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Kendell, David J., Collection, 1933-1974, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Kendell, David J., Collection, 1933-1974, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The David J. Kendell Collection consists of photographs, letters, diplomas, contracts certifications, pamphlets, new clippings, and other items all pertaining to Kendall’s time as a student at the Kansas State Teacher’s College, and his subsequent teaching career.
David Kendall was born to David E. “Al” and Lottie Kendall in 1929 in Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1933, his father opened a small grocery store (Al’s Grocery) on 112 E Williams St, where Hughes Hall on the PSU campus is now located. Kendall attended the Horace Mann School and the College High School, both run by the college. He then attended the …
Hashbarger, Elmer E., Photographs, 1890-1895, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Hashbarger, Elmer E., Photographs, 1890-1895, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The Elmer E. Hashbarger photographs consist of several albumen print photographs of Hashbarger’s work as a cattle driver.
Elmer Ellsworth Hashbarger was born in Richland, Ohio in 1866 to Andrew and Mary Hashbarger. His family eventually moved to Kincaid, Kansas. Harshbarger worked as a cattle driver in the Oklahoma panhandle. In Beaver, Oklahoma, he married Ida Scott, a marriage that produced four children. In his later years he moved back to the township of Rich, east of Kincaid. Elmer died in 1935.
Ruff, Walter Glen, Collection, 1883-1962, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Ruff, Walter Glen, Collection, 1883-1962, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of sheet music, guides, books, and other materials related to W. Glen Ruff and his music shop.
Walter Glen Ruff (1904-1989) was born in Kansas and graduated from Fort Hays State Teachers College. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1940. Following this, he taught instrumental and vocal music on both the high school and college level. Ruff served with the American Red Cross in India and Ceylon during World War II. Afterwards, he was head of the music department at Western Carolina Teachers College. In 1950, he moved back to Kansas at opened …
Gray, Mary Virginia Holstine, Collection, 1901-1991, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Gray, Mary Virginia Holstine, Collection, 1901-1991, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A Collection of short stories and music produced, collected, and owned by Mary Virginia Holstine Gray.
Mary Virginia Erskine Holstine Gray was born on January 21st, 1908 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Ralph and Myrta Erskine. She married Lawrence Holstine in 1931 and ran the Ritz Tavern with him until the late 1960s. In the mid-1940s she began to write her own music, and throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s she wrote short stories. In 1967, Lawrence Holstine passed away. After his death, Mary moved to Frontenac, Kansas. In 1971, she married Roland Gray, who passed away in …
Rash, Harry E., Collection, 1941-1958, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Rash, Harry E., Collection, 1941-1958, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A scrapbook about the history of the banks of Thayer and Stark, Kansas, their fiftieth anniversaries, and Harry E. Rash’s career as a banker in the 1940s and 1950s. The scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, and cards.
Harry Edgar Rash was born on November 24, 1910 in Atlanta, Kansas. He began working as a bookkeeper at the First National Bank of Thayer, Kansas on June 1, 1927 and was elected to cashier in 1936. Two years later, following the death of Edgar Rash, his father, Harry was elected president of the First National Bank of Thayer. In …
Blunk, Robert And Katie, Collection, 1890-1930, 1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Blunk, Robert And Katie, Collection, 1890-1930, 1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of magazines from the 1890s and 1900s.
Robert Blunk was born in Salyard, Kansas on December 14, 1923. He attended multiple colleges but received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Kansas City Institute of Arts in 1950 and a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the Kansas Teacher’s College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) in 1952. Robert worked as an art professor at colleges for 40 years and taught at Pittsburg State University from 1962 until his retirement. While teaching, Robert painted and sculpted many works, taking inspiration from landscapes, seascapes, Egyptology and art, and …
Branaman, Maurice, Collection, Circa 1900-1975, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Branaman, Maurice, Collection, Circa 1900-1975, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of photographs taken by Branaman Studio of Pittsburg, Kansas including portraits of various sizes, school photos, wedding and event photos, child photos, and couple and group photos.
