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Title: Military Musicale at Mrs. B.T. Whipple's Residence
Description: Exterior view of uniformed soldiers with guns lined up marching in formation in a backyard of a residence. Location for photograph was apparently at the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple, 4538 Warwick Boulevard, where a military musical sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR was held on June 9, 1917. It was to benefit Battery D who later became Battery A. Onlookers are included in the view. The cadet corp from Westport High School performed at event.
Date: 1917-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Portrait identified as Capt. J. H. Brady in World War I uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Postcard portrait of Frank J. Bliss in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Related Pose
Description: Snapshot, full body view of an unidentified man in unidentified location. Part of SC7, Series V, Gold Star League Papers (World War I related).
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Snapshot of World War I soldier R. H. Rhamey posed on lawn in unidentified location.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Portrait
Description: Portrait of an unidentified young man in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gilbert L. Worley, Jr.
Description: Portrait of Lt. Gilbert L. Worley, Jr., a flyer in the United States Army. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, April 12, 1920. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and from Kansas University in 1941 where he started his flying courses. His training was completed at Ong Field and he was qualified as a navigator and ground school instructor. In 1942 he completed his training to become an Army flyer. He was killed in an airplane accident on a flight to Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 15, 1943.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC15-9 Dixon and Jordan Family Papers Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains close to 40 Civil War letters written between the Dixon family with some related Jordan family letters. Most were written by men in the family who were soldiers in the Union Army primarily in Company K, 47th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers as well as a few letters from Company E, 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. The Lemuel Dixon family was residing in Stark County, Illinois, during this war-time period. Letters contain news pertaining to the soldier's health as well as other soldiers from the same community back home, camp conditions, troop movements, hospital conditions, politics, and the Rebels.
Date: 1840/1898~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Request for Information about Pvt. Wayne Miner, 1894-1918
Description: Article requests information about the "descendants/relatives of Pvt. Wayne Miner who was killed in action and is a hero of World War I." The article gives a brief history of Miner and information about his family. Members of the American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149 and Congressman Cleaver are requesting the United State Army to promote him to sargeant and award him the Distinguished Service Cross.
Date: 2011-06-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Biography of Lafayette A. Tillman (1859-1914), Barber, Soldier, and Policeman
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: Buffalo Soldier Figure Dies at 92
Description: Obituary for James Grant Madison, the first president of the Kansas City-Leavenworth area chapter of the National 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association, an organization dedicated to promoting the history of the Buffalo Soldiers. Details of Madison's service as a Buffalo Soldier in the 10th Cavalry are provided.
Date: 2015-03-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Soldiers Get Overdue Salute
Description: A monument was recently erected in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery honoring 62 Union soldiers who died protecting Fort Larned, Kansas, during the Civil War. A volunteer at Ft. Larned, Janice Seymore, led the effort to memoralize the soldiers.
Date: 2009-09-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Missouri State Guard
Description: A section of this book contains information on the Missouri State Guard active during the Civil War. It includes information on the volunteer militia, volunteers and guerrillas, military suppliers, insignia, and arms and equipage. Cover of the book states, "this book examines the variety of uniforms worn in the first half of the war by militia and volunteers from the divided border states of Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland..." Includes three pages of color illustrations of uniforms worn by the Missouri Volunteer Militia, the Missouri State Guard, and Missouri guerrillas.
Date: 2008
Object Type: Book Section

Title: SC68 Gold Star Mothers Legion Scrapbook Finding Aid
Description: The Gold Star Mothers of Kansas City began in 1945 when Mrs. Myra Willock first called together a group of 10 mothers after her son lost his life in World War II. Initially they met to encourage and comfort each other, but after the war they volunteered their time for veteran needs in hospitals. The scrapbook features the lives of 37 men from Kansas City or the immediate area, who except for one, were killed during World War II. The death dates cover from September 24, 1942, to October 20, 1952, a ten-year period. Each man's page contains a short history of his life, including his school and military history as well as his military honors and his place of burial. Also included are 32 photographs, mostly military portraits as well as a few snapshots. Many entries include poetry written by war mothers.
Date: 1942/1952
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Recruitement and Fighting in the Civil War
Description: This Black History Month article discusses the recruitment and presence of black troops during the American Civil War. The article describes the initial hesitation by President Lincoln and his administration to allow these black volunteers, who "thronged the recruiting stations," to participate.
Date: 2011-02-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Portrait of 2nd Lt. L. F. Brown in World War I uniform. Listed at 2913 Bales Avenue.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: On the Road to Dixie: a Missouri Confederate's Review of the Civil War at its Midpoint.
Description: Article tells the story of Edward Herndon Scott, a schoolteacher from Platte County, Missouri who enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861.
Date: 2002-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: African American Soldiers in the Border War
Description: Part one is a series about the role of black troops in the border wars fought along the Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas borders. This installment focuses on the political obstacles and controversy surrounding the formation of African American units.
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine Article

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