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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Robert Greenlease, Sr., "proprietor of the business conducted under the name of the Central Automobile & Livery Company," born "near Slater, Saline county, Missouri, August 25, 1882," and coming to Kansas City in 1897, becoming a mechanic and founding his own company in 1903, "the Greenlease Automobile Company" at 217 East 15th Street, moving in 1904 to 1221 McGee Street and later to 1316-1318 East 15th Street as "one of the leading automobile dealers in Kansas City."
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial Souvenir Program
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Description
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History of the Greenlease Motor Company, founded in 1909 by Robert Greenlease, Sr., "forty-two years a Cadillac dealer," coming to Kansas City about the turn of the century "[f]rom a farm near Slater, Mo.," starting out as an automobile designer, "buil[ding] what was probably the first automobile in Kansas City, the Kansas City Hummer," with "a mechanic named Pearl D. Karshner," also driving in early automobile racing.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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Photo and bio of Robert Greenlease, Sr., president of the Greenlease Motor Car Company, born in Saline County, Kansas, in 1882 and becoming an early automobile mechanic as a youth in Kansas City about 1901 and producing the Kansas City Hummer automobile at his factory at 217 East 15th Street. Description of his sales career starting in 1903 and headquartered at 29th and McGee Streets starting in 1918 and at 14th and Baltimore Avenues, residing at 2920 Verona Road.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Who's Who in Kansas City
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Description
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Portraits and biographical article about Robert Cosgrove Greenlease, Sr., "owner [of the] Greenlease Motor Company." He was born in Saline County, Missouri, in 1882 and came to Kansas City about 1895, becoming an automobile pioneer by 1903 with P. D. Karshner here, "the two building a car called 'The Kansas City Hummer.'"
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Date
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1922-11-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Compilation: Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. Kidnam/Murder Case
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Description
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Three volume compilation of Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star newspaper clippings related to the Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. kidnapping and murder. The individual volumes are labeled: Volume I, September 29-October 31, 1953; Volume II, November 2-December 31, 1953; Volume III, January 8, 1954-Present [2003].
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Date
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1953/2003
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Original Kansas City Hummer Vehicle
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Description
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Postcard image and short article about the Greenlease Motor Car Company--the "Oldest Motor Car Establishment in Kansas City"-- located from 29th St. to 30th St. between McGee Trafficway and Gillham Road. The company was founded by Robert Greenlease Sr. and Pearl Karshner in 1903 and eventually expanded to include dealerships throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas.
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Date
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2008-04-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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From Cadillacs to Condos
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Description
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Article details the conversion of the Robert C. Greenlease Cadillac dealership into 29 condominiums, part of an overall development known as The Founders at Union Hill. The Greenlease dealership was built in 1918 near the intersection of Gillham Road and McGee Street.
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Date
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2005-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Feature X
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Description
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Story about the kidnaping and murder of Bobby Greenlease, Jr., son of wealthy Kansas Citian Robert Greenlease, Sr., with religious overtones.
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Date
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1953-11-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The News That Shocked a Nation
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Description
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Article about the kidnaping and murder of Bobby Greenlease, a 6-year-old son of "Robert C. Greenlease, a 71-year-old millionaire" of Kansas City, with many photos and description of the crime by Carl Hall and his accomplice Bonnie Heady as "one of the foulest murders since the death of young Charles Lindbergh."
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Date
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1953-10-19
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
