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Preferred Citation: [Item title], [item date], Photograph albums, Box [number], Album [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.
These photograph albums generally document the history of Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas.
These albums have no particular arrangement.
Acqusition Source: Various.
Acqusition Method: Donations, primarily.
These albums are an artificial collection that has been created in the department. There are numerous donors and various accession numbers, including P1984.03 on 3/26/1984, P1986.05 on 7/23/1986, P1988.40 in 1988, P1996.13 on 6/1/1996, U1985.04 on 2/27/1985, U2002.21 in 2002, U2004.09 on 4/19/2004, U2009.10 on 5/1/2009, and U2014.17 on 5/19/2014.
Finding Aid Author: Colin Halpin and Cliff Hight
Processing Info: Student assistant Colin Halpin created this finding aid in 2015 from descriptions others have written earlier. University archivist Cliff Hight reviewed it in 2016.
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
No access restriction: All materials are open for research.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
This album is from Julius Terrass Willard, and its primary focus includes Manhattan residences of college professors and distinguished citizens, Kansas State College 75th anniversary parade, football games, band performances, and stone hitching posts. Special events documented include the college's 75th anniversary in 1938; the 1936 Christmas parade; 1938 Band Day; home football games against the University of Missouri, University of Kansas, and University of Oklahoma; the 1937 student demonstration, and a 1935 dust storm on campus.
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This album is from Julius T. Willard and includes photographs of Kansas State College buildings, faculty, adminsitration, and other events. Buildings include Anderson Hall, Denison Hall, Thompson Hall, and Memorial Stadium. Individuals include many of the founders and early faculty at K-State, including Washington Marlatt, J. G. Schnebly, Joseph Denison, Isaac T. Goodnow, and Joseph Anderson. Other events include the Denison Hall fire and K-State football games.
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The primary focus of this album from Julius T. Willard is buildings, construction, and floods including Manhattan buildings and churches, a Wamego bridge, Denison Hall, monuments, and professors' residences. Special events documented include the 1935 flood. Individuals pictured include Mildred Booth.
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This album of Kansas State alumnus Frank A. Waugh was donated by his daughter, N. W. Gillette on behalf of her parents (Waugh and K-State alumna Alice Vail Waugh). It contains photographs taken at K-State of college buildings, flowers, plants, people, and the college's Cadet Band. Names of those pictured include the sub-foremen from the Horticulture Department (Sam Van Blarcom, Phil Creager, Waugh, and George Clothier), Ozni Porter (O. P.) Hood, W. A. Kellerman, Edwin A. Popenoe, J. O. C. Thompson, John Walters, and Francis H. White.
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This album was donated by Grace R. Meeker and contains individual portraits of K-State faculty and students, as well as others, including M. F. Leasure, Dr. L. Sackett, Kate Ward Burt, J. D. Graham, and J. D. Walters.
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The primary focus of this album is Kansas State Agricultural College classes and buildings, including Currie Foundry, Armory, Carpenter Shop, Horticulture Building, Chemistry Building, and Nicholson House. Individuals pictured include Charles W. Pape, G. D. Greene, A. T. Kinsley, John A. Harvey, Elder Cook, and H. A. Holzer. Special events documented include the Omaha Excursion, College Battalion “Dress Parade” Sham Battle, and Commencement.
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This album is from G. F. Wagner and contains photos of the Class of 1899 and other students, including the first African-American graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College, George Washington Owens.
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This album is from Clara Goodrich McNulty and contains photographs focussing on the Kansas State Agricultural College Class of 1903. The album primarily contains student portraits.
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The primary focus of this album is K.S.A.C. machinery including types of machinery, classes on machines, and testing machines for concrete, hydraulics, torsion, and road materials. Places pictured include Machine Shops, Foundry, Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Chemistry Laboratory, and Old Chapel (in Anderson Hall).
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The primary focus of this album is buildings and classrooms at Kansas State Agricultural College including Anderson Hall, Women’s Gymnasium, Old Armory, Foundry, and Blacksmith Shop, Woodworking Shop, and Engineering Building. Classes pictured include drafting, drawing, civil engineering, and carpentry. Other photographs include examples of student work in carpentry, blacksmithing, and the foundry.
