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Title
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Swing Presents James M. Kemper, Man of the Month
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about James Kemper, Sr., or Big Jim Kemper, a chairman of the board of the Commerce Trust Bank since 1938, son of William Kemper, Sr., a World War I veteran, and "Swing's nominee for Man of the Month" with residence at 1231 West 57th Street.
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Date
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1950-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Kempers of Kansas City
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about the Kemper family of bankers in Kansas City, "sit[ting] atop the small but well-fortified structure of Kansas City's conservative establishment." Description of patriarch William Kemper, Sr.'s life and career, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in 1866 and coming to Kansas City in 1893, becoming a grain industry executive and then in 1906 vice-president of the Commerce Trust Company, merging it with the National Bank of Commerce after World War I and dying in 1938. Genealogy and description of later family members, including William Kemper, Jr., James Kemper, Sr., or Big Jim Kemper, James Kemper, Jr., Rufus Crosby Kemper, Sr., or R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., and Rufus Crosby Kemper, Jr., or R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., et al.
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Date
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1967-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
