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Title
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Prominent Kansas Citians
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Description
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File contains copies from Kansas City newspapers with pictures of "prominent Kansas Citians." Some are undated but most date from the 1920s and 1930s, although one item, "Growth Along All Lines is Marked," appears to be from the early 1900s.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Community Leader Remembered
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Description
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Article and obituary for John W. Uhlmann (64), a Jewish community leader. Uhlmann served as president of the Jewish Federation and Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. He was also chairman of the board of The Uhlmann Company, a family-owned grocery products firm.
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Date
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2009-08-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Civic leader Conrad Mann and others seated in a room.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Historian Receives Gold Award and Pin From President's Council
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Description
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Local historian and scholar, Joe Louis Mattox, received a Gold Award and gold service pin from the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Mattox has volunteered for several historical and cultural organizations in Kansas City and is a member of the Kansas City Landmarks Commission, Historic Kansas City Foundation, Mid-West Afro American Genealogical Interest Coalition, and other agencies.
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Date
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2008-07-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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John Latshaw, Civic Activist, Dies at 88
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Description
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Obituary for John Latshaw (88), a Kansas City stockbroker who served on the boards of dozens of non-profit organizations. Latshaw was a partner in Uhlmann and Latshaw, which merged in 1954 with E. F. Hutton and Co.
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Date
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2010-07-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Charles E. Curran, 'the Best in Philanthropy,' Dies at 84
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Description
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Kansas City civic leader and philanthropic pioneer Charles E. Curran died February 13, 2008, at the age of 84. Curran came to Kansas City in 1952 to work for city manager L. P. Cookingham and later became assistant city manager. During the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s he was vice president and later president of the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations, later known as the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. According to the article, he was credited with saving Kansas City public television in the 1970s. He was also on numerous boards in the community. He will be remembered as being "dedicated to establishing a city public hospital, helping to found Truman Medical Center" and for supporting early-childhood education.
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Date
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2008-02-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Booster of KC Region is Dead
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Description
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Jay Dillingham, local civic leader and former president of the Kansas City Stockyards (1948-1975), died at the age of 97 on August 13, 2007. Dillingham was born March 8, 1910, in Platte City, Missouri. In 1935 he married Frances Thompson, daughter of a founder of the American Royal. After graduating from the Kansas City School of Law in 1935, he went to work at the stockyards and became president in 1948. His legacy includes the growth and reputation of the American Royal, the city's expansion and the Platte County location of the airport, securing federal projects for the area including highway construction, etc.
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Date
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2007-08-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Community Mourns Loss of Leader
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Description
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Obituary for Ruthanne Harper (74), a longtime resident and advocate for Kansas City's historic Northeast Community. Harper was actively involved with the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood, Old Northeast Inc., the Kessler Society, and other local organizations. She was the founding chair of the Mayor's Kansas City Museum Advisory Board.
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Date
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2009-04-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Successful Real Estate Man
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Description
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Obituary for Allen Block (93), a realty executive who founded Block & Co., Inc. Realtors in 1940. A Kansas City native, Block entered the real estate business in 1936 with the Werby Realty & Investment Company; four years later he purchased the company. He was active in numerous organizations including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, National World War I Museum, American Royal, and National Conference of Christians and Jews.
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Date
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2009-02-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Making a Difference In Kansas City
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Description
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Series of profiles accompanied by color photographs: "Jewish Kansas Citians Strive To Make a Difference In The Community." Subjects are Henry Bloch, Arnie and Carol Caviar, Mary Davidson Cohen, Joe Hiersteiner, Tom Isenberg, Marcia Karbank, Aaron March, The Nerman Family, Tony and Marti Oppenheimer, Beth Smith, Josh Sosland, and Greg Wolf.
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Date
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2010-06-30
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
