Special Collections and Archives

Browse Collections: Organized by Subject Areas

American History

American Crime Pamphlet collection

1798-1980

American Historical Manuscripts

1765-1982

Armed Services Editions collection

1943-1947

David Bash papers

1861-1910

Hector Bolitho papers

1927-1968

Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records

1689-1995

Campus Strike Papers collection

1965-1972

Betsy Mix Cowles papers

1821-1976

Criminal Broadsides of America

1820-1926

G. I. Stories of the Ground, Air and Service Forces... collection

1941-1945

Helen Kovach Gildzen Autograph collection

1983-1993

Girls' Friendship Books

1824-1880

Historical Almanacs

1768-1963

KSU September 11 Remembrance Project papers

2001

Lindbergh Kidnapping Case photographs

1932

Lindbergh Kidnapping collection

1927-1992

Thomas Thornton Mackaness journal

1802-1804

Ruby Churchill Parmelee papers

1866-1931

Charles Wesley Slack papers

1817-1906

Stereoscopic Photographs collection

circa 1850-1900

George Jason Streator papers

1880-1924

Albion W. Tourgée papers

1880-1896

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Athletics, Sports

Marie Hyde Apple papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1848-1969

Joseph W. Begala papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1914-1977

Karl Chesnutt papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1942-1984

Leslie P. Hardy papers

1815-1990

KSU Sports Artifacts (memorabilia) collection

1923-1994

KSU Sports Information and Athletic Communications records

1925-2007

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Business

Paul A. Bennett papers

1949-1964

Ernest C. Brown papers

1883-1910

Dick Dudley Donaghy papers

1892-1975

Stephen P. Harbourt papers

1880-1975

Thomas B. Jamison papers

1908-1944

Philip Kaplan and Hermine Laukhuff papers

1959-1985

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

Kent Business & Professional Women's Club records

1926-1983

Kent Family papers

1818-2004

Kiwanis Club of Kent, Ohio records

1925-1975

Kiwanis Club of Ravenna, Ohio, papers

1921-2004

William B. McCord papers

1868-1967

Ohio Historical Manuscripts

1805-1963

Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman papers

1825-1996

Saalfield Publishing Company catalogs

1899-1976

Sea Grant Project papers

1970-1978

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

Roy Harmon Smith and Family papers

1920-1988

T. G. Parsons Lumber Company records

1827-1935

Tarter/Miller papers

1933-1996

Twin Coach Company records

1914-1956

West Family papers

1809-1924

World Publishing Company records

1908-1975

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Children's Literature

Arnold Adoff papers

1955-2001

Babar collection of John L. Boonshaft

1931-2008

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls collection

1867-1906

Girls' Friendship Books

1824-1880

Virginia Hamilton Conference records

1983-2008

Virginia Hamilton papers

1980-2002

Dav Pilkey papers

1991-1999

Cynthia Rylant papers

1950-1995

Saalfield Publishing Company artwork and oversize galleys

1899-1976

Saalfield Publishing Company catalogs

1899-1976

Saalfield Publishing Company publications

1899-1976

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Crime (including True Crime Literature)

Please note: For more detailed information on our crime holdings, please see the Borowitz Collection gateway page.

American Crime Pamphlet collection

1798-1980

Joseph Bell collection

1899-1953

Borowitz Crime manuscripts

1663-2000

Helen Osterman Borowitz publications

1970-1987

British Crime Pamphlet collection

1700-1990

Crime Drama collection

1935-2000

Crime Photographs collection

187?-1969

Crime Subject Files collection

1940-2005

Crime-related Artifacts

circa 1820-2000

Crime-related Board and Card Games

1958-1990

Crime-related Film Stills and Lobby Cards

1958-1982

Crime-related Films

1916-2006

Crime-related Graphics collection

1800-1999

Crime-related LPs

1956-1986

Crime-related Playbills and Programs

1875-2008

Crime-related Postcards

1900-1999

Crime-related Sheet Music

1878-1985

Criminal Broadsides of 19th-Century England

circa 1799-1876

Criminal Broadsides of America

1820-1926

Leo Damore papers

1969-1993

Detective and True Crime Magazines

1930-1994

Richard Austin Freeman papers

1920-1941

Charles George Hodgson collection

1812-1868

Jack the Ripper collection

1888-2006

Lindbergh Kidnapping Case photographs

1932

Lindbergh Kidnapping collection

1927-1992

Newspaper Articles Relating to Criminal Cases

1823-1921

Prison Postcards collection

1900-1999

Sherlock Holmes Ephemera collection

1900-1999

Stage Thrillers collection

1898-2001

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Education (including History of Education)

Apple Family papers

1848-1969

Sidney M. Berkowitz papers

1939-1982

College of Education, School Survey Service records

1947-1962

Comparative and International Education Society records

1956-2008

Betsy Mix Cowles papers

1821-1976

Myra G. Cowles papers

1900-1966

Judy DuShane papers

1971-1982

Grand River Institute records

1855-1927

Charles Kegley papers (faculty-Education)

1965-1974

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges, Circular Letters

1962-75

Edna Rickey Oswalt papers (faculty-Special Education)

1948-1966

Portage County Schools Yearbooks

1931-1967

Saroj Sutaria papers (faculty-Education)

