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Illustrations of various insect species (predominantly beetles, flies, and ants) drawn with the intention of being featured in the text "Insects in Kansas" by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Illustrations not selected for publishing are specified and still included within the collection.

Faculty members from the Department of Entomology at Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) in Manhattan received support (ca. 1940-43) from a somewhat unusual source to complete a work of practical utility describing the region’s insect fauna. Their patron was none other than the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) - the largest agencies of their kind that provided employment relief during the Great Depression under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. More than a dozen and a half regional artists were recruited and trained in the exacting techniques of scientific illustration, for which stringent standards of performance were uniformly applied. Through their efforts, more than a hundred pen-and-ink habitus drawings were prepared for the identification manual, Insects in Kansas (1943), published by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

Photographs and descriptions of various Agricultural tools used in the process of farming. Some pictures and descriptions include Electric Motors, Motor Wagon, Electric Wiring. Along with photos about rural electrification there are also educational photos and descriptions about biological and agricultural engineering.

Bulletins and reprints (1891-1940), Department of Veterinary Medicine Agricultural Experiment Statistics Project Reports (1958-1964), faculty reprints (1961-1970), Report to the National Board Examination Committee on the Veterinary Medical Licensing Program (1982), student stress considerations data (1982-1984), College of Veterinary Medicine Admissions Committee and data (1982-1988).

Newspaper and journal prints (1855-1991), booklets and pamphlets (1948-1997), Notes Re: History of Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine from Various Sources (1961-1995), faculty council minutes (1969-1973), Kansas State University Fact Book (1996).

Photographs and descriptions of both Machinery and storage systems used in the process of farming. Some of the general ideas these photos fall under are farmstead and household equipment, buildings, and environmental studies.

College of Veterinary Medicine records (1871-1930), History of the Kansas State Agricultural College (1909), College of Veterinary Medicine History (1940, 1995-1996), University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine 50 Years of Excellence pictorial review (1946-1996), Distinguished Service in the Field of Veterinary Medicine Award recipients and nominee information (1955-1982), booklets (1963-1997), correspondence (1969-1995), Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Self-Evaluation of Programs submitted to The American Veterinary Medical Association and Accreditation Report (1989), Kansas State University: The Quest for Identity (1995), 3.5” floppy disks (1995-1997).

Box contains 4-H annual reports, 4-H statistics reports, 4-H membership lists and 4-H project summaries. The box also consists of correspondences from County Coordinator Dale L. Ladd in relation to agriculture and additional documents in relation to news stories and columns focused on agriculture and communications.

Box includes Dale Ladd (County Coordinator & Agriculture) correspondence from 2000 - 2005. Additionally box includes several county and city documents and reports, farm management, department of agricultural bulletins.

Information for the Annual Conference for Kansas Veterinarians (programs, schedules, transcripts, committee records, correspondence, notes) (1922-1967), Chronology of Kansas State University (1863-1992), newspaper clippings (1935).

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