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Papers of Kenneth Aldred Spencer, 1918-1960
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University of Kansas
Kenneth
Spencer Research Library
Kansas Collection
1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
Phone: (785) 864 - 4334
Fax: (785) 864-5803
URL: https://spencer.lib.ku.edu
lgg (inventory) 10 August 1978
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Spencer, Kenneth Aldred |
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Papers of Kenneth Aldred Spencer |
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1918-1960 |
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30 linear ft. |
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RH MS VLT 157 |
{Identification of Item}{Department Name}{Call # or Record Group#}Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Gift, Helen F. Spencer, 1966.
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RESTRICTIONS on ACCESS
All materials are open to researchers unless otherwise designated by Mrs. Helen Foresman Spencer.
RESTRICTIONS on USE
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions
dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Xeroxing or other mechanical reproduction will be permitted for research purposes only.
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Photographs of Jayhawk Ordinance Plant located at RH MS-P 157.
Spencer, Kenneth Aldred,
Photographs,
RH MS-P 157
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Family Names:
Spencer family
Subjects:
Businessmen--Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Chemical industries--Military aspects.
Chemicals--Manufacture and industry.
Coal mines and mining--Kansas.
Kansas City, Missouri--History.
Pittsburg and Midway Mining Company--History.
Pittsburg, Kansas--History.
Spencer Chemical Company, Kansas City, Missouri--History.
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1902 |
Born in Columbus, Kansas, January 25, son of Charles Favor and Clara Hughes Spencer. |
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ca. 1908-ca. 1920 |
Preparatory education and Kansas Normal School (later Emporia State University) Emporia, Kansas and Culver (Indiana) Military Academy. |
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1925 |
Employed as junior engineer, Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. |
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1926 |
Graduated University of Kansas, Bachelor of Science. |
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1927 |
Married Helen Elizabeth Foresman, January 6. |
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1936 |
Promoted to chief engineer, Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. |
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1938 |
Promoted to general manager, Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. |
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1940 |
Promoted to vice-president and treasurer, Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. Submitted proposal to U.S. War Dept. Office Program Management, calling for development of war plants in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. |
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1941 |
Served as president, Military Chemical Works, Inc., Baxter Springs, Kansas, a Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. subsidiary. |
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1942 |
Succeeded father as president, Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. Jayhawk Ordinance Works, Pittsburg, Kansas completed. |
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1943 |
Production begins at Jayhawk Ordinance plant. Appointed member of the board, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. |
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1946 |
Secures lease of Jayhawk plant and Kansas Ordinance Works, Parson, Kansas. Name of Pittsburg and Midway Mining Co. changed to Spencer Chemical Co. |
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1948 |
Jayhawk plant purchased by Spencer Chemical Co. |
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1949-1956 |
Diversification and expansion of Spencer Chemical Co. |
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1951-1960 |
Member, Business Advisory Council. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. |
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1954-1957 |
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. |
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1955 |
Initiated Charles F. Spencer Award, Amercian Chemical Society, in honor of his father. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Soil Conservation Districts. |
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1956 |
Recipient, Sam Casey Award, Society for the Advancement of Management. |
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1957 |
Recipient, Memorial Award, Chemical Market Research Association. |
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1959 |
Chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Spencer Chemical Co. |
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1960 |
Died, Miami, Florida, February, 19. |
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The papers of Kenneth A. Spencer, Kansas City business executive and industrialist, were given to the Kansas Collection in 1966. The papers date from 1918 to 1960 and reflect Spencer's activities as a business executive and industrialist. A biographical note follows below.
The collection is contained in 58 boxes. It includes outgoing and incoming correspondence, diaries and appointment books, scrapbooks and personal memorabilia, and speeches. A calendar for the collection is housed in the Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
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Outgoing Correspondence
1918-1960 Chronologically arranged and consists primarily of carbon copies. Some original letters have been inserted in place of the carbon copies.
