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Kent State University History Collections
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Kent State University History Collections
Special Collections and Archives
Kent State University History Collections
| Subject | Name of Sub-collection | Online Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Academic Departments and Divisions |
Audio Visual Services catalogs | |
| College of Arts and Sciences records | UNPROCESSED | |
| College of Business Administration records | UNPROCESSED | |
| College of Education, Health, and Human Services records | UNPROCESSED | |
| College of Education, School Survey Service records | ||
| College of Fine and Professional Arts records | UNPROCESSED | |
| Department of Political Science records | ||
| Glauser School of Music programs | ||
| Graduate School Council, Minutes and Agendas | ||
| Kent/Blossom Arts Programs records | ||
| KSU Airport records | ||
| KSU Center for Business and Economic Research publications | ||
| KSU Center for International and Comparative Programs records | ||
| KSU Center for Urban Regionalism records | ||
| KSU College of Architecture and Environmental Design records | ||
| KSU College of Education Tanzania Teacher Training Project records | ||
| KSU College of Nursing records | ||
| KSU Department of Africana Studies | ||
| KSU Graduate School Annual Reports | ||
| KSU Honors College records | ||
| KSU Libraries records | ||
| KSU Museum and School of Fashion administrative records | ||
| KSU Office of Continuing Education record | ||
| KSU ROTC | ||
| KSU School of Theatre and Dance records | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Speech Pathology and Audiology | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Theatre records | ||
| Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Community Studies papers | ||
| Liquid Crystal Institute records | ||
| Liquid Crystal Oral History Project records | ||
| School of Fashion Design and Merchandising records | ||
| School of Journalism records | ||
| School of Library and Information Science records | ||
| Women's Studies records | ||
|
Administration and Staff |
KSU Accreditation records | |
| KSU Board of Trustees records | UNPROCESSED | |
| Brage Golding papers (KSU President) | ||
| Carol A. Cartwright papers (KSU President) | ||
| KSU Communications and Marketing records | ||
| KSU Cultural Self-Study | ||
| Doug Moore papers | ||
| Executive Vice President & Provost, Annual Reports | ||
| KSU Financial Reports | ||
| George A. Bowman artifacts collection | ||
| George A. Bowman papers (KSU President) | ||
| Glenn A. Olds papers (KSU President) | ||
| John McGilvrey papers (KSU President) | ||
| Karl Clayton Leebrick papers (KSU President) | ||
| Mark W. Weber papers | ||
| Michael Schwartz papers | ||
| Office of Faculty Development records | ||
| KSU Office of Public Events | ||
| KSU Office of Special Events | ||
| KSU Office of the President Annual Reports | ||
| KSU Office of the Provost | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Operating Budgets | ||
| KSU Patents records | ||
| KSU Presidents' "State of the University Address" collection | ||
| Raymond M. Clark papers [Presidential Papers] | ||
| Robert C. Dix May 4 papers | ||
| Robert I. White papers (KSU President) | ||
| School of Journalism, Short Course in News Photography records | ||
| Secretary and Assistant to the President | UNPROCESSED | |
| University Policy Register | ||
|
Alumni |
Alumni Association records | UNPROCESSED |
| KSU Alumni Association publications | ||
| KSU Alumni Collection | ||
| Bea McPherson papers | ||
| Bea McPherson, KSU Museum and Fashion School papers | ||
| Howard Ruffner papers and photographs | ||
| James W. Walker papers | ||
| John P. Rowe papers | ||
| Lafayette Tolliver papers and photographs | ||
| Leslie P. Hardy papers | ||
| Paul Zimmer papers | ||
| Stephen R. Donaldson papers | ||
| Thomas M. Grace papers | ||
|
Athletics |
Joseph W. Begala papers (faculty-Physical Education) | |
| Richard Paskert papers | ||
| KSU Sports Artifacts | ||
| KSU Sports Information Films | ||
| KSU Sports Information records | ||
|
Faculty |
AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records | |
| Alex Gildzen papers (faculty-Libraries) | ||
| Alvin J. Miller papers (faculty-Education) | ||
| Arthur E. DuBois papers (faculty-English) | ||
| Breanne Trammell publications | ||
| Charles F. Kegley papers (faculty-Education) | ||
| College of Arts and Sciences, Publications of the Faculty collection | ||
| Edgar L. McCormick papers | ||
| Edna Rickey Oswalt papers (faculty-Special Education) | ||
| Edward W. and Shirley Crosby papers | ||
| F. Dewey Amner papers (faculty-Languages) | ||
| KSU Faculty Senate records | ||
| Flora M. Bump papers (faculty-Spanish) | ||
| Florence Gray Beall papers (faculty-English) | ||
| Gerald H. Chapman papers | ||
| Glenn H. Brown papers (faculty-Liquid Crystals) | ||
| Hallock F. Raup papers | ||
| Harvey Saalberg papers (faculty-Journalism) | ||
| Henry Beck papers (faculty-Photography) | ||
| Howard P. Vincent papers (faculty-English) | ||
| J. T. Johnson papers (faculty-Agriculture) | ||
| James G. Coke papers (faculty-Political Science) | ||
| James T. Laing papers (faculty-Sociology, Anthropology) | ||
| Joseph Politella papers (faculty-Philosophy) | ||
