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Title: 3939 Wyandotte Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 3939 Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. The stone building at the edge of the photograph is the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, which faces Westport Road. Several other houses neighboring of the library had been demolished to allow for library parking.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen (Westport) Library
Description: 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.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Biography of Daniel MacMorris (1893-1981), Artist
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: Branches of the Kansas City Public Library
Description: 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.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: The City Beneath Us: Underground Kansas City
Description: Cover story on the underground destinations and happenings in Kansas City metro, including O'Malley's Pub in Weston, the Vanderbilt Smoking Room at the Midland, Durwood Film Vault at the Kansas City Public Library, the jazz club at the Majestic Restaurant, and the Union of Westport.
Date: 2012-02-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Group portrait of female library staff and unidentified man. L to R: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main; unidentified; Gloria Maxwell, Department Manager, Missouri Valley Special Collections.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified woman speaking at podium, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main Branch and two unidentified women listening to speaker.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified man and women near map, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main, talking with unidentified woman, Missouri Valley Room.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified women near plaque, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Anna Horn, Associate Director for Main, speaking at podium, Missouri Valley Room at Main Branch, 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified woman speaking at podium.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified men and women talking, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dedication of the Spalding Westport Map
Description: Unidentified men and women at refreshment table, Missouri Valley Room, Main branch of Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Historic Westport: The Allen Library
Description: The story of the building of the library in Westport, organized by Judge Arthur M. Allen in the late 1890s, at 118 Westport Road.
Date: 1981-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Kansas City Public Library
Description: Article about the history of the Kansas City Public Library with a description of each branch.
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City Public Library Scrapbooks
Description: 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.
Date: 1915/1999~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Kansas City Public Library - Westport Branch
Description: Photograph of the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, at 118 Westport Road, circa 1980. This branch was the original branch of the Kansas City Public Library system. Then called the Allen Library, it opened in 1898, shortly before Westport was annexed by Kansas City.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - Westport Branch
Description: Photograph of the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, at 118 Westport Road, circa 1980. This branch was the original branch of the Kansas City Public Library system. Then called the Allen Library, it opened in 1898, shortly before Westport was annexed by Kansas City.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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