1977-1992

Barbara Unger papers

1946-2004

William E. Warner papers

1882-1974

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

West Family papers

1809-1924

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Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, and Race

Sidney M. Berkowitz papers

1939-1982

Joseph J. Craciun papers

1911-1978

Joke Books and Humor Publications

1897-1947

Mary Popa Romanian royal family collection

1926-1980s

Queen Marie of Romania papers

1793-1991

Albion W. Tourgée papers

1880-1896

Glee Wilson Queen Marie of Romania collection

1926-2002

Richard Wright papers

1938-1950

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Kent State University History

AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records

1948-2008

F. Dewey Amner papers (faculty-Languages)

1942-1946

Apple Family papers

1848-1969

Marie Hyde Apple papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1848-1969

Audio Visual Services catalogs

1950-1993

Florence Gray Beall papers (faculty-English)

1815-1980

Henry Beck papers (faculty-Photography)

1937-1939

Joseph W. Begala papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1914-1977

Beta Phi Mu records

1968-1994

George A. Bowman papers

1901-1976

Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records

1689-1995

Flora M. Bump papers (faculty-Spanish)

1967-1972

Campus Bus Service records

1967-2004

Center for International and Comparative Programs (CICP) records

1950-1986

Karl Chesnutt papers (faculty-Physical Education)

1942-1984

Citation and Recognition Committee records

1968-2003

Raymond M. Clark papers

1943-1944

Walton D. Clarke papers (faculty-Speech)

1940-1974

James G. Coke papers (faculty-Political Science)

1963-1980

College of Arts and Sciences, Publications of the Faculty collection

1970-1997

College of Education, School Survey Service records

1947-1962

Department of Political Science records

1963-1996

Ralph W. Dexter publications (faculty-Biology)

1942-1986

Stephen R. Donaldson papers

1971-2008

Raleigh M. Drake papers (faculty-Psychology)

1935-1960

Arthur E. DuBois papers (faculty-English)

1929-1964

Margaret Dunbar papers (faculty-Libraries)

1908-1943

Executive Vice President & Provost, Annual Reports

1965-1977

Faculty Senate minutes

1962-2002

Mona Fletcher papers (faculty-Political Science)

1892-1963

Robert C. Gaede papers (faculty-Architecture)

1949-1957

Wilma Leslie Garnett papers (faculty-English)

1948-1982

Alex Gildzen papers (faculty-Libraries)

1941-1996

Brage Golding papers

1977-1982

Graduate School Council, Minutes and Agendas

1945-1975

Virginia Hamilton Conference records

1983-2008

Regina Hanway papers (faculty-English)

1930-1975

Stephen P. Harbourt papers

1880-1975

Leslie P. Hardy papers

1815-1990

Haymaker, Merrill, Dumm Family papers

1825-1984

Hugh A. Glauser School of Music Concert and Performance programs

1919-2002

Institute for Bibliography and Editing records

1966-1986

Sidney L. Jackson papers (faculty-Library Science)

1935-1979

Charles Kegley papers (faculty-Education)

1965-1974

Kent State Normal College, Cities of Kent and Ravenna, Ohio, panoramic photographs

1914-1927

Kent/Blossom Music Program records

1968-2001

Ronald F. Kingsley papers

1986-2002

Paul C. Kitchin, Jr. papers (faculty-Political Science)

1947-1977

KSU Airport papers

1942-2004

KSU Alumni Association publications

1934-2008

KSU Artifacts (memorabilia)

1917-1991

KSU Buildings and Grounds subject files

1910-2008

KSU Buildings photographs

1913-1998

KSU Campus Maps collection (online version)

1913-2008

KSU Campus Maps collection (printed copies)

1913-2008

KSU Commencement & Honors Day, Video and Audio Tape collection

1995-2003

KSU Commencement Programs

1914-2008

KSU Enrollment Statistics

1971-2001

KSU Financial Reports

1939-2008

KSU Folk Festival recordings

1967-1985

KSU Foundation, Annual Reports

1967-2008

KSU Graduate Lists

1926-1943

KSU Miscellaneous subject files

1980-2008

KSU Museum and School of Fashion administrative papers

1977-1990

KSU Museum papers

1962-2008

KSU Operating Budgets

1970-2008

KSU Oral History Project recordings

1964-68

KSU Press records

1953-2004

KSU Schedule of Classes

1938-2004

KSU Semicentennial collection

1956-1961

KSU September 11 Remembrance Project papers

2001

KSU Sports Artifacts (memorabilia) collection

1923-1994

KSU Sports Information and Athletic Communications records

1925-2007

KSU Theatre records

1918-1999

James T. Laing papers (faculty-Sociology, Anthropology)

1930-1969

Karl Clayton Leebrick papers

1938-1982

Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Community Studies papers

1979-1991

Libraries and Media Services records

1914-2006

Liquid Crystal Institute records

1965-2001

Richard Madey papers (faculty-Physics)

1945-2000

Sanford Marovitz papers (faculty-English)

1967-1996

Edgar L. McCormick papers

1932-1979

John Edward McGilvrey papers

1890-1945

Bea McPherson, KSU Museum and Fashion School papers

1978-1988

Alvin J. Miller papers (faculty-Education)

1936-1937

Doug Moore papers

1967-1986

R. Thomas Myers papers (faculty-Chemistry)

1983-1995

Richard Myers films

1961-1989

National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges, Circular Letters

