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Title: Waiting for Archie: The Adventures of a Therapy Dog
Description: A close-up look at Archie, a freckle-faced Brittany, and his role as a Therapy Dog with Kansas City organization Pets for Life that was founded in 1984 by husband and wife team William D. and Harriet M. Snyder. The article includes some history of the use of animals in therapy.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: History of the KU School of Nursing, 1906-2006
Description: Overview of the development of KU School of Nursing accompanied with short entries called "Remarkable Firsts, Significant Achievements, and Interesting Facts: KU School of Nursing."
Date: 2007
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: African Americans in Medicine
Description: Article about the founding of the Wheatley-Provident Hospital in 1908 by early black physician Dr. J. Edward Perry (or John Perry) with description of its history as an African American institution.
Date: 1997
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: African-Americans in Medicine: The Founding and History of Douglass Hospital
Description: Article about the history of Douglass Hospital, a black health care institution founded in 1899 by Dr. Solomon Thompson. Description of its founding location at 312 Washington Boulevard and subsequent locations in Kansas City, Kansas, and its closing in 1977 and razing in 1980.
Date: 1996
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Our Schools Must Be Open to All Classes of Citizens
Description: Article about blacks being denied admission to the medical school because of their race and Edward V. Williams's leadership in the cause for desegregation.
Date: 1996
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Criminal Aspects of the Pendergast Machine
Description: Detailed examination of the Kansas City political machine of Tom Pendergast (starting with his older brother James Pendergast), "one of the most powerful city machines in United States history," from "the 1880s until the 1950s," with illustrations.
Date: 1997-01
Object Type: Magazine Article