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Title
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Civic Housekeepers And More
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Description
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A history of women's organizations and women civic leaders in Kansas City. Beginning the in the 1850s and continuing forward, women in Kansas City sought to form groups that addressed issues of education, charity, morality, reform, and equality. Organizations such as the Kansas City Athenaeum, the Women's City Club, and the Forward Kansas City Committee created an environment of female civic engagement and activism, playing a key role in overhauling the politically-corrupt city government in the elections of 1940.
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Date
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2013-12
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Mary Rockwell Hook Homes Tour
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Description
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Contains 26 pages of a photocopied typescript dated September 11, 1977. Includes biographical information on the architect and list of general characteristics of a Hook-designed house. It gives details on the following residences that were included in the tour.54 E. 53rd Terrace (Brookside)1004 W. 52nd Street5029 Sunset Drive (formerly 5029 Rockwell Lane)5012 Summit5011 Sunset Drive4940 Summit6435 Indian Lane (the Malcolm Lowry residence with a room where Ernest Hemingway wrote)5050 Sunset2015 Drury LaneMarvin Gates Residence, now Oak Hill Farm
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Going off the Rails: Exploring the Impact of the Railroad on the Development of Musical Culture in Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Thesis in musicology presented to the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree - Master of Music. Abstract: Kansas City, Missouri, is a musical oasis in the United States. In addition to being considered one of the four original jazz centers, local audiences also enthusiastically welcome art music and experimental music of all kinds. This deep appreciation for music and the arts can be traced to the development of the railroad in Kansas City and how it connected the city to the artistic lifeblood of the country. This thesis explores the existing research about the establishment of Kansas City as a railroad hub and the subsequent cultural blossoming experienced in the city at the turn of the century. This thesis project makes a connection between the railroad and the growth of music culture. The development of various aspects of music in Kansas City including, band, orchestra, opera, theater, vaudeville, music education, and music publications which the research in this thesis indicates is traced back to the societal impacts the railroad had on the frontier town in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Next, this thesis project provides commentary on the function of demographics, including a brief consideration of gender, in the musical culture of Kansas City - specifically the way women defined culture and programming. Finally, this project summarizes and contextualizes the trends, habits, and preferences that make up the music culture in the city within the musical expectations and culture specific to the United States. The establishment of the railroad in Kansas City connected the city to the musical trends of the United States; because of this artistic connection, Kansas City developed into a musical microcosm of the United States’ musical narrative.
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Date
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2021
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Kansas City Churches
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Description
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Manuscripts with information about various churches presented by the Women's City Club in their yearly tour of sacred structures.
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Date
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1967/1973
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Designers' Showhouse XIX
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Description
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Two-page paper on the 19th Designers' Showhouse showcasing the residence of Herbert P. Wright at 3735 Belleview Avenue. The house was built in 1913, designed by architect Clarence Shepard, and listed on the National Register as part of the Roanoke Historic District. Wright was an investment broker born in 1865 that came to Kansas City in 1877 and founded the H. P. Wright Investment Company.
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Date
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1988
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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House of Blue Awnings, 6315 Ward Parkway
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Description
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Fact sheet on the history of the 37th Symphony Designers' Showhouse at 6315 Ward Parkway, last owned by Richard and Annette Bloch. Mrs. Bloch selected the blue color for the awnings on the house, not realizing they would be so bright. The home was designed by Edward Tanner with construction started by the J. C. Nichols Company in 1925. The first owner was Dan and Helma Moser. They hired the landscape firm of Hare and Hare to design the gardens. They had the first in-ground swimming pool in Kansas City
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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The Search For Adaline Harvey Bent - The Fourth and Basically Unknown Wife of William Bent
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Description
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Footnoted paper which gives basic information about William Bent and his family with particular emphasis on Adeline Harvey Bent, his fourth and last wife. She was the daughter of fur trader Alexander Harvey and his Indian wife. Adaline and Bent were married for a short while before his death and supposedly had a daughter. Paper explains her involvement with Bent's will and his property in Westport.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Carrie Westlake Whitney
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Description
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Transcript of a presentation given at The Kansas City Public Library sponsored by the Women's City Club. Carrie Westlake Whitney was the first librarian of The Kansas City Public Library and the author of a three-volume history of Kansas City.
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Date
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2010-05-26
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Object Type
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Manuscript