Incoming Correspondence
Alphabetically arranged according to correspondents' names. Consult the calendar of the Kenneth Spencer papers or Appendix A to the Spencer papers in the Kansas Collection Manuscript Catalog.
Memorabilia
1918-1960 High school and college papers and records, personal scrapbooks, patents certificates, speeches and statements to Congressional hearings.
Spencer Company Annual Reports
ca. 1920-1960 Photographs (family and business) etc. Arranged chronologically.
National Defense and Wartime Planning
1940-1946 Arranged by subject.
Condolences, Memorials, Announcements and News Releases on Death of K.A. Spencer.
1960 Arranged alphabetically.
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| Outgoing Correspondence |
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3 July 1918-11 Aub. 1918 |
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4 Feb. 1919 |
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15 Sept. 1920-4 Dec. 1920 |
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4 Jan. 1921-28 Sept. 1921 |
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? 1922-14 Dex. 1922 |
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22 Jan. 1923-6 Oct. 1923 |
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1 March 1924-15 Sept. 1924 |
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30 Jan. 1925 |
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1 May 1936-3 Aug. 1939 |
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1940, 14 June-22 Oct. |
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1940, 22 Oct.-30 Dec. |
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1941, 7 Jan.-25 Feb |
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1941, 3 March-13 April |
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1941, 15 April-26 April |
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1941, 1 May-31 May |
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1941, 1 June-17 June |
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1941, 20 June-19 July |
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1941, 1 Aug.-26 Aug. |
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1941, 1 Sept-27 Oct. |
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1941, 10 Nov.-30 Dec. |
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1942, 23 Jan.-16 Feb. |
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1942, 22 Feb-23 March |
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1942, 27 March-26 April |
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1942, 4 May-26 June |
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1942, 6 July-30 July |
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1942, 1 Aug.-18 Sept. |
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1942, 22 Sept.-8 Nov. |
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1942, 14 Nov.-9 Dec. |
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1942, 14 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1943, 4 Jan.-8 Feb. |
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1943, 11 Feb.-24 Apr. |
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1943, 2 May-27 May |
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1943, 4 June-31 July |
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1943, 2 Aug.-26 Aug. |
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1943, 13 Sept.-20 Oct. |
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1943, 10 Nov.-31 Dec. |
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1944, 3 Jan.-30 Apr. |
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1944, 5 May-26 July |
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1944, 1 Aug.-27 Oct. |
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1944, 6 Nov.-27 Dec. |
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1945, 9 Jan.-29 Jan. |
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1945, 5 Feb.-21 Feb. |
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1945, 3 Mar.- 25 Apr. |
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1945, 2 May-19 May |
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1945, 21 May-16 June |
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1945, 19 June-31 July |
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1945, 6 Aug.-27 Sept. |
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1945, 1 Oct.-30 Nov. |
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1945, 3 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1946, 9 Jan.-23 Mar. |
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1946, 1 Apr.-30 Apr. |
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1946, 10 May-12 July |
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1946, 15 July-29 July |
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1946, 29 July |
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1946, 19 Aug.-21 Oct. |
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1946, 11 Nov.-27 Dec. |
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1947, 2 Jan.-17 Mar. |
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1947, 18 Mar.-18 Apr. |
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1947, 26 Apr.-17 June |
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1947, 7 July-23 Sept. |
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1947, 6 Oct.-17 Nov. |
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1947, 7 Nov.-23 Dec. |
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1948, 2 Jan.-20 Feb. |
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1948, 2 Mar.-7 Apr. |
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1948, 15 Apr.-5 June |
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1948, 7 June-30 June |
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1948, 7 July-30 Aug. |
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1948, 3 Sept.-29 Oct. |
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1948, 1 Nov.-29 Dec. |
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1949, 10 Jan.-12 Feb. |
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1949, 14 Feb.-31 Mar. |
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1949, 1 Apr.-25 June |
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1949, 5 July-15 Aug. |
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1949, 16 Aug.-30 Sept. |
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1949, 10 Oct.-18 Nov. |
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1949, 1 Dec.-20 Dec. |
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1949, 21 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1950, 2 Jan.-5 Jan. |
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1950, 13 Jan.-30 Jan. |
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1950, 1 Feb.-14 Feb. |
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1950, 17 Feb.-17 Mar. |
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1950, 18 Mar.-15 Apr. |
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1950, 17 Apr.-11 May |
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1950, 12 May-30 May |
