Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 8 of 8
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
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
Finding Aids
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.
Hugo, George B., Collection, 1909-1919, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Hugo, George B., Collection, 1909-1919, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
The George B. Hugo Correspondence consists of his book Socialism: The Creed of Despair and 25 letters related to its publication.
George B. Hugo was born in 1866 in Massachusetts to French immigrants. Hugo married Jennie Saulsbury in 1888 in Boston and in 1893 a daughter they named Ruth was born. In Boston, Massachusetts, George worked as a merchant. In 1909 he published his book, Socialism: The Creed of Despair. The book is further described as a “Joint Debate in Faneuil Hall, March 22, 1909 between George B. Hugo, President Employers' Association of Massachusetts, Affirmative, and James F. Carey, …
Stafford And Claire Correspondence, 1969-1978, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Stafford And Claire Correspondence, 1969-1978, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
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
Finding Aids
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 …
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
Finding Aids
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 …
Sargent, Elizabeth, Collection, 1983-1984, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Sargent, Elizabeth, Collection, 1983-1984, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
A collection of letters from Elizabeth Sargent to Gene DeGruson discussing writing and the Little Balkans Review. It also includes some of her work.
Elizabeth Sargent was a poet, artist, and composer who lived and worked in New York City. She was born to a mining family in 1920, adopted by a Quaker family at 16 months old, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio where she adopted the surname Sargent from an encouraging teacher. Sargent studied theater at the Carnegie Institute of Technology where she met her first husband, Hans Freund, whom she married in 1940. They divorced …
Powell, William E., Collection, 1912-2011, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Powell, William E., Collection, 1912-2011, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
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 …
Lockwood, Guy, Collection, 1903-1913, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Lockwood, Guy, Collection, 1903-1913, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
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 …