1962-75

New Student Orientation Handbooks

1980-1995

North Central Association, KSU Reaccreditation files

1972-2002

Martin Nurmi papers (faculty-English)

1967-1981

Office of Faculty Development records

1973-1979

Glenn A. Olds papers

1971-1977

Edna Rickey Oswalt papers (faculty-Special Education)

1948-1966

Phi Alpha Alpha records

1930-1993

Joseph Politella papers (faculty-Philosophy)

1967-1973

Porthouse Theatre records

1969-1997

Progressive Student Network papers

1982-1984

Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman papers

1825-1996

Howard Ruffner papers and photographs

1970-1971

P. Craig Russell papers

1974-1992

Harvey Saalberg papers (faculty-Journalism)

1971-1972

School of Fashion Design and Merchandising papers

1981-2008

School of Journalism records

1926-1988

School of Journalism, Short Course in News Photography records

1937-1966

School of Library and Information Science records

1945-1985

School of Nursing, Course Outlines

1970-1991

Michael Schwartz papers

1982-1990

Sea Grant Project papers

1970-1978

Phillip R. Shriver papers (faculty-History)

1945-1965

Roy Harmon Smith and Family papers

1920-1988

Robert I. Smithson, Partially Buried Woodshed papers and photographs

1970-2005

Summer of 1942 Kent State University film

1939-1942

Saroj Sutaria papers (faculty-Education)

1977-1992

Robert Swierenga papers (faculty-History)

undated

Tarter/Miller papers

1933-1996

William D. Taylor papers (faculty-Journalism)

1938-1971

Toucan Magazine papers

1967-1972

Arthur J. Trory Photograph collection

circa 1895-1960

University Communications and Marketing records

1938-1991

University Communications and Marketing videos

1985-1997

University Policy Register

1967-1997

University School, Yearbooks

1918-1972

Howard P. Vincent papers

1921-1985

Rose L. Vormelker papers

1928-1984

William E. Warner papers

1882-1974

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

Robert I. White papers

1963-1971

Milton E Wilson, Jr. papers (faculty-Counseling)

1965-1994

WNEO-TV NETO, Channel 45 & 49 papers

1974-1995

Women's Studies Program records

1979-1991

G. Harry Wright Showboat collection

1948-?

Paul Zimmer papers

1959-1997

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Kent State Shootings (May 4, 1970)

Please note: For more detailed information on our holdings on this topic, please see the May 4 Collection gateway page.

Akron Beacon Journal Kent State Shootings collection

1969-1983

Akron Beacon Journal, "Remembering May 4," Responses from Readers

1990

American Council on Education, Special Committee on Campus Tensions papers

1969

Deborah Andersen photographs and papers

1977

Annual May 4 Commemoration records

1971-2008

William Armstrong papers

1970

Chuck Ayers photographs

May 1-4, 1970

Seymour Baron papers

1970

William C. Barrett papers

1970

Craig Blazinski papers

1977-1980

Michael A. Buchart, Vietnam War Memorabilia and Artifacts

1965-1971

Campus Strike Papers collection

1965-1972

Bob Carpenter papers

1967-1998

Center for Peaceful Change records

1971-1975

Commission on KSU Violence records

1963-1976

Confrontation at Kent Fund records

1970-1980

Congressional Record

1969-1970

Dennis Cooke papers

1963-1970

Crankshaft Comic Strip, Thirtieth Anniversary Story Arc

2000

Roger J. Di Paolo papers

1977-1978

Dramatic Productions (related to May 4)

1971-2000

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kent State Shootings records

1970-1975

Murray I. Fishel papers

1970

Helen M. and John C. Friese papers

1970-1972

A Gathering of Poets papers

May 3-6, 1990

Brage Golding papers

1977-1982

Bill Gordon, Ken Hammond, Thomas Lough papers

1968-1977

Janet Hoover papers

1970-1979

John Hubbell papers

1970-1985

James Huebner papers

1977

Bernard R. Jerman papers

1969-1971

Paul Keane papers

1969-1973

Charles Kegley May 4 papers

1968-1971

Kent State Shootings, Oral History Project recordings and transcripts

1990-2008

Art Kieffer papers

1990

Paul C. Kitchin, Jr. papers (faculty-Political Science)

1947-1977

Marvin R. Koller papers

1981

Arthur Krause, et al v. James A. Rhodes, et al papers

1978-1979

Paul Kriese papers

1969-1973

KSU Administrative Offices papers (related to May 4)

1968-1977

KSU Police Department records

1965-1975

Jerry M. Lewis papers

1968-2002

Libraries and Media Services May 4 records

1970-2000

Linda Lyke papers

1970

May 4 Art collection

1970-2002

May 4 Banners and Posters

1970-2003

May 4 Collections at Other Institutions

undated

May 4 Memorabilia and Artifacts

1970-2002

May 4 Memorial Design Competition records

1985-1991

May 4 Newspaper Clippings collection

1969-2009

May 4 Resource Room papers

1974-2003

Edgar L. McCormick May 4 papers

1970

Barclay D. McMillen papers

1968-1999

Miscellaneous and Unidentified Photographs (related to May 4)

