Box 1
Container
Call Number: RH MS 1526
Contains 41 Results:
Larned, Kansas High School commencement programs, 1916, 1927
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates:
1916, 1927
Correspondence and ephemera, approximately 1920s-1950s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Dates:
approximately 1920s-1950s
Transcription of diary of Mary Latas Ewing, Hess' grandmother, 1923 - 1927
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-7
Dates:
1923 - 1927
Marjorie Hess (Wilbur Hess' sister), approximately 1930s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Dates:
approximately 1930s
"Complimentary letters," copies of family letters, sections of Life magazine, 1949, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates:
1949, undated
"Family news clippings" [most from Larned, Kansas], approximately 1950s-1960s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Dates:
approximately 1950s-1960s
Journalism style book from Kansas State University (K-State), Manhattan, Kansas, 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates:
1948
"Sue's grad," [commencement from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas], 1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Dates:
1961
Military records, papers, certificates, correspondence from Hess' United States Air Force service, 1940 - 1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17-20
Dates:
1940 - 1961
"Personal letters and family", approximately 1950s-1990s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Dates:
approximately 1950s-1990s
Hess' wife Sue Hess and brother Dennis Hess, approximately 1960s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22-23
Dates:
approximately 1960s
Author P. G. Wodehouse, 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
"Personal letters regarding picture orders/ Jerry, Linda, Chandler, Gary", 1983 - 1995
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Dates:
1983 - 1995
Political correspondence, 1965 - 1978
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31-40
Scope and Contents
Includes incoming and/or outgoing correspondence to several national politicians as well as Kansas and local politicians, including Lyndon Johnson, Eugene McCarthy, Robert Docking, James Pearson, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Wilbur D. Mills, Jim Slattery, David A. Mackin, and others.
Dates:
1965 - 1978
Diaries and journals, 1944, 1947, 1994-1996
File — Box: 1, Folder: 41-48
Scope and Contents
The diaries mention photography and current events, with several diaries journaling automobile trips.
Dates:
1944, 1947, 1994-1996
Other personal papers, 1957 - 1995
File — Box: 1, Folder: 49-54
Scope and Contents
Includes family and friends' obituaries and other news clippings, college publications, Sue Hess' librarian papers from KU, magazine insert of 1969 National Football League, and a K-State commencement program.
Dates:
1957 - 1995
"Drawings--Jane & Susan" [stepdaughters], approximately 1960s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 55-57
Dates:
approximately 1960s
Reflections on first day on the job, 1951
File — Box: 1, Folder: 58