509: 21/1/6
Box 1, A13411850437
509: 19/10/5
Oversize Box 2, A13411850958
509: 19/10/5
Oversize Box 3, A13411850908
509: 19/10/5
Oversize Box 4, A13411850940
509: 19/11/5
Oversize Box 5, A13411851001
G: 4/19/1
Box 6, A83412142092
G: 4/19/1
Box 7, A83412142107
G: 17/11/4
Box, A83412144557
G: 20/10/4
Box, A83412143501
Lou Herndon papers
2019-20.005
1925-2013
5.00 Boxes, 17.5 Linear Feet
Post-Fire Oversize Extent:
Boxes 2-4 (19x25): 509S: 19/10/5
Box 5 (19x25); 509S: 19/11/5
Richard L. D. and Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections
506 Hale Library
1117 Mid-Campus Drive North
Manhattan
Kansas
United States
Telephone: (785) 532-7456
Email: libsc@ksu.edu
http://www.lib.k-state.edu/special-collections
English
Latin
Herndon, Lou
Mary Louise (Lou) Wilkins Herndon Was born February 26, 1924, to Loren and Ruth Wilkins in Liberal, Kansas. Her father was a jeweler, a watchmaker and later an optometrist. Her mother was a concert pianist. They moved to Wichita Kansas when Lou was in about sixth grade. Herndon attended Allison Junior High in Wichita and then graduated from Wichita High School North in 1941. On June 27, 1943, she married Billy Bob Herndon who was originally from Anson, Texas. They were married at West Side United Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas. They had one daughter and three sons, all of whom have made their homes in Sedgwick County.
Herndon was very active in the Wichita and Goddard communities. She was a 4-H project leader and a community leader of the Rolling Hills 4-H Club for many years. She was a lifetime member of the Prairie Gem Home Extension Unit from the time the unit was started until it was disbanded (for lack of members). Herndon also served on the county extension council for several years and was a treasurer for Attica Township. At the same time, she was the caretaker of the Pleasant Ridge cemetery in Goddard, Kansas.
In about 1963, Herndon began china painting and was a member of the Sunflower China Painters in Sedgwick county. She was the state president of the Federated China Painters Association of Kansas for two years. Herndon was passionate about encouraging all the painters in Kansas to exhibit their work at the Kansas State Fair.
More than anything else, Herndon enjoyed her 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She passed away November 11, 2018, and a Memorial headstone is in Pleasant Ridge Cemetary, Goddard, Kansas.
Published
[Item title], [item date], Lou Herndon papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.
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.
This collection is arranged in five boxes. Box one consists of documents and boxes two through five are made up of scrapbooks.
Kansas life and culture
Original materials are available during open hours of repository and any digitized materials that are online are available with the Internet.
These documents represent the life of a member of the Prairie Gem Homemakers Extension Unit in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Lou Herndon and her daughter, Sherry Elder, donated these materials in November 2017.
The collection was donated to Kansas State University by Lou Herndon and her daughter, Sherry Elder in November 2017. It was housed in the Department of Special Collections until it was processed. It received the accession number 2019-20.005.
When processed, boxes were missing, therefore, the whole collection did not get processed. Boxes 6 and 7 need processing.
Cynthia A. Harris, Library Assistant III/Manuscripts/Collections Processor processed and described materials and curator David B. Allen reviewed the finding aid in October 2019.
Kansas Association for Family and Community Education accrual.
All materials are open for research.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Box 1
2019-20.005-1
1949-2012, undated
1.5 linear feet, 88 folders.