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1950, 1 June-26 June |
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1950, 17 July-15 Aug. |
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1950, 16 Aug.-14 Sept. |
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1950, 18 Sept.-11 Oct. |
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1950, 12 Oct.-28 Oct. |
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1950, 3 Nov.-9 Dec. |
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1950, 11 Dec.-22 Dec. |
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1950, 22 Dec.-30 Dec. |
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1951, 2 Jan.-3 Jan. |
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1951, 4 Jan.-11 Jan. |
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1951, 13 Jan.-13 Feb. |
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1951, 13 Feb.-7 Mar. |
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1951, 7 Mar.-26 Mar. |
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1951, 28 Mar.-14 Apr. |
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1951, 16 Apr.-4 May |
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1951, 4 May-19 May |
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1951, 21 May-5 June |
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1951, 6 June-4 July |
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1951, 5 July-23 July |
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1951, 23 July-21 Aug. |
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1951, 27 Aug.-18 Sept. |
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1951, 21 Sept.-11 Oct. |
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1951, 11 Oct.-8 Nov. |
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1951, 8 Nov.-21 Nov. |
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1951, 21 Nov.-17 Dec. |
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1951, 18 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1952, 2 Jan.-24 Jan. |
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1952, 28 Jan.-4 Feb. |
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1952, 4 Feb.-25 Feb. |
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1952, 25 Feb.-20 Mar. |
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1952, 22 Mar.-8 Apr. |
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1952, 8 Apr.-25 Apr. |
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1952, 5 May-23 June |
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1952, 28 June-7 Aug. |
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1952, 7 Aug.-2 Sept. |
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1952, 4 Sept.-1 Oct. |
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1952, 2 Oct.-4 Nov. |
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1952, 5 Nov.-28 Nov. |
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1952, 28 Nov.-13 Dec. |
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1952, 16 Dec.-30 Dec. |
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1952, 30 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1953, 3 Jan.-23 Jan. |
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1953, 24 Jan.-11 Mar. |
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1953, 11 Mar.-6 Apr. |
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1953, 6 Apr.-24 Apr. |
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1953, 24 Apr.-20 May |
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1953, 20 May-4 June |
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1953, 4 June-29 June |
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1953, 3 July-15 July |
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1953, 16 July-11 Aug. |
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1953, 11 Aug.-24 Aug. |
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1953, 24 Aug.-2 Sept. |
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1953, 2 Sept.-9 Sept. |
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1953, 15 Sept.-5 Oct. |
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1953, 6 Oct.-15 Oct. |
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1953, 19 Oct.-23 Nov. |
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1953, 23 Nov.-10 Dec. |
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1953, 10 Dec.-22 Dec. |
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1953, 23 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1954, 2 Jan.-5 Jan. |
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1954, 5 Jan.-14 Jan. |
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1954, 15 Jan.-12 Feb. |
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1954, 12 Feb.-29 Mar. |
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1954, 31 Mar.-13 Apr. |
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1954, 16 Apr.-22 May |
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1954, 22 May-7 June |
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1954, 7 June-17 June |
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1954, 17 June-10 July |
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1954, 10 July-5 Aug. |
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1954, 6 Aug.-25 Sept. |
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1954, 27 Sept.-15 Nov. |
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1954, 15 Nov.-27 Nov. |
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1954, 29 Nov.-31 Dec. |
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1955, 3 Jan.-24 Feb. |
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1955, 1 Mar.-28 May |
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1955, 28 May-23 July |
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1955, 1 Aug.-29 Aug. |
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1955, 29 Aug.-11 Oct. |
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1955, 11 Oct.-12 Oct. |
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1955, 13 Oct.-18 Nov. |
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1955, 2 Dec.-23 Dec. |
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1956, 4 Jan.-23 Jan. |
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1956, 23 Jan.-3 Feb. |
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1956, 3 Feb.-18 Feb. |
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1956, 21 Feb.-3 Mar. |
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1956, 3 Mar.-12 Mar. |
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1956, 12 Mar.-28 Mar. |
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1956, 28 Mar.-4 Apr. |
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1956, 4 Apr.-14 Apr. |
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1956, 14 Apr.-27 Apr. |
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1956, 1 May-15 May |
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1956, 15 May-23 May |
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1956, 23 May-7 June |
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1956, 7 June-7 July |
