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Title
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SC56 Westminster Congregational Church Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Westminster Congregational Church, located at 36th and Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri, was dedicated at that address in 1907. It was initially called the Westminster Presbyterian Church but became affiliated with the Kansas City Congregational Union in 1901. The church closed in 1995. The collection includes seven scrapbooks, two church registers, and three envelopes of miscellaneous materials. Church bulletins, printed sermons, articles of incorporation, annual reports, pamphlets, magazine articles, and building fund material (1911) are in the collection. Numerous photographs are included, both color snapshots and black and white prints.
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Date
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1900/1994
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Landmarks Commission Slides Finding Aid
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Description
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The Landmarks Commission was established in 1970 to locate and identify Kansas City’s historic and architecturally significant structures and districts. This collection of slides contains images of Kansas City’s residences, businesses, churches, landmarks, and views of the city.
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Date
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1970~/1999~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west of the Mississippi River. It was organized in 1894 and named after Elizabeth Benton, wife of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The scrapbook was assembled in 1921 by the chapter's Committee on Preservation of Historic Points. The scrapbook contains 177 photocopied pages with 70 black and white historical photographs of the Kansas City area. Located at the front of the scrapbook is a contents page listing the local subjects included which pertain to historical points of interest in the area such as area businesses and buildings, disasters, events, churches, cemeteries, local personalities, etc.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC29 Olive L. Hoggins Papers (Centenary History of the Churches) Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection of the personal files of Olive Hoggins contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, edited versions of congregational histories, ephemera, etc. Most of the denominational history pertains to Kansas City, although some Independence and other area churches are included. Research materials consist primarily of photocopies of newspaper articles; publications from individual churches; as well as programs and other documents. The photos consist of pictures of church buildings, as well as over 100 portraits of clergymen. It appears that the Missouri Valley Historical Society sponsored this work, starting in the early 1920s. Olive Hoggins was the compiler and writer, probably intending to publish a book, but the material seems never to have been issued in book form and was only published in the Saturday church page of the Kansas City Post, appearing between 1927 and 1930.
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Date
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1923/1930
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