Published
Folder 1: Abuse, Verbal
2019-20.005-1-1
1995
Published
Folder 2: Activity Sheets
2019-20.005-1-2
undated
Published
Folder 3: Associated Country Women of the World, ACWW in Action
2019-20.005-1-3
1992
Published
Folder 4: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-4
1949
Published
Folder 5: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-5
1981-1982
Published
Folder 6: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-6
1991
Published
Folder 7: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-7
1992
Published
Folder 8: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-8
1993
Published
Folder 9: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-9
2001
Published
Folder 10: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-10
2004
Published
Folder 11: Awards & Recognition
2019-20.005-1-11
2005-2012
Published
Folder 12: By-Laws, Sedgwick County Family & Community Education Council
2019-20.005-1-12
1993, 2007
Published
Folder 13: Caregiving
2019-20.005-1-13
1987
Published
Folder 14: Character
2019-20.005-1-14
1997
Published
Folder 15: Christmas Trees Through the Years
2019-20.005-1-15
2006
Published
Folder 16: Correspondence
2019-20.005-1-16
1991
Published
Folder 17: Conrie, Jacqueline Marie Madeleine, Eulogy
2019-20.005-1-17
undated
Published
Folder 18: Craft Fair
2019-20.005-1-18
2000
Published
Folder 19: Crime Prevention
2019-20.005-1-19
1994
Published
Folder 20: Educational Program Guide
2019-20.005-1-20
2011
Published
Folder 21: Emotions
2019-20.005-1-21
2001
Published
Folder 22: Family
2019-20.005-1-22
1997, 1999, 2004
Published
Folder 23: Financial Fraud
2019-20.005-1-23
2004
Published
Folder 24: Financial Investing
2019-20.005-1-24
undated
Published
Folder 25: Food Safety
2019-20.005-1-25
2003
Published
Folder 26: Health
2019-20.005-1-26
1998, 2003, 2005-2006
Published
Folder 27: History of Prairie Gem Unit
2019-20.005-1-27
1967-1994, undated
Published
Folder 28: Household Products Disposal Guide
2019-20.005-1-28
1991
Published
Folder 29: Household Tips
2019-20.005-1-29
1986
Published
Folder 30: Hunger
2019-20.005-1-30
2003
Published
Folder 31: Kansas History
2019-20.005-1-31
2001-2002, 2006, undated
Published
Folder 32: Lesson, Historical Women in Sedgwick County
2019-20.005-1-32
1992
Published
Folder 33: Lesson, Where in the World is Turku?
2019-20.005-1-33
2007
Published
Folder 34: Meeting Agendas
2019-20.005-1-34
1998, 2009, 2011
Published
Folder 35: Membership
2019-20.005-1-35
1995-2010, undated
Published
Folder 36: Minutes
2019-20.005-1-36
1986-1987, 1998
Published
Folder 37: Officers
2019-20.005-1-37
1950-2008, undated
Published
Folder 38: Poems
2019-20.005-1-38
undated
Published
Folder 39: Programs
2019-20.005-1-39
1994
Published
Folder 40: Programs
2019-20.005-1-40
2005
Published
Folder 41: Programs
2019-20.005-1-41
2008
Published
Folder 42: Programs
2019-20.005-1-42
2010
Published
Folder 43: Programs
2019-20.005-1-43
2011
Published
Folder 44: Programs
2019-20.005-1-44
2012
Published
Folder 45: Recycling
2019-20.005-1-45
1991
Published
Folder 46: Skin Cancer
2019-20.005-1-46
1998-2000
Published
Folder 47: Treasurer's Notebook
2019-20.005-1-47
1981-2003
Published
Folder 48: Treasurer's Notebook
2019-20.005-1-48
2004-2012
Published
Folder 49: Youth Violence
2019-20.005-1-49
1996-1997
Published
Folder 50: Booklets, Cookbooks & Recipes
2019-20.005-1-50
1984-1994, undated
13 booklets, 6 loose recipes.
Published
Item 1: Christmas Microwave Magic, Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-1
undated
Published
Item 2: Cooking with Less Sugar and Salt, Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-2
undated
Published
Item 3: EHU Prairie Gem Unit
2019-20.005-1-50-3
undated
Published
Item 4: Healthy Heart Cookbook, Prairie Gem F. C. E.
2019-20.005-1-50-4
1994
Published
Item 5: Healthy Herbs Cookbook, Prairie Gem, F. C. E.
2019-20.005-1-50-5
undated
Published
Item 6: Holiday Favorites
2019-20.005-1-50-6
undated
Published
Item 7: Holiday Recipes by Prairie Gem
2019-20.005-1-50-7
undated
Published
Item 8: Less is Best, Less Salt, Less Sugar, Less Calories, Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-8
1987
Published
Item 9: Lovin' From the Oven, Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-9
1988
Published
Item 10: Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-10
1984
Published
Item 11: Prairie Gem E. H. U.
2019-20.005-1-50-11
undated
Published
Item 12: Prairie Gem Favorites, 2 copies
2019-20.005-1-50-12
undated
Published
Item 13: Some More Bread Oven Recipes, Prairie Gem F. C. E.
