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Laine And Buset Family Collection, 1916-1937, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Laine And Buset Family Collection, 1916-1937, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The Laine-Buset Family Collection consists of 13 photographs, two news articles, a leather bound Little Blue Book, and an Abraham Lincoln pamphlet. Several hundred Little Blue Books, published in Girard, Kansas by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, were also donated and added to the library’s Little Blue Book Collection.
Frank E. Laine (1909 - 1999) and Della Buset (1910 - 1992) grew up in the mining communities in Crawford County, Kansas, attending schools in Arma, Kansas. In 1938 they married. Della worked as a teacher in Crawford County schools, after attending what is now Pittsburg State University.
Stafford And Claire Correspondence, 1969-1978, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Stafford And Claire Correspondence, 1969-1978, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The Stafford and Claire Letters includes one newspaper clipping, an invitation, two thank-you cards, and five letters of correspondence between William Stafford and William Clair regarding the publication of an interview between Claire, Stafford, and Primus St. John that would be featured in the National Literary Magazine’s book, The Voyage.
William Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1914 to Earl and Ruby Stafford. During the Great Depression he held a variety of jobs including work in beet fields, an oil refinery, and plowing. He received his B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1937. During World War II, …
Heady, Ray, Collection, 1958-1988, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Heady, Ray, Collection, 1958-1988, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of magazines and scrapbooks from PSU alumnus Ray Heady.
Raymond Alex Heady (1908-1991) was born in Pittsburg, Kansas and was one of America's most respected outdoor writers. Heady graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) in 1930. He also received an M.A. from the school in 1938. Heady taught journalism for nine years in several Kansas high schools. He then taught for two years each at the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma before joining the Kansas City Star in 1942. Serving as the outdoors editor from 1958-1973, he won …
Powell, William E., Collection, 1912-2011, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Powell, William E., Collection, 1912-2011, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of documents, papers, and letters regarding William E. Powell’s research of mining and European immigrants in southeast Kansas.
Dr. William E. Powell received his Bachelor of Science in Geology (major) and Geography (minor) from Oklahoma State University in 1954. He went on to receive his Master of Science in Geology from the University of Arkansas in 1958 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Geography from the University of Nebraska in 1970. While earning his doctorate, Dr. Powell studied French and German. Later in his life he began to learn Italian, striving for complete fluency. He was a professor …