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Title: A Study of Cartridges for Military Shoulder Weapons
Description: Two copies of a large table of military weapon ammunition information, with various types of cartridges from around the world. 24 x 37 in. Donated to the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City Public Library by Frank Littleford in October 1983.
Date: 1976
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Fifth Calvary, Missouri State Militia
Description: Information about the Fifth Cavalry of the Missouri state militia in the Civil War from 1862 to 1863.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Muster Roll of Captain William Lucas's Company, 3rd Artillery of the 1st. Artillery Brigade
Description: Military roster of 68 names from January 1, 1862 to June 30, 1862. Of note are Lilburn Boggs, William Mills, and William Lucas, et al. Includes rank, enlisted (when, where, & by whom), last paid, remarks, and payroll. Entries are handwritten in ink. At the top left is handwritten in ink "Property of W. T. Mills." In the middle top is handwritten, "Commanded by Capt. Schuyler Lowe."
Date: 1862~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: An Interview With Herbert Fennel
Description: Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded January 13, 1976. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date: 1976-01-13
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: An Interview With John Franklin
Description: Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded September 28, 1976. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date: 1976-09-28
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Expedition to Powder River in 1865
Description: The last item on this microfilm roll is handwritten notes by an unknown soldier who was a member of General Patrick E. Connor's command on the expedition to Powder River in 1865. This expedition was against the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians who were raiding the Bozeman Trail in Wyoming. Jim Bridger was a guide. The major battle which resulted from the expedition was the Battle of Tongue River.
Date: 1865
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: An Interview With Thelma L. Hollowell
Description: Mrs. Thelma Hollowell was born in Lawrence, Kansas on July 4, 1909. She graduated high school at Lawrence and was a 1929 Home Economics graduate from the University of Kansas. At the time of the interview, she was married to retired Army officer Harry H. Hollowell, a member of the 10th Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers. In the interview she recounts her ancestry starting with her grandparents, military life, and incidents of racial discrimination that she remembers.

Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded: February 4, 1976 (at Leavenworth, Kansas).
Date: 1976-02-04
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: An Interview With Albert O. Bly
Description: Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded December 2, 1975. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound discs; digitial; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date: 1975-12-02
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Sheet Music Composed in Kansas City for the American Legion Convention
Description: Located in the department's sheet music collection (SC59) is a piece of sheet music entitled "America is Proud of You" which is a march song dedicated to the American Legion and introduced by the Arthur Maloney Post, No. 93, at the National Convention of the American Legion held in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 31 - November 2, 1921. The words and music are by Art J. Hiller. The cover of the sheet music includes a soldier and a sailor shaking hands in front of Uncle Sam. Inside of the sheet music cover can be found the American Legion preamble.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Samuel W. Eager
Description: Folder contains a document appointing Samuel W. Eager, Jr., Captain and Aid-de-Camp on Brig. Genl. Edward's Staff, 1st military District, October 25th, 1862.
Date: 1862
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
Description: This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Date: 1934/1964
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
Description: This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
Date: 1950/1961
Object Type: Archival Material

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