Search results

Title: Employee Strikes Weave an Historic Thread Through Kansas City
Description: Article provides an historical overview of union labor strife in Kansas City; specifically three early labor strikes: 1889 Garment Makers Union walkout of the Swofford Brothers Shirt and Overall factory; May 5, 1912, work stoppage by beer delivery drivers of Local Union 100; December 16, 1936, sit-down strike by workers at General Motors' Fisher Body Plant in the Leeds District.
Date: 2008-03-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking southeast across the Fairax District. Downtown skyline, Municipal Airport, General Motors assembly plant, and Phillips Refinery in view.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District. View includes the Socony-Vacuum Terminal and Lube plant, General Motors assembly plant, International Harvester, and portions of the Fairfax Airport.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Community Was Rich In Sharing
Description: The current exhibit on the African American community in Leeds, Missouri, is commented on by Steve Penn in his column. The exhibit is located, until September, 2003, at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Although the community was poor in material wealth it was rich in togetherness.
Date: 2003-07-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Buyout Program Near Completion
Description: General Motors Corp. has been reducing its hourly work force by 30 percent. At the Fairfax plant, 682 of the plant's 2,500 production employees decided to leave, and more than 400 hundred have already left. The article goes on to report, however, that "While General Motors is closing about a dozen plants as part of the downsizing, the size of the Fairfax work force will not change significantly . . . because departing employees are being replaced."
Date: 2006-10-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p860
Description: A portion of Leeds, Missouri, from E. 37th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Bennington Avenue east to Raytown Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Noted at top of map, "(705-706-707-724-Vol. 5) Add'l Sheet, Nov. 1939."
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page p860
Description: A portion of Leeds, Missouri, from E. 37th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Bennington Avenue east to Raytown Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "(705-706-707-724-Vol. 5) Add'l Sheet, Nov. 1939."
Date: 1939
Object Type: Map

Title: SC169 North American Aviation Collection Finding Aid
Description: The North American Aviation Inc. operated a B-25 factory at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1942-1945. This collection, donated by relatives of former North American Aviation employees, consists of issues of the plant's employee newsletter, notices sent to employees, and a patriotic music catalog.
Date: 1942/1945
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: GM Plant Makes 10 Millionth Vehicle
Description: The General Motors Corp. Fairfax Assembly Plant, 3201 Fairfax Trafficway in Kansas City, Kansas, produced its 10 millionth car, a black 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx on August 19, 2005. All Chevrolet Malibus are made here. Next year the plant will add the midsize Saturn Aura to its lineup. The plant was founded in 1944 and currently supports 3,000 jobs.
Date: 2005-08-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: GM's Turnaround Bolsters Fairfax
Description: Article summarizes how recent gains in the automobile market have helped General Motors recover from the verge of bankruptcy and has allowed the company to reinvest in its Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kansas. A history of the plant, including its production role during World War II, its shift to automobile production, and its survival through periods of economic decline is provided. A timeline noting key events is included.
Date: 2013-01-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dealership Loss May Not Have Been Voluntary
Description: Major Cadilliac car dealership changed hands earlier this year. It had been in the Major family for 44 years, and the dealership has been a fixture in Kansas City since 1908. It was owned by three successive generations of the Major family and consistently ranked high among the area's top auto stores. F. Lee Major, III, and his son, John T. Major, have filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court against General Motors Corp. and its financing arm, General Motors Acceptance Corp. Major Cadillac had taken over Charlie Fisher Buick Chevrolet just down the street from their dealership at 3200 Main and financial problems quickly ensued. Article explains the law suit. Conklin Cars bought the Cadillac dealership in June.
Date: 2007-10-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: ''We All Had a Cause'': Kansas City's Bomber Plant, 1941-1945
Description: The B-25 bomber was crucial to the war effort during World War II and many of these bombers were made in North American Aviation's Kansas City, Kansas facility. "This article describes the origin and development of that defense plant, as well as the principal achievements of its employees, who made vital contributions to the war effort." The plant was located on a 75 acre site adjoining Fairfax Airport in the Fairfax Industrial District and the ground breaking ceremony for the plant was held on March 8, 1941. A ceremony on December 23, 1941, marked the completion of the first bomber to come out of the plant with the first test flight on January 3, 1942. There were 1,358 workers at the plant early in 1942. According to the article, by autumn of 1942, women held 27 percent of the jobs. Article also discusses the role of African Americans at the plant. When production of the airplane ended in August of 1945, 6,608 B-25s had been built in the Kansas City plant. General Motors eventially purchased the property and used it for car production.
Date: 2005
Object Type: Magazine Article

Refine Search