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SC134 Westport High School Class Photographs Finding Aid
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This collection contains student photographs from Westport High School for the classes of 1907, 1912, and 1917. The collection also includes a set of student photographs that are not dated.
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1907/1917
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Finding Aid
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SC14 Phyllis E. Kite Manuscript Finding Aid
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Collection contains a rough draft manuscript of the book Golden Threads of Memories, written by Phyllis Kite as well as a history of the Westport Methodist Church at 40th and Washington Streets. Contents include a photocopied newspaper clipping and approximately 116 typewritten pages of the rough draft manuscript. There are notes in the margins relating to Mrs. Kite's history of the Westport Methodist Church. Donated by the author. Processed: January, 1992.
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1964~
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Finding Aid
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SC15-8 Mrs. J. O. Williams Collection Finding Aid
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This collection has information relating to Richard Yeager (also known as Dick Yeager) and his activities in the Civil War and on the Santa Fe Trail. Yeager, noted guerrilla who rode with Quantrill, was also a wagon master between Westport and Santa Fe and a friend and compatriot of Upton Hays, noted resident of Westport, prominent in several early local battles and skirmishes in the Civil War.
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1861/1865
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Finding Aid
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SC1-1 Joe Sanders Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Joe Sanders was born in Thayer, Kansas, and spent the majority of his childhood in the Kansas City area. He started his musical performances as a boy soprano in local church choirs and graduated from Westport High School. After World War I he organized an orchestra with Carleton Coon called the Nighthawks which played on the local radio and traveled the country. After Mr. Coon's untimely death in 1932, Sanders continued as a composer, piano player, singer, and conductor of his own band. Sanders died in 1965. This collection of material, such as scrapbooks, travelogues, photos, sheet music, etc., provides information and detail about Sanders, covering his formative musical years and later successful band career. It also contains information on the relationship between Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders and the formation and travels of their band in the 1920s.
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1908~/1950~
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Finding Aid
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SC65 Helen Seibert Thomes Scrapbooks Finding Aid
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Helen Siebert Thomes was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1884. She conducted the Helen Thomes School of Dancing for many years, retiring in 1942. Her first studio was located in Morton's Hall at Westport Road and Main. Other later locations included Drexel Hall at Linwood and Main and in a building she had built at 40th and Baltimore. She died in 1958.The collection consists of two scrapbooks, one of which contains 79 photographs. Many of these images of Miss Thomes's students are autographed and contain personal messages to her, taken circa 1915-1940. The second scrapbook contains ten photographs plus newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs for recitals, ephemera from a trip to Paris in 1914, dancing schedules, etc.
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1910~/1946~
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Finding Aid
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SC86-3 Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers Finding Aid
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Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin, daughter of Kansas City School Superintendent James Greenwood and his wife Amanda, was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on August 1, 1860. She resided in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1874 until her marriage in 1881 to William MacLaughlin. She moved back to Kansas City from Illinois sometime after her husband's death in 1904 and taught history at Westport High School for many years. Mrs. MacLaughlin was a genealogist and local history enthusiast. She died in Kansas City on May 31, 1935. Items in the collection include: a scrapbook, posters, charts, certificates, lecture notes and outlines, genealogy items, newspaper clippings, journals/daybooks, poetry, photographs, convention buttons and badges, and other ephemeral items. Most of the dated material is between 1890-1916. Many items, such as lecture notes and papers as well as diary/journal/daybooks, appear to have belonged to Josephine Heermans Greenwood. Of particular interest are the journal books kept by Josephine between 1895-1907 when she was principal of Whittier School. She discusses school management and other education related matters, social obligations, religion, etc.
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1870/1925~
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Finding Aid
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P34-2 Kansas City Art Commission Award Photographs-Landmarks Commission Finding Aid
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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.
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1964/1988
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Finding Aid
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SC69-4 Steptoe Oral History Collection
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This collection contains the planning documents and footage related to an oral history project to record experiences of people living and working in the Steptoe neighborhood. The collection also includes a film produced by Thompson Productions of Kansas City in conjunction with the oral history project, “A Step above the Plaza: Celebrating Westport’s African-American Community”.
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2006/2007
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Finding Aid
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SC8-1 Local Clubs Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Collections consisting of various rosters, programs, notes, membership cards, etc., of Kansas City area clubs.
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1870/1990
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Finding Aid
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SC118 Local Restaurant Recipe Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of recipes from local Kansas City restaurants compiled by reference librarians from the Kansas City Public Library. The recipes primarily appeared in the Kansas City Star and were requested by readers.
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1949/2010
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Finding Aid
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SC42 Jim Bridger Collection Finding Aid
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This one box, 16 folder collection includes photographs, photocopied correspondence, newspaper clippings, and charts. The 24 photographs in this collection are primarily of Bridger relatives including Bridger's daughter, Virginia. Genealogy charts for the family and correspondence between relatives is also included. There are photographs taken in 1923 of Ezra Meeker and the ruins of Fort Bridger in Wyoming as well as of Oregon Trail remaining ruts.
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1804/1881
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Finding Aid
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SC53 Robert Earl Dawson Santa Fe Trail Collection Finding Aid
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This small, one-box collection is actually a compilation of various material divided between Kansas City history and Missouri history. Within the Missouri history section are numerous items pertaining to the Santa Fe Trail.
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1906/1912
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Finding Aid
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SC7 Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid
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The Missouri Valley Historical Society (1913-1940) was the successor to the Kansas City Historical Society (1906-1913) and the Early Settler's Society and Historical Association (1896-1906). All these organizations focused on the history of the Kansas City area and the region in general. The Society was especially active during the presidency of John Barber White (1913-1923).The collection consists of official records, correspondence, and business records of the organization. Historical material may be found in vertical files, manuscripts, scrapbooks, etc. The collection also includes the papers of the Gold Star League which contains photographs, correspondence, and biographical sheets on soldiers of World War I from the Kansas City area.
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1830/1940
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Finding Aid
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SC29 Olive L. Hoggins Papers (Centenary History of the Churches) Finding Aid
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This collection of the personal files of Olive Hoggins contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, edited versions of congregational histories, ephemera, etc. Most of the denominational history pertains to Kansas City, although some Independence and other area churches are included. Research materials consist primarily of photocopies of newspaper articles; publications from individual churches; as well as programs and other documents. The photos consist of pictures of church buildings, as well as over 100 portraits of clergymen. It appears that the Missouri Valley Historical Society sponsored this work, starting in the early 1920s. Olive Hoggins was the compiler and writer, probably intending to publish a book, but the material seems never to have been issued in book form and was only published in the Saturday church page of the Kansas City Post, appearing between 1927 and 1930.
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1923/1930
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Finding Aid
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SC13-1 Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection are cards referring to Kansas City and St. Louis. Most are in color and originate from the early 20th century. Only one image has been digitized.
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Finding Aid
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SC222 Mrs. Sam Ray Album Finding Aid
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The Mrs. Sam Ray Album consists of a three ring album containing handwritten notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera documenting the friendship of Mildred Kittel Ray and Peggy Smith. Materials are arranged chronologically.
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1987/2010
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Finding Aid
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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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.
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1980/2005
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