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Westport Junior High School
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Street level, corner view of Westport Junior High School located at 39th and McGee streets.
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Photograph
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SC23 Kansas City (Mo.) School District Records Finding Aid
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This collection contains material transferred from the Kansas City School District to the Kansas City Public Library and the Missouri Valley Special Collections department, primarily in the early to mid 1990s. It has been divided into eight series groups and includes school ledgers and attendance books, photographs, Board of Education minutes on microfilm, school scrapbooks, Westport School District material, the Radio and Television Commission papers, and miscellaneous items as budget control summaries, property register and map, etc. The transfer also included school yearbooks and published school materials which were classified.
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1867/1995~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Allen School
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Information including a photocopy of the original survey map for the Allen School from the Westport Historical Society.
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Vertical File
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African American School
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The first public school for black people in the city, located in Westport, is mentioned in the abstract under SEMINARY LANDS: 2.71 acres between colored schoolhouse and Main Cross Street in Westport (SW ¼ of Sec. 20, T 49, Range 33) - Jackson County, Mo. - Significant parties involved: James Jennings, John Campbell, Christina McCoy.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Longan School
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Exterior view of Longan School located at 39th Street and Warwick Boulevard. Named in 1911 in honor of George B. Longan, Assistant Superintendent of Schools.
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Photograph
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26 Schools Will Close
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On March 10, 2010, the Kansas City school board voted 5-4 to close 26 schools as recommended by new superintendent John Covington in his "Right Sizing Plan." The closings will reduce the number of school buildings by 40 percent and cut $50 million in expenses from the school district's budget. The 33 remaining schools will be the fewest the district has operated since 1889. A few of the notable school closings include Westport High School, Lincoln College Prep middle school, and Franklin, Longan, McCoy, Woodland, and Carver elementary schools.
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2010-03-11
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Newspaper Article
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SC86-3 Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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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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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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