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Title
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
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Description
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Partial frontal view of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 1700 Westport Road.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Guardian Angel Catholic Church
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Description
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Full frontal and partial side view of Guardian Angel Catholic Church, located at 1310 Westport Road.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Mary Colter (1869~1957), "chief architect, designer, and decorator" for the Fred Harvey Company with "her office in Kansas City Union Station." Decorator and remodeler of the local Harvey Company Gift Shop and Westport Room, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and coming to Kansas City about 1922.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Enid Jackson Kemper, or Enid Kemper (1897-1979), "a co-founder with Clara Stager Hockaday of the Jewel Ball which began in 1954 to raise funds for the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra." Description of her life and career, born in Victoria, Canada, and moving to the United States as a newspaper "movie reviewer" and coming to Kansas City in 1921 as the wife of Rufus Crosby Kemper, becoming involved in many clubs and organizations, including co-founding the Westport Garden Club.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Sophia Rosenberger (1866-1945), a school teacher of literaturewith students such as John Gage, Robert Mehornay, Mrton Jones, Clyde Brion Davis, or Clyde Davis ("author of 'The Great American Novel'"), Martha Scott (movie actress), and William Powell (movie actor). Native of Iowa raised in Kansas City at 920 Central Street before beginning "her teaching career at Franklin Elementary School at [14th Street] and Washington streets just two blocks from her home at 1229 Washington Street" and transferring to Westport High School around 1900.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and chapter of the book about Jean Harlow (1911-1937), a movie actress born in Kansas City as Harlean Carpenter at 3344 Olive Street, moving during her childhood to 4409 Gillham Road and then during her years at Barstow School (at 15 Westport Road) to 1312 East 79th Street. Description of her life and career, moving to Hollywood with her mother in 1922 as aspiring actresses and appearing in her first movie in 1930, "Hell's Angels," soon becoming "Hollywood's most glamorous star" in other films such as "Bombshell," "Dinner at Eight," and, with James Cagney, "The Public Enemy."
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
