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Title
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SC20 Guadalupe Center Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Established in 1919, the Guadalupe Center originally served as a settlement house and gathering place for the growing community of Mexican immigrants residing on the West Side of Kansas City. The center offered a variety of programs, including medical clinics, classes, music and dance groups, sports teams, and social clubs. The Guadalupe Center Collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, programs, histories, and records that document an early period of the organization’s activities.
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Date
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1918/1977
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Neighborhoods: The Northeast
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Description
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Highlights of attractions in the Northeast area of Kansas City including the city's oldest museum, The Kansas City Museum housed in the former R. A. Long mansion, ethnic restaurants like the Vietnamese Pho Hoa (1447 Independence Ave.), and Honduran food at Sabor Centro Americano (2661 Independence Ave.), and bakeries like Boulevard Bakery and Pastries (2815 Independence Ave.) and Elvira's Cakes (3838 Independence Ave.).
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Avenue Poised to be Region's International Marketplace
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Description
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Article reports on the growing number of ethnic businesses along Independence Avenue and the potential for the corridor to become "Kansas City's premier international marketplace for the region;" this according to a recent market study and consumer survey. The study points to crime and a negative perception of Independence Ave. as the main obstacles in the way of redeveloping the Northeast business district.
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Date
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2008-09-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Land of Big Dreams
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Description
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Article reports the increase in the Asian population occurring throughout the Kansas City area. Article includes brief biographical sketches of some outstanding Asian students and information on some of the cultural institutions in the metro. Statistical charts and graphs are included with the article.
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Date
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2011-02-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Agency Could Lose Funding
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Description
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The West Side social services agency Guadalupe Center may not be able to receive county funding because Genaro Ruiz, who recently took the position of associate director of operations at Guadalupe, is the husband of Theresa Garza Ruiz who serves on the Jackson County Legislature. "If that money is withheld, the total loss could approach $200,000."
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Date
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2011-01-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Inner Light of Neighborhoods: KCK's Ethnic Communities and the Churches They Built
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Description
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Article about the ethnic neighborhoods, largely Eastern European, in Kansas City, Kansas, especially Strawberry Hill, centering often around churches. Description of the following ethnic groups: Croatians, Russians, Poles, Serbians, Slovakians, Germans, Irish, Slovenians, Lithuanians, and Hungarians.
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Date
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1980-03-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
