Guide to Sam and Millie Marcus Collection
Collection Summary
Title: Sam and Millie Marcus Collection Call Number: MS 88-6 Size: 14.0 linear feet Acquisition: Donated by Sam and Millie Marcus. Processed by: Processed by LTM: 7/24/1987; Revised by MN: 4/9/1996
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The Sam and Millie Marcus Collection contains a series of scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, honors and other memorabilia that describe the Marcus family's influence in the business, social and civic life of Wichita. The scrapbooks date from 1949 to 1985. Sam Marcus was a Wichita businessman who amassed his fortune in the beef industry. For many years he was the president and chairman of the board of the Kansas Beef Industries, MBPXL, and Excel corporations. He and his wife Millie were involved in many social, civic and charitable organizations in the city.
Sam Marcus' obituary in Box 11 FF 7 gives excellent information about his life and career. The article in Box 11 FF 8 includes a time line of the development of Excel Corporation, the company which Marcus founded.
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Boxes 1-10 |
Scrapbooks, 1949-1985. Twenty-six scrapbooks document the Marcuses' lives in these categories: Sam and Millie Marcus' involvement in civic, social, religious, and charitable organizations; their family's activities, including children and relatives; the dedication of the Marcus Center for Continuing Education at Wichita State University; and their business interests, including Kansas Beef Industries and MBPXL Corporation. |
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Box 11 |
Miscellaneous. The contents of this box includes information about MBPXL (1974-1977), the Kansas Coliseum, memorabilia regarding the first trading of the MBPXL stock on the New York Stock Exchange, and Sam Marcus' obituary. |
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Box 1 |
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Scrapbooks I: Sam Marcus, 1951-1972, II: Sam Marcus, 1973-1977 |
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Box 2 |
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Scrapbooks III: Sam Marcus, 1977-1982, IV: Sam Marcus, 1981-1983 |
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Box 3 |
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Scrapbooks V: Millie Marcus, 1949-1967, VI: Millie Marcus, 1952-1979, VII: Millie Marcus, 1953-1963 |
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Box 4 |
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Scrapbooks VIII: Millie Marcus, 1961-1964, IX: Millie Marcus, 1965, X: Millie Marcus, 1966-1967 |
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Box 5 |
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Scrapbooks XI: Millie Marcus, 1968-1972, XII: Millie Marcus, 1977-1982 |
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Box 6 |
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Scrapbooks XIII: Millie Marcus, 1983-1985, XIV: Marcus Family, 1958-1978, XV: Marcus Family, 1964-1969 |
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Box 7 |
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Scrapbooks XVI: Marcus Family, 1972-1978, XVII: Marcus Family, 1981-1984, XVIII: Marcus Family, 1982-1984 |
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Box 8 |
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Scrapbooks XIX: Marcus Family, 1982-1983, XX: |
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Box 9 |
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Scrapbooks XXII: Kansas Beef Industries, 1970-1974, XXIII: Kansas Beef Industries, 1974 |
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Box 10 |
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Scrapbooks XXIV: MBPXL, 1975 (Due to the nature of material in scrapbook (mostly photographs), the contents were removed and placed in a file folder.), XXV: MBPXL, 1974-1978, XXVI: MBPXL, 1978-1985 |
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Box 11 |
FF 1 |
Review of MBPXL's stock on New York Stock Exchange in Value Line Investment Survey, n.d. |
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Box 11 |
FF 2 |
Clippings, booklet, and other documents regarding the Kansas Coliseum and its opening, 1978 |
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Box 11 |
FF 3 |
Annual Reports of MBPXL Corporation, 1975-1977 |
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Box 11 |
FF 4 |
Study of proposed merger between Missouri Beef Packers (MBP) and Kansas Beef Industries (KBI), 1974 |
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Box 11 |
FF 5 |
Article about beef packing industry in Wichita, in Wichita, May-June 1975 |
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Box 11 |
FF 6 |
Commemorative pin and ticker tape from first trading of MBPXL on the New York Stock Exchange, October 24, 1974 |
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Box 11 |
FF 7 |
Obituary of Sam Marcus, in Wichita Eagle-Beacon, July 16, 1987 |
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Box 11 |
FF 8 |
Article about Excel in Wichita Eagle, January 30, 1995 |