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Title: Union Station
Description: Nomination form for the National Register from May 1975 for the Kansas City Union Station.
Object Type: Report

Title: Views from the Past: Missouri Landmark
Description: Brief article highlighting some notable buildings and architects, including the New York Life Building, the Coates House, the Boley Building, and Union Station.
Date: 1977-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: It's the IRS, and It Has Our Attention
Description: Article describes the $370 million Internal Revenue Service processing center, located near Union Station, which will be officially dedicated on October 16, 2006. The author reports that the center's peak level of 8,000 employees during tax season "will single-handedly add about 8 percent to the downtown employment base of about 100,000."
Date: 2006-10-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Description: Article comparing Kansas City, Missouri, to Houston, Texas, in 1928, pointing out the following prominent urban features of Kansas City: one first-class Union Station, one beautiful war memorial, 550,000 hospitable souls, 71 national and state banks, ?? roulette and faro banks, 13 real theaters, 57 of the other kind, 400 churches, etc., and one slightly used convention hall.
Date: 1928-06-16
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Cowtown Chronicles: K. C.'s 150 Years Old--How's Your Local History I. Q.?
Description: Photo and information about local history of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the form of a quiz, with "questions and locations" regarding the following: (1) the Archibald Rice home at 66th and Blue Ridge; (2) the cemetery on 63rd Street between Euclid and Brooklyn Avenues; (3) the Wornall Home at 61st Terrace and Wornall Road; (4) the Alexander Majors home at 8201 State Line Road; (5) the Shawnee Methodist Mission at 58th and Mission Roads; (6) the J. C. Nichols Fountain at 47th and Main Streets; (7) Kelly's Westport Inn at Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues; (8) the brick home at 40th and Baltimore Avenues; (9) Liberty Memorial across from Union Station; and (10) Union Cemetery at 28th and Warwick Trafficways.
Date: 2000-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Group Lists Downtown Landmarks
Description: The Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects compiled a list of 25 buildings in the central business district that they believe are significant downtown landmarks ''worthy of attention and reuse.'' The Empire Theater was stated as being the most endangered building at this time. The list includes, when known, the year of original construction, address, architect and whether it's on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 2004-10-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: P34-2 Kansas City Art Commission Award Photographs-Landmarks Commission Finding Aid
Description: Collection of 122 8' x 10' color photographs documenting the winners of biannual architecture and urban design awards granted by the Kansas City Art Commission from 1964 through 1988. Subjects include buildings, neighborhoods, parks, signage, streetscapes, gardens, and other features of the built environment that were considered to have enhanced the visual beauty of the city.
Date: 1964/1988
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

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