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Title
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Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work
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Description
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Photo and bio of William Thomas Bland, William Bland, "president of the McPike Drug Company," born in West Virginia, becoming county attorney, judge, and mayor in Atchison, Kansas in the late 1800s before starting his drug company and becoming president of the Manufacturers and Merchants' Association in 1907 and the Commercial Club in 1909.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Westport High School Herald
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Description
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Photo of Hale Cook and Judge W. T. Bland, et al., as members of the Board of Education.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Board of Directors, Officers, and Heads of Departments, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education, officers, and heads of departments. One photo (Cook, Hale H.) is missing. Portraits include: Bland, Wm. T., Vice President; Brady, J. H., Chief Engineer; Buchanan, Elizabeth, District Superintendent; Cammack, I. I., Supt.; Casey, Frank S., Purchasing Agent; Jackson, J. B. Jr., Secretary; Ladd, Sanford B., Counsel; Markley, J. H., Asst. Superintendent; Melcher, Geo., Dir. Eff. & Res.; Nugent, Jas. E.; Pinkerton, Davis M.; Swinney, E. F., Treasurer; Volker, Wm.; Wright, Purd B., Librarian.
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Date
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1916
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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William T. Bland
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Description
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Formal portrait of William T. Bland, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "WM T BLAND/BOARD MEMBER 1912-1918."
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Date
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1918
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Directors, Officers, and Superintendent, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City school board, officers, and superintendent. Bland, W. T., President; Cammack, I. I., Superintendent; Jackson, J. B., Secretary; Knotts, W. A.; Meservey, E. C.; Nugent, J. E.; Pinkerton, D. M.; Swinney, E. F., Treasurer; Volker, Wm., Vice President.
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Date
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1917-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present
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Description
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One paragraph of biography about William Thomas Bland, or William Bland (1861-1928), "a representative from Missouri," moving to Atchison County, Kansas, from West Virginia in 1887, becoming mayor, prosecuting attorney, and wholesale druggist, before moving to Kansas City in 1904 in the wholesale drug business. Starting banking in 1917, becoming "president of the Manufacturers' and Merchants' Association in 1907 and president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in 1909," director of several Missouri River commerce agencies and bank organizations and state representative.
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Date
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1935
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Object Type
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Book
