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Title
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Walter Cronkite
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Description
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Information about nationally famous television journalist Walter Cronkite who was born in Saint Joseph and raised in Kansas City, with photos and recollections of 1930s Kansas City, etc.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
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Date
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1877/2014
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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'The Most Trusted Man in America' Dies
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Description
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In-depth obituary article about Walter Cronkite who died July 17, 2009, at the age of 92. Cronkite, an anchor of the "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1891, was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, spent his first 10 years in Kansas City before moving to Texas. He returned to Kansas City in 1936 to work with KCMO radio "as the station's entire news and sports department." He and his wife, Betsy Maxwell, were married in 1940 at Kansas City's Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. Former mayor Kay Barnes and Cronkite were first cousins. Their fathers were brothers.
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Date
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2009-07-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Favorite Father Figure Finds 'Show-Me' Healthy
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Description
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Biographical article about Walter Cronkite, anchor of the national CBS Nightly News television show, born in Saint Joseph and raised in Kansas City, describing his career and opinions on local journalism, with photo.
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Date
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1978-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Forty Minutes with "America's Old Shoe": Walter Cronkite
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Description
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Interview, with commentary by the author, of Walter Cronkite, "one of the most impressive men in the news broadcasting business." He was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1916, started work in Kansas City intermittently before starting with CBS-TV in 1950, eventually becoming the national television network's head news broadcaster and in 1972 voted "the most trusted public figure in the United States."
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Date
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1978-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
