This collection includes files regarding Kansas publishers and writers, compiled by the University of Kansas News Bureau, arranged alphabetically by last name. The collection also includes some information about specific newspapers established in Kansas, as well as some newspaper clippings.

The Papers of Leonard Garrett are those of a native Kansan who began the News Hawk newspaper in Wichita, Kansas; Garrett was also a prominent historian and civil rights advocate.

Madden was a student at the University of Kansas, graduating in 1914. This collection consists of correspondence, programs, flyers, newspaper clippings, a photobook A View of the University of Kansas, and materials about the Daily Kansan Board from his years at KU.