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Title
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SC195 S. Stephen Lispi Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains the work of Steve Lispi, a commercial artist who was especially active during the mid-20th century. Lispi designed advertisements, packaging, branding, and various promotional materials for numerous clients in Kansas City and throughout the Midwest. The collection contains illustrations, lettering, cartoons, logo designs, layout sketches, menus, print advertisements and original artwork of various media.
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Date
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1930~/2002
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC13-3 Knowles Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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A collection of approximately 200 postcards primarily from Kansas City and a variety of Missouri towns. Topics includes buildings, streets, libraries, fountains, etc.
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Date
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1960/1980
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC13-1 Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection are cards referring to Kansas City and St. Louis. Most are in color and originate from the early 20th century. Only one image has been digitized.
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC7 Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Missouri Valley Historical Society (1913-1940) was the successor to the Kansas City Historical Society (1906-1913) and the Early Settler's Society and Historical Association (1896-1906). All these organizations focused on the history of the Kansas City area and the region in general. The Society was especially active during the presidency of John Barber White (1913-1923).The collection consists of official records, correspondence, and business records of the organization. Historical material may be found in vertical files, manuscripts, scrapbooks, etc. The collection also includes the papers of the Gold Star League which contains photographs, correspondence, and biographical sheets on soldiers of World War I from the Kansas City area.
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Date
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1830/1940
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC44 Priests of Pallas Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains items relating to the annual Priests of Pallas festival held in Kansas City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The events were comparable to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Veiled Prophet celebration in St. Louis. This is an artificial collection created from items that were originally classed in the library's holdings.
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Date
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1887/2007
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC224 Historic Kansas City Foundation Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Historic Kansas City Foundation is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods in Kansas City. This collection contains photographs and supporting documents, publications about preservation, and building and neighborhood pamphlets documenting the preservation efforts of the organization.
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Date
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1886~/2009~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC46 Dr. J. W. Parker Account Books Finding Aid
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Description
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Dr. J. W. Parker was called John as well as James and settled in Westport, Missouri, in 1851 where he practiced medicine among the white settlers and the Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Delaware Indians. During the Civil War he moved with his family to Nebraska City, Nebraska, returning to Westport sometime after 1882. He died March 2, 1907, at the age of 85 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1851/1872
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC58 Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Mildred Kittell Ray was born in Halstead, Kansas, on September 22, 1895. An avid collector of postcards (buttons, too), Mrs. Ray, at the age of 72, initiated a column in the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star entitled "A Postcard from Old Kansas City." The columns ran for 23 years. They proved to be extremely popular with the reading public, and two selected sets of articles were collected and published in book form; the first volume won a national design award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The collection consists of over 16,000 postcards and materials associated with Mrs. Ray's writing career. Subjects in the postcards include Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, the other states of the US, a large number of foreign countries, an assortment of different topics (humor, holidays, etc.), and card format (wood, leather, copper, etc.). Items related to Mrs. Ray's career as a writer include: correspondence; research materials such as newspaper clippings and handwritten notes; draft, manuscript, and published versions of early "pre-postcard" historical articles; postcard articles that were rejected by the publisher; and the texts of lectures and presentations given by Mrs. Ray. Graphic materials make up another part of the collection, with items like advertising envelopes, ephemera from Emery, Bird, Thayer, and a number of photographs. An audiotape of a speech given by Dick Ray (Mrs. Ray's son), on February 13, 1998, at the official debut of the Library's online version of the newspaper column is included in the collection.
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Date
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1890/1998
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC98 Old Men's Association Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Old Men's Association was a social organization that met for 25 years in Kansas City beginning in 1893 up to 1918. Men had to be 60 years old or older in order to qualify for membership. Prominent names associated with the group include Alexander Holland, Judge Stephen Twiss, S. M. Philbrook, Frank Holsinger, Edward L. Dimmitt, Thomas Lewis, Judge W. R. Brown, W. F. Cloud, and many others. The collection contains the records of the Association and includes two record books (1893-1918) which contain the organization's minutes, membership rolls, financial accounts, newspaper clippings, and some ephemeral items. Programs included local speakers although Ezra Meeker of Oregon Trail fame also appeared at a meeting in 1908.
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Date
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1893/1918
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC86-2 Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood was born in Michigan on Christmas Day 1859. She became an employee of the Kansas City School District in 1888 and was principal of Whittier School between 1891-1910. She and James Greenwood, Superintendent of the Kansas City School District, were married from 1910 until his death in 1914. Mrs. Greenwood remained in Kansas City, well known as a Christian Science practitioner. She died in Massachusetts on October 13, 1928, and is buried in Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri.
The collection contains primarily correspondence of a personal nature with over 425 letters covering parts of two centuries with the bulk dated between 1890 to 1914. Other items include tributes to James M. Greenwood after his death, a few newspaper clippings as well as some ephemeral material. The majority of the correspondence is between Josephine Heermans [Greenwood] and James M. Greenwood, as well as between Josephine and her various relatives.
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Date
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1846/1928
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC3 Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized.
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Date
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1860/1905
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC197 Frank Schubert Buffalo Soldiers Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Frank N. (Mickey) Schubert is a historian who has done extensive research on the topic of Buffalo Soldiers, specifically the experiences of individuals. This collection consists of Schubert’s research files, copies of his speeches and presentations, manuscripts and articles he reviewed, and photograph prints used in his books.
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Date
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1897/2014
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC194 Memory Book of Gladys Naomi Sweigart Finding Aid
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Description
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The collection consists of a mass-produced, soft-covered book entitled, "The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book," that Sweigart used to document her senior year at Kansas City Kansas High School (now Wyandotte High School). The Memory Book includes photographs of schoolmates, programs from school and social events, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, autographs by schoolmates and teachers, and ephemera. Materials are arranged generally topically.
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Date
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1916~/1917~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC193 Richards and Conover Hardware Company Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Richards and Conover Hardware Company was started in 1857 by John Francisco Richards and continued to operate as a family-owned business until it closed in 1999. This collection, donated by a former president of the company and descendant of John F. Richards, consists of the business records created and maintained by the company’s owners and employees.
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Date
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1854/1999
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
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Date
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1877/2014
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC125 David H. Perkins Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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The David H. Perkins Papers contain correspondence, publications, writings, photographs, artwork, and ephemera created and collected by David H. Perkins over the course of his life. A life-long Kansas City area resident, Perkins was a writer, editor, teacher, critic, and activist with interests in literature, art, politics, and urban and housing development projects. The collection consists of professional and personal materials.
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Date
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2014-10
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