Maurice Branaman was born on March 20, 1904 in St. Mary’s. Kansas. He married Dorothy Lois Dennis and had a daughter in 1938. Maurice worked at the Lawrence Photo Supply Company in the early 1940s before registering for the war in February of 1942 in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Maurice became the owner and operator of Ferguson’s Studio in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1945. In 1953, the company moved to a …
Carthage, Missouri Collection, 1861-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Carthage, Missouri Collection, 1861-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of newspaper articles and photographs covering aspects of history of Carthage, Missouri including the Battle of Carthage (1861), early downtown to the 1960s, transportation, fire and police departments, government, and schools.
Carthage, Missouri was platted in 1842 when it was chosen as the county seat for Jasper County, formed in 1841. By the Civil War, the town had 500 residents and many businesses. It, like many areas in Missouri, was divided over the issue of slavery and on July 5, 1861 Union troops, led by Frank Sigel, and Confederate troops, led by Claiborne F. Jackson and Sterling Price, …
Davis, Hiram S., Collection, 1946-1957, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Davis, Hiram S., Collection, 1946-1957, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of publications and works written by Hiram S. Davis and other authors covering wages, production, and unions in the 1940s and 1950s.
Hiram Simmons Davis, born on October 8, 1903 and brother of Edna Davis (see collection MS 180), grew up in Longton, Kansas. He was a graduate of the Kansas State Teachers College (1924), now Pittsburg State University. Hiram became a professor of economics and business at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1945 to 1953 was the director of the Industrial Research Department at the school. He later …
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of legal papers, financial statements, and correspondence relating to the final decade of the Pittsburg Pottery Company.
The pottery business in Pittsburg began in 1888 when a smelting company provided a section for stonemasonry. In 1913, this section became independent and was named the Pittsburg Clay Works. Originally owned by A. K. and E. V. Lanyon, the company was bought by a group of people, including Henry Matarazzi, in 1925. Matarazzi gained complete ownership in 1944 and the name changed to the Pittsburg Pottery Company. Matarazzi passed the business on to his son in 1952 who sold it …
Murray And Burwell Family Collection, 1870-1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Murray And Burwell Family Collection, 1870-1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of correspondence, newspapers, photographs, and other writings related to the Murray-Burwell family in the early to mid-1900s.
David James Murray was born on October 19, 1873 in Pennsylvania and moved to Kansas when he was three years of age. In 1896 David married Mary Selvey (1878-1959) in Cherokee, Kansas. They would have five children. In 1902 their child Marguerite was born in Weir, Kansas. In Weir, David worked in the mines until 1930 when he transferred to the McNally plant in Pittsburg, Kansas. David passed away on December 12, 1943. Jack W. Burwell was born on July 25, …
Lockwood, Guy, Collection, 1903-1913, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Lockwood, Guy, Collection, 1903-1913, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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Drawings, books, and letters related to Guy Lockwood of Lockwood Publishing Company and related to politics.
Guy Lockwood (1870-1947) of Michigan was an American cartoonist and political activist, advocating for socialism. Lockwood and his friend Grant Walt Wallace created the company Wallace & Lockwood in 1891 which offered correspondence courses in penmanship and illustrations out of Lincoln, Nebraska, which was the first business of its kind. Both of the men were teachers at Western Normal College, also in Lincoln. Wallace left the company and Lockwood moved the company to Omaha by 1896. Lockwood moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1904 where …
Honstead, John, Collection, 1901-1930, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Honstead, John, Collection, 1901-1930, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of records, ledgers, and receipts from John Honstead’s store. The collection also includes Chloe Honstead’s purse and notebooks.
John Honstead was born in Van Wert, Ohio, October 1851. He became proficient in carpentry and by the age of 19 was teaching the trade. Honstead came to Neosho County, Kansas in 1879 where he worked as a carpenter and farmed. A few years later, he moved to Moran, Kansas and became a contractor and builder, building the schoolhouse, businesses houses, and residences. Honstead then went on to operate the hardware and undertaking business in Mulberry, Kansas. John Honstead was …