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Title
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Frederick Lyman Lee II, October 7, 1935-December 29, 1998
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Description
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Obituary for Frederick Lyman Lee II, or Fred Lee (1935-1998), a historical writer and native of Kansas City. Details of his life and career, starting as a writer in 1961 after service in the military, then becoming president of the Westport Historical Society, etc., engaged in the restoration of the Harris-Kearney Home and Fort Osage and in the creation of Pioneer Park at Broadway and Westport Roads.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Gone But Not Forgotten [Etc.]
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Description
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Article includes excerpt of John Campbell's obituary as well as a photo of both John and Charlotte Campbell. Also a listing for their children and a reprint from the Kansas City Star, June 4, 1950.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Opening the Western Frontier: Rev. Thomas Johnson & the Shawnee Indian Mission [and associated articles]
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Description
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Article about the Methodist Shawnee Indian Missions in the 1830s near Turner, Kansas, and Westport, Missouri, and the family of missionary Reverend Thomas Johnson (1802-1865), with photos, maps, and illustrations. Description of Thomas Johnson, a native of Virginia and Methodist minister "appointed missionary to the Shawnee Indians" (his brother William Johnson appointed to the Kansas and Delaware Indians), arriving in Kansas and building the first mission building in 1830, killed at his home at 35th and Agnes Avenues in Kansas City "by parties unknown."
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article