Herbert Kellar Papers, 1887-1955

Container Title
Subseries: 1.6 Writings and Speeches
Box   15
Folder   1
School Compositions and Other Early Plays and Writings, 1903-1925.
Box   15
Folder   2
Miscellaneous Early Plays and Writings, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   3
“The Bottle Imps” (2 act play), 1911.
Box   15
Folder   4
“The Interdict, King John and the Exchequer,” 1911.
Box   15
Folder   5
“The Man Who Came Back,” 1911-1916.
Box   15
Folder   6
“Cousins” (3 act play), 1912.
Box   15
Folder   7
“Undeveloped Phase of American History” - Notes and Drafts, 1918(?).
Box   15
Folder   8
Article on Harvesting for Encyclopedia Americana - Drafts and Notes, 1919.
Box   15
Folder   9
Proposed History of Agriculture - Notes, Outlines, and Fragments, c. 1922.
Box   15
Folder   10
“Reaping Implements” and Other Short Fragments on Subject, c.1920-1930.
Box   15
Folder   11
“The Reaper as a Factor in the Development of the Agriculture of Illinois, 1834-1865” - Drafts and Notes, 1927.
Box   15
Folder   12
“The Relation of Agriculture to Modern Civilization,” n.d.
“The Life and Times of Mr. Cyrus Hall McCormick”
Box   16
Folder   1
Outline, c. 1920.
Box   16
Volume   22
Part I, 1923.
Box   16
Volume   23
Part II and III.
Box   16
Volume   24
Part IV, 1924.
Box   17
Folder   1
Drafts (Parts I-III), 1923.
Box   17
Folder   2
Draft (Part IV), 1924.
Box   17
Folder   3
“Broad Lines of Development of Reaping Machines” - Draft and Notes, 1928.
Box   17
Folder   4
“Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Invention of Reaper in 1831 with Notes on its Subsequent Development” - Drafts and Notes (some prepared by A.C. Seyfarth), 1929-1930.
Box   17
Folder   5
“Cyrus Hall McCormick and the People of Virginia” - Drafts, Notes, and Copy read at Virginia Social Science Association Convention, Richmond, Virginia, 1930 May.
“Marshall P. Wilder, Patron of Agriculture” - Research and Reference
Box   17
Folder   6
Typewritten Copies of References, 1931.
Box   17
Folder   7
Notes, 1931.
Box   17
Folder   8
Drafts and Notes, 1931.
Dana Carlton Munro Memorial Volume (Crusades and Other Essays)
Correspondence
Box   18
Folder   1
A-Cram, 1925-1928.
Box   18
Folder   2
F.S. Crofts and Company, and Royalty Statements, 1925-1951.
Box   18
Folder   3
Cross-Knappen, 1925-1928.
Box   18
Folder   4
Krey-Paetow, 1925-1928.
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Folder   5
Patterson-Young, 1925-1928.
Box   18
Folder   6
Administrative File - Lists of Munro's Students and Prospective Patrons, Copies of Form Letters, 1924-1927.
Box   18
Folder   7
Orders and Invoice, 1927-1928.
Box   18
Folder   8
Financial Records - Bank Statements, Receipts, Checks, Notes, 1926-1928.
Box   18
Folder   9
Index, Table of Contents, Preface, Bibliography of Munro's Writings, 1927.
Box   18
Folder   10
Galley Proof, c.1927.
Box   19
Folder   1
“American Farm Implements and Machines, 1833-1933” - Draft and Notes, 1932.
Box   19
Folder   2
“Discussion of Various Organs for Dissemination of Information,” 1934.
Box   19
Folder   3
Miscellaneous Short Articles, 1934-1943; n.d.
Box   19
Folder   4
“The West and National Agriculture in the Ante-Bellum Period, 1830-1860” - Drafts, Notes and Summary Copy read at Mississippi Valley Historical Association Convention, April 1935.
Box-folder   19-5
Volume   25
“Functions of a Local Historical Society, as suggested from the Experience of a Collector, Librarian, and Historian” - read before the Peoria County Historical Society - printed in Journal of Illinois State Historical Society, January 1937, 1936.
Box   19
Folder   6
“Suggestions for a Manuscript Survey in Illinois” - read at Regional Conference of Historical Records Survey - Final Copy and Drafts, 1936.
