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Title
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The Year of Disasters
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2011-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Worth County, Missouri
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Description
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File contains photos, map, and article about Worth County, Missouri, "the smallest county in the state" in the northwest part of the state. Description of its pioneering flood control measures on "[i]ts Platte river tributaries watershed."
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Women Sorting Clothing
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Description
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Interior view of unidentified women and children sorting through boxes of clothing during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Providing Food and Drink to Man
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Description
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Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to unidentified man in bulldozer during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Making Sandwiches
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Description
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Unidentified female Army workers and other women making sandwiches during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Feeding Uniformed Men
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Description
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Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Woman Supplying Food to Men
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Description
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Unidentified female Army worker supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood, outside Naval Reserve Training Center.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Woman Standing in Flooded Area
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Description
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View of unidentified woman standing in front of a house seriously damaged by the 1951 Flood; exact location unknown.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Woman Serving Food to Men
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Description
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Unidentified female Army worker serving food and drink to men during 1951 flood, along the 1600 block of Genesee.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Winwood Beach, Kansas City
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Description
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Postcard of "The Atlantic City of the West" titled "A Regular Sunday Crowd, Winwood Beach, Kansas City, Mo."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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William S. Chick
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Description
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Bio of William S. Chick from Virginia, involved in the War of 1812, and settling in Westport in 1836 with a log business struck repeatedly by floods. Began ferry service facilitating fur trade. First to purchase land in Kansas City in 1844, first postmaster.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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The Wild Missouri: The Great River Is a Moody, Violent Source of Despair--and Hope
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Description
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Extensive article about the history of flood control efforts on the Missouri River and its huge drainage basin, an area "one sixth of [the] total area of [the] continental U. S.," with maps, illustrations, photos. Gives descriptions of disasters from the 1930s droughts and the 1951 flood.
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Date
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1950-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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