Christian, Shirley, Collection, 1968-2000

The majority of the collection are newspaper clippings about governmental conflicts in Central and South America. There are three series in this collection: Education, Clippings, Publications, and Photographs.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1124/thumbnail.jp

Cicero, Charles, Collection

Charles Cicero was born in 1911 in Frontenac, Kansas. He graduated from Frontenac High School in 1929. Mr. Cicero served in the U. S. Army during World War II as a member of the 70th Infantry Division. During his time at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas he majored in printing and helped to publish the weekly Collegio student newspaper and the KANZA yearbook. Charles married Effie Ellena on April 30, 1932 in Frontenac. Mr. Cicero worked for the Kansas City Southern Railway in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked for Moore Brothers Printers from 1931-1934. In 1934 he formed a partnership with Frank Borgna and published The Frontenac Press until 1942. From 1950 to 1971 he owned and operated Baker Printing. He was postmaster of Frontenac Post Office from 1940 until his retirement in 1971. Mr. Cicero was also mayor of Frontenac from 1975-1977, city clerk in 1979, city treasurer 1981-1985, treasurer of Frontenac school board from 1978-1981, and on the Crawford County zoning board from 1978-1981. He was a member of the International Typography Union. Charles Cicero previously donated his complete collection of The Frontenac Press to Pittsburg State University archives to be preserved. Charles Cicero died at the age of 88 on July 23, 1999.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1157/thumbnail.jp

Keeney, Bert O., Collection, 1932-2002

A collection of biographical information, correspondence, Pittsburg State University materials, art topics, financial, legal, photographs, newspaper clippings, media, artifacts, and miscellaneous materials of former university art professor, Bert O. Keeney. Bert Orville Keeney was born November 20, 1909, in Chadron, Nebraska and died August 14, 2002, in Pittsburg, Kansas. He graduated from Rushville High School, in Rushville, Nebraska. He received undergraduate degrees from Chadron State College in English and Industrial Arts. He received a master’s degree from Kansas State Teachers College (now Pittsburg State University) in Industrial Education. He later attended the University of Minnesota and received a second master’s degree in Education. In 1936, Mr. Keeney began working as a faculty member of the Winfield [Kansas] Public Schools. In 1939 he married Lily Coleman, and the couple had two children. Mr. Keeney served in World War II in the Naval Reserve. He began his college teaching career at Kansas State Teacher’s College in 1946. During his time at KSTC he was able to establish the metalsmithing, ceramics, and sculpture programs. He remained at Pittsburg until he retired in 1977. During his career, one of his pieces “sterling silver coffee services” was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City. After his retirement, Mr. Keeney focused on developing a studio for sculpture and ceramics at his residence.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1192/thumbnail.jp

House, Joan, Collection, 1862-2003

Joan House is a former special education teacher, and has worked as a volunteer with various historic sites in Southeast Kansas and elsewhere. Ms. House has also worked at the Girard (Kansas) Public Library establishing the genealogical library. She was also an active member of the Crawford County Genealogical Society. She wrote for the Fort Scott National Historical Site newsletter and had a genealogical column in The Pittsburg Morning Sun. The Joan House Collection contains biographies, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings that pertain to Joan House’s school assignments and personal projects. Items in the collection date from 1862 to 2003.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1217/thumbnail.jp

Maxwell, Hearl (1892-1974) Collection, 1911-1931

Personal papers and materials collected by Hearl Maxwell, coal miner and local union official, that primarily relate to activities of southeast Kansas locals and to District 14 of the United Mine Workers of America. Includes correspondence, union circulars, broadsides, election and financial records, minutes, proceedings, photographs, and publications.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1009/thumbnail.jp

Robison, Carson J. (1890-1957) Collection, 1903-1988

Biographical sketches, personal papers, publications, and recorded materials of noted country and western musician, Carson J. Robison, of Chetopa, Kansas.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1014/thumbnail.jp

Larkin, Ethel Estella (1877 – 1971), Papers, 1882 – 1967

A collection of correspondence, employment and financial records, political documents, photographs, and other materials related to Ethel Larkin’s activities in Pittsburg, Kansas, as well as some materials pertaining to her husband, James F. Larkin. See also Collection 27, Orla S. Casad, Collection, 1858-1938.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1027/thumbnail.jp

Watkins, Arnold Clayton (1915-1996), Collection, 1942-1945

Collection of Arnold Clayton Watkins, Corporal in the Tenth Air Corp of the Army Air Force. The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to World War II.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1007/thumbnail.jp

Stilwell, Arthur, Collection, 1909-2010

Arthur Edward Stilwell was born October 21, 1859, in Rochester, New York, and died September 26, 1928. In Stilwell’s early years he worked as an insurance salesman for the Travelers Insurance Company. During his time with the company he developed a coupon annuity life-insurance policy that would allow the policy holder to get an income after a certain age. Following this position, he sold real estate, and then founded the Kansas City Southern Railway. He had a goal of connecting Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico. To meet this goal, he started to build the necessary rail lines, which would run through Pittsburg, Kansas. Because Pittsburg did not have a suitable hotel for those traveling this rout, Stilwell financed the construction of the Hotel Stilwell in Pittsburg. During the years that he was heading the railway company, he is credited with building more than 2,300 miles of rail lines and having founded more than forty cities. After he had retired, Stilwell took up writing and had published several books, poetry, and plays. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1186/thumbnail.jp

KOAM Collection, 1936

Court proceedings in Washington, D.C. on March 9 and 10 of 1936 on the application for a construction permit, frequency request, and power request for a radio station in Pittsburg, Kansas by the Pittsburg Broadcasting Co. The proceedings discuss the logistics of building a station and tower, the range and possible interference from other stations, positions and duties of the people involved, and the broadcasting situation.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1243/thumbnail.jp