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Title: Irwin Russell Kirkwood
Description: Newspaper clippings with photos and information on Irwin Russell Kirkwood, or Irwin Kirkwood (1878-1927), husband of Kansas City Star heir Laura Nelson Kirkwood and a trustee of the paper and realtor.
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Where These Rocky Bluffs Meet: Including the Story of the Kansas City Ten-Year Plan
Description: Photo and descriptions of Irwin Kirkwood, husband of Laura Kirkwood and son-in-law of William Rockhill Nelson "carr[ying] on The Star's fight for river navigation" after Nelson's death and engaged in the foundation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art before his death in 1927.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Book

Title: SC225 Kansas City Star Collection Finding Aid
Description: The Kansas City Star newspaper company was founded in 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel Morss. Nelson and his family went on to retain ownership of the company until their deaths in 1926 when ownership was bought by employees of the newspaper. Local stockholders owned the newspaper until 1977 when it was sold to corporate ownership. This collection, made up of a portion of the company’s records, documents the history of the newspaper and its founding family.
Date: 1829/2007
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Biography of Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926) and Irwin Russell Kirkwood (1878-1927), Newspaper Heiress and Newspaper Trustee
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography