Dale Nimz papers
Overview
This collection is made up predominately of files relating to Nimz's work on various preservation projects around Kansas. Work in Lawrence features most heavily, but the collection also includes work on the Smoky Hills Air National Guard Range and projects elsewhere in Kansas and Missouri. Also in the collection is material from some of the university classes Nimz has taught and materials from archetecture and historic preservation conferences Nimz has attended.
Dates
- Creation: 1962 - 2013
Creator
- Nimz, Dale (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Dale Nimz
Dale Nimz recieved a BA in history from the University of Kansas in 1970, followed by a MA in American studies and historic preservation from George Washington University in 1984 and lastly a Ph. D. in environmental history/historic preservation planning from the University of Kansas in 2003.
Nimz has worked as a lecturer at KU and other higher educational institutions, as well as serving as a historic preservation consultant and sustainabality planning consultant for various local governments and community organizations around Kansas.
Extent
7 Linear Feet (7 boxes + 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into 5 series: Preservation projects, which makes up the bulk of the collection; Classes taught by Nimz; Conference materials; Papers by Nimz not necessarily related to preservation projects; and general professional files for materials that do not easily fit into any of the other series. Oversize materials have been physically separated from the rest of the collection and are located at RH MS R417.
Physical Location
RH MS 1422
Physical Location
RH MS R417
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Dale Nimz, 1990, 1995, 2016.
Separated Materials
Filbert, Preston. The Half Not Told: The Civil War in a Frontier Town. Mechanicsburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 2001. Located at Spencer Research Library at RH C12304.
Processing Information
Portions of the collection formerly located at RH MS P710 and RH MS 801.
Source
- Nimz, Dale (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Dale Nimz Collection
- Subtitle
- Dale Nimz papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh and aw, 2006. Finding aid revised by tmw, 2017.
- Date
- 2017-07-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2047781587
- Preferred citation
-
Dale Nimz Collection, RH MS 1422, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository