Notes, drafts, complete speeches, reference and inspirational materials, and other materials related to talks and speeches W.C. Simons gave. These include eulogies at funerals and memorial services, editorials published in the Lawrence Journal-World, talks given at clubs and civic organizations, speeches at conferences and committee meetings, etc. Topics include themes within Kansas and Lawrence history, World War II-related topics, philosophy and religion, politics, economics, and a wide range of other topics. Many items are undated; items have been kept in folders as received and so also appear to overlap in years.