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Title: The Year of Disasters
Description: Short introductory article about several disasters to hit Missouri in 2011, such as the Blizzard of 2011 that "closed the I-70 corridor for the first time in the state's history;" flooding in the Ozarks and both the east and west sides of the state; and the killer tornado on May [22nd] that destroyed one-third of the city of Joplin. The introductory article is followed by, "Ground Zero, Joplin: Stories from Inside and Signs of Hope" by Sarah Alban (pp. 43-47), and another called "Missouri's Natural Disasters" which gives a timeline of disasters beginning with the 1811 New Madrid earthquake (pp. 48-49). Thomas Hart Benton's "Flood Disaster," painted in 1951, is shown in the introductory article.
Date: 2011-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Kansas
Description: The New Deal sought to bring work to destitute workers and to aid in this, the Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933. In Kansas, the CCC helped in the prevention of soil erosion and in flood control which included building dams, cribbing, levees, and earth fills. By 1938, Kansas still had 15 camps. "There were white youth camps in Oberlin, Kingsdown, Marysville, Seneca, Valley Falls, Council Grove, Burlington, Farlington, and Neodesha; black youth camps at Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth, and Lawrence; white veteran camps at Ottawa and Kingman; and a black veteran camp at Marion." Article details some of the work and conditions at some of the camps. Includes photographs.
Date: 2005
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Postwar Development in Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas
Description: Section of chapter provides an overview of the economic history of Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas in the decades after World War II. The author notes that the economy of Kansas City, Kansas was damaged by the 1951 Flood and the evolution of the meat packing industry, but the city's population has managed to rise from 129,553 in 1950 to 146,866 in 2000.
Date: 1905-06-26
Object Type: Book

Title: Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Brush Creek Project Residential Actions
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from 43rd Street south to 55th Street. The map denotes smaller areas with numbers 1-4, but does not include a key. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West
Description: Portrait, illustrations, and chapter of the book about John Grey, "[n]oted primarily as an Iroquois leader and explorer" as Ignace Hatchiorauquasha and "[k]nown to his British associates as John Grey," a half-Indian fur trader settling in Kansas City about 1836. Description of his career, starting west for the Oregon Territory by 1816 from French Canada and discovering parts of Idaho and Wyoming in the 1820s before retiring in 1836 to the Westport and Independence area, joining Francois Chouteau and Andrew Drips and building a house in the West Bottoms "just west of later Mulberry Street about as close to the Indian country as he could put it," then traveling with Father Pierre Jean DeSmet in 1841 and dying some time before the flood of 1844, wiping out his widow's home, forcing her to move to Fort Scott, Kansas, after 1850.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Interview with Linda Lighton
Description: Interview with Linda Lighton about the history of the Woolf Brothers clothing stores, which he father worked at and later owned. She discusses the company's origins in the late 1800s, selling men's clothing and haberdashery at 1020 Walnut, and its expansion over the decades to locations at the Plaza, area malls, and regional cities, as well as expanding to sell women's clothing. She also discusses the life of Herbert Woolf, the Kansas City Jewish community, and says that she heard Herbert Woolf "discovered" actress Jean Harlow. She connects the decline of the business to the 1977 flood that damaged the Plaza store and her father Alfred being shot in a mugging, as well as the ascendance of clothing and department store chains in the 1980s.
Date: 2011-05-13
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on pages 3 and 8, about the election frauds in Kansas City government, with a photo of fraudulent signatures in a precinct book and a photo of Gil Bourk, promoter of "permanent registration." Other featured articles include: “Missouri Valley Authority” (p. 2), about a proposed Missouri analog of the New Deal Tennessee Valley Authority; “Better Driving” (p. 2), a notice about the decrease in automobile-related deaths in Kansas City from 14 in 1934 to 5 in 1935; “Harlem Afternoon” (pp. 2 & 5), about the village of Harlem, Missouri, on the north side of the Missouri River across from Kansas City, including an interview of "Captain Kade," former pilot of the Annie Cade ferryboat during the 1903 flood; and “May We Present Mrs. Herbert V. Jones” (p. 5), a portrait and biographical article about Mrs. Herbert Jones, or Eleanor Jones, president of the Women's City Club at the Gate City Bank Building in 1921, president of the Consumers' League in 1922, president of the League of Women Voters in 1932, and general chairman of the Jackson County women's work committee in 1933; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, letters to the editor, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-02-01
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: The Demise of Toad-a-Loop
Description: Article about the demise of the area of Kansas City, Kansas known as "Toad-a-Loop" or "Tour-de-Loup." Described as "the horseshoe area surrounding Greystone Heights with a portion crossing over into Jackson County, Missouri" and "noted for criminal gang activity for over 25 years" until about 1905.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Vietnamese Refugees at Don Bosco Community Center
Description: Interior view of a woman holding an infant and other Vietnamese refugees taken inside of the Don Bosco Community Center.
Date: 1975-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Power Lines Downed, Streets Flooded--Storm Caves In Roof of Kemper: High Water Traps Drivers [and] Damage Is Estimated at $1 Million
Description: Photos, illustration, and multiple articles about the roof collapse of Kemper Arena in 1979 during a thunderstorm producing heavy rain and extensive flooding.
Date: 1979-06-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Early Day Weather Documented in Society Archives
Description: Article about using historical records to determine climatic changes in the Kansas City area, including extremes such as floods, snowfall, heat waves, etc.
Date: 1978-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bottoms Flooded By Missouri River
Description: View north from the Great Western Bridge in the bottoms of Kansas City, Kansas being flooded by the Missouri River.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Packing Plants Good Opportunity
Description: Picture and article about "the mammoth meat-packing plants near the stockyards" in the West Bottoms and their job opportunities for early non-English-speaking immigrants in Kansas City. Brief history of the packing workers' residency near the plants until largely flooded out in 1903 and 1951 which forced them to move to higher ground, Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 2001-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Over Around and Through: The Blue River and its Crossings
Description: Article discusses the history and importance of the Blue River which often goes unnoticed. It includes references to floods, bridges and the difficulty of crossing the river in the early years of settlement.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
Description: 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.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Kansas River
Description: File containing material pertaining to the Kansas River as it relates to Kansas City.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: P34-4 Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs Finding Aid
Description: The Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Collection contains images produced by various Kansas City, Missouri city departments during the 1920s through the 1980s. This subcollection is a part of the Landmarks Commission Collection (P34).
Date: 1920~/1989~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Flooded Residential Area
Description: Unidentified flooded residential area.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouriana: Missouri Floods
Description: Description of disastrous floods in Missouri history, including those affecting Kansas City in 1826, 1844, 1881, 1903, and 1909.
Date: 1942-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

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