Richard Kirkendall papers, approximately 1945-2015

Scope and Content: Subdivided by chapter.

Scope and Content: Subdivided by chapter.

Scope and Content: Also includes copy of essays on Wallace by Alfred D. Stedman; correspondence is concerning that material.

Scope and Content: Materials related to talks given at the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Includes correspondence and drafts of Kirkendall's talk "Second Thoughts on the Agricultural Revolution: Henry A. Wallace in his Last Years."

Scope and Content: Correspondence regarding a canceled workshop on Wallace organized by Kirkendall.

Scope and Content: Includes interview with Earl Bressman, 12/7/82 (Tape 1, Side A).

Scope and Content: Pages of Kirkendall's book on Uncle Henry cut and pasted together with notes and pages of sources Kirkendall used in research. May be a writing aid used to corroborate sources to portions of written text.

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Materials related to an event hosted by the State Historical Society of Iowa, to which Kirkendall was invited to speak about "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Also includes group portraits of the Wallace family.

Scope and Content: Materials mostly consist of congratulatory notes regarding the publishing of "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace." Includes letters from friends and colleagues as well as some related clippings and correspondence with Iowa State University Press regarding official matters.

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Materials related to "Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace."

Scope and Content: Photocopies of book pages that include Kirkendall's annotations.

Scope and Content: Reprinted writings of "Uncle Henry" Wallace. These may have been incorporated into Kirkendall's book.

Scope and Content: Also includes publishing-related correspondence.

Scope and Content: Correspondence related to Wallace House Foundation events. Also includes speaking notes and correspondence related to presentations Kirkendall gave on agricultural history.

Scope and Content: Includes article lists and research notes about the Wallace family in Iowa.

Scope and Content: Correspondence between Kirkendall and Wadsley regarding women in the Wallace family. Also includes proposed manuscript for work on Nancy Cantwell Wallace.

Scope and Content: Correspondence and photos of Kirkendall's involvement with getting Wallace houses put on the historic register.

Scope and Content: Correspondence regarding the John Culver and John Hyde biography of Henry A. Wallace.

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence confirming Kirkendall's role on an advisory committee as well as a treatment for a TV program that Kirkendall appears to have annotated.

Scope and Content: Notes kept in Kirkendall's original folders.

Scope and Content: Correspondence concerning 'Adoption of Hybrid Corn' and Wallace Workshop.

Scope and Content: From folder labeled "Work for UNO as VP" and "Church membership and attendance 1944."

Scope and Content: Drafts of paper with annotations. Also includes pages of notes, which may be related to a speaking engagement on Truman in the Senate.

Scope and Content: Original folder labeled "Truman's Quest for Peace Part 1 Saturday After Shopping -- Years of Preparation."

Scope and Content: Kirkendall's liner notes for an educational record about Truman. Includes correspondence with Columbia.

Scope and Content: Chapters of biography on Truman, presumably by Kirkendall. Focus on the World Wars.

Scope and Content: Includes "Harry Truman and the Creation of the Air Force."

Scope and Content: Annotated photocopies of primary sources (e.g. Truman's speeches and fireside chats) and other materials that constitute background research Kirkendall did for Harry's Farwell.

Scope and Content: Includes critical annotations and correspondence with the publisher.

Scope and Content: Includes critical annotations and correspondence.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous talks organized by title.

Scope and Content: Correspondence and notes with publishers related to both a contract for a Truman biography that Kirkendall was set to write and its eventual cancellation in the early 1970s.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous correspondence organized by topic.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous correspondence organized by topic.

Scope and Content: File name given by Kirkendall has been retained. includes clippings, correspondence, agenda for symposium at the Truman Library titled ""U.S. Presidents and the Middle East: Truman to Obama," publications, and a file titled "Truman at Gonzaga." File included a note, "Bibliography in religion, See letters from ----- and Dorsett." Correspondence with a Lyle Dorsett is included.

Scope and Content: Publications, notes, drafts of papers by Kirkendall, clippings, and brochures related to Truman's accomplishments as a musician.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous notes, including annotated church programs.

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous notes and correspondence related to Kirkendall's thoughts on a discovered Truman diary.

Scope and Content: Excerpts from a TV series on the Korean War, shared with Kirkendall by the Truman Film Archive's Screen Gems Collection. Materials are not in the public domain.

Scope and Content: Primarily research and writings on Truman and his faith. Also includes book talk on civil liberties and talk for Truman University.

Scope and Content: Photographs of Truman at different points of his life. At least some were used for talks. Includes correspondence.

Scope and Content: These records are divided into writings, notes, correspondence, and Truman encyclopedia miscellany. The writing are primarily for lectures and talks that Kirkendall gave, and the notes section is a collection of Kirkendall's research notes. The Truman encyclopedia folder contains records related to materials that Kirkendall was the editor of; these records were all grouped together by Kirkendall in one large master folder.

Scope and Content: Letter thanking Kirkendall for serving as Ad Hoc chair for the Centennial Committee.

Scope and Content: Presentation transparencies displaying statistics related to Kirkendall's "From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951 to 1981."

Scope and Content: Includes neologism. Likely a joke message circulated on the topic of "Political Correctness."

Scope and Content: Subdivided by topic or correspondent. Includes photographs. A few items are not correspondence but rather printouts of letters related to research topics.

Scope and Content: From a box labeled "My Recent Correspondence" by Kirkendall. This is an unorganized box of correspondence contained in their original folders. Kirkendall labeled and organized his materials by subject matter in manila folders, so each labeled folder gives the subject of the correspondence on its label. Folders may also include clippings, photographs, and writings.

Scope and Content: Polling data from the late 40s to early 50s written on notepads that Kirkendall pulled from various sources. There is also a piece of writing commenting on this polling data from 68 that is from a different author. There are some chapter designations, which may indicate where Kirkendall used this polling data in research and writings.

Scope and Content: Polling data from the late 40s to early 50s written on notepads that Kirkendall pulled from various sources. There is also a piece of writing commenting on this polling data from 68 that is from a different author. There are some chapter designations, which may indicate where Kirkendall used this polling data in research and writings.

Scope and Content: Material related to Tom Pressly, including Kirkendall's work on Pressly's obituary and a paper he wrote on Pressly. Kirkendall pulled this material from the Stull Holt papers and the Pressly papers. Also includes personal correspondence and planning correspondence regarding Pressly, the paper, and obituary.