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Antonino Oral Histories

Collection — Box: MS 024-1

Identifier: MS 024

Scope and Contents The Antonino Oral Histories Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. James N. Leiker in 2003 and 2004 in preparation for the community’s church centennial celebration in 2005. The interviews and videos created for the centennial were also part of the research conducted by Dr. Leiker for his book “The Changing Village: A History of Antonino, Kansas” published in 2005. Funding for the research effort came from the Antonino Christian Mothers Organization in conjunction with...

Found in: Fort Hays State University Special Collections

Ava Spencer Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 003

Overview The booklets contained in this collection deal with the Soviet Army and were compiled by the United States Defense Intelligence Agency and the Combat Studies Institute. The reports are from the U.S. Army regarding the operations the 12th Army Group and the 4th Armored Division underwent during 1944-1945.

Found in: Fort Hays State University Special Collections

Barbara Pfeifer McVey Collection of Children's Literature

Collection

Identifier: Special 1

Found in: Fort Hays State University Special Collections

Campus Directories

Collection

Identifier: UA-RG 008 Publications-Campus Directories

Scope and Contents The campus directories offer information about students and faculty including both home and office addresses, hometowns of students, phone numbers for students and faculty, and home addresses and spouse names for faculty. The Leader created the first directory in 1930. As attendance grew, so did the size of the directories. The campus directories continued to be physically printed until 2015 when they transitioned to a digital format. The Kansas State Teacher’s College of Hays Leader...

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Campus Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: UA-Scrapbooks

Scope and Contents Scrapbooks were primarily compiled by the President's Office, University Relations, Public Relations, and other public facing entities of Fort Hays. The clippings were sometimes compiled by clipping bureaus before assembly into books. The media coverage offers a comprehensive view of public media focusing on Fort Hays State.

The scrapbooks are in various states of dis-repair and other points of accessing similar information include utilizing digitized newspaper databases.

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Cecil B. and Laura G. Currey Archive of Military History

Collection

Identifier: MS 001

Overview The collection contains items on the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict. Correspondence, memorabilia, telegrams, photographs, declassified Army documents, reports, newspapers, journals, manuscripts, teaching materials, and transcripts of interviews are among many things that are a part of this distinctive collection.

Found in: Fort Hays State University Special Collections

College/University Photographer

Collection

Identifier: UA-Photographer-RG 002 Administration

Scope and Contents Photographic prints, proofs, and negatives are arranged by job order number. Job orders were assigned identifiers based partially on year and month, and then a unique numerical job order number. Original job order numbers are retained to maintain original order of the collection materials.Materials related to job orders are contained in individual envelopes with information written or typed on the outside. Handwritten logs, indexes, and other aids were harvested for information...

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Course Catalogs

Collection

Identifier: UA-RG 008 Publications-Course Catalogs

Scope and Contents The Course Catalogs contain pertinent information for students. The catalogs list the members of the Kansas State Board of Regents, Faculty, a brief history of the University, directions to campus, a list of classes offered along with a brief description of the topic covered, registration requirements, degree requirements, recognition of graduates, enrolled students, and their year rank, along with tuition costs and required materials. Statistical tables in the back of the volumes also list...

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Dana Chwan Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 004

Overview Dana Chwan was the wife of First Lieutenant Michael Chwan, an Air Force pilot shot down over North Vietnam at the beginning of the war. He was listed on the Missing in Action and Prisoner of War lists for years until 2/3 of his teeth and a piece of his jaw bone were identified. Those remains of Lt. Chwan are now buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.Because of Lt. Chwan's involvement with the Vietnamese conflict, Dana Chwan was extremely active in POW/MIA Affairs...

Found in: Fort Hays State University Special Collections

Donald E. Stout Collection

Collection

Identifier: FC 015

Overview The Donald E. Stout Collection contains materials related to Stout’s career as a professor of music at Fort Hays State University, along with materials related to his research, travel and various awards and honors he received.

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

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Antonino Oral Histories

Ava Spencer Collection

Barbara Pfeifer McVey Collection of Children's Literature

Campus Directories

Campus Scrapbooks

Cecil B. and Laura G. Currey Archive of Military History

College/University Photographer

Course Catalogs

Dana Chwan Collection

Donald E. Stout Collection

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