| Karl Chesnutt papers (faculty-Physical Education) | ||
| Lawrence S. Kaplan papers | ||
| Margaret Dunbar papers (faculty-Libraries) | ||
| Martin Nurmi papers (faculty-English) | ||
| Milton E Wilson, Jr. papers (faculty-Counseling) | ||
| Mona Fletcher papers (faculty-Political Science) | ||
| Nina Burtsfield papers (faculty - English) | ||
| Oscar W. Ritchie papers (faculty-Sociology) | ||
| P. Craig Russell papers | ||
| Paul C. Kitchin, Jr. papers (faculty-Political Science) | ||
| Phillip R. Shriver papers (faculty-History) | ||
| R. Thomas Myers papers (faculty-Chemistry) | ||
| Raleigh M. Drake papers (faculty-Psychology) | ||
| Ralph W. Dexter publications (faculty-Biology) | ||
| Raymond E. Manchester papers | ||
| Regina Hanway papers (faculty-English) | ||
| Richard Madey papers (faculty-Physics) | ||
| Richard Myers papers (faculty-Art) | ||
| Richard W. Taylor papers (faculty - Political Science) | ||
| Robert C. Gaede papers (faculty-Architecture) | ||
| Ronald F. Kingsley papers | ||
| Rose L. Vormelker papers | ||
| Sanford Marovitz papers (faculty-English) | ||
| Saroj Sutaria papers (faculty-Education) | ||
| Sidney L. Jackson papers (faculty-Library Science) | ||
| Stanley Garfinkel papers | ||
| Toucan Magazine papers | ||
| KSU United Faculty Professional Association records | ||
| Walton D. Clarke papers (faculty-Speech) | ||
| William D. Taylor papers (faculty-Journalism) | ||
| Wilma Leslie Garnett papers (faculty-English) | ||
|
General University History |
KSU Artifacts | |
| KSU Buildings and Grounds photographs | ||
| KSU Buildings and Grounds subject files | ||
| KSU Campus Maps collection (printed copies) | ||
| KSU Commencement Addresses collection | ||
| KSU Commencement Programs | ||
| KSU Commencement, Honors Day, & Convocation records | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Directories collection | ||
| KSU Enrollment Statistics | ||
| KSU Fact Book collection | ||
| KSU Graduates Lists | ||
| Kent State University School records | ||
| KSU Official Songbook Committee records | ||
| KSU Oral History Project recordings | ||
| Robert I. Smithson, Partially Buried Woodshed papers | ||
| KSU Semicentennial collection | ||
| KSU September 11 Remembrance Project papers | ||
| Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman papers | ||
| KSU Student handbook ("K" book) collection | ||
| KSU Subject Files | ||
| Summer of 1942 Kent State University film | ||
| KSU Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs | UNPROCESSED | |
| University Photographs Collection | ||
|
KSU Adjacent |
Apple Family papers | |
| Arthur J. Trory collection | ||
| Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records | ||
| Haymaker, Merrill, Dumm Family papers | ||
| Kent Branch American Association of University Women records | ||
| Kent, Ohio and Kent State University Postcards collection | ||
| Panoramic Photos of Kent, Ravenna, and Kent State | ||
| Roy Harmon Smith and Family papers | ||
| Stephen P. Harbourt papers | ||
| Swartout historical 35mm photographs | ||
| WKSU records and audio recordings | ||
| WNEO-TV NETO, Channel 45 & 49 papers | ||
|
Non-Academic Offices, Services, and Organizations |
KSU Campus Bus Service records | |
| Citation and Recognition Committee records | ||
| KSU Creative Arts Festival records | ||
| Faculty Wives Club of Kent State University records | ||
| Faculty Women's Club of Kent State University records | ||
| KSU Folk Festival recordings | ||
| KSU Foundation, Annual Reports | ||
| KSU LGBTQ+ Student Center records | ||
| KSU Museum papers | ||
| KSU Office of Community Relations | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Office of Institutional Research | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Office of the University Architect records | ||
| KSU Orchestra Society records | UNPROCESSED | |
| Porthouse Theatre records | ||
| KSU Press records | ||
| KSU Schedule of Classes | ||
| Sea Grant Project records | ||
| KSU University Communications Photographs | UNPROCESSED | |
| University Women of Kent State University records | ||
| Virginia Hamilton Conference records | ||
|
Regionals |
KSU Ashtabula Campus records | |
| KSU Columbiana County Campus records | ||
| KSU East Liverpool Campus records | ||
| KSU Geauga Campus records | ||
| KSU Regional Campuses Office records | ||
| KSU Salem Campus records | ||
| KSU Stark Campus records | ||
| KSU Trumbull Campus records | ||
| KSU Tuscarawas Campus records | ||
|
Student Life and Student Groups |
Beta Phi Mu records | |
| KSU Black United Students records | ||
| Daily Kent Stater microfilm collection | ||
| Kent Gay Liberation Front records | ||
| KSU Marching Band | UNPROCESSED | |
| New Student Orientation records | ||
| KSU New Student Record collection | ||
| Phi Alpha Alpha records | ||
| Progressive Student Network records | ||
| Student Government [Undergraduate & Graduate Senate] | UNPROCESSED | |
| KSU Student Organizations collection |
Note: Unprocessed collections listed on this page do not yet have associated (or published) finding aids. Requests to access unprocessed materials will take more time to fulfill, as staff will need to review the content before providing access. Please reach out directly to specialcollections [at] kent.edu for questions related to unprocessed collections.
