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Title
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P17 Old Westport Shopping Center Survey Photographs Finding Aid
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Description
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These 13 8" x 10" photographs are of structures on the property limits of the proposed shopping center to be known as Old Westport on the Santa Fe Trail, 1010 Westport Ave., Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Orphan Boys Home was located here. Appears to have been originally compiled by Folger and Pearson, Architects.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC43 John Campbell Compilation Finding Aid
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Description
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The date of John Campbell's birth is unknown, although it is known he was a soldier in 1797. He was issued a license to trade with the Indians along the Missouri and Des Moines Rivers in 1822 and was in this area from 1827-35, as an Indian agent. All the material in this small collection are photocopies only and contained in one box and five folders. The material includes photocopied pages from books and magazines, the correspondence of Mrs. Christopher, newspaper clippings, plats, copies of original federal documents, and other county records.
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Date
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1805/1965
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC12 Pioneer Park Committee Records Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of records pertaining to the development of Pioneer Park, a memorial park located in and commemorating the early history of the Westport area of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1981/1987
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC30-14 Louis O. Honig Scrapbooks Finding Aid
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Description
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Three scrapbooks compiled by Honig that has newspaper clippings, photos, etc., and information on Westport, Kansas City, and places in the state of Missouri. Louis Honig was the author of "Westport: Gateway to the Early West" (BROWSING MVSC 977.8411 H77W ) as well as a book about Jim Bridger (MVSC 92 B851H).
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Date
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1855/1951
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC46 Dr. J. W. Parker Account Books Finding Aid
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Description
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Dr. J. W. Parker was called John as well as James and settled in Westport, Missouri, in 1851 where he practiced medicine among the white settlers and the Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Delaware Indians. During the Civil War he moved with his family to Nebraska City, Nebraska, returning to Westport sometime after 1882. He died March 2, 1907, at the age of 85 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1851/1872
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC23 Kansas City (Mo.) School District Records Finding Aid
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Description
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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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Date
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1867/1995~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC9 Abstracts Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Assortment of abstracts, most of them for historical Kansas City areas, but a few are of other places. Documents are transcriptions or copies of transcriptions of the original documents. Abstracts include a variety of related documents, including will, divorce decrees, and similar documents that would affect ownership of property. Includes abstract for Shawnee Lands in Wyandotte County, Kansas involving the Bluejacket family; various properties in Westport and McGee's Addition; and McCoy's Lot 9 where Boone's Trading Post was built.
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Date
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1832/1972
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west of the Mississippi River. It was organized in 1894 and named after Elizabeth Benton, wife of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The scrapbook was assembled in 1921 by the chapter's Committee on Preservation of Historic Points. The scrapbook contains 177 photocopied pages with 70 black and white historical photographs of the Kansas City area. Located at the front of the scrapbook is a contents page listing the local subjects included which pertain to historical points of interest in the area such as area businesses and buildings, disasters, events, churches, cemeteries, local personalities, etc.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
