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Altrusa Club Scrapbook, 1966-1967, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A scrapbook of activities, photographs, clippings, programs, minutes, and other documents related to the Altrusa Club of Pittsburg, Kansas, 1966-1967. Altrusa International is an organization committed to community service. It was founded in 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Pittsburg Club was active in the 1960s but is no longer active today.

Carlson, Paul, Papers, 1944-2013, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Music, papers, and photographs relating to the career of PSU music professor Paul Carlson.

Paul Carlson (1932-2019) was born to Rev. Carl Carlson and Ava B. Carlson in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout his childhood he played violin for the school ensembles including Roosevelt Middle School and Chicago Christian High School. After graduating high school in 1950, he immediately began pursuing his bachelors of music at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. After receiving his diploma in 1954, he taught at the Messiah College is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for two years. In 1957, he received a master’s degree in music from Northwestern University. That …

Reinecke, John E., Collection, 1923-1974, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of writings by John E. Reinecke and Kansas State Teachers College publications.

John E. Reinecke was born in Southeast Kansas in 1904. He graduated with a BS from Kansas State Teachers College in 1925 before moving to Hawai’i to become a professor of creole languages at the University of Hawai’i in 1926. John earned his PhD from Yale in 1937. Reinecke was a strong advocate against the plantocracy and the military in Hawai’i. He and his wife, Aiko, protested with the workers’ unions, calling for a living wage. Branded as communists, both John and Aiko were fired from …

Pease, Samuel J., Collection, 1906-1950, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of letters, publications, writings, and school materials of Samuel J. Pease, former professor.

Samuel J. Pease (1877-1956) graduated from Northwestern University, Illinois in 1897 with a BS, and in 1898, with an MA. In 1931, he graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD. He taught Greek, Latin, and German at various universities and high schools before coming to the State Manual Normal Training School (now Pittsburg State University) in 1915 to be the head of the Foreign Language Department. Dr. Pease was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ΦMA), Eta Sigma Phi, …

Millard, Paul A., Collection, 1923-1941, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of diplomas, commencement programs, and other items pertaining to Paul A. Millard and Thelma Millard.

Paul A. Millard, an educator, was born on October 15, 1903 and died in June of 1973. He graduated from Crawford County High School in 1923 and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas. Millard graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1932 and a Master of Science degree in 1941. He married Thelma Josephine Morgan who died 1992. Aubrey R. Crews, Jr. (1932-2013) was an Overland Park, Kansas educator, and a nephew of Paul Millard. He donated this …

Townsend, Jane, Collection, 1900-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Jane Townsend was an educator and administrator in the Unified School District 248 (Girard, Kansas) for most of her professional career. This collection contains writings, scrapbooks, educational, and professional materials related to her life. The collection is in 4 series: Personal Files, Educational Files, Professional Files, and Miscellaneous.

Cynthia Jane Townsend was born April 7, 1889, in Girard, Kansas. She was a 1906 graduate of Girard High School and received a B.S. degree in education from Kansas State Normal College (present-day Emporia State University) in 1917. She also received an A.M. degree from the University of …

Rose, Jerry, Collection, 1914-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of photographs, news articles, and publications of Betty K. Wolverton Mullen and family, involving Parsons, Kansas and the Parsons High School Class of 1943.