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Title: Priests of Pallas
Description: Information about Priests of Pallas parade with a Greek theme held annually from 1887 to 1911 and from 1922 to 1924.
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Greeks
Description: Information on Greeks in the Kansas City area, including their local history as an ethnic group.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Louis Kartsonis
Description: Obituary for Louis Kartsonis, past president of the Naturalization Council of Kansas City, dying at the age of 85. Description of his career, receiving the Americanism Medal of the Elizabeth Benton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1963 and decorated by a former Greek king in recognition of his accomplishments in the United States and Greece.
Date: 1973-10-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Social Prospectus of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Athens along West 5th Street from Wyandotte to Bluff Streets, the "Greek colony" practically its own separate society.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Book

Title: Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present
Description: Biographical sketch of Michael Konomos, "Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson county," born in Greece in 1902 and emigrating to Kansas City about 1915.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Book

Title: Historical Overview of the Ethnic Communities in Kansas City
Description: Ethnic group living in a separate society starting in 1907, with the first immigrants entering work in railroads, shoe shining, and construction, and with residences around 5th and Wyandotte, etc.
Date: 1976
Object Type: Book