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Title: Uncle Ben Majors Tells of His Father, a Hardy Pioneer Who Became Kansas City's First Millionaire
Description: Photos, illustrations, and biographical article about Ben Majors (Uncle Ben) and his father, Alexander Majors. Description of the life and career of 81-year-old Uncle Ben, born in Cass County, Missouri, in 1845 and brought to Kansas City in 1850, working in the freighting firm until becoming a storekeeper in Oklahoma about 1906. Description of the life and career of Alexander (1814-1900), "one of the founders of Kansas City" and prominent freighter in Westport starting about 1850.
Date: 1927-01-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Ewing M. Kauffman
Description: . ..Ewing M. Kauffman, chairman of Marion Laboratories, Inc., has become a billionaire.
Date: 1987-03-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Multimillionaire Kept Low Profile
Description: Article on Lamon Vernon Harkness, who lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1888 to 1891. Harkness inherited his wealth from his father, S.V. Harkness, who was a partner in Standard Oil. He was reported to be one of the wealthiest men in the United States, �??second only to Rockefeller.�?� Harkness built a mansion at 3125 Troost Avenue in an area called �??Millionaire�??s Row.�?� He did not stay in Kansas City long, leaving in 1891 to move to Kentucky.
Date: 1990-02-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Black History Month Feature: Sarah Rector--Kansas City's First Black Millionairess
Description: File containing photos and biographical article about Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford, or Sarah Rector (ca. 1901-1963 ca.), "the first black female millionaire to live in Kansas City," and her husband Kenneth Campbell, Sr., owner of "a Hupmobile agency on 19th and [Vine Streets]," with residences at 2000 East 12th Street (a mansion still standing) and later at 2440 Brooklyn Avenue and 2418 Campbell Street. Description of Sarah as a native of Oklahoma inheriting family oil money from the government and leasers (including Walt Disney) there before coming to Kansas City in 1916 as a millionairess, entertaining at her mansion "guests such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Joe Louis and fighter Jack Johnson."
Date: 1991-02-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas City Now Has 190 Millionaires
Description: Article about the new millionaires moving to Kansas City in the last 10-15 years, the nature of their wealth, and the inclusion of 20 women of the estimated total 190.
Date: 1955-06-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Wealthiest Kansas Citians
Description: At the time of this newspaper clipping, Mrs. R. Pryor Combs was probably Kansas City's richest woman. The richest man ever to live in Kansas City was L. V. Harknes, who lived here from 1888 to 1891. The richest resident of this century was R. A. Long, worth $32 million.
Date: 1959-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Charles Wheatley
Description: Biographical article about Charles Wheatley, a millionaire at the age of 78 in 1972.
Date: 1972-04-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: It Happened in Kansas City
Description: Short article about the "richest man ever to live in Kansas City," Lamon Harkness, or L. V. Harkness, residing in a brownstone mansion on Linwood Boulevard east of Troost Avenue. Upon his death in 1915 he left an estate of $150 million dollars, garnered from Standard Oil money.
Date: 1951-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: In Memory of Kansas City's 'Mr. Anonymous'
Description: Portrait and biographical about William Volker (1859-1947), a Kansas City millionaire and philanthropist "from his arrival here in 1882 until his death in 1947 at the age of 88."
Date: 1958-10-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Determined to Serve: The Story of Annie Malone
Description: Annie Malone, considered the first major black millionaire and philanthropist in the nation, made her fortune in the development and sales of hair care products and cosmetics. She created a company in St. Louis in 1902 called Poro Company, poro being a West African word meaning ''physical and spiritual growth.''
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

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