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Title
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Allen (Westport) Library
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Description
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Street level view of the main entrance side of the Allen Library, later named the Westport Library of the Kansas City Public Library. Located at 118 Westport Road.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Historic Westport: The Allen Library
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Description
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The story of the building of the library in Westport, organized by Judge Arthur M. Allen in the late 1890s, at 118 Westport Road.
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Date
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1981-07-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Westport Branch Water Color
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Description
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Unframed (11" x 17") water color drawing (2 c.) of the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library. Attached note indicates that one of them is the original watercolor. Artist is W. A. McBride (?), 1997.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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The Kansas City Public Library
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Description
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Article about the history of the Kansas City Public Library with a description of each branch.
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Date
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1924-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Branches of the Kansas City Public Library
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the various branch libraries of the Kansas City Public Library system (and their murals, etc.), including the Westport Branch Library, the East Branch Library (at 5220 East 20th Street in 1970), the Bluford Branch Library, the Southeast Branch Library, and the Van Horn Branch Library (extant in 1978), etc.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Kansas City Public Library Scrapbooks
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Description
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A total of 10 photocopied scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings concerning the Kansas City Public Library and primarily covering dates from the 1930s to the 1970s. Included is coverage of the 1938 ALA convention held in Kansas City, branch news with some total scrapbooks covering Westport and Mt. Washington (and other Independence branch locations), news concerning library programs and events, etc.
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Date
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1915/1999~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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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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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