1970-2000

Miscellaneous Biographical Information about Victims of Kent State Shootings

1969-2007

Miscellaneous Films and Videos (related to May 4)

1970-2004

Miscellaneous Memorials and Protests at Other Campuses

1971-2002

Miscellaneous Music (related to May 4)

1970-2005

Miscellaneous Personal Narratives and Commentaries (related to May 4)

1970-2003

Miscellaneous Poetry (related to May 4)

1970-2001

Miscellaneous Research papers, Theses, and Manuscripts (related to May 4)

1977-2000

Miscellaneous Subject Files (related to May 4)

1970-2007

Miscellaneous T-Shirts (related to May 4)

1970s-2005

Carl M. Moore papers

1968-1972

Ruth Cope Mulvihill papers

1970

R. Thomas Myers papers (faculty-Chemistry)

1983-1995

Richard Myers films

1961-1989

Non-Music Sound Recordings (related to May 4)

1970-2003

James Nuber papers

1970-1977

Martin K. Nurmi May 4 papers

1970-1971

Ohio State Highway Patrol photographs

May 1-4, 1970

John Ohles papers

1966-2001

Glenn A. Olds papers

1971-1977

Horace A. Page papers

1970

Paul Palsa papers

1977-1980

Clyde Patterson papers

1970

Roland D. Patzer papers

1970

J. Gregory Payne papers

1975-2005

Political Science Department May 4 records

1970

Douglas Raymond papers

1969-1971

B. Earle Roberts papers

1968-1983

Howard Ruffner papers and photographs

1970-1971

LeRoy Satrom papers

1955-1976

Michael Schwartz papers

1982-1990

Simple Gestures Installation papers

1995

Frank Smith photographs

May 1970

Ralph Solonitz papers

1970-90

Kim Sorvig papers

1985-1990

Students for a Democratic Society records

1965-1974

Sheila Tabakoff papers

1970

Ian Taberner papers

1986

30th May 4 Commemoration Committee records

1999-2000

Charles Thomas papers

1970-2003

25th Anniversary Coordinating Committee records

1994-1996

United States Department of Justice, May 4 Investigation records

1970-1986

University Communications and Marketing May 4 records

1964-2000

University News Service photographs

April 1970-1977

Timothy Wayne Viezer papers

1977-1980

J. Charles Walker papers

1970

Peg Watkins papers

1977-1978

John C. Weiser papers

1970

Robert I. White papers

1963-1971

WKSU, May 4 Sound Recordings collection

1970-2000

Workshop in Large Scale Enameling collection

1994-1995

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Labor

AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records

1948-2008

Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, Local Unions 52 and 285 records

1943-48

Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, Local Union 200 records

1903-1966

Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Local Unions 68, 158, and 438 records

1898-1918; 1930-1967

Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Painters Local 476 records

1917-1973

East Liverpool Trades and Labor Council records

1908-1971

International Association of Machinists Local Union 404 records

1933-1975

International Association of Machinists, Local Union 1519 records

1934-1974

International Association of Machinists, Local Union 200 records

1934-1973

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 93 records

1918-1973

International Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers records

1889-1971

International Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers, Local Union 166 records

1937-1975

International Union Of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local Union 730 records

1948-1964

Staughton and Alice Lynd collection

1886-1999

National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 164 records

1946-1975

National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 385 records

1900-1977

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

Pauline Taylor papers

1948-57

Trumbull County Federation of Labor records

1938-1960

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 186 records

1886-1955

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Locals 171, 892 and Carpenters' District Council of Mahoning, Trumbull, and Mercer Counties records

1936-1975

UERMWA/IUERMW, Packard Electric Division Plants of Warren, Ohio records

1944-1967

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, Local Union 102 records

1938-1979

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 1307 records

1943-1980

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 1307 records

1951-1980

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 1375 records

1938-1973

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 1617 records

1945-1977

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 2243 records

1940-1977

United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 6529 records

1963-1979

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

Youngstown Allied Printing Trades Council records

1912-1971

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Literature - General

American Literary Manuscripts

1810-1993

Canadian Literary Manuscripts

1902-1959

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls collection

1867-1906

English Literary Manuscripts

1819-1982

Alex Gildzen papers (faculty-Libraries)

1941-1996

Haldeman-Julius Publications, Little Blue Books

1919-1948

Haldeman-Julius Publications, Mid-Sized Books

1905-1951

Joke Books and Humor Publications

1897-1947

Philip Kaplan and Hermine Laukhuff papers

1959-1985

Mark Lemon and His Circle collection

1847-1888

Little Leather Library Series Books

1915-1923

James R. Lowell papers

1952-2004

Miscellaneous Printing Ephemera

1563-1985

Noel Polk - Faulkner's Marionettes collection

1970?-1979

Stead's Publishing House Series Books

1859-1920

Toucan Magazine papers

1967-1972

Howard P. Vincent papers

1921-1985

World Publishing Company records

1908-1975

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Literature - Poetry and Poets

Helen Adam papers

1956-1976

Arnold Adoff papers

1955-2001

American Weave: A Literary Journal records

1965-1971

Armed Services Editions collection

1943-1947

Carol Bergé papers

1961-1962

Richard Blevins papers

1959-1997

James Broughton papers

1895-1999

Vincent Godfrey Burns papers

1956-1969

Cid Corman papers

1942-1976

Hart Crane papers

1917-1983

Thomas P. Cullinan papers

1945-1993

August Derleth papers

1961-1966

Arthur E. DuBois papers (faculty-English)

