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Title: National Archives to Union Station
Description: The Central Plains Region of the National Archives will move into a former freight building (Adams Express building) beside Union Station. The group is currently located in the Bannister Federal Complex. he move will involve a 20-year lease to be signed with Union Station. "The $10 million project calls for the 36,000-square-foot Adams Express building to be renovated and an 8,000-square-foot addition built. The plan also will include a 42-space parking lot and 15 spaces in the nearby Union Station garage." Opening date should be fall of 2008. This branch of the National Archives includes records collected by nonmilitary federal agencies in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska from 1821 to 1990 and the holdings come to over 3 million cubic feet.
Date: 2007-08-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Station Throws Brilliant Bash
Description: Article documents a celebration to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the construction of Union Station that occurred on Friday, September 5, 2014. The author states that the event began with a Kansas City Chiefs Red Friday pep rally that was followed by a $175,000 animated film that was projected onto the front of Union Station. A list of topics covered in the film includes: Union Station construction, World War I and II, the Great Depression, the Union Station massacre, and Kansas City jazz. Production details of the film project are also provided.
Date: 2014-09-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Station Polishes Exhibit on Shoeshine Era
Description: Article documents the unveiling of an exhibit at Union Station that focuses upon the history of shoe shiners prior to the decline of rail travel in the United States. Local author and historian Sonny Gibson tells of his experiences working as a shoe shiner at Union Station in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Additional details of the exhibit, containing items and information provided by local historian Joe-Louis Mattox, are provided.
Date: 2015-10-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fire Truck From Yesteryear Installed at Union Station
Description: A cherry-red 1918 American LaFrance, "the oldest known example of a motorized fire truck that once saw service in Kansas City, was installed Wednesday in a new museum space at Union Station." The Kansas City Fire Historical Society is leasing the space just inside the door on the lower level of the station. The station already has a 1928 Ahrens-Fox fire truck which is parked out front. The society also has a 1927 Ahrens-Fox model which will find a home at the station too. "The society hopes to raise $1.6 million to eventually enclose the space around the lower-level entrance to Union Station to house its collection of fire memorabilia...."
Date: 2008-12-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Troubled Station Faces Prospect of Derailment
Description: Article describes the "ongoing financial difficulties of Union Station, made worse by the current recession." Facing the worst-case scenario of closing the building, officials struggle with what to do with the post office and Amtrak service. A chart showing Union Station deficits since 2000 is included.
Date: 2009-09-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Depot Lives on in Exhibit
Description: The 131-year-old doorway stone from the Union Depot is now on display at Union Station. Union Depot was located in the West Bottoms and torn down in 1915 after being replaced by Union Station. The piece, inscribed with "Union Depot 1877," is the only known item left from the building. "Also on display at Union Station is a 35-foot-long drawing on linen dated 1904 for the Union Depot Co. titled 'Alternate Plan No. 4'." The doorway stone was salvaged and found its way to a business at 1010 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. The current business owner donated the stone to Union Station in exchange for a copy.
Date: 2008-05-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: $4 Million to Union Station
Description: Article announces that the Hall Family Foundation has made a donation of four million dollars to Union Station to assist with planned improvements to this historic site. Union Station chief executive officer, George Guastello is interviewed and discusses the institution's plans. Chairman of the Hall Family Foundation, Don Hall is interviewed and expresses his organization's support for Union Station during its centennial year. Details of the gift are provided.
Date: 2014-06-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Station Stalwart Steps Down
Description: After a seven-year tenure, Mike Haverty is stepping down as chairman of the board of Union Station at Kansas City. Haverty, who is executive chairman of the Kansas City Southern railroad, has been an active supporter of Union Station since it was reopened in 1999. He will remain on the board of directors.
Date: 2012-06-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Corinthian Hall Dispute Settled
Description: It appears that Union Station will continue to manage the Kansas City Museum and will receive the museum levy revenue of close to $1.4 million. "The station will concede to the city the trademark 'Kansas City Museum,' but the city agrees to let Union Station use it." Some collections belong to Union Station Kansas City Inc., such as the Native American (Dyer) collection and the Loula Long Combs collection. Other items acquired before 1970 belong to the city and those acquired after 1970 will be subject to an audit in order to determine who owns them. Mayor Mark Funkhouser will be named an ex officio board member of Union Station.
Date: 2007-06-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Massacre Resonates 75 Years Later
Description: Brief article recounting the Union Station massacre on June 17, 2008, its 75th anniversary. Bureau of Investigation escorts of escaped murderer and bank robber Frank Nash were ambushed in front of Union Station in Kansas City on June 17, 1933. Images included.
Date: 2008-06-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Park Board OKs Site for a Korean War Memorial
Description: Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners approved a project to create a memorial for Missourians who died in the Korean War in Washington Square Park, near Union Station. "The design by architect Dan Sutton calls for black granite walls etched with the names of more than 900 Missouri veterans who died in the war and images of individual soldiers."
Date: 2007-11-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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