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Title: Westport High School Gym
Description: Interior view of the Westport High School gym. Basketball goals and bleachers on each side of the court can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: Haydite Reinforced Slab at Top pf View. Westport High School.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 501 Westport Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. The building on the right is 501 Westport Road and as of 2018, housed Harry's Bar and Tables restaurant.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport City Hall
Description: View looking southwest along High (now W. 40th Terrace) Street showing the Westport City Hall building that once stood at its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue. Cars parked along the street can be seen. The building also served as stations for the fire and police departments. A sign for Police Department No. 5 is displayed on the building. A Red Crown Gasoline station east of the building is in view. A portion of a Manor Baking Company building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Westport Room
Description: Interior view of Union Station at 30 W. Pershing Road during its renovation. The photograph shows work being done on the murals Arrival at Westport Landing; Outfitting at Westport Landing; Commerce of the Prairies. The murals were commissioned in 1937 to decorate the Westport Room restaurant and cocktail lounge inside of Union Station.
Date: 2000~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Battle of Westport
Description: Color print of the mural, "The Battle of Westport," by N. C. Wyeth, measuring 15 x 26.25 in. The image depicts the clash between Union and Confederate forces that took place in Westport, Missouri on October 23, 1864. The original mural was completed in 1920 and is displayed in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport School Records
Description: Collection contains some attendance and scholarship record books for Westport, 1892-1897
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport Christian Church
Description: Folder contains the fifty-third anniversary program, Westport Christian Church, Sunday, Oct. 29, 1899. Includes a short historical sketch and officers and members of the official board, trustees, etc. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of the main entrance of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport and Main
Description: Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, looking east from the intersection of Westport Road and Main. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands to the south, across 40th Street.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Battle Reunion
Description: Unframed reprint of a black and white photograph (10 x 24 in.) of the reunion at the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Westport. Unidentified men, women and children are posed standing in front of the Westport Library, formerly the Allen Library, at 118 Westport Road in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1925-10-23
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: Several articles about the battle, the "last Confederate attempt to invade the North."
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: An Old Westport Landmark
Description: Illustration and article about the old house in Westport at 4217 Mill Creek Parkway (later called J. C. Nichols Parkway), "built in 1844 by A. Richter, a well to do contractor and builder."
Date: 1912-08-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: List of veterans compiled by Albert Doerschuk in 1912.
Date: 1912-08-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Harris House in Westport
Description: Exterior, street view of the Harris House located at the northeast corner of Westport Avenue and Pennsylvania Street. A truck and automobiles are visible in front. Identified in scrapbook as "Old Westport views."
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Most of the items in this folder pertain to a Westport High School 25th class reunion held in 1963. These items include program events, rosters, and a reunion booklet. The folder also contains a printed daily program dated 1919 and a commencement program dated 1924. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1919/1963
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: The Westport Fund
Date: 1894-03-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Westport & Waldo Railway
Description: Notice of the change in name of the Kansas City Electric Railway to the Westport & Waldo Railway.
Date: 1894-03-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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