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Title
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Elmwood Cemetery
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Description
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Photo and article about the history of Elmwood Cemetery, established in 1872 as a private cemetery at 4900 Truman Road and with graves dating "as early as 1840," with landscaping designed by George Kessler. Includes interments of many famous Kansas Citians, such as Jacob and Ella Loose, Annie Chambers, Kersey Coates, Louis Hammerslough, eleven mayors, and George Nettleton, "who also played a major role in the railroads and contributed the Nettleton Home."
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Bess Truman
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Description
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Story of the extremity of change in gender roles during Bess Truman's lifetime, from 1884 to 1981.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Octave Chanute
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Octave Chanute (1832-1910), "builder of Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge," mentor to the Wright brothers in their invention of the airplane, and nationally prominent civil engineer also reponsible for the New York City Rapid Transit system.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The New Plan: Kansas City Northeast High School in the 1930s
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Description
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Photo and article about the "New Plan" of accelerated education at Northeast High School in the 1930s, including a junior college program, formally called the "Northeast Accelerated Junior College Experiment."
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
