Fort Hays State University (1902-Present)

Organization

Dates

Usage: 1977

Places

Hays (Kan.) -- Date: 1902

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Kansas Board of Regents records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-00-001

Abstract

The Kansas Board of Regents is the governing authority for Fort Hays State University.

Dates: 1902-2019

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Leader (Student Newspaper) Collection

Collection

Identifier: UA-Publications-Leader

Scope and Contents The first issue of the Leader was published in 1907 and continued until 2013. When it was founded, the paper was named the Western Normal Leader, becoming the State College Leader in 1931 and then the University Leader in 1977. The newspaper was originally printed monthly but became weekly and then biweekly in the 1970s. The first digital copy of the University Leader was published in January of 1999. In 2014, the University Leader ceased to be a student publication, and was transitioned to...

Dates: 1908-2014

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives

Principal William S. Picken records

Sub-Group

Identifier: RG-01-001.001

Abstract

This record group contains records created during the administration of William S. Picken (1902-1913), who served as the first principal of the Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School, as well as documents relating to the establishment of a branch the State Normal School in Hays City, Kansas.

Dates: 1868 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1913

Found in: Fort Hays State University Archives