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Title: Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me a Map
Description: Article about cartography, the art of making maps, of Kansas City.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Group portrait of female library staff and unidentified man. L to R: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main; unidentified; Gloria Maxwell, Department Manager, Missouri Valley Special Collections.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of the Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified men and women at refreshment table, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified woman speaking at podium, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified man and woman examining map, dedication ceremony, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main Branch and two unidentified women listening to speaker.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified man and women near map, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding Westport Map
Description: Full view of map, located in Missouri Valley Special Collections Department on 3rd floor, main building at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main, talking with unidentified woman, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified women at ceremony, Westport Map dedication, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified women near plaque, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main, speaking at podium, Missouri Valley Room at Main Branch, 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main Branch, examining map.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified woman speaking at podium.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified men and women talking, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sports: Follow the Bouncing Ball
Description: Article about the popularity of the Comets, their new manager, and their best-known player, Gino Schiraldi.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Longview Farm: "The World's Most Beautiful Farm"
Description: Article about the Longview Farm ,country estate of Robert A. Long, "the most successful lumberman of his day." It was begun in 1913 with architect Henry Hoit having 50 rooms on 1,636 acres. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, home to the horse stables of Loula Long Combs, "the most renowned horse woman of her generation--the only woman ever to be named in the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame."
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Limelight: Rita Blitt. ..K. C. Artist on a Grand Scale
Description: Photo and biographical article about Kansas City artist Rita Blitt and her "sculptures towering over shopping malls and tree tops," around the Kansas City area, "featured prominently in such places as Bannister Mall, Oak Park Mall, and the AT& T Pavilion."
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The New Head Chief
Description: Photos and biographical article about Marty Schottenheimer, the new head football coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989, reviewing his life and career as a former National Football League player (until 1971) and coach (for the Cleveland Browns since 1984).
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Buffalo Jones: City Builder
Description: Photos and biographical article about Charles Jones, better known as Buffalo Jones (1844-1919), a famous buffalo hunter and trainer and contemporary of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. Description of his career, becoming an early promoter of Garden City, Kansas, with the Buffalo Hotel, the Buffalo Block, etc., in the 1870s-1880s.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article