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Title
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Kemper Family
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Description
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Genealogy vertical files related to the Kemper family of Kansas City. Files contain an assortment of periodical clippings, pamphlets, and genealogical reference materials.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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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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Control of Late Father's Stock Goes to Mariner Kemper
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Description
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Article announces that Chief Executive Officer of UMB Financial Corperation, Mariner Kemper, has inherited voting control of more than 3.4 million shares of the banking institution previously held by his late father, R. Crosby Kemper Jr. Mariner Kemper is interviewed and provides details of the transition.
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Date
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2014-02-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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
