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Title: SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
Description: The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
Date: 1828/1983
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: The End Justifies the Means, or Kansas City's Big Drunk
Description: Old West style report on the opening of the Stockyards in 1871 written in 1912.
Date: 1962-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The American Royal--More Than You Might Expect
Description: Article describes the author's impressions of the American Royal in 2002.
Date: 2002-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Some New American Royal Plans
Description: Information about the new building and transportation facilities at the Kansas City Stockyards.
Date: 1912-02-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Last Royal at the Stock Yards
Description: Photo and article about the big Kansas City show moving to a new permanent location uptown, describing the Royal's hold on people with horse and cattle awards.
Date: 1912-10-21
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Royal Stays and Doubles in Size
Description: Editorial comment about a financial arrangement with the Kansas City Stockyards.
Date: 1912-01-20
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Short History History of the American Royal
Description: Photo and brief history of the American Royal "livestock and horse shows" started annually in Kansas City in 1899 as the National Hereford Show and named after "the British Agricultural Royal in England" in 1901 by Walter Neff.
Date: 1968-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Booster of KC Region is Dead
Description: Jay Dillingham, local civic leader and former president of the Kansas City Stockyards (1948-1975), died at the age of 97 on August 13, 2007. Dillingham was born March 8, 1910, in Platte City, Missouri. In 1935 he married Frances Thompson, daughter of a founder of the American Royal. After graduating from the Kansas City School of Law in 1935, he went to work at the stockyards and became president in 1948. His legacy includes the growth and reputation of the American Royal, the city's expansion and the Platte County location of the airport, securing federal projects for the area including highway construction, etc.
Date: 2007-08-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p170
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 17th Street south to about W. 23rd Street and from State Line east to Liberty, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Meat Exhibit at American Royal Livestock Show
Description: View of the Meat Exhibit at the American Royal Livestock Show. A sign reads: Meat Exhibit - National Live Stock and Meat Board - Kansas City Stock Yards Company, Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, Producers Commission Association, Missouri Live Stock Association, Kansas Live Stock Association, Kansas State College, American Meat Institute, University of Missouri, and the American Royal Live Stock Show. Several exhibit visitors can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: American Royal Bldg., Kansas City, MO. - 28
Description: Postcard showing the American Royal Building that once stood at 23rd and Wyoming streets in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1922
Object Type: Postcard

Title: KC to Host 17,000 FFA Youth
Description: Article about the history of the Future Farmers of America organization, "a Kansas City product, originating in the old Hotel Baltimore," in 1924 and becoming associated with the Stockyards and the American Royal through the years.
Date: 1975-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: P40 American Royal Parade Photographs Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains 44 photographs of the American Royal Parade by amateur photographer, Carl A. Flueckinger. The photographs show scenes from the American Royal parades ca. 1948-1950.
Date: 1948/1950
Object Type: Finding Aid

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