2019-20.005-1-50-13
undated
Published
Item 14: Loose Recipes
2019-20.005-1-50-14
undated
Published
Folder 51: Booklet, Extension Work, Sedgwick County, Agricultural Extension Council in cooperation with Kansas State University & USDA
2019-20.005-1-51
undated
Published
Folder 52: Booklets, FCE Kansas Association for Family & Community Education Sedgwick County
2019-20.005-1-52
1994-2012
15 booklets.
Published
Folder 53: Booklets, Sedgwick County Extension Homemakers
2019-20.005-1-53
1979-1993
12 booklets.
Published
Folder 54: Booklet, Sedgwick County Extension Homemakers Program
2019-20.005-1-54
1974
Published
Folder 55: Booklet, Sedgwick County Home Demonstration Program
2019-20.005-1-55
1956
Published
Folder 56: Booklets, Social Security Administration
2019-20.005-1-56
1993-1996
5 booklets.
Published
Item 1: Basic Facts about Social Security
2019-20.005-1-56-1
1995
Published
Item 2: Medicare
2019-20.005-1-56-2
1993
Published
Item 3: Social Security, Understanding the Benefits
2019-20.005-1-56-3
1996
Published
Item 4: Social Security...What Every Woman Should Know
2019-20.005-1-56-4
1994
Published
Item 5: Your Social Security Number
2019-20.005-1-56-5
1993
Published
Folder 57: Calendar
2019-20.005-1-57
2006
Published
Folder 58: Directory, The Great States Antiques Directory
2019-20.005-1-58
2004 Fall
Published
Folder 59: Handbooks, FCE National Association for Family & Community Education
2019-20.005-1-59
1997, 2002-2004
6 handbooks.
Published
Folder 60: FCE Today Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-60
1996-2006
12 newsletters.
Published
Item 1: August/September, Vol. IV, Issue III
2019-20.005-1-60-1
1996
Published
Item 2: December, Vol. V, Issue IV
2019-20.005-1-60-2
1997
Published
Item 3: Winter, Vol. IX
2019-20.005-1-60-3
1999-2000
Published
Item 4: Spring, Vol. X
2019-20.005-1-60-4
2000
Published
Item 5: Vol. XIII, No. 1-5
2019-20.005-1-60-5
2003
Published
Item 6: Vol. XIV, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-60-6
2004
Published
Item 7: August
2019-20.005-1-60-7
2004
Published
Item 8: November
2019-20.005-1-60-8
2004
Published
Item 9: March
2019-20.005-1-60-9
2005
Published
Item 10: November
2019-20.005-1-60-10
2005
Published
Item 11: April
2019-20.005-1-60-11
2006
Published
Item 12: Summer
2019-20.005-1-60-12
2006
Published
Folder 61: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline Newsletter
2019-20.005-1-61
1997 November
Published
Folder 62: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-62
1998 January-March
3 newsletters.
Published
Folder 63: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-63
2000 January-September
9 newsletters.
Published
Folder 64: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline
2019-20.005-1-64
2003 January-December
11 newsletters.
Published
Folder 65: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-65
2004 January-December
11 newsletters.
Published
Folder 66: Family and Consumer Sciences Hotline Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-66
2005 January-December
11 newsletters.
Published
Folder 67: Family and Consumer Sciences Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-67
2006 January-March & May-December
11 newsletters.
Published
Folder 68: The Hearth Fire Series #7 Newsletter
2019-20.005-1-68
2001
Published
Folder 69: KAFCE News Newsletters
2019-20.005-1-69
1995-2006
19 newsletters.