1929-1964

Robert Edward Duncan papers

1942-1978

Larry Eigner papers

1965-1982

Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers

1969-1971

A Gathering of Poets papers

May 3-6, 1990

Marsden Hartley papers

1908-1965

John Clellon Holmes papers

1959-1968

John Clellon Holmes recordings

1949-1951; 1968

Hazel Collister Hutchison and Clark Livensparger papers

1920-1984

Marc Kaminsky papers

1960-2007

Peter Kidd papers

1978-1999

Tom Kryss papers

1966-1976

Lawrence Lee papers

undated

d. a. levy papers

1961-2005

(Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay papers

undated

Thomas Thornton Mackaness journal

1802-1804

(John Joseph) Sherry Mangan papers

1925-1961

Miscellaneous Poetry (related to May 4)

1970-2001

Origin: Fourth Series papers

1972-1982

Origin: Third Series papers

1951-1985

Will Petersen papers

1956-1994

Jerrald Ranta-Michael Horovitz collection

1968-1973

Simms Family papers

1900-1924

 

Gary Snyder papers

1955-1983

James Stephens papers

1908-1932

Street Ballads of Victorian England

circa 1850-1870

Barbara Unger papers

1946-2004

John Wieners papers

1958-1972

William Carlos Williams papers

1940-1965

Thomas Richard Wirth papers

1958-1988

Paul Zimmer papers

1959-1997

Louis Zukofsky papers

1961-1964

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Literature - Prose

Arnold Adoff papers

1955-2001

Nelson Algren-Matthew J. Bruccoli papers

1960-1985

Armed Services Editions collection

1943-1947

James Girard Blower papers

1952-1965

Hector Bolitho papers

1927-1968

Borowitz Crime manuscripts

1663-2000

Helen Osterman Borowitz publications

1970-1987

Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records

1689-1995

Matthew J. Bruccoli John O'Hara collection

1927-1976

Matthew J. Bruccoli Raymond Chandler collection

1964-1978

Charles W. Chesnutt collection

1942-1994

Alfred Chester papers

1963-1965

John Wesley "Jack" Conroy clippings

1933-1966

Thomas P. Cullinan papers

1945-1993

Leo Damore papers

1969-1993

August Derleth papers

1961-1966

Stephen R. Donaldson papers

1971-2008

Arthur E. DuBois papers (faculty-English)

1929-1964

Richard Austin Freeman papers

1920-1941

Alma L. Gray papers

1956-1982

Constance Holme papers

1918-1937

Hazel Collister Hutchison and Clark Livensparger papers

1920-1984

Marc Kaminsky papers

1960-2007

Mark Lemon and His Circle collection

1847-1888

(John Joseph) Sherry Mangan papers

1925-1961

Sanford Marovitz papers (faculty-English)

1967-1996

Richard Ward Morris papers

1964-unknown

James Robert Parish papers

1948 - 2006

Leo Rosten papers

1961

George Bernard Shaw papers

1879-1937

Sherlock Holmes Ephemera collection

1900-1999

Logan Pearsall Smith papers

1881-1943

Kim Sorvig papers

1985-1990

Charles Thomas papers

1970-2003

Albion W. Tourgée papers

1880-1896

Barbara Unger papers

1946-2004

Howard P. Vincent papers

1921-1985

John Wieners papers

1958-1972

Thornton Wilder papers

1926-1957

William Carlos Williams papers

1940-1965

Richard Wright papers

1938-1950

Susan Yankowitz papers

1960-2005

Paul Zimmer papers

1959-1997

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Medicine

Joseph Bell collection

1899-1953

Helen Osterman Borowitz publications

1970-1987

Richard Austin Freeman papers

1920-1941

Fuller Family papers

1841-1946

Mix-Wadsworth Family papers

1775-1935

Leo Rosten papers

1961

Raymond C. Rush papers

1895-1955

West Family papers

1809-1924

Roger Lodge Wolcott and Edward Wolcott Parsons papers

1907-1974

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Military (including Wars)

Apple Family papers

1848-1969

Armed Services Editions collection

1943-1947

Ashtabula Veterans World War Fund Committee records

1921-1969

David Bash papers

1861-1910

Michael A. Buchart, Vietnam War Memorabilia and Artifacts

1965-1971

Sylvester Daman papers

1862-1865

Dick Dudley Donaghy papers

1892-1975

Julia H. Fisher artifacts and papers (HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Islands)

1970s?

