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Title
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Kansas City Crime Central
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Description
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This 232-page book details crimes and criminals in Kansas City area from Union Station Massacre and Bonnie and Clyde to the more recent Ali Kemp and Erica Gree (Precious Doe).
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A New Day
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Description
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"The 41st Symphony Designers' Showhouse Takes Aim at The National Spotlight." Two-page spread explains a new emphasis for the Designers' Showhouse. Karen Mills, a radio show host, interior designer and the co-chair for the Designers' Showhouse this year, envisions Kansas City becoming a design mecca. The 41st showhouse at 5833 Ward Parkway once belonged to dressmaker Nelly Don. The showhouse will also welcome children this year. Previously children were not admitted.
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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''A Stitch in Time'' Premieres Friday
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Description
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The story of dress manufacturer Nell Donnelly Reed is captured in a new book and documentary film produced by her great great nephew Terence Michael O'Malley. The film is entitled "Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time" and premiered May 12, 2006, at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. "Her factories are now trendy lofts (the Western Auto building) and offices (Corrigan Building) but once produced 5,000 dresses a day. The 12th of the 13 Quinlan children born to Irish immigrants in Parsons, Kan., Nell made her first million dollars by the age of 26."
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Date
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2006-05-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Outdoor Portrait of Women
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Description
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Outdoor group portrait of men and women at an unidentified park shelter. A woman holds a sign that reads "Wilson and Co. Plant Girls Picnic, 1920."
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Date
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1920
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nell Donnelly Reed and Employees
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Description
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Group portrait of Nell Donnelly Reed and employees at Nelly Don Pioneers group luncheon in Reed's office.
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Date
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1937-06-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Get the Other Gang
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Description
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Story of the kidnapping and safe return of Nell Donnelly with the aid of a "North Side leader" associated with "Kansas City's recognized and organized underworld."
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Date
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1931-12-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Woman Seated at Desk
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Description
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Informal portrait of woman at desk, identified by writing on photo as Mrs. Reeves.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Whoa, Nelly
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Description
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Brief item describing a documentary entitled Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, created by Terence O'Malley, nephew of Nell Donnelly Reed. O'Malley published a companion biography of Reed in 2006, as well.
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Date
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2006-05-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Top 10 Women Who Changed Missouri
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Description
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Short biographical vignettes of ten women who influenced not only Missouri but the country, some the world. Women included are: Annie Turnbo Malone (1869-1957), one of first Black female millionaires; Susan Blow (1843-1916), creator of kindergartens; Gergy Cori (1896-1957), first woman to win a nobel prize in medicine; Helen Stephens (1918-1994), an Olympic gold medal winner; Annie White Baxter (1864-1944), first woman in the U.S. to ever be elected to the office of county clerk and 30 years before women received the right to vote; Jane Froman (1907-1980), overcame many obstacles to become one of the most beloved entertainers of her time; Edna Gellhorn (1878-1970), activist and civic leader; Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), author and literary legend; Nell Donnelly Reed (1889-1991), creator of stylish fashions for women; and Louise Stanley (1883-1954), mother of home economics.
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Date
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2012-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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See Inside Nelly Don's Home!
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Description
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Advertisement for the Kansas City Symphony Designers' Showhouse number 40, the former home of Nell Donnelly Reed, owner of the Nelly Don fashion business. Includes a short history of the house, located at 5236 Cherry, and picture of the outside.
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Date
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2009-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fashion's Famous: Nelly Don (Mrs. James A. Reed)
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Nell Donnelly Reed, or Nell Reed, wife of senator James A. Reed and founder of a clothing store and women's clothing line named after her own nickname, Nelly Don.
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Date
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1937-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
