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Title
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Anthrax Scare Proves Cautionary So Far
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Description
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Photo (of the "Haz-Mat fire station on Truman Road") and article about the high volume of calls and other alerts dealt with by the Kansas City Fire Department's Hazardous Materials division and the Kansas City Health Department, related to "threats of Anthrax [sic]" in the wake of recent national terrorist activities.
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Date
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2001-10-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Scientist in Laboratory
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Description
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Unidentified Kansas City Health Department scientist conducting tests for an industrial hygiene program.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Abraham Gelperin
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Abraham Gelperin, noted as Director of Health Department.
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Date
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1959
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Outpatient Services
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Description
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Exterior view showing medical intern leaving a house and going toward a Health Department car. Captioned on the back of the photograph: "Health Dept. interne on sick call." Photograph appears in the City Manager's annual report, 1941, p. 45, MVSC Q 092.52 K16 1940-48 and is captioned: "Internes made over 9,000 sick calls during year."
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Date
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1941~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tuberculosis Clearing Center
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Description
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Interior view of an office area with a group of women seated and working. Identified on the back of the photograph as "T.B. Clearing Center, Health Dept." Two large maps of Kansas City can been seen on the wall and the workers include African American women. Exact location not given.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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P34-1 Kansas City Health Care Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This photograph collection contains 198 black and white photographs taken in the 1940s-1950s. The images are of health care facilities and services maintained by the Kansas City Health Department. Includes General Hospital Nos. 1 and 2, the TB Hospital in the Leeds area, nursing program, etc. The collection was acquired from the Kansas City Landmarks Commission.
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Date
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1940~/1959~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
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Description
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View facing southwest of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Building at 1423-1425 Linwood Boulevard in the Ivanhoe Residential District. When this image was captured, the building housed the Kansas City Health Center, operated by the Kansas City Health Department.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Health Department
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Description
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Article discusses charges of racial and sexual discrimination in Kansas City Health Department and the Department's attempts to promote understanding of diversity.
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Date
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2001-12-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dying for Dollars
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Description
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Discusses problems in handling funds targeted for agencies assisting people afflicted with AIDS.
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Date
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2000-11-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a photo and article, continued on page 8, about "Dr. Schorer," a 54-year old pediatric physician appointed by Henry McElroy as the city's Director of Health, born in Wisconsin in 1881 and coming to Kansas City in 1913. Other featured articles include: “Politics and Hogs” (p. 2), about local hotels and restaurants selling their garbage to be used as hog feed and interference by the Kansas City Collection Company; “’S Not ‘N Eagle—‘S ‘N Owl” (p. 3), about of Conrad Mann, Chief beneficiary from membership drives by the Eages" club, or the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Kansas City, in an article about the club's drive to add 3,000 members from the Pendergast machine, including a photo of Mann; “May We Present M. K. P.” (p. 5), a photo and biographical article about Minna Kennedy Powell, or Minna Powell, an art and music critic for the Kansas City Star since 1914 writing under her initials, "M. K. P."; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-04-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, discussing aspects of democracy and good government, and suggesting problems and solutions for clean elections. Other featured articles include: "Health and Politics" (pp. 2 & 3), a report on the recommendations of the 'Health and Hospital Survey' of 1930 for Kansas City, with various information about health care deficiencies and statistics, including "a wing for Negroes" left uncompleted "at the tuberculosis hospital at Leeds" and a death rate of Kansas City being higher (12.25) than New York City (10.23); "FERA's Education for All Ages"(p. 2) about an adult education program with subjects including bookkeeping and public speaking, and with young mothers and students still learning English among its students; "Glenn Did Not Choose to Run" (p. 2), about Glenn Cunningham, a University of Kansas track star and Olympic athlete, meeting a group of men leaving Union Station for Civilian Conservation Corps jobs; "Piecemeal Changes" (p. 3), about state management of federal relief funds and a potential consolidation of social welfare and penal boards; "Within the Beautiful State House" (pp. 3 & 4), about the new speaker of the state house and committee nominations and Governor Guy Park’s and Pendergast’s influence in the decision, including a portrait sketch of Governor Parks; "To You Who Would Make Changes" (p. 4), encouraging readers to work against the Pendergast machine rather than just complain about it; “20,000 Men and Women” (p. 4), discussing the large youth vote “not bound to either of the old political parties”; and "May We Present Edwin Terry Brigham" (p. 5), a photograph and biographical article about the superintendent of the Helping Hand Institute; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the high number of night clubs in Kansas City (“more … per capita than in any other city in the United States”) and their status as jazz music venues as well as fire hazards, and including photos of Dante's Inferno, the Harlem Nite Club, the Red & Dutch club, the Hey-Hay Club, the Wiggle Inn, the King Kong, the Dump, and the DeLuxe Night Club, etc., with brief descriptions of others including the Sportsman Club and the Chesterfield Club. Other featured articles include: “One Place the Machine Failed” (p. 2), photo and article about C. Whit Pfeiffer, "secretary of the charity bureau" and "[p]erhaps the man most responsible for the high level that relief work has been carried on in Kansas City and Jackson county," and describing lack of influence by the Pendergast machine in the favorable "distribution of Federal Emergency Relief Administrations funds" to Kansas City during the Great Depression; “May We Present Henry D. Ashley” (p. 5), portrait and biographical article about Henry Ashley, a prominent local lawyer and former "president of the Park Board," as well as co-founder of the "Country Day School" with A. Ross Hill and facilitator of the location of the Kansas City Art Institute on "A. R. Meyer's estate"; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, letters to the editor, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-03-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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City's First Black Postmaster, Health Inspector Leaves Impressionable Mark on Community
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Description
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Article profiles the lives and careers of Tisha and Chester Starks, prominent members of the Kansas City Black community during the 1930s and 1940s. Tisha Starks' career with the U.S. Postal Service is described. Details regarding Chester Starks' career with the Kansas City Health Department are also provided.
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Date
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2013-02-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
