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Carolyn F. Fuller
Title
Carolyn F. Fuller
Description
Formal portrait of Carolyn F. Fuller, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "CAROLYN F. FULLER/BOARD MEMBER 1922-1934." Handwritten at bottom on the back in blue ink, "Carolyn Farwell Fuller." Date and photographer unknown.
Object Type
Photograph
Wallace A. Armour, M.D.
Title
Wallace A. Armour, M.D.
Description
Formal portrait of Dr. Wallace A. Armour, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "W. A. ARMOUR, MD, BOARD MEMBER 1918-1924."
Date
1924
Object Type
Photograph
James E. Nugent
Title
James E. Nugent
Description
Formal portrait of James E. Nugent, member and president of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "JAMES E NUGENT/BOARD MEMBER 1916-1928/PRESIDENT 1926."
Date
1928
Object Type
Photograph
J. Scott Harrison
Title
J. Scott Harrison
Description
Formal portrait of J. Scott Harrison, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J SCOTT HARRISON/BOARD MEMBER 1896-1914."
Date
1914
Object Type
Photograph
Northeast School Board Seat Uncontested Again
Title
Northeast School Board Seat Uncontested Again
Description
No one has stepped up to run against former Northeast High School teacher Duane Kelly in the Northeast Subdistrict 3 position. Kelly was first elected in 2000 over Gina Gowin in Subdistrict 6.
Date
2004-01-28
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Twelfth Street Heritage Asks School Board for Sports Field
Title
Twelfth Street Heritage Asks School Board for Sports Field
Description
Twelfth Street Heritage proposes to build a NFL Community Football Field near Woodland Edison Classical Academy at Ninth and Woodland Avenue. The Kansas City School District owns the land and the school board was urged to consider the plan.
Date
2002-01-23
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Obituary of James Hamilton Lyddon
Title
Obituary of James Hamilton Lyddon
Description
Obituary of James Hamilton Lyddon, a member of the Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Education during the tumultuous period of 1974 to 1978 when the school busing debate was in the forefront. He also served on the Board of Equalization and the Trustee Land Trust of Jackson County, Missouri, as well as other organizations.
Date
2002-06-06
Object Type
Newspaper Article
School Board Choices For Northeast Residents
Title
School Board Choices For Northeast Residents
Description
The Northeast area is in the Kansas City School District and after recent redistricting is represented in Sub-district 3 and Sub-district 4. Duane Kelly is running for Sub-district 3. Helen Ragsdale and Ronald W. Harris are running in Sub-district 4. At large candidates include Ingrid Burnett, Michael M. Byrd and David A. Smith. Information on candidates is included in article.
Date
2002-03-27
Object Type
Newspaper Article
School Board Explains Policy, Defends Decisions
Title
School Board Explains Policy, Defends Decisions
Description
Occassionaly the Kansas City School Board has an open forum meeting in which community members can ask questions. On January 22, 2002, questions were taken at the Gladstone Academy auditorium. Article includes questions asked and the answers.
Date
2002-02-06
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Money and Choice in Kansas City: Major Investments with Modest Returns
Title
Money and Choice in Kansas City: Major Investments with Modest Returns
Description
Chapter nine in "Dismantling Desegregation: the Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education" discusses the 1995 Supreme Court decision for Kansas City and evaluates the plan and its promises several years after the ambitious program was implemented.
Date
1905-06-18
Object Type
Book
KC Pioneer Leads Way for Others
Title
KC Pioneer Leads Way for Others
Description
Recognition of Gertrude Keith and her many accomplishments and contributions to Kansas City. Gertrude Keith was the first black woman elected to the Kansas City school board (1970).
Date
2003-07-01
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Board of Directors, Officers, and Heads of Departments, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Title
Board of Directors, Officers, and Heads of Departments, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description
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.
Date
1916
Object Type
Photograph
William T. Bland
Title
William T. Bland
Description
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."
Date
1918
Object Type
Photograph
Dr. John F. Ramos Jr.
Title
Dr. John F. Ramos Jr.
Description
Portrait of Dr. John F. Ramos, Jr.
Object Type
Photograph
An Interview With Fletcher Daniels
Title
An Interview With Fletcher Daniels
Description
Interviewer: Ella Pruitt. Interview recorded May 5, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date
1976-05-05
Object Type
Archival Material
Kansas City School District Board of Education Members
Title
Kansas City School District Board of Education Members
Description
Group photo of the members of the Kansas City School Board seen seated around a table. From left to right: John M. Gregory, Homer Wadsworth, Mrs. Henry Eager, Amos Burks(?, Board Secretary), Roland B. Hewitt (President), Harry C. Clark (Vice President), and Mrs. Ellsworth Haas.
Date
1955~
Object Type
Photograph
J. Roy Smith
Title
J. Roy Smith
Description
Formal portrait of J. Roy Smith, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J ROY SMITH/BOARD MEMBER 1928-1934." Photographer and date unknown.
Date
1934~
Object Type
Photograph
School Board Elections Polling Places
Title
School Board Elections Polling Places
Description
Page 5 from the January 17, 1972 edition of the Kansas City Star. Map shows wards and polling places.
Date
1972-01-17
Object Type
Map
School District Election Polling Places
Title
School District Election Polling Places
Description
Page 12 of the January 14, 1974 edition of the Kansas City Star. Map shows wards, school districts, and polling places.
Date
1974-01-14
Object Type
Map
How Long Will the Citizens of Kansas City Tolerate Discrimination at Fairyland Park?
Title
How Long Will the Citizens of Kansas City Tolerate Discrimination at Fairyland Park?
Description
Single page flyer urging readers to protest racial discrimination at Fairyland Park. The flyer was printed by the Kansas City, Missouri, Branch Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date
1961
Object Type
Archival Material

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