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Title: Kansas City Crime Central
Description: This 232-page book details crimes and criminals in Kansas City area from Union Station Massacre and Bonnie and Clyde to the more recent Ali Kemp and Erica Gree (Precious Doe).
Date: 2010
Object Type: Book

Title: Nell Donnelly Reed (Mrs. James A.)
Description: Information about Nelly Don, the brand name of the Donnelly Garment Company, started by Nell Donnelly Reed in Kansas City.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: A New Day
Description: "The 41st Symphony Designers' Showhouse Takes Aim at The National Spotlight." Two-page spread explains a new emphasis for the Designers' Showhouse. Karen Mills, a radio show host, interior designer and the co-chair for the Designers' Showhouse this year, envisions Kansas City becoming a design mecca. The 41st showhouse at 5833 Ward Parkway once belonged to dressmaker Nelly Don. The showhouse will also welcome children this year. Previously children were not admitted.
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Nelly Don Affair
Description: Photos and article highlight a new documentary film and book about the life of Nell Donnelly Reed and the garment factory she established in the early 1900s. Terence O'Malley, a Kansas City lawyer and a great-great nephew of Nell Donnelly Reed, produced the film called ''Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time'' and companion book. Reed died in 1991 at the age of 102.
Date: 2006-05-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Snapshots of the Week
Date: 1935-03-22
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: ''A Stitch in Time'' Premieres Friday
Description: The story of dress manufacturer Nell Donnelly Reed is captured in a new book and documentary film produced by her great great nephew Terence Michael O'Malley. The film is entitled "Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time" and premiered May 12, 2006, at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. "Her factories are now trendy lofts (the Western Auto building) and offices (Corrigan Building) but once produced 5,000 dresses a day. The 12th of the 13 Quinlan children born to Irish immigrants in Parsons, Kan., Nell made her first million dollars by the age of 26."
Date: 2006-05-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Donnelly Garment Company Thanksgiving Party
Description: Group portrait of Donnelly Garment Company employees at company Thanksgiving party, November 18, 1938.
Date: 1938-11-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Outdoor Portrait of Women
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women at an unidentified park shelter. A woman holds a sign that reads "Wilson and Co. Plant Girls Picnic, 1920."
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of Donnelly Garment Company employess, identified as "Section 521," at company Christmas party.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Donnelly Garment Company Valentine Party
Description: Portrait of men and women in costume at company Valentine's Day party, February 8, 1929.
Date: 1929-02-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of costumed employees attending an event identified as "Inspectors Halloween Party."
Date: 1941-10-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Donnelly Garment Company Christmas Party
Description: Group portrait of uniformed employees holding gifts, Nell Donnelly Reed, and a person dressed as Santa Claus at a company Christmas party on the floor of a dressmaking plant.
Date: 1936-12-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of costumed employees at a company Halloween party.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of costumed employees at company Halloween party.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of employees in costume at company Hollywood Blowout party.
Date: 1933-12-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of men and women in wedding attire at company Valentine's Day party.
Date: 1929-02-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Men and Women in Wedding Costume
Description: Group portrait of men and women in wedding attire at company Valentine's Day party, February 8, 1929.
Date: 1929-02-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of uniformed employees, identified as Department 411, at a Donnelly Garment Company Christmas party, in dressmaking plant.
Date: 1933-12-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of employees at company Christmas party.
Date: 1933-12-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Group Portrait of Donnelly Garment Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of employees identified as instructors and floor girls at company Christmas party.
Date: 1938-12-22
Object Type: Photograph

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