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Title
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About Town
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Description
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Description of the speech rostrum co-designed by Clarence Mook ("then auditorium building superintendent") for the October 13, 1936 Municipal Auditorium dedication speech by President Franklin Roosevelt. Designed specially for the president's wheelchair but later lost.
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Date
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1969-01-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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In a Wild Greeting
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Description
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Photos and description of the capacity crowd speech at the auditorium by President Roosevelt about Depression youth programs.
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Date
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1936-10-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Roosevelt Today
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Description
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Description with map of the route through the city of President Roosevelt's "party," on his visit to the city for a speech at Municipal Auditorium.
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Date
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1936-10-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Municipal Auditorium
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Description
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Interior view of the arena in Municipal Auditorium packed with people. Identified on photograph as: "President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speech at the new Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, October 13, 1936." President Roosevelt may be standing at the podium.
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Date
