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Title
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Kemper Family
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Description
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File contains articles, charts, and manuscripts related to the Kemper family in the United States.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Thanksgiving for the Life and Ministry of R. Crosby Kemper, Jr.
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Description
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Program for the funeral of R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., held on January 9, 2014, at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri. A list of participants and details of the service are provided.
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Date
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2014-01-09
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Object Type
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Pamphlet
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Title
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Kemper to Kemper
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about the competition and relationship of "cousins Jonathan Kemper, chairman and CEO of Commerce Bank, and R. Crosby Kemper III, chairman and CEO of UMB Bank." Also history of the two local banks, etc.
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Date
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2001-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Civic Giant Kemper Dies at 86
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Description
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Obituary written in tribute to civic leader R. Crosby Kemper Jr. The author states that Kemper passed away on Thursday January 2, 2014, in Indian Wells, California, at the age of 86. Kemper's life and career are summarized. Civic leaders describe Kemper's impact upon the Kansas City business and arts communities.
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Date
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2014-01-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kempers Want Values to Last
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Description
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Article on UMB Bank, focusing on the Kemper family's role as leaders. Previously known as Center City, City, City National, and United Missouri, UMB Bank was founded in 1913. In 1918, William T. Kemper bought control of the bank, and a member of the Kemper family has been in charge ever since.
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Date
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2013-04-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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KC Celebrates a Life Well Lived
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Description
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Article provides details of the funeral service for R. Crosby Kemper Jr., held on January 9, 2014, at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri. Details of the homily delivered by the Reverend Michael Shaffer, a nephew to Kemper by marriage, are provided. A photo of the reception held afterwards at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is included.
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Date
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2014-01-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper 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
