The James Roth Papers, dated 1928-1978, consists primarily of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and technical reports related to conservation and restoration projects performed as conservator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and as a free-lance conservator.

The Lindsay Hughes Cooper Papers, dated 1925-2021, consist of diaries, correspondence, photographs, research notes, lecture, reprints of journal articles, and other miscellaneous material The collection relates to her career at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and personal life. While at the museum from 1933 to 1946, she served as librarian, an educator, lecturer, assistant to Curator of Asian Art Laurence Sickman, and acting curator during his absence in World War II.

The Frederic James Papers, dated 1915 to 1984, consist of photographs, slides, exhibition catalogs, magazines, notebooks, military badges, and other miscellaneous materials related to his life, work, and travels.

The Ann Constable Collection, dated 1931 to 1989, contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, invitations, a manuscript, and other miscellaneous materials related to Thomas Hart Benton.

The Betty Dawson Papers, dated 1983-2008, primarily contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, DVDs, and other miscellaneous materials related to Kansas artist, Elizabeth Layton.

Elizabeth Layton Correspondence contains correspondence and artwork from Kansas artist Elizabeth Layton to Angi Curreri, Professor of Art at Barry University in Miami, Florida.

The Mary Atkins Photographs consist of thirteen black and white photographs. Subjects include Mary McAfee Atkins, her niece, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Salmon Jaquemot, and husband, Adolph Frederic “Fred” Jacquemot, and his two sisters, in various places throughout Europe and Asia.

This scrapbook, spanning 1902-1939, contains clippings, photographs, and other ephemera that trace sculptor Charles Keck’s career.

The Effie Seachrest Papers, dated 1927-1939, consists of four letters and a photograph from various artists and advisors to Effie Seachrest.

The Department of Asian Art records contain correspondence, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous material. These records document the activities of the department from the 1930s to the 1990s.