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Camden Point Military Institute
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Description
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Article about a military institute founded at Camden Point, Platte County, Missouri in 1892.
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Date
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2020
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Post-World War I Military Parade
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Description
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Uniformed members of the 140th Infantry, 35th Division, marching northward on Grand at 15th.
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Date
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2019-05-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC125 David H. Perkins Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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The David H. Perkins Papers contain correspondence, publications, writings, photographs, artwork, and ephemera created and collected by David H. Perkins over the course of his life. A life-long Kansas City area resident, Perkins was a writer, editor, teacher, critic, and activist with interests in literature, art, politics, and urban and housing development projects. The collection consists of professional and personal materials.
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Date
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2014-10
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Steve Rigazzi: A Jam Q&A
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Description
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An interview with local bassist Steve Rigazzi. A native of Oklahoma, Rigazzi came from a musical family and later learned to play the string bass while performing with a military band. Some of the topics discussed in the interview include his time spent in Italy playing with a NATO band, relocating to Kansas City in 1997, collaborations with other musicians and entertainers, and venues where he has performed.
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Date
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2013-06
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Title
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Following Grant
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Description
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Article highlights eight Missouri locales along the "U.S. Grant Trail," where Ulysses S. Grant traveled during his military career. Also included is a map of all 25 Civil War sites on the trail.
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Date
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2013-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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The U.S. Army, Indian Agency, and the Path to Assimilation
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Description
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Article on the First Indian Home Guards, a Civil War Union army unit from Kansas consisting of refugee Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws from Indian Territory. Mustered in May 1862 out of the Union�??s desperate need for manpower, the unit clashed with Confederate troops and supporters in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Though they were overseen by white officers, the Native American troops modified military life and practices to fit their needs and culture. The author argues the Home Guard was the last instance in which Native Americans were able to exert some form of autonomy in cooperation with the American military.
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Date
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2013
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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The Rise and Fall of General Nathaniel Lyon in the Missouri State Capitol
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Description
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Brief article on the military career and legacy of Union General Nathaniel Lyon. Lyon was hailed as a Union hero after his death at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861, and a painting of him by George Caleb Bingham was commissioned for the Missouri State Capitol. His popularity did not last, however, as a reconciliationism and revisionist history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries affected Lyon's reputation.
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Date
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2013
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Guerrilla Shirt
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Description
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Article analyzing Missouri guerrilla fighters and how their choice of clothing expressed purpose, identity, and connections to close female friends and relatives. Many guerrilla fighters such as "Bloody" Bill Anderson wore highly-decorated shirts made by sisters, mothers, and wives. These shirts set them apart from other civilians and military personnel, and served as signals that women back home supported their cause.
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Date
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2012-06
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Civil War Artifacts from the Battle of Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri
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Description
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Artifacts found in the 1960s at the site of the 1864 Battle of Pilot Knob have been donated to the Fort Davidson Historic Site Museum. The article provides the background for the battle and the six-sided Fort Davidson built in 1863 to protect the nearby iron mines and furnaces. It also gives a summary of the battle and description of the artifacts found, which include 8 artillery shell fragments from two different sizes of cannons, 15 bullets from rifles and pistols, and miscellaneous military items. Many of the artifacts had already "been removed from the site by metal-detecting enthusiasts before the middle 1960s."
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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To Garry Owen in Glory
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Description
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Short article about early military bands, especially those in the West. Lists some of the tunes or songs in the usual repertorires of the bands. Includes several pictures of military bands and a sidebar with statistics for Regular Army Regimental Bands in the infantry, cavalry, and artillery as of July 13, 1861.
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Date
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2011-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Interview with Michael Lerner
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Description
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Interview with Michael Lerner about the Kansas City garment industry and his family's company, King Louie. He recounts his father Morris and uncles founding the Lerner Cap Company, later changing the name to Lerner Brothers Manufacturing and going into production of military clothing at the start of World War II. After the war they shifted to sportswear, and later, to bowling shirts under the name King Louie, as his uncle Victor Lerner was a professional bowler. He discusses how the company grew to encompass bowling alleys and other businesses, shifting to overseas manufacturing and imports, and eventually buying back the brand from a venture capital firm in 2006 and re-establishing the business as an American-made, union labor firm that manufactures uniforms and promotional garments.
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Date
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2011-03-07
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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