G. I. Stories of the Ground, Air and Service Forces... collection

1941-1945

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

John Alfred Means papers

1864-1961

Mix-Wadsworth Family papers

1775-1935

R. Thomas Myers papers (faculty-Chemistry)

1983-1995

Ohio Historical Manuscripts

1805-1963

Leo Rosten papers

1961

Summer of 1942 Kent State University film

1939-1942

William Taylor War Propaganda Leaflets collection

1940-1959

Charles Thomas papers

1970-2003

Lysander W. Tulleys papers

1861-1864

Steve Tunder Acme News Pictures Photographs collection

1936-1945

Elton V. Wagner papers

1942-1945

West Family papers

1809-1924

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Music

Nelson Algren-Matthew J. Bruccoli papers

1960-1985

Borowitz Sheet Music collection

circa 1850-1985

Crime-related LPs

1956-1986

Crime-related Sheet Music

1878-1985

Hugh A. Glauser School of Music Concert and Performance programs

1919-2002

Kent/Blossom Music Program records

1968-2001

KSU Folk Festival recordings

1967-1985

Donald MacLaren Simmons Sheet Music collection

1910-197

Simms Family papers

1900-1924

 

John Sokoll Croatian and Serbian Music collection

undated

Contact Special Collections for Info

Street Ballads of Victorian England

circa 1850-1870

Erica H. Stux Autograph collection

1944-1982

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Ohio History

American Weave: A Literary Journal records

1965-1971

David Bash papers

1861-1910

Dagmar Celeste, Media and Public Relations materials

1982-1991

Charles W. Chesnutt collection

1942-1994

Robert Cook papers

1956-1992

Hart Crane papers

1917-1983

Judy DuShane papers

1971-1982

Alma L. Gray papers

1956-1982

Leigh Herington papers

1953-2003

Historical Almanacs

1768-1963

Evelyn E. Hunt papers

1982-1997

Philip Kaplan and Hermine Laukhuff papers

1959-1985

Arthur Lithgow papers

1937-1992

James R. Lowell papers

1952-2004

Staughton and Alice Lynd collection

1886-1999

Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) records

1983-2007

Ohio Canal collections (D. Weaver; R. Howe)

1827-1983

Ohio Historical Manuscripts

1805-1963

Prison Postcards collection

1900-1999

Marcus A. Roberto papers

1971-1989

Saalfield Publishing Company artwork and oversize galleys

1899-1976

Saalfield Publishing Company catalogs

1899-1976

Saalfield Publishing Company publications

1899-1976

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

Sheila Smith papers

1905-2002

Pauline Taylor papers

1948-57

Albion W. Tourgée papers

1880-1896

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

World Publishing Company records

1908-1975

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Performing Arts (including Theater)

Borowitz Sheet Music collection

circa 1850-1985

James Broughton papers

1895-1999

Joseph Chaikin papers

1921-2003

Crime Drama collection

1935-2000

Crime-related Films

1916-2006

Crime-related LPs

1956-1986

Crime-related Playbills and Programs

1875-2008

Thomas P. Cullinan papers

1945-1993

Vincent Dowling papers

1976-1994

Dramatic Productions (related to May 4)

1971-2000

Peter Feldman papers

1966-2000

Albert J. Flogge Performing Arts collection

1910-1990

Dorothy Fuldheim papers

1968-1990

Larry Gianakos papers

1977-1993

Alex Gildzen papers (faculty-Libraries)

1941-1996

Helen Kovach Gildzen Autograph collection

1983-1993

Great Lakes Theater Festival papers

1961-2003

Constance Holme papers

1918-1937

John Clellon Holmes recordings

1949-1951; 1968

Marc Kaminsky papers

1960-2007

Marvin R. Koller papers

1981

KSU Folk Festival recordings

1967-1985

KSU Theatre records

1918-1999

Mark Lemon and His Circle collection

1847-1888

Robert Lewis papers

1825-1997

Arthur Lithgow papers

1937-1992

Judith Murphy papers

1966-1988

Richard Myers films

1961-1989

Algesa O'Sickey papers

1946-1995

Open Theater papers

1963-1984

James Robert Parish papers

1948 - 2006

Ruby Churchill Parmelee papers

1866-1931

J. Gregory Payne papers

1975-2005

Noel Polk - Faulkner's Marionettes collection

1970?-1979

Porthouse Theatre records

1969-1997

George Bernard Shaw papers

1879-1937

Leila Shaw Autograph collection

1910-1911

Donald MacLaren Simmons Sheet Music collection

1910-197

Sheila Smith papers

1905-2002

Stage Thrillers collection

1898-2001

Erica H. Stux Autograph collection

1944-1982

Howard Wendell papers

1954-1975

Thornton Wilder papers

1926-1957

Charles G. and Kay Wilkens papers

1880-1953

Lois Wilson papers

1923-1988

G. Harry Wright Showboat collection

1948-?

Susan Yankowitz papers

1960-2005

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Politics and Government

Dagmar Celeste, Media and Public Relations materials

1982-1991

Robert Cook papers

1956-1992

Betsy Mix Cowles papers

1821-1976

Lysander Mix Cowles papers

1831-1857

Joseph J. Craciun papers

1911-1978

Dorothy Fuldheim papers

1968-1990

Stephen P. Harbourt papers

1880-1975

Leigh Herington papers

1953-2003

Evelyn E. Hunt papers

1982-1997

Charles Kegley papers (faculty-Education)

1965-1974

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

Staughton and Alice Lynd collection

1886-1999

Ohio Historical Manuscripts

1805-1963

Mary Popa Romanian royal family collection

1926-1980s

Queen Marie of Romania papers

1793-1991

Marcus A. Roberto papers

1971-1989

LeRoy Satrom papers

1955-1976

Charles Wesley Slack papers

1817-1906

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

William Taylor War Propaganda Leaflets collection

1940-1959

Albion W. Tourgée papers

1880-1896

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

Glee Wilson Queen Marie of Romania collection

1926-2002

Woodard Family papers

1841-1981

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Printing and Publishing History

