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Title
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Richard Bolling
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Description
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Information about United States Representative for Missouri from Kansas City, Richard Bolling, including an article about Bolling's autobiographical book with photos, "House Out of Order," describing his experiences in government.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Duels
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Description
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Information about the duels in early Missouri history, mostly between 1817 and 1840. Of note are those that led to the deaths of local statesmen Charles Lucas (involved in the founding of Columbia, Missouri, and killed by Senator Thomas Hart Benton) and Major Taylor Berry (involved in the founding of Boonville, Missouri).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
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Description
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Photo and biographical sketch of Francis Preston Blair, Jr., or Frank Blair (1821-1875), a Union officer and presidential cabinet member during the Civil War from Missouri, originally from Kentucky, describing his political career. Frank Blair was one of the two men from Missouri honored with statues in Washington, D. C., the other being Thomas Hart Benton the statesman (p. 197).
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Harry S Truman with Senator Harry Darby
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Description
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Former President Harry S. Truman sits with Kansas Senator Harry Darby and a number of 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 Darby, Harry H. Woodring, and Frank Carlson
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Description
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Senator Harry Darby (left), Hon. Harry H. Woodring (center), and Kansas Senator Frank Carlson (right) at unknown venue. No print image; negative and digital only.
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Date
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1972-08
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Harry S. Truman and Harry Darby
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Description
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Senator Harry Darby (left), person in the center is unknown, and President Harry S. Truman (right) in unknown venue.
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Date
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1972-08
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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SC41 Robert T. Van Horn Compilation Finding Aid
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Description
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Robert Thompson Van Horn, 1824-1916, was an early Kansas City leader. He was a newspaper man, mayor, congressman, and civic leader. This collection of one box and 13 folders primarily contains photocopied articles or secondary material concerning Van Horn which appeared in the newspaper, books, magazines, etc.
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC35-4 Autograph Book Finding Aid
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Description
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This 89-page book of autographs does not contain the owner or compiler's name. The 244 signatures appear to have been gathered during 1867-1868. With each name is a state, and because the name of Schulyer Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, appears, it is presumed the names included are United States congressional figures of the time.
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Date
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1867/1868
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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What's Happened in the 5th
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Description
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Interview of "retired financier, Solomon Wise," about the election race for national Missouri representatives from Kansas City, between John Carnes and Alan Wheat, with photos and comparisons to the situation in 1948 during long-time representative Richard Bolling's election to the position.
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Date
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1982-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Faces of the Past
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Description
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Photo and biographical sketch of former federal representative of Missouri Richard Bolling, serving 24 years in Congress starting in 1948, visiting Kansas City occasionally in his semi-retirement for academic purposes.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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First Vehicle Crosses Bond Bridge
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Description
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On September 27, 2010, Brad Regehr and his wife Wanda were the first to cross the new Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Bond Bridge) that replaces the Paseo Bridge. "More than 700 community leaders, politicians, engineers and contractors packed onto the bridge Monday to dedicate the span to Bond, the Republican U.S. senator who secured $50 million for the project and is leaving office after this term." The Paseo Bridge, which opened in August 1954, "will be taken down in pieces before October 2011." The Bond Bridge will be fully open by the end of 2010, six months ahead of schedule. A sidebar, "Bond Bridge: By the Numbers," gives these statistics: 40 lighted cables; $245 million for the bridge and wider interstate; the diamond-shaped supporting tower, 316 feet high; the longest cable, 540 feet; length, 1700 feet; 100,000 vehicles expected to travel the bridge daily.
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Date
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2010-09-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dick Bolling: Kansas City Power in the House
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Description
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Biographical article about national representative from Missouri Richard "Dick" Bolling, or Richard Bolling, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives and known for his blunt but effective manner, with photos.
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Date
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1981-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Thomas Hart Benton (Senator)
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Description
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Short biography of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858).
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Senator Lewis F. Linn and the Oregon Question
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Description
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Article about Senator Lewis Linn (1795-1843), one of the most active promoters of "the American expansionist compulsion" (along with Representative John Floyd of Virginia in the 1820s) from 1837 until his death in 1843. Linn was a native of Kentucky who lived and died in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Included are portraits of Linn, Senator Thomas Hart Benton, Henry Dodge, George McDuffie, Caleb Cushing, and Jesse Applegate. Linn was influenced by Thomas Hart Benton in his "Oregon fever" to settle the far West, and he became known as "the father of Oregon." His guardian as a child was Henry Dodge. Linn worked on the interests of early Missouri but had a special interest in Oregon and he established a bill in 1838 "to establish the Oregon Territory west of the Rocky Mountains and north of latitute 42 [degrees]" to ensure its protection as U.S. territory versus British territory--in opposition to Senator George McDuffie.
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Date
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1971-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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