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The primary focus of this album is people and buildings at Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC) including Dairy Building, Fairchild Hall, Engineering Building, Denison Hall, Domestic Science Building, and Kedzie Hall. Individuals include Tom Paine, Mary King, Ray Adams, John Barns, and John Lawrence. Groups include the 1916 sophomore basketball team, 1917 football team, and college orchestra. Special events documented include University of Kansas vs. KSAC football, Athletic Day, enrollment, and Kansas State Aggie yells.
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The primary focus of this album is buildings and groups at the Kansas State Agricultural College. Photographs include College Orchestra, Faculty and Officers, different classes of students, the college battalion, Anderson Hall, Mechanics Hall, Chemical Laboratory, Drawing Room, Horticulture Hall, Woodshop, and Barn.
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This album includes pictures of the Kansas State Agricultural College, specifically Horticulture Hall, Greenhouse, Museum, Anderson Hall, Kitchen Laboratory, Sewing Room, Chemical Laboratory, Mechanics Hall, Wood Shop, Printing Office, Telegraph Office, Chapel Interior, Library Drawing Room, College Barn, and Stable.
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The primary focus of this album is the College Battalion and Manhattan buildings and landscapes. Photographs include Botanical laboratory, Museum cases, College Battalion compaines and officers, Manhattan churches and schools, rivers, views from Prospect Hill and Bluemont Hill.
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This album includes trees, buidlings, shops, offices, and classes at Kansas State Agricultural College. Specific photographs include blacksmithing class, woodworking class, music rooms, machine shop, iron shop, foundry, and offices for Botanical Department, Chemical Department, Mechanical Department, and Printing Department.
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The primary focus of this album is classes and groups of students and faculty at the Kansas State Agricultural College including sewing class, surveying squads, cadet band, music class, physics class, Hamilton Society, Webster Society, Ionian Society, and Alpha Beta Society. There are also photographs of rooms including chapel, drawing room, library, reading room, offices, and the Domestic Economy Department.
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The primary focuss of this album is buildings and views of the Kansas State Agricultural College including Anderson Hall, chemical building, farm department barn, horticulture building, mechanics hall, museum building, and president's house. Also included is a photograph of the Board of Regents.
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The primary focus of this album is plants and cattle of the Kansas State Agriculture College. Various Cattle are photographed including shorthorn, Jersey, Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, and Holstein Friesian. Various plants are also documented including soy beans, japanese beans, begonias, crotons, marantas, palm, veitchii, hemp, adiantums, ferns, tittonias, aloes, and peperomias.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on Gasconade River Rich Fountain, Missouri, including photographs of Rich Fountain Dam Site No. 1, Proyers Mill, Mt. Sterling, Rich Fountain Reservoir, Grape Vine Bottom Land, San Francisco Railroad Bridge, and Fredericksburg and Arlington, Missouri.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focussed on the Platte River Basin (Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming) including Independence Rock, Elkhorn River, Laramie River, Grand Encampment River, Dismal River, Mt. Olympus, Guernsey Reservoir, and Ft. Laramie.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focussed on the Cheyenne River Basin (South Dakota) including Coal Mine Narrows Reservoir, Angostura Dam Site, Big Bend Power House, Timber Crib Dam, Custer National Park, Deadwood, Devils Tower Bridge, and Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Cheyenne River Basin (South Dakota) including Beaver Creek, Moss Agate Creek, Fall River, Hot Springs, Coal Mine Narrows, Grace Coolidge Creek, Custer National Park, Agostura Dam Site, Dark Canyon, Pactola Dam Site, and Belle Fourche River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Grand River Basin (Missouri) including Muddy Creek, Thompson River, Weldon River, Honey Creek, Pattonsburg Dam Site, Chillicothe, Carlow, and Cypress Creek.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Milk River (Montana) including Simpson Bridge, Kremlin Bridge, Vandalia Dam, Dodson Diversion Dam, Milk River Valley, Sherburn Lake, White Bear Creek, Beaver Creek Dam, Chinook, Glascow, and Saca.