Akron Beacon Journal Kent State Shootings collection

1969-1983

American Literary Manuscripts

1810-1993

American Weave: A Literary Journal records

1965-1971

Armed Services Editions collection

1943-1947

Paul A. Bennett papers

1949-1964

Richard Blevins papers

1959-1997

Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records

1689-1995

Ernest C. Brown papers

1883-1910

Matthew J. Bruccoli John O'Hara collection

1927-1976

Matthew J. Bruccoli Raymond Chandler collection

1964-1978

Cid Corman papers

1942-1976

August Derleth papers

1961-1966

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls collection

1867-1906

Robert Edward Duncan papers

1942-1978

Haldeman-Julius Publications, Little Blue Books

1919-1948

Haldeman-Julius Publications, Mid-Sized Books

1905-1951

Historical Almanacs

1768-1963

Institute for Bibliography and Editing records

1966-1986

Joke Books and Humor Publications

1897-1947

Peter Kidd papers

1978-1999

Tom Kryss papers

1966-1976

KSU Press records

1953-2004

Little Leather Library Series Books

1915-1923

James R. Lowell papers

1952-2004

(John Joseph) Sherry Mangan papers

1925-1961

William B. McCord papers

1868-1967

Miscellaneous Printing Ephemera

1563-1985

Alex Noel-Tod papers

late-1970s-1987

Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) records

1983-2007

Origin: Fourth Series papers

1972-1982

Origin: Third Series papers

1951-1985

Noel Polk - Faulkner's Marionettes collection

1970?-1979

P. Craig Russell papers

1974-1992

Saalfield Publishing Company publications

1899-1976

Stead's Publishing House Series Books

1859-1920

Street Ballads of Victorian England

circa 1850-1870

Toucan Magazine papers

1967-1972

World Publishing Company records

1908-1975

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Psychology

Raleigh M. Drake papers (faculty-Psychology)

1935-1960

Gestalt Therapy collection

1966-1997

Virginia Glenn papers

1950-1970

Marc Kaminsky papers

1960-2007

Stanley Krippner papers

1953-1980

Milton E Wilson, Jr. papers (faculty-Counseling)

1965-1994

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Regional History - Portage County, Northeast Ohio, Western Reserve

Amateur Radio Fellowship papers

1978-1993

American Weave: A Literary Journal records

1965-1971

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Akron, Ohio records

1926-1997

Ashtabula Veterans World War Fund Committee records

1921-1969

Sidney M. Berkowitz papers

1939-1982

Ernest C. Brown papers

1883-1910

Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio records

 

Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. Chancery Office. Diocesan Planning Materials

 

Cowles Family papers

1789-1976

Betsy Mix Cowles papers

1821-1976

Giles Hooker Cowles papers

1789-1956

Lysander Mix Cowles papers

1831-1857

Myra G. Cowles papers

1900-1966

Joseph J. Craciun papers

1911-1978

Sylvester Daman papers

1862-1865

Vincent Dowling papers

1976-1994

Dorothy Fuldheim papers

1968-1990

Fuller Family papers

1841-1946

Larry Gianakos papers

1977-1993

Grand River Institute records

1855-1927

Alma L. Gray papers

1956-1982

Great Lakes Theater Festival papers

1961-2003

Leslie P. Hardy papers

1815-1990

Haymaker, Merrill, Dumm Family papers

1825-1984

Leigh Herington papers

1953-2003

Evelyn E. Hunt papers

1982-1997

Thomas B. Jamison papers

1908-1944

Philip Kaplan and Hermine Laukhuff papers

1959-1985

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

Kent State Normal College, Cities of Kent and Ravenna, Ohio, panoramic photographs

1914-1927

Kiwanis Club of Ravenna, Ohio, papers

1921-2004

Kokoon Arts Club and Philip Kaplan papers

circa 1918-1986

Arthur Lithgow papers

1937-1992

James R. Lowell papers

1952-2004

Staughton and Alice Lynd collection

1886-1999

William B. McCord papers

1868-1967

John Alfred Means papers

1864-1961

Mix-Wadsworth Family papers

1775-1935

Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) records

1983-2007

Algesa O'Sickey papers

1946-1995

Ohio Canal collections (D. Weaver; R. Howe)

1827-1983

Ohio Historical Manuscripts

1805-1963

Ruby Churchill Parmelee papers

1866-1931

Portage County Schools Yearbooks

1931-1967

Portage County, Kent, and Ravenna Telephone Directories

1918-2008

Regional History Subject Files

1980-2000

Raymond C. Rush papers

1895-1955

Harvey Saalberg papers (faculty-Journalism)

1971-1972

Leila Shaw Autograph collection

1910-1911

Simms Family papers

1900-1924

 

Stereoscopic Photographs collection

circa 1850-1900

George Jason Streator papers

1880-1924

Pauline Taylor papers

1948-57

Titcomb-Dole-Cowles Family papers

1805-1895

Arthur J. Trory Photograph collection

circa 1895-1960

Lysander W. Tulleys papers

1861-1864

Howard Wendell papers

1954-1975

Charles G. and Kay Wilkens papers

1880-1953

WNEO-TV NETO, Channel 45 & 49 papers

1974-1995

Woodard Family papers

1841-1981

World Publishing Company records

1908-1975

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Regional History - City of Kent