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1956, 7 July-16 July |
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1956, 16 July-2 Aug. |
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1956, 2 Aug.-17 Aug. |
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1956, 17 Aug.-11 Sept. |
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1956, 12 Sept.-28 Sept. |
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1956, 29 Sept.-22 Oct. |
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1956, 25 Oct.-21 Nov. |
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1956, 23 Nov.-21 Dec. |
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1956, 21 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1957, 4 Jan.-5 Feb. |
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1957, 8 Feb.-22 Feb. |
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1957, 22 Feb.-4 Mar. |
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1957, 4 Mar.-30 Mar. |
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1957, 2 Apr.-6 Apr. |
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1957, 8 Apr.-18 Apr. |
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1957, 18 Apr.-3 May |
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1957, 3 May-29 May |
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1957, 31 May-6 June |
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1957, 7 June-21 June |
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1957, 21 June-11 July |
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1957, 11 July-29 July |
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1957, 1 Aug.-19 Aug. |
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1957, 22 Aug.-10 Sept. |
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1957, 10 Sept.-1 Oct. |
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1957, 2 Oct.-23 Oct. |
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1957, 24 Oct.-18 Nov. |
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1957, 18 Nov.-30 Nov. |
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1957, 3 Dec.-23 Dec. |
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1957, 23 Dec.-30 Dec. |
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1957, 30 Dec.-31 Dec. |
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1958, 2 Jan.-5 Mar. |
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1958, 2 Apr.-7 May |
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1958, 8 May-31 May |
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1958, 2 June-23 July |
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1958, 2 Aug.-27 Aug. |
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1958, 2 Sept.-25 Oct. |
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1958, 27 Oct.-26 Dec. |
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1959, 8 Jan.-7 Feb. |
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1959, 7 Feb.-26 Feb. |
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1959, 26 Feb.-3 Mar. |
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1959, 4 Mar.-30 Mar. |
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1959, 30 Mar.-6 May |
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1959, 6 May-27 May |
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1959, 28 May-3 June |
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1959, 6 June-20 July |
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1959, 12 Aug.-31 Aug. |
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1959, 5 Sept.-21 Oct. |
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1959, 22 Oct.-30 Nov. |
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1959, 8 Dec.-30 Dec. |
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1960, 2 Jan.-14 Jan. |
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1960, 14 Jan.-5 Feb. |
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1960, 8 Feb.-3 Mar. |
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| Duplicates of Outgoing Correspondence |
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Dec. 1941-Dec.1949 |
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Jan. 1950-May 1950 |
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June 1950-Dec. 1950 |
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Jan. 1951-Dec. 1951 |
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Jan. 1952-Dec. 1952 |
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Jan. 1953-Oct. 1953 |
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Dec. 1953-Sept. 1954; Jan. 10, 1955 |
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July 1955-Nov. 1956 |
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Feb. 1957-Aug. 1957 |
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Aug. 1957-Dec. 1957 |
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June 1958-Feb. 1960 |
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| Memorabilia |
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Air Mileage thru 1951 1951 |
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Awards |
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College papers, Business Law, Rhetoric |
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College papers, Mineralogy, Geology |
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College papers, Mineralogy, Geology |
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Book on Geology |
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High School Records |
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Membership cards |
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Memorabilia |
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Hunting trip book |
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High School scrap book |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.14.4 |
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Patents |
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Patents-Jayhawk central files |
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Personal records |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.37.4 |
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Restricted Access File |
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Speech Manuscripts |
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Statements before Congressional bodies |
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Senate Agricultural Hearings |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.38.4 |
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| Spencer Company Annual Reports and Photographs |
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Annual Reports--K.A.S. Director |
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Spencer Chemical Company--Annual Reports 1950-1963 |
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Booklets--Spencer |
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Booklets--Miscellaneous |
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Diaries (Business)--Dictation Belts |
