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Title
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SC6 Kansas City Public Library Collection Preliminary Inventory
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Description
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These records include office correspondence, newspaper clippings, annual reports, photographs, architectural drawings, and other miscellaneous items and are divided into 10 series groups. These groups include: Series I-Reports; Series II-Office Files; Series III-MVSC files; Series IV-Photographs; Series V-Staff Association Records, 1916-74; Series VI-Children's Department Records; Series VII-Scrapbooks; Series VIII-Specifications and Inventories (Building, Equipment, and Furniture); Series IX-Architectural and Engineering Drawings, Main Library and 9th and Locust location; and Series X-Artifacts. The majority of the office records are for the transitional years between the library's location on Locust Street and the move to the new building on 12th Street. Richard Sealock was the library director for most of this time period. Found in SC 6-1 are library records for ca1976-to date.
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Date
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1910/1975
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC6-1 Kansas City Public Library Collection Preliminary Inventory
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Description
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Series groups with-in this collection include the following: Series 1 - Public Services; Series 2 - Administration; Series 3 - Human Resources; Series 4 - Marketing; Series 5 - Photographs; Series 6 - Special Collections; Series 7 - Special Events. Although dates overlap between SC6 and SC6-1, the bulk of this collection includes the 1980s forward and covers a part of Library Director Harold Jenkins years and the directorship of Dan Bradbury (1983-2002). Sources contained within this collection include reports, correspondence, photographs, minutes, newspaper clippings, publicity items, documents, annual reports, and various other types of material. The collection is designed to be added to as materials come into Special Collections in the near future. Earlier Library Records may be found in SC 6.
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Date
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1980/
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
