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Prairie Home Companions
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Article about how women settlers in Lane County, Kansas found companionship by sharing their experiences with other women in the Lane County Gazette, 1881-1882.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Historical Society Faces Challenges of Promoting and Preserving Her Story
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At the insistance of Jane Flynn and Barbara Potts, the Jackson County Historical Society began an effort to collect and preserve information about women. The Society today has 68 significant collections dealing with women's history. The article mentions the highlights of the collection and includes an interview with David Jackson, Director of Archives and Education for the Society. He answers questions concerning the collection effort and use. Illustrations include a photo of Nell Donnelly Reed and of a dress made by her clothing company and of Hazelle Hedges Rollins of Hazelle's Marionettes.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Missouri Biographies--Sweet Monsters and Kewpies: The Mystery of Rose O'Neill
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Photos, illustrations, and biographical article about Rose O'Neill (1874-1944), "a successful American illustrator and creator of the Kewpie doll." Native of Pennsylvania growing up in Omaha and residing in the Missouri Ozarks (at "Bonniebrook") during most of her career, becoming known for her sociopolitically controversial images of women and society, etc.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Symphony Designers' Showhouse XXXI
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Description
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History of the "two-story brick house at 1030 W. 65th Street" in Kansas City, "built by the J. C. Nichols Company for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Burnett, Jr., in 1936" from designs by architect Edward Tanner. Description of the mansion's first residents from 1936 to 1946, William Burnett, Jr. (president of the Burnett Meat Company) and his wife Marceline Pendergast Burnett, or Marceline Burnett (daughter of Tom Pendergast), moving to Boss Tom's house after his death in 1945. Description of the mansion's second residents from 1949 to 1957, Berl Berry (a Ford Motor Company dealer) and his wife (Alice Moran Berry) and family, coming to Kansas City in 1940 from Oklahoma and pictured in "Life" magazine with their decorative additions to the home. Also description of the home's third residents from 1959 to the 1990s, Dr. Edward Altomare ("the first Italian speaking physician to be recruited to Kansas City") and his wife and family.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
