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Title: Memoirs of W. A. Hill, Grandview, Missouri; Written In 1921
Description: A 41 page memoir which includes mention of the Civil War in this area and of a romance cut short in the life of William A. Hill in 1864 (October-December, p. 17-19) as a Union soldier at a military camp in Liberty, Missouri, near William Jewell College. Includes some family history. Mr. Hill was born in Warren County, Missouri in 1846.
Date: 1921/1929
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Parade Float Sketch
Description: Sketch of a parade float by German-born Kansas City artist William Weber. The figures on the float are dressed in military Civil War-era costumes and moving a cannon. A shield near the front of the float reads 61. Illegible notes are written along the top and bottom margins of the drawing.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Reminiscences of the Women of Missouri during the Sixties
Description: Stories of terrorizing of Missouri women by military men from both sides: "Jayhawkers" and "Bushwhackers" during the war.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Object Type: Book

Title: Panoramic Views of Camp Funston, Kansas
Description: Two color panoramic postcard views of Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kansas. The two different views are titled, "The Zone, Camp Funston, Kansas," and, "Panorama of Camp Funston, Kansas," and include buildings, soldiers, and cars. Each view consists of three panels of cards published by E. D. Zellner of Junction City, Kansas. The cards have been glued on canvas measuring 11 x 35 in. Constructed during the summer of 1917, Camp Funston was one of the largest training camps built in the U.S. during World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC35-2 Henry R. Rule Autograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains various items which include the autographs of famous people like political figures, including many presidents, literary greats, Civil War personalities, etc. Includes a letter written by Walt Disney, August 17, 1937, addressed to the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. Most of the autographs appear to come from Mr. Henry Rule who wrote and corresponded with individuals who provided him the autographs.
Date: 1792/1939
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: A History of U.S.A.F. Flight Twenty-four Sixty-One
Description: Author Fred Edmiston writes of his experiences joining the United States Air Force and being part of Flight 2461. This group was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, and Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls, Texas. Includes "My Story of the Air Force During Basic" by Faustino Francisco Rios, class roster, etc.
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers Finding Aid
Description: Charles S. Stevenson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895, but grew up in Olathe, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Hallmark Cards from the end of World War I until 1960. After retirement he became a free-lance writer for the Kansas City Star. He was very active in local social, civic, and military affairs. He died in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri.<br><br> The collection provides information on the first 48 mayors of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the city between 1853-1971. The papers represent the files that Mr. Stevenson kept while he was writing a series of articles concerning Kansas City mayors which appeared in the Kansas City Star and Times in 1975-1976. Items found in the folders include rough drafts and final drafts of the articles, personal notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters from relatives of some of the former mayors.
Date: 1975/1976
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC123 D. M. Nigro Collection Finding Aid
Description: The D. M. Nigro Collection consists of publicity materials, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs created by or relating to Dr. D. M. Nigro of Kansas City. Nigro was a medical doctor, sports enthusiast, world traveler, photographer, and an active member of the Democratic Party and the Italian-American community. The collection includes approximately 500 photographs.
Date: 1944/1999
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Rawlings Family Genealogy
Description: File contains a booklet (1904) with photos and information about the military and civil career of Thomas Rawlings, a Union Civil War veteran born in Pennsylvania in 1840 and after the war serving as a military and school official in Saint Joseph, Missouri and Great Bend, Kansas, etc.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Missouri Congressional Medal of Honor Winners
Description: Paper on the history of winners of the national Medal of Honor award and of the Liberty Memorial, honoring World War I dead. Based on newspaper articles originally published in the El Paso (Texas) Times. Contains 105 pages and includes bibliographic references.
Date: 1960~/1969~
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Civil War and the Ozarks
Description: Pictorial map diagramming major troop movements and locating battle sites, burned towns, military headquarters and outposts, bushwhackers, and agricultural communes in southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma during the Civil War. A summary of principal events is included, along with a list of battles, engagements, skirmishes for each county which saw action.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Object Type: Map

Title: Charles S. Wengert of Battery A
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of World War I soldier in uniform identifed as Lieutenant Wengert. Information on page nine indicates his name was Charles S. Wengert, a Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Battery A., 1st Battalion, Missouri Field Artillery when the organization was mustered into service on May 16, 1917.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

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