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the James River Basin (North and South Dakota) including Jim Lake, Arrowwood Lake, James River, Moccassin Creek, Huron Dam, Mill Town Dam, and Cheyenne River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on Yellowstone (Montana and Wyoming) including Clark Fork Canyon, Yellowstone Falls, Morning Glory Pool, Big Horn River, Old Geyser, Nowood River, Boulder River Valley, Powder River Boysen Dam, Yellowstone River, and Hot Springs. Individials photographed include Hendrick Irwin and Jack P. Campbell.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focussed on the Grand River (Missouri) including Muddy Creek, Weldon River, Medicine Creek, Honey Creek, Daviess County, and Big Creek.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Little Missouri River (Montana and North Dakota) including the Little Missouri Basin, Wibaux, and Alzada, Montana.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Missouri River (Montana) including Fort Benton, Arrow Creek, Holter Dam, Black Eagle Falls, Missouri River Valley, Yellowstone River, Canyon Ferry, and Garrison Dam Site.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focussed on the Osage River (Missouri and Kansas) including the South Grand River, Lindley Creek, Pommede Terre River, Niangua River, Sac River, Prairie City, Hanatonka Springs, Osceola, Warsaw, Osage City, Ottawa, Fort Scott, and Marias des Cygnes River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Osage River Basin (Kansas and Missouri) including the Osage River, Ottawa, Marias des Cygnes River, Osawatomie, Fort Scott, Prairie City, South Grand River, and Niangua River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Missouri River (Montana and South Dakota) including Fort Benton, Canyon Ferry Dam Site, Loma, Hole-in-the-Wall Dam Site, Culbertson Dam, Gladstone Reservoir, and Knife River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Kansas River (Kansas) including the Smokey Hill River, Salina, Lincoln, Gypsum, Lindsborg, Blue River, Solomon River, Republican River, Junction City, Topeka, Indian Creek, and Vermillion River.
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This album is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is primarily focused on the Kansas River Basin (Kansas) including Kansas City, Topeka, Wakarusa Creek, Abilene Creek, Muddy Creek, Big Blue River, Blue Rapids, Rocky Ford, Republican River, Lake Atwood, Solomon River, Smokey Hills River, and Junction City.
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This album is from the Kansas State Agricultural College Class of 1895. It was started at their 25th anniversary in 1920 and contains photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings of the members of the class including class photographs from 1920 and 1945, family portraits, house photos, funeral programs, and various other photographs.
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This album is from Jerome Chapman and contains photographs and newspaper clippings from Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC) including I.O.O.F Home, fire escape of Fairchild Hall, first capitol building, Sigma Phi Delta, and Alpha Delta Pi. Individuals in the album include Jerome Chapman and Ford Haggerty. Special events documented include the hail storm of 1915, football games, batallion inspection, tennis, field day at KSAC, and Sigma Phi Delta rush week.
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This album is of the University of Kansas and contains photographs of buildings and the campus in Lawrence, Kansas.
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This album is from Paul B. Gwin and contains photographs from Kansas State Agricultural College including the Alpha Beta Literary Society, YMCA, Livestock Judging Teams, Red Tie Club, City Park, Nichols Gym, Odd Fellows Home, Estes Park, Manhattan Middle School, College Silos, Pillsbury Crossing, Eureka Lake, and Rocky Ford. Individuals photographed include Ralph O’Neil, John Wood, Ralph Ramsey, Charles Holbert, Walter Ott, Herbert Frizzell, Cameron Goldsmith, Bernice Comfort, Elmer Bird, Paul Gwin, Roy Gwin, Art Sieber, Mary Polson, Dee Bird, Florence Justin, Letha Marshal, Zora Harris, Chester Van Dusen, Wayne Van Dusen, Helen Taylor, Fannie Brooks, Nettie Hendrickson, Grace Cool, Ray Whitenick, Dr. C. W. McCambell, Fred Cramer, Lewis Williams, A. J. McIlrath, Helen Varney Burst, Chester Simon, Verda Harris, Ray Tuckerman, Eva Gwin, and Ernest Benne. Special events documented include semester social, Horse Judging Trip to El Dorado, American Royal, 1914 Train Wreck on Rock Island Railroad, Manhattan YMCA Watermelon Feed (1911), and Paul B. Gwin receiving the President's Medallion Award at the 1985 Commencement.