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Enclosures from original documents--filed A-K |
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Enclosures--filed L-N |
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Enclosures--filed O-Z |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.42.2-Box 3.42.12 |
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Maps, Charts |
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Photos--Boards, Councils, etc. |
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Photos--Family |
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Photos--K.A.S. |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.43.1-Box 3.43.15 |
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K.A.S. Avocations |
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Childhood photos |
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Kansas University--Beta, Spencer House |
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Photos during the flood |
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Company photos |
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Photos--Spencer purchases from Government |
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Rosters |
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Speech Data--general |
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Speech Data--Coal Industry |
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Speeches--Miscellaneous Data |
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| National Defense and Wartime Planning |
| Box 47: |
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National Defense--Mid Central War Resources Board |
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Plan to use natural resources of a four state area |
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November 1940 edition of the above plan 1940 |
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Supporting material--advantages |
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Supporting material--side data |
| Box 48: |
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Supporting material--prospectus |
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Supporting material--economic survey |
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Supporting material--report |
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Fertilizer mixing plant |
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Fertilizer plant--phosphate rock |
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Water resources |
| Box 49: |
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Water gas test |
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Water gas test |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.49.14 |
| Folder 18-21: |
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Sulfuric acid |
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Alcohol plant |
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Sodium chlorate plant |
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Location--Tri-state area |
| Folder 6-9: |
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Synthetic rubber plants |
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Smokeless powder |
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Shell loading plant |
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Coke plant |
| Box 51: |
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Bag loading plant |
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Power |
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Miscellaneous |
| Folder 11: |
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Powder for the Arsenal of Democracy |
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Speech--C.Y. Thomas |
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Neoprene from Tri-state materials |
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Report of Military Chemical Works |
| Folder 16: |
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Study of Jayhawk Ordinance Works |
| Box 52: |
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| Item 1: |
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Book--Postwar Utilization for Industrial Purposes |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.52.1 and Box 4.2 |
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| Condolence Letters |
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General information |
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C |
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Mc |
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P |
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X,Y,Z |
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Other letters to Mrs. Spencer and members of the Spencer Chemical Company after death of K.A.S. |
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Photos located at RH MS-P 157, Box 3.55.8 |
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Death notices |
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Jack Denton's letters concerning K.A.S. |
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Wires received in Florida during illness of K.A.S. |
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Notice of death of K.A.S. in Beta Theta Pi magazine |
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List of visitors and flower contributors at funeral of K.A.S. |
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Memorials--special |
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K.A.S. Memorial Lectures and other special memorials to K.A.S. |
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Formal memorials to K.A.S.--unbound |
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Letters from Kansas University Endowment Association noting contributors to K.A.S. memorial fund |
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| Inter-Office Correspondence |
| Box 57: |
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| Folder 1-7: |
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Spencer Chemical Company |
| Folder 8-10: |
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Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. |
| Folder 11: |
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Military Chemical Works, Inc. |
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| Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles |
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Powder for the arsenal of democracy. May 1941 |
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A plan to produce stragetic war materials, T.N.T., smokeless powder, ammonium nitrate, picric acid from natural and agricultural resources of the four-state area Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and to utilize waste sulphuric acid to produce superphosphate fertilizer. Dec. 1944 |
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2 copies: copy 1 is supplemented by maps, plans, publications, etc.; copy 2 is carbon copy of the text only. |
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