.

This series includes correspondence between faculty, program proposals, and planning documents. Previous names of the department include Department of Institutional Economics, Department of Institutional Management, and then Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management.

Reports and recommendations from FIDER accreditation. Photos from textile chemistry classes, finished garments, and the Art Department. Correspondence about the transfer of the Art Department. Correspondence about the Family Economics merger. Previous names include, Domestic Art (1898), Department of Clothing and Textiles (1920), and Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design (1967).

Minutes from alumni board of directors meetings and alumni fellow awards.

Self-study reports, annual reports, and recommendations from the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), and Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS).

Regents review of undergraduate and graduate programs. Recommendations from the Board of Regents and planning reports.

Brochures, correspondence, and plan documents from the Justin Hall dedication (1960) and re-dedication in (1985). Construction plans for Hoeflin Stonehouse.

Graphs of enrollment trends within the college and university wide. Statistics of male and female enrollment, broken down by college within the university. Academic advisors handbooks.

Commencement brochures and photos. Graduate statistics and prominent graduates.

Essential Edge was a fundraising campaign. This series includes correspondence, plans, and annual reports.

Hospitality Days was an event for programs to display their current research and developments. High schoolers interested in college could attend along with other community patrons. This series includes photos of students and their departments' display. Promotional material such as brochures, flyers, and buttons are included. Steering committee minutes, plans, and correspondence are included.

This series includes notes from national conferences, correspondence about extension services, and scripts from extension events for the community.

This series includes minutes from faculty senate, academic affairs committee, and course and curriculum committee meetings.

Budget proposals, accomplishments from the college, and correspondence between faculty. Correspondence, pictures, and planning for Centennial celebration and Golden Jubilee celebration. Media releases for name change, news clippings from college wide events and New Zealand exchange program journals. Lake Placid conference program, correspondence, and notes. Correspondence and news clippings about college reorganization proposal in 1990.

Correspondence between faculty and administration. Reports

This series includes correspondence between Dean's and other faculty and students. Majority of the correspondence documents are from Dean Barbara Stowe between the years of 1989-1998. Dean's academic council minutes and other documents are included. Ms. Jane Barnes' scrapbooks of "Highlights in History" are included from when she served as assistant to the Dean. Reports from conferences that Dean's attended are included. Biennial and centennial reports for the college.

Graphs with statistics and reports from the Association of Administrators of Home Economics (AAHE) from 1980-1988. Administrative Council minutes, correspondence, and budget proposals from 1999-2004.

Administrative council minutes from 2003-2004. Books from educational workshop for administrators from 1960-1967. Correspondence from Dean Barbara Stowe from the years 1993-1997.

Dean Barbara Stowe's correspondence from 1989-1998. Christmas Newsletters written by Deans from 1943-1959. Biennial reports and budget requests made by Deans from 1934-1947.

Dean Barbara Stowe correspondence from 1990-1991. Council of Academic Deans minutes, agendas, and correspondence between members from1998-2001.

Dean's administrative council minutes and correspondence from 2000-2005. Dean Doretta Hoffman's personal notes, news articles, and correspondence about trips to western KS and India from 1954-1976. Goals committee task force minutes, correspondence, and questionnaire from 1977-1988. Historical booklets and college history from 1933-1988. Dean Ruth Hoeflin forum and task force minutes.

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.

Ms. Jane Barnes scrapbooks of "Highlights in History" from her time as assistant to the Dean, 1954-1960.

Ms. Jane Barnes scrapbooks of "Highlights of History" from her time as assistant to the Dean, 1959-1963.

Notes and news clippings saved by Jean Sego. Land-Grant colleges workshops for administrators and research in 1909-1967. Dean Margaret Justin photos, history, funds, and plans. Dean Virginia Moxley planning, programs, and news. Name change from Home Economics to Human Ecology in 1985.

New Zealand exchange program and partnership with Paraguay, 1973-1990. Ruth Hoeflin memos, conferences, newsletters, and correspondence from 1973-1989. Self-study report from 1863-1981.

Speeches from conferences, task force reports, and twenty year plan.

Audiology program proposal and correspondence about program needs in 1991-1992. Child development lab photos and plans from 1958-1987. College of Arts and Sciences program reviews from 1992. Correspondence between administration and Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty about reorganization in 1992-1993.

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.

Domestic Science club history and minutes up until 1961. Early childhood laboratory history and correspondence 1972-1982. The Galichia institute correspondence, proposal, and plans from 1991-1997. Hearings for the discontinuance of the Communication Sciences and Disorders program in 1993. History of home management houses from 1919-1986. Homemaker service project grant application from 1965-1966.

John Murray's article and correspondence 1985-1989. Kellstrom and Lee research on laundry efficiency in the household. Leone Kell papers and correspondence.

Leone Kell papers and projects. Correspondence and proposal for the Marriage and Family Therapy program merger in 1995. Marriage and Family Therapy accreditation report and response. Communication Sciences and Disorders program materials for the discontinuation hearings. Correspondence about Communication Sciences and Disorders merger.

Photos from the Nursery school. Proposals and correspondence for a new structure that includes the Social Work and Communication Sciences and Disorders program. Richard Morse correspondence from 1982-1985 and booklets 1975-1978. Speech and Hearing Center needs and the construction and expansion plans for Stonehouse in 1993-2000.

Stonehouse construction plans and photos 1999-2000. Studies in student personnel 1977-1982. Proposal for Visual works project in 2001 to update technology in Applied Human Science buildings.

Correspondence about improvements and restructuring of positions. Articles written by Richard Morse in 1985-1987. Center for Aging Deans Board minutes annual reports. Summary of activities from 1996-1998 to be submitted to the Board of Deans.

Curriculum changes, restructuring, and graduate program reviews. Photos from foods classes, research, and meat judging teams.

International Congress notes from the Nutrition extension project in India. Proposals, correspondence, and plans regarding the Ph.D program and restructuring of the department 1995-1999. Correspondence between Dean Ruth Hoeflin and a former employee in the department. Minutes and proposal from the KSU Sensory Analysis Center Advisory Board Meetings from 1978-1990. Correspondence about a trademark for the Sensory Analysis Center in 1989.

Correspondence from the Department Head of Hotel and Restaurant Management and professors to other faculty, guest speakers, and potential students.

Correspondence from the Department Head of Hotel and Restaurant Management and professors to other faculty, guest speakers, and potential students.

Correspondence from the Department Head of Hotel and Restaurant Management and professors to other faculty, guest speakers, and potential students. Event and food preparation photos from 1968.

Photos from the Art Department, Design, and Clothing and Textiles research. FIDER accreditation progress reports and self-study.

FIDER accreditation report and recommendations from 1991-1999. Graduate program review of "Clothing Textiles and Interior Design" in the spring of 1997 and fall of 1998.

AHEA meeting programs, self-evaluation reports, reviews, and recommendations.

AHEA recommendations, AAFCCS standards, and faculty course loads.

AAFCS faculty loads and self-study's. FAEIS reports and recommendations.