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Title
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New Deal
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Description
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Information on the New Deal plan designed to stimulate employment and the economy during the Great Depression of the 1930s, including parts on the Relief Program, Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, and Works Projects Administration. Listings of various WPA projects done in Kansas City and this area are included in the clippings found in this file.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Central Industrial District Homes
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms which shows homes in a residential part of the area.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Twelfth Street Viaduct
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Description
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Black and white charcoal detailed sketch showing a portion of the Twelfth Street Viaduct and street with automobiles underneath. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Riverfront Area
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Description
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Untitled color drawing showing the riverfront area near what appears to be the 2nd Hannibal Bridge. View looking northwest with dock and riverboat in view. Signed: C. L. Budworth "34.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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City Market on Walnut at Fifth Street
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal sketch depicting the City Market as well as City Hall. Includes vehicles and people. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Side Tracks in Central Industrial District
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal sketch of train tracks and railroad car in the West Bottoms. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Factories and Homes
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Description
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Untitled color drawing depicting factories, homes and street, unidentified but presumed to be in the West Bottoms area. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Central Industrial District Factories
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms. Includes in view Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building, J. G. Peppard Seed Company building, elevated tracks, etc.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Trucks Beneath Bridge
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Description
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Untitled color drawing of trucks and cars beneath bridge or viaduct. Business along street identified as Admiral Hay Press Mfg. Company located at 1230 West 8th Street. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Central Industrial District Houses
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms with rooftops of poorer housing in view as well as a bridge in the background.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Twelfth Street Viaduct
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Description
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Untitled color drawing of the West Bottoms which includes the 12th Street Viaduct. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Railroad Tracks
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Description
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Untitled color drawing depicting railroad tracks in the West Bottoms, formerly known as the Central Industrial District. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building is part of the view. Signed: C. L. Budworth, '34.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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SC60 Claude L. Budworth Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Claude L. Budworth Collection consists of 11 charcoal and colored pencil drawings by Claude Budworth of industrial areas of Kansas City, including the West Bottoms (formerly known as the Central Industrial District), City Market, and the Missouri River. Most, if not all, of the drawings were completed as part of the federal Public Works of Art Project in 1934.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Kansas
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Description
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The New Deal sought to bring work to destitute workers and to aid in this, the Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933. In Kansas, the CCC helped in the prevention of soil erosion and in flood control which included building dams, cribbing, levees, and earth fills. By 1938, Kansas still had 15 camps. "There were white youth camps in Oberlin, Kingsdown, Marysville, Seneca, Valley Falls, Council Grove, Burlington, Farlington, and Neodesha; black youth camps at Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth, and Lawrence; white veteran camps at Ottawa and Kingman; and a black veteran camp at Marion." Article details some of the work and conditions at some of the camps. Includes photographs.
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Date
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2005
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