Apple Family papers

1848-1969

Robert Cook papers

1956-1992

Jack Davis photographs of Kent, Ohio

May, 1971

Dick Dudley Donaghy papers

1892-1975

Robert C. Gaede papers (faculty-Architecture)

1949-1957

Stephen P. Harbourt papers

1880-1975

Haymaker, Merrill, Dumm Family papers

1825-1984

Kent American Revolution Bicentennial Commission records

1974-1977

Kent Business & Professional Women's Club records

1926-1983

Kent Environmental Council records

1970-1995

Kent Family papers

1818-2004

Ronald F. Kingsley papers

1986-2002

Kiwanis Club of Kent, Ohio records

1925-1975

Dorothy Parsons papers

1875-1981

Regional History Subject Files

1980-2000

Maude Gibson Ritter papers

1919-1947

Marcus A. Roberto papers

1971-1989

LeRoy Satrom papers

1955-1976

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

Roy Harmon Smith and Family papers

1920-1988

T. G. Parsons Lumber Company records

1827-1935

Trinity Lutheran Church (Kent, Ohio) records

1884-1978

Arthur J. Trory Photograph collection

circa 1895-1960

Twin Coach Company records

1914-1956

Unitarian-Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio records

1880-1977

Elton V. Wagner papers

1942-1945

Roger Lodge Wolcott and Edward Wolcott Parsons papers

1907-1974

Woodard Family papers

1841-1981

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Religion

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Akron, Ohio records

1926-1997

Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio records

 

Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. Chancery Office. Diocesan Planning Materials

 

Giles Hooker Cowles papers

1789-1956

Fuller Family papers

1841-1946

Larry Gianakos papers

1977-1993

Kelso House collection

1800-1999

William B. McCord papers

1868-1967

Judith Murphy papers

1966-1988

Trinity Lutheran Church (Kent, Ohio) records

1884-1978

Unitarian-Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio records

1880-1977

Mark W. Weber papers

1946-2003

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

Stephen R. Donaldson papers

1971-2008

P. Craig Russell papers

1974-1992

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Science and Technology

Cryptography manuscripts

1915-1961

Ralph W. Dexter publications (faculty-Biology)

1942-1986

Liquid Crystal Institute records

1965-2001

Thomas Thornton Mackaness journal

1802-1804

Richard Madey papers (faculty-Physics)

1945-2000

Richard Ward Morris papers

1964-unknown

R. Thomas Myers papers (faculty-Chemistry)

1983-1995

Ohio Canal collections (D. Weaver; R. Howe)

1827-1983

Raymond C. Rush papers

1895-1955

Sea Grant Project papers

1970-1978

Evangeline Davey Smith collection

1900-1982

George Jason Streator papers

1880-1924

Steve Tunder Acme News Pictures Photographs collection

1936-1945

Twin Coach Company records

1914-1956

William E. Warner papers

1882-1974

Roger Lodge Wolcott and Edward Wolcott Parsons papers

1907-1974

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Visual Arts

Helen Osterman Borowitz publications

1970-1987

James Broughton papers

1895-1999

Crankshaft Comic Strip, Thirtieth Anniversary Story Arc

2000

Crime-related Graphics collection

1800-1999

Julia H. Fisher artifacts and papers (HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Islands)

1970s?

Robert C. Gaede papers (faculty-Architecture)

1949-1957

Ira Joel Haber papers

1970-1981

Kokoon Arts Club and Philip Kaplan papers

circa 1918-1986

Mark Lemon and His Circle collection

1847-1888

d. a. levy papers

1961-2005

(Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay papers

undated

May 4 Art collection

1970-2002

May 4 Memorial Design Competition records

1985-1991

Alex Noel-Tod papers

late-1970s-1987

Algesa O'Sickey papers

1946-1995

P. Craig Russell papers

1974-1992

Saalfield Publishing Company artwork and oversize galleys

1899-1976

Sherlock Holmes Ephemera collection

1900-1999

Simple Gestures Installation papers

1995

Robert I. Smithson, Partially Buried Woodshed papers and photographs

1970-2005

Kim Sorvig papers

1985-1990

Stereoscopic Photographs collection

circa 1850-1900

Street Ballads of Victorian England

circa 1850-1870

Ian Taberner papers

1986

Tarter/Miller papers

1933-1996

Arthur J. Trory Photograph collection

circa 1895-1960

Thomas Richard Wirth papers

1958-1988

Workshop in Large Scale Enameling collection

1994-1995

Paul Zimmer papers

1959-1997

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Women's Studies, Women's History

Dagmar Celeste, Media and Public Relations materials

1982-1991

Betsy Mix Cowles papers

1821-1976

Mona Fletcher papers (faculty-Political Science)

1892-1963

Girls' Friendship Books

1824-1880

Grand River Institute records

1855-1927

Evelyn E. Hunt papers

1982-1997

Kent Business & Professional Women's Club records

1926-1983

Algesa O'Sickey papers

1946-1995

Mary Popa Romanian royal family collection

1926-1980s

Queen Marie of Romania papers

1793-1991

Sheila Smith papers

1905-2002

Glee Wilson Queen Marie of Romania collection

1926-2002

Women's Studies Program records

1979-1991

Susan Yankowitz papers

1960-2005

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