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Title
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Couch to Retire
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Description
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Report announcing the resignation of the railroad company's chairman and impending change of control to Kansas City ownership led by R. Crosby Kemper.
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Date
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1944-04-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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To Main Street
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Description
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Report about the sale of the railroad company's stock from New York owners to Kansas City owners, led by R. Crosby Kemper, with history of the company.
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Date
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1944-03-18
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Harry S. Truman with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
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Description
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Former President Harry S. Truman greets an unidentified young woman, while R. Crosby Kemper, Sr. looks on. Photograph taken in the City National Bank cafeteria.
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Date
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1964-08-26
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Who's Who in Kansas City
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Description
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Portraits and biographical article about Rufus Crosby Kemper, or R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., "president [of] City Bank," born in Valley Falls, Kansas, in 1892 and brought to Kansas City as an infant. Description of his career, serving as an officer in World War I before entering the banking industry in Kansas City, moving his City Center Bank to 18th and Grand Avenues and changing its name to City Bank.
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Date
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1923-09-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the Bond Advisory Committee of the Ten-Year Plan, made up of prominent Kansas Citians including R. Crosby Kemper and J. E. Woodmansee, and chaired by Conrad H. Mann. Other featured articles include: “The Sport of Kings” (p. 2), about the Riverside horse racing track and the machine-controlled gambling that takes place there; “Will They Be Able to Silence Mr. Bash?” (p. 3), a photo and article about Thomas Bash, "shooting sheriff" of Jackson County testifying in trial about the shooting regarding Charles Gargotta, including speculations about his reasons for testifying against the Pendergast machine despite its offers made to him to keep quiet; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-06-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Youth. ..in. ..Action
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Description
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Photo and caption about "Jan Claire Kemper [or Jan Kemper], daughter of the R. Crosby Kemper's."
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Date
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1936-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Harry S. Truman with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
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Description
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R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., addresses an assembled group which includes former President Harry S. Truman and a number of unidentified men in the City National Bank cafeteria.
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Date
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1964-08-26
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S Truman with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
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Description
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Former President Harry S Truman and R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., sit at a table set for a meal with several unidentified men.
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Date
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1964-08-26
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
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Description
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Former President Harry S. Truman and R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., speak, surrounded by a group of young women in the City National Bank cafeteria.
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Date
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1964-08-26
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Leader: R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., "chairman of the board of City National Bank & Trust Company," born in Valley Falls, Kansas, in 1892 and a "son of William Thornton Kemper, prominent banker and civic leader."
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Date
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1966-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
