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Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
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Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
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Biographical sketch of Louis Samuel Rothschild, or Louis Rothschild, a business executive and government official of Kansas City with offices at 1000 Main Street and residence at 610 West Meyer Boulevard. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas in 1900 and joining his father's business, Rothschild & Sons, in 1920 before becoming a member of the City Planning Commission of Kansas City in 1937, chairman of the board of the Inland Waterways Corporation in 1953, charirman of the Federal Maritime Board in 1953, and under secretary of commerce for transportation in 1955.
Date
1956
Object Type
Book
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
Title
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
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Biographical sketch of General John Joseph Pershing, or John Pershing, commanding general of American forces during World War I, born in Linn County, Missouri, in 1860.
Date
1942
Object Type
Book
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Biographical sketch of William Volker, a manufacturer and civic leader of Kansas City. Born in Germany in 1859 and coming to Kansas City in 1882 as president of William Volker & Company, manufacturers of window shades at 3rd and Main Streets, with residence at 3717 Bell Street.
Date
1942/1943
Object Type
Book
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Biographical sketch of Harry Truman, national senator from Jackson County, Missouri (and later President of the United States at the end of World War II). Born in Lamar, Missouri in 1884 and becoming a lawyer and Jackson County judge (studying at the Kansas City School of Law) in the 1920s with residence in Independence, Missouri.
Date
1943
Object Type
Book
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
Title
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Biographical sketch of William Eben Schultz, or William Schultz, a poet and college professor (residing in Illinois) born in Canton, Missouri in 1887.
Date
1943
Object Type
Book
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
Title
Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States
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Biographical sketch of William Torrey Harris, or William Harris (1835-1909), the United States Commissioner of Education from 1889 to 1906 and native of Connecticut, moving to Saint Louis as a teacher and becoming superintendent of public schools there, establishing one of the first American journals of philosophy there in 1867 and then founding the Concord School of Philosophy in Massachusetts.
Date
1909
Object Type
Book
Lawson Lowrey
Title
Lawson Lowrey
Description
Biographical sketch of Lawson Gentry Lowrey, or Lawson Lowrey, a nationally prominent psychiatrist and physician born in Centralia, Missouri, in 1890 and operating around the nation, including teaching tenures at the University of Missouri and Harvard in the 1901s-1910s, etc. Also a leader in the specialization of orthopsychiatry in the 1930s, editing the Journal of American Orthopsychiatry starting in 1930.
Date
1905-04-25
Object Type
Book