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Title: Burlington, Kansas
Description: Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas. Post Office in view and clothing business with M. Seelig over the door.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: If You Don't Like the Weather, Wait a Minute
Description: Review of weather in Kansas including major storms, tornadoes, and floods from the early 1800s to the present.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Newsletter Article

Title: Some Public Health Implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program
Description: Article about public health implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program in 1950, including possible contamination of the water supply due to potential flooding from the lower Missouri River (including the Kansas City area), "heavily polluted with the domestic and industrial wastes from the metropolitan areas above this portion of this basin."
Date: 1950-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: That Damned Missouri River
Description: Photos, map, and extensive article about the Missouri River and its history of navigation and surrounding settlements. Depiction of Kansas City area scenes including Downtown and the Country Club Plaza, Hallmark Cards, pollution at the mouth of the Kansas River, chemical testing at the Kansas City waterworks, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Disaster! Platte County History Includes a Few
Description: Short overview of disasters occuring in Platte County, Missouri, including floods, fires, battles, tornado, explosion, and grasshopper plague including a list of disasters.
Date: 2008-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

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