New Additions - February 2022

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Michael Wells
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Missouri Valley Special Collections staff have been hard at work adding new content to KCHistory. Below, you will find a list of newly digitized objects added to the site during the month of February. A notable addition is a copy of a Kansas City, Kansas, atlas printed by the Rascher Map Publishing company in 1889. Like Sanborn fire insurance maps, its 36 plates were subsequently updated with pasted in sections. This revised volume was updated through 1891. The atlas captures early glimpses of downtown KCK, Argentine, Armourdale, Rosedale, and other areas west of the state line. The livestock and meat packing industries on the Kansas side of the West Bottoms are prominently featured. We are excited to make this rare map set available to researchers.

New Objects - February 2022

Title Image Description
Biography of Catherine Hale (1868-1947), Founder of the Kansas City Association for the Blind Biography of Catherine Hale (1868-1947), Founder of the Kansas City Association for the Blind Biography of Catherine Hale (1868-1947), Founder of the Kansas City Association for the Blind.
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection The Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection is comprised of 56 interviews of prominent citizens and community leaders documenting the Black experience in Kansas City. The interviews...
An Interview With G. Lawrence Blankinship An Interview With G. Lawrence Blankinship Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded June 21, 1976. 1 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has...
An Interview With Girard T. Bryant An Interview With Girard T. Bryant Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded April 29, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide...
An Interview With Harold Holliday An Interview With Harold Holliday Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded September 17, 1976. 4 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 4 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has...
An Interview With Henry Warren Sewing An Interview With Henry Warren Sewing Interviewer: Ella Pruitt. Interview recorded April 12, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound disc; digital; $ 3/4 in. Has printed guide...
An Interview With Phillip Curls An Interview With Phillip Curls Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded August 31, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has...
Mexicans in Kansas City: The First Generation, 1900-1920 Mexicans in Kansas City: The First Generation, 1900-1920 Article describing the push / pull factors that drew Mexican migrants to the Kansas City region in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Revolution in Mexico, lack of migration from Europe...
P2 Wild West Photograph Collection P2 Wild West Photograph Collection This collection of images primarily relates to Western lore during the late 19th and parts of the 20th centuries. It includes cowboys and cowgirls, entertainment figures, venues as rodeos and Wild...
Rascher's Map of Kansas City, Kansas Rascher's Map of Kansas City, Kansas Atlas of Kansas City, Kansas, also showing areas of Bonner Springs, Calorific, New Philadelphia, Vance, Quindara Township, Argentine, Rosedale, and Shawnee Township.
SC15-7 Republication Extra: The Great Battle at Springfield SC15-7 Republication Extra: The Great Battle at Springfield This collection consists of a bound volume containing maps, portraits, text, and illustrations clipped from unknown sources, and a fabric-backed copy of the St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican extra...
SC207 Italian Mission Collection SC207 Italian Mission Collection In 1908, the Central Presbyterian Church of Kansas City established a settlement house to assist Italian immigrants in the community. Commonly known as the Italian Mission, the initiative grew to...
SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves...
SC228 Gary Katz Kansas City Bowling History Collection SC228 Gary Katz Kansas City Bowling History Collection This collection of materials consists of items collected by Kansas City’s bowling historian, Gary Katz. Items include scrapbooks of news articles and ephemera, bowling publications, and photographs.
SC231 Ballet Programs Finding Aid SC231 Ballet Programs Finding Aid This collection contains various ballet programs from the 1930s to 1950s. Companies include: Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and the New Ballet Russe, the Mordkin Ballet, the Ballet Caravan, the Ballet...
SC5 Stereopticon Cards Collection SC5 Stereopticon Cards Collection The Stereoscope Card Collection contains stereoscope card assortments documenting the 1904 World’s Fair (also known as The Louisiana Purchase Exposition) and the events of World War I. Included with...
Street Hotel Street Hotel Postcard showing the Street Hotel, once located at 1508-1512 E. 18th Street. The reverse side of the postcard reads: 18th St. at Paseo. This hotel has 60 guest rooms with private bath and telephone...