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Title: Duels
Description: 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).
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Description: 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).
Date: 1923
Object Type: Book

Title: Harry S Truman with Senator Harry Darby
Description: Former President Harry S. Truman sits with Kansas Senator Harry Darby and a number of unidentified men.
Date: 1964-08-26
Object Type: Negative

Title: Harry Darby, Harry H. Woodring, and Frank Carlson
Description: 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.
Date: 1972-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Harry S. Truman and Harry Darby
Description: Senator Harry Darby (left), person in the center is unknown, and President Harry S. Truman (right) in unknown venue.
Date: 1972-08
Object Type: Negative

Title: Richard Bolling
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Richard Bolling. Bolling was the Congressional Representative from the 5th District from 1948 through 1972. The Richard Bolling Federal Building on 12th Street was named after him.
Date: 1967-09-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC41 Robert T. Van Horn Compilation Finding Aid
Description: 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.
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC35-4 Autograph Book Finding Aid
Description: 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.
Date: 1867/1868
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Biography of Robert Van Horn (1824-1916), Newspaperman and Civic Leader
Date: 2003
Object Type: Biography

Title: From City Hall to Congress, Cleaver Delivers for KC
Description: Article in series "Catalysts," marking 25th anniversary of Kansas City Business Journal, discusses contributions of the Rev. Emanuel Clever during his tenure as mayor and his current congressional term.
Date: 2007-09-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Biography of Harold Holliday Sr. (1918-1985), Lawyer, Legislator, and Civil Rights Activist
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: Biography of Phillip Curls (1942-2007), Legislator and Political Activist
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: Biography of Leon Jordan (1905-1970), Political Leader and Co-Founder of Freedom, Inc.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: Richard Bolling
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Richard Bolling. Bolling was the Congressional Representative from the 5th District from 1948 through 1972. The Richard Bolling Federal Building on 12th Street was named after him.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: What's Happened in the 5th
Description: 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.
Date: 1982-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Faces of the Past
Description: 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.
Date: 1991-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: First Vehicle Crosses Bond Bridge
Description: 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.
Date: 2010-09-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Thomas Hart Benton (Senator)
Description: Short biography of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858).
Date: 1999
Object Type: Book Section

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