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Title: Negro Librarian at Lincoln High
Description: Vertical file containing a biographical article about Miss Mildred Kimbrough, newly appointed head librarian at the "Lincoln high school branch library," succeeding Miss Priscilla Burd, "white, who for 15 years has headed the Negro library." Kimbrough was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Kansas City before becoming a librarian in Springfield, Missouri and then in Kansas City starting in 1936. Her assistant was Miss Capitola Jones, "in charge of the children's room."
Date: 1941-01-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Obituary for Miss Maurine Fairweather
Description: Obituary for Miss Maurine Fairweather, a librarian at the Westport High School library, dying on March 8, 1973.
Date: 1973-03-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Life Begets Life At Northeast's Library
Description: Feature on the North-East branch of the Kansas City Public Library and in particular the new children's librarian, Steven Knapp. Includes his picture as well as branch manager Claudia Visnich.
Date: 2005-10-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Father of Miss Capitola Jones Dies in Topeka
Description: Vertical file containing an obituary for John Paul Jones, a Kansas City lawyer dying at the age of 96 on March 7, 1952. Jones was born in a log cabin "of slave parentage" and "was licensed to practiced [law] in the state of Illinois" in 1888. He came to Kansas City as "the first Negro to become licensed to practice [law] in the state of Missouri" and in 1939 became "the first Negro" to be admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. He also published a political magazine called the "Paul Jones Magazine" for several years. One of his surviving daughters, Miss Capitolia Jones, "children's librarian at the Lincoln branch library" of the Kansas City Public Library.
Date: 1952-03-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Painting Honors Beloved Librarian
Description: Article describes dedication of painting of Irene Ruiz at Irene H. Ruiz Biblioteca de las Americas on August 4, 2006.
Date: 2006-08-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Local Libraries Offer Up Much More than Books
Description: Article describes various initiatives by Kansas City-area public libraries to introduce new technologies and diversified programming in order to attract patrons and remain relevant in an age when book circulation is declining. One new technology spotlighted is the Expresso Book Machine at the Mid-Continent Public Library's Woodneath Branch, which prints and binds self-published manuscripts. The Kansas City (MO) Public Library system provides a wide range of programs, such as lectures, films, exhibits and theatrical productions, to attract new patrons to its locations. Likewise, the Cass County Public Library has placed a greater emphasis on its public programming and community outreach.
Date: 2014-02-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: One for the Books
Description: Article profiling 102-year old Martha Smith who in 1926 took a job at the Coal Creek Library in Vinland, Kansas, and 82 years later, still comes to work there. The Coal Creek Library was founded in 1859 and is "now the oldest continuous library in Kansas."
Date: 2008-08-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Collection on the Move
Description: Article summarizes the movement of materials belonging to the Marr Sound Archives from their current location to the automated storage and retrieval system added to the Miller Nichols Library in 2011. Plans for assigning each of its thousands of records and other items a digital identity and preserving them for the future are detailed. Chuck Haddix, director of the Marr Sound Archives, and Stuart Hinds, director of the Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections, are interviewed and describe the project. A brief history of the collection is provided.
Date: 2014-02-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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