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Farneti, Millo, Collection, 1913-1995, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library May 2023

Farneti, Millo, Collection, 1913-1995, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of Millo Farneti’s poetry, writings, correspondence, financial papers, and other personal documents.

Millo (Milo) Farneti was born on July 30, 1921 in Frontenac, Kansas to Ezio and Albina Farneti. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1948, and found work with the Associated Press. Farneti worked for the AP in Kansas City, New York, and Korea-Japan during the Korean War. From 1955 to 1960, Farneti did freelance work in Kansas City until he was hired by McGraw-Hill. Farneti worked in New York and Italy for 20 years for McGraw-Hill, the NY Journal of Commerce, Time-Life, NY Herald …


Mcnally, Martin V., Collection, 1910-1918, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Aug 2022

Mcnally, Martin V., Collection, 1910-1918, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of photographs and a scrapbook relating to the college life of Vincent McNally at the State Manual Training Normal School, circa 1910.

Born on July 10th, 1892 in Hindsboro, Illinois, Martin Virgil McNally grew up in Olathe, Kansas. In 1910, McNally enrolled at the State Manual Training Normal School in Pittsburg (today’s Pittsburg State University), and was involved several school activities, including basketball, track, baseball, football, and theater. In 1917 he enrolled in Company A, 353rd Regiment, 89th Division as a 2nd Lieutenant. He married M. Alma McNally and in 1942 he began …


Murray And Burwell Family Collection, 1870-1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Apr 2021

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, …