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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi
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Description
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Portrait of Mr. Aleshi.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Notes
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Description
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One paragraph about the "new spelling of the English language" developed by Nikolas Aleshi of Kansas City, "a much more radical change of spelling than that advocated by Roosevelt and other reformed spellers."
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Date
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1911-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Notes
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Description
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Brief description of the national spelling reform movement approved by President Theodore Roosevelt, highlighting Kansas City Italian immigrant Nikolas Aleshi's Virtuana System proposal. Explanation of his "niu speling eksperiment" of spelling English words more similarly to their phonetic spelling, or more closely to the way they sound.
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Date
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1910-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi Store
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Description
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Exterior view of the store, Iteli Deiri Kompani, owned by Nikoles Aleshi and the center of his Virtuana Language experiment. Includes a number of unidentified children in front.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi and Milk Deliveries
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Description
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Exterior street view of the Aleshi store at 312 Holmes Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Also includes Mr. Aleshi along side his Itali Dairi Kompani delivery milk wagon, with helpers.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi and His Store and Wagon
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Description
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Exterior view of Nikoles Aleshi and his Italy Dairy Company (Iteli Deiri Kompani) store and delivery wagon. Store was located at 312 Holmes Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi Store At 312 Holmes
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Description
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Interior view of store owned by Nikoles Aleshi, located at 312 Holmes Street in Kansas City, Missouri. View includes Mr. Aleshi behind counter.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi
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Description
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Portrait view of Nikoles Aleshi.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Woman and Dog
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Description
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Interior view of unidentified woman dressed in period costume and seated in chair in well furnished room. A dog is seated at her feet.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentified Woman and Dog
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Description
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Interior view of unidentified woman dressed in period costume seated in a well furnished room. A dog appears at her feet.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Classroom With Virtuana Alphabet
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Description
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Interior view of a classroom with the Virtuana Language "alfabet" on the blackboard and a photograph of Mr. Aleshi over the door.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC27 Nikoles Aleshi Virtuana Language Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Nicholas Aleshi came to Kansas City around 1900. He owned a dairy at 66th and Belinder and a grocery store at 312 Holmes. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, reports, business accounts, manuscripts, etc., of Nikoles Aleshi and his Virtuana Language System. Included are various items using the Virtuana language.
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Date
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1906/1977
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi and Store
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Description
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Exterior view of the store at 312 Holmes Street owned by Mr. Aleshi and where the Virtuana Language began. Mr. Aleshi may be standing in the doorway.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nikoles Aleshi and the Judiciary Committee
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Description
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Interior view of men identified on the back of photo as the Judiciary Committee and Nikoles Aleshi seated at a table. Includes photograph on wall of U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington. Names of men at table beside Aleshi include: Karl A. Nalund, Robert L. Rozzalle, Josef G. Lanser, Dominik Donnisi, and Josef P. God.
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Date
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1908~
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Object Type
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Photograph