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Paul B. Gwin College Photos KSU 1916
This album is from Nettie May Wismer and contains photographs and a contact list from her time at Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC) including photos of campus, Bluemont Hill, Camp Funston, Eureka Lake, Wildcat Creek, Kimble Castle, City Park, Cadet Band, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Franklin Literary Society. Individuals in the album include Myra Scott, Nellie Payne, Amanda Rosenquist, Lydia Rogers, Frances Casto, Marjorie Berger, Dolly White, Ruth Huff, Jean Baker, Miss Holman, Minnie Norlin, Grace Lyness, Florence Weinstein, Arthur Swanson, and Corp. Huntington. Special events documented include May Fete, 1918 Dance on the Green, 1918 Senior Breakfast, 1918 Thanksgiving, Senior Sneak Day, and Graduation.
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This album is from Margaret Reich and is primarily focussed on Glen Elder, Kansas, high school and family photographs, and the U.S. Army including references to high school football games, Kansas State Agricultural College baseball game, dance program, Manhattan, Fort Riley, Camp Funston, and Camp Doniphan. Individuals photographed include Margaret Reich, Charles McConnel, Louie Covert, Billy Murphy, Nick Schellinger, Harry Lewis, Mildred Pound, Walter Henderson, Richard Talbot, Bertha Thompson, and Walter Greley.
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This album is from Margaret Reich and contains photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and invitations primarily focused on Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC), dances and parties, campus events, fraternities, KSAC football, baseball, and other athletics. Individuals photographed include Margaret Reich, Red Brown, Harry Staib, Gail Cox, Harold Woolman, Mildred Pound, Helen Charles, Lucille Kinnamon, Agnes Stockwell, Dwight Clark, Walter Law, F. E. Belman, Edith Blackwelder, Glen Hepworth, Leslie Curtis, Gladys Elder, Pauline Keith, Evelyn Fairbanks. Special events documented include KSAC dances, “Oh Daddy” musical, “Seven Keys to Baldpate” play, KSAC vs. Oklahoma, KSAC vs. KU, KSAC vs. Missouri, Phi Delta Tau parties, Acacia dance, Sigma Delta Chi dance, Sigma Alpha Epsilon party, Phi Kappa Christmas party, Ag. Fair, Junior-Senior prom, Phi Kappa dance, 1923 KSAC Commencement, and Senior sneak day.
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This album is from Margaret Reich and contains photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and invitations primarily focused on Ellis, Kansas, Ellis High School, Ellis athletic events, theater, travel, and school photos. Individuals photographed include Margaret Reich, Ned Wright, Edgar Jones, Jim Bailey, Ira Herring, Ted Rardin, Kelly Masters. Special events documented include the theater's production of "Louisiana Minstrel," "Faust," and "Journey's End;" Edgar Jones productions, Lacrosse basketball tournament, various school events and banquets, Ellis High School Commencement, Christmas party, and Knights of Columbus banquet.
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This album is from Karla Kubitz and contains photographs of Kansas State Agricultural College including campus scenes, Anderson Hall, Nichols Gymnasium, Farrell Library, Wildcat Creek, various students, Manhattan streets, and the Wildcat mascot. Special events documented include football games, military drill, parade, fishing, May Fete, airplane, and student military cadets.
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This album was donated by Hugh S. Walker, Jr., and is of the Kansas State Agricultural College Department of Engineering buildings, shops, and classes. Structures pictured include Mechanical Engineering Building, Amphitheater, Woodwork Shop, Carpenter Shop, Foundry, Machine Shops, Engine Room, and Blacksmith Shop. Special events documented include the Gas Engine Institute in 1910 and Coal Pit Fire of 1911.
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This album was donated by Hugh S. Walker, Jr., and is of the Kansas State Agricultural College Department of Engineering shops, labs, machines, and tests. Photographs include the Engineering Association, snowy scenes on campus, drafting room, steam and gas engine lab, and a campus map from 1911. Also documented are various machines and tractors, and tests of different machines and materials.
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