Box   19
Folder   7
“Chicago as an Intellectual Center” - read before Northwestern University History Faculty - Final Copy and Notes, 1936.
Box   19
Folder   8
“Solon Robinson's Impressions of Southern Agriculture” - read at Southern Historical Association - Notes and Drafts, 1937.
Box   19
Folder   9
“The Organization and Preservation of Manuscript Collections in the McCormick Historical Association Library” - read at American Library Association Convention, 16 June 1938 - Drafts and Notes, 1938.
Box   19
Folder   10
“The Mechanization of American Agriculture” - Drafts, Notes, Research Materials, and Copy read at University of Wisconsin, 15 November 1938.
Box   19
Folder   11
“Agricultural Contacts North and South Prior to 1861” - read at Mississippi Valley Historical Association - Drafts and Notes, 1939.
Fleming Lectures [Louisiana State University]
Box   20
Folder   1
Correspondence and Programs, 1937-1955.
Research and Reference
Inventions by State
Box   20
Folder   2
1790-1847.
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Folder   3
1848-1858.
Box   20
Folder   4
1859-1860.
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Folder   5
Notes, c. 1939.
Box   20
Folder   6
“Cultural Phases” [first lecture] - Drafts and Notes, 1939-1940.
Box   20
Folder   7
“Technological Aspects” [second lecture] - Drafts and Notes, 1939.
Box   20
Folder   8
“Rural Philosophy” [third lecture] - Drafts and Notes, 1939.
Box   20
Folder   9
“American Reference Libraries in the Postwar Era” - read at American Library Association - published in College Research Libraries, September 1942.
Box   20
Folder   10
“Aspects of the Evolution of the Plow in the United States from the Colonial Period to 1850” - Drafts and Notes, 1943.
Box   20
Folder   11
“Living Agricultural Museums,” 1944-1946.
Box   20
Folder   12
“Louis Pelzer, the Man - In Memoriam” - for Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1946.
Box   20
Folder   13
“Washington and Lincoln and Agriculture” - Speech given at Ohio State Museum - Draft, 1947.
Box   21
Folder   1
“The Historian and Life” - Speech read at Mississippi Valley Historical Association - published in Mississippi Valley Historical Review, June 1947 - Notes, Drafts, Correspondence, Reprint, 1947.
Box   21
Folder   2
“The Invention and Evolution of Agricultural Machinery and the Settlement and Development of the West” - Drafts and Published Copy, 1947.
Box   21
Folder   3
“What is Oregon History” - Draft and Notes, c.1947-1948.
Box   21
Folder   4
“Hay Balers or Presses” and “Notes Upon the Meaning of the Word Invention” - Drafts, 1948.
Box   21
Folder   5
“Sketch of Everett Eugene Edwards” - Notes and Final Draft, 1953.
Box   21
Folder   6
“George Washington and Agriculture” - Notes for Discussion on WHA-TV, 1954.
Box   21
Folder   7
“Agricultural Surveys” - Drafts and Notes, n.d.
Box   21
Folder   8
“American Conquest or Pillars of Power” - Outline, Notes, and Suggested Scenes, n.d.
Box   21
Folder   9
“An Early American Gristmill,” n.d.
Box   21
Folder   10
“William Pitt Murray” and “The William Pitt Murray Papers” - Handwritten Drafts and Notes, n.d.
“Solon Robinson, Westerner and Nationalist” - Article for Westerner's Brand Book
Box   21
Folder   11
Final Copy, Drafts, Notes, n.d.
Box   22
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1921-1943.
Box   22
Folder   2
Research and Reference, n.d.
Box   22
Folder   3
Book Reviews, 1918-1950.
Box   22
Folder   4
Copies of Published Articles by H.A.K., 1928-1955; n.d.
Box-folder   22-5
Volume   26-27
Notes for Speeches, 1936-1954; n.d.
Box   22
Folder   6
Copies of Papers probably by H.A.K., n.d.
Box   22
Folder   7
Miscellaneous, 1935; 1940.
Box   22
Folder   8
Miscellaneous Fragments and Notes, n.d.
Box   22
Folder   9
Lucile O'Connor Kellar, 1935-1937.