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Title: Kansas City Flood Retrospect
Description: Both general and detailed description of flood relief, noting the $133,000 raised for relief from the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903-12-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Kansas River Flood
Description: Article about flood control and modification of river channels through study of the earth the river is cutting through, including work by Erasmus Haworth.
Date: 1904-02-13
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Report on the Flood of 1908 in the Kaw River with Recommendations as to Control of Flood Waters
Description: Analysis of flood conditions and preventative measures.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Misery on the Missouri
Description: Article about the frequent recent flooding of the Missouri River with a table showing the chronology of its 10 floods in the 10 years from 1943 to 1952 and resulting damages. Related information on the proposed Missouri Valley Authority and Pick-Sloan Plan and President Harry Truman's opposition to them, etc.
Date: 1952-04-28
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Plan to Meet Disaster
Description: Article regarding the necessity of trained workers for employment in flood control and relief work over untrained volunteers.
Date: 1952-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: National Affairs: Spring Flood Waters Roll On; Controls Stymied by Bickering
Description: Article about "the worst flood since 1844" in the Missouri River valley, with description of flood control measures led by the Army Corps of Engineers, from Sioux City, Nebraska, to Saint Louis, Missouri, with photos.
Date: 1952-04-28
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Brush Creek Progress Offers Hope for the Future
Description: Call for improvements to Brush Creek to prevent a repeat of the flood of September 1977 that killed 25 people and caused $66 million in damages.
Date: 1985-06-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Lakes That Could Have Been
Description: Article describes a failed, early 1970's proposal to construct three lakes in Johnson County, Kansas. The author argues that the lakes would have created a basin to prevent flood damage as far as Kansas City, Missouri, from the creeks and drainage in Johnson County.
Date: 2004-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dividends of Good Government
Description: Page from the Kansas City Star, March 21, 1951, with rough map showing the Northeast Industrial District and the flood protection measures taken there.
Date: 1951-03-21
Object Type: Map