Published
Item 1: Spring, Vol. 31, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-1
1995
Published
Item 2: March, Vol. 34, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-2
1998
Published
Item 3: March, Vol. 36, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-3
2000
Published
Item 4: June, Vol. 36, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-4
2000
Published
Item 5: March, Vol. 39, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-5
2003
Published
Item 6: June, Vol. 39, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-6
2003
Published
Item 7: September, Vol. 39, No. 3
2019-20.005-1-69-7
2003
Published
Item 8: December, Vol. 39, No. 4
2019-20.005-1-69-8
2003
Published
Item 9: March, Vol. 39, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-9
2004
Published
Item 10: June, Vol. 39, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-10
2004
Published
Item 11: September, Vol. 39, No. 3
2019-20.005-1-69-11
2004
Published
Item 12: December, Vol. 39, No. 4
2019-20.005-1-69-12
2004
Published
Item 13: March, Vol. 40, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-13
2005
Published
Item 14: June, Vol. 39, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-14
2005
Published
Item 15: September, Vol. 39, No. 3
2019-20.005-1-69-15
2005
Published
Item 16: December, Vol. 39, No. 4
2019-20.005-1-69-16
2005
Published
Item 17: March, Vol. 40, No. 1
2019-20.005-1-69-17
2006
Published
Item 18: June, Vol. 40, No. 2
2019-20.005-1-69-18
2006
Published
Item 19: September, Vol. 40, No. 3
2019-20.005-1-69-19
2006
Published
Folder 70: RSVP Volunteer Program
2019-20.005-1-70
2009 Winter
Published
Folder 71: Sunflower Scoop Newsletter
2019-20.005-1-71
1998-2004
3 newsletters.
Published
Item 1: February
2019-20.005-1-71-1
1998
Published
Item 2: April
2019-20.005-1-71-2
1998
Published
Item 3: February
2019-20.005-1-71-3
2004
Published
Folder 72: Newspaper Clippings
2019-20.005-1-72
1967-2006, undated
Published
Folder 73: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-73
1972
Published
Folder 74: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-74
1982-1983
Published
Folder 75: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-75
1986
Published
Folder 76: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-76
1989
Published
Folder 77: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-77
1991
Published
Folder 78: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-78
1994
Published
Folder 79: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-79
1998
Published
Folder 80: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-80
1999
Published
Folder 81: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-81
2000
Published
Folder 82: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-82
2001
Published
Folder 83: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-83
2002
Published
Folder 84: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-84
2003
Published
Folder 85: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-85
2005
Published
Folder 86: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-86
2006
Published
Folder 87: Photographs
2019-20.005-1-87
87
Published
Folder 88: Prairie Gem Home Demonstration Unit Scrapbook
2019-20.005-1-88
1956, 1959-1960
Published
Box 2: Oversize, Scrapbooks
2019-20.005-2
1925-1990
4 linear feet, 2 scrapbooks.
Published
Item 1: Scrapbook, Enterprise, Book 1
2019-20.005-2-1
1990
Published
Item 2: Scrapbook, Enterprise, Book 2
2019-20.005-2-2
1925-1988
Published
Box 3: Oversize, Scrapbooks & Artifacts
2019-20.005-3
1941-2013
4 linear feet
Published
Folder 1: Ribbon, Red, Second Place, 100 Years of the Kansas State Fair 1912-2013
2019-20.005-3-1
2013
2 ribbons.
Published
Folder 2: Ribbon, White, Third Place
2019-20.005-3-2
2012-2013
3 ribbons.
Published
One ribbon reads "The 100th Kansas State Fair, 2012" and two ribbons read "100 Years of the Kansas State Fair 1913-2013."
Item 1: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-3-1
1941-1952
Published
Item 2: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-3-2
1954
Published
Item 3: Guestbook, Guests
2019-20.005-3-3
1977-2002
Published
Item 4: Gavel
2019-20.005-3-4
undated
Published
Item 5: Unassembled Bead Necklace
2019-20.005-3-5
undated
Published
Directions for assembly states, “The bead necklace provides a three-dimensional example in use in educating others about the importance of breast cancer early detection.”
Item 6: Button, "Learn and do with ehu"
2019-20.005-3-6
undated
Published
Item 7: Button, FCE Volunteer, Kansas Association for Family and Community Education," 2 each
2019-20.005-3-7
undated
Published
Item 8: Booklet, FCE Family & Community Education, Emergency Contact
2019-20.005-3-8
undated
Published
Box 4: Oversize, Scrapbooks
2019-20.005-4
1960-1976
4 linear feet, 2 scrapbooks.
Published
Item 1: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-4-1
1960-1970
Published
Item 2: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-4-2
1971-1976
Published
Box 5: Oversize, Scrapbooks
2019-20.005-5
1977-2006
4 linear feet, 2 scrapbooks.
Published
Item 1: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-5-1
1977-1987
Published
Item 2: Scrapbook
2019-20.005-5-2
1987-2006
Published