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Title
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Kansas City Military Airports
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Description
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One page of the history of military airports in Kansas City and vicinity, starting with Richards Field in 1922 and continuing with the Sherman Army Airfield at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1923; Fairfax Airport in 1929; Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1941 (becoming Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport in 1994); the Olathe Naval Air Station in 1942; and Whiteman Air Force Base in 1942 in Knob Noster, Missouri (starting as the Glider Base in Sedalia, Missouri).
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Kansas City: An American Story
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the World War II era in Kansas City and economic resurgence through the military industrial effort, with several photos and illustrations, including women entering the work force en masse for the first time.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biographical information about Frederick T. Kemper (1816-1881), the founder of the Kemper Military School and College in Boonville, Missouri.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City: An American Story
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Description
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Biographical sketch of one of Kansas City's first black police officers, Lafayette A. Tillman, a college educated military veteran "in the early years of the 20th century," with photos.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Richard's Field
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Description
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Brief history of the Richards Flying Field, estabished in 1922 in Raytown, Missouri, used for military pilot training and regular airmail service and visited by Charles Lindbergh at the height of his popularity in the mid-1920s, but after declining traffic turned into in a residential subdivision in the 1950s.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Frederick Lyman Lee II, October 7, 1935-December 29, 1998
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Description
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Obituary for Frederick Lyman Lee II, or Fred Lee (1935-1998), a historical writer and native of Kansas City. Details of his life and career, starting as a writer in 1961 after service in the military, then becoming president of the Westport Historical Society, etc., engaged in the restoration of the Harris-Kearney Home and Fort Osage and in the creation of Pioneer Park at Broadway and Westport Roads.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
