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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Navy Readies a Missouri Namesake
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Description
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The name, USS Missouri, "will live on, assigned to a $2 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine now being welded together in Groton, Conn." The original USS Missouri was the "mighty battleship on which the Japanese formally surrendered to end World War II" and is now a museum at Pearl Harbor. This is the fifth vessel to bear the USS Missouri name. Includes a sidebar with USS Missouri stats, earlier ships named Missouri, and How You Can Participate.
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Date
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2009-04-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Last Battleship: USS Missouri
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Description
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Article about the history of the "world's last battleship," the U. S. S. Missouri, the site of the surrender of Japan to the United States in World War II and later a "cold war icon," with photos.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
