-
-
Title
-
Women and Gender in Kansas History
-
Description
-
This essay on women and gender is the 8th in the magazine's "Review Essay Series". The essay "is to reflect on the different perspectives, concepts, and approaches that have propelled the history of women to the center of the transformation of western and Kansas history."
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Their message is their medium
-
Description
-
Profiles of three local women artists discuss their lives and work.
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
100 Years of Aviation
-
Description
-
Entire issue of Gateway Heritage devoted to flight. Includes primary sources such as letters by the Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh. Chapters are: How We Made The First Flight; To Octave Chanute, Esq.; Lighter Than Air; Nerve and Cold Courage; Well Known in Aviation Circles; The Tuskegee Experiment; Mr. Mac: Sanford N. McDonnell; A Pilot's Story; The Eagle Flies (Irv Burrows recounts his role as the test pilot of the F-15 Eagle). Heavy emphasis on aviation in St. Louis.
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Lewis and Clark: New Perspectives
-
Description
-
Whole issue devoted to Lewis and Clark. Articles include the following: "A St. Louis River Map Guides The Lewis and Clark Expedition;" "Conquering The Lower Missouri;" "Lewis and Clark in Missouri Timeline;" "A World of Women;" "Mandan and Hidatsa Perspectives on Lewis and Clark: Past and Present;" "The Death of Meriwether Lewis: An Unsolved Mystery;" "'A Notion About Freedom': The Relationship of William Clark and York;" "The Council That Changed The West: William Clark at Portage des Sioux;" "Many Nations, Many Voices;" "After The Applause;" and "A New Look at The Lewis and Clark Expedition." Also includes "Treasures from The Collections: Lewis and Clark Objects from The MHS Collections Are Highlighted by The Museum Curators" and "Letters from Meriwether Lewis to His Mother, Lucy Marks."
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Magazine
-
-
Title
-
Designers' Showhouse XXXIV, Roselawn
-
Description
-
Magazine of the 34th Designers' Showhouse featuring Roselawn, former home of William Volker at 3717 Bell, Kansas City, Missouri. Includes floor plans (p. 62) and photographs and descriptions of the design of each room.
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Wagons West: The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails
-
Description
-
This book gives a detailed description of the major wagon trains that went West in the 1840s. Included are the John Bidwell trip to California, the early Oregon Trail pioneers including the Whitmans, the doomed Donner Party trapped on the California trail, the Mormon trek to the Great Salt Lake, and others. Includes descriptions of their everyday life and experiences on the trail, relations with Indians, disease, condition of the trails, women's trail experiences, the mountain men who lead them, etc.
-
Date
-
2003
-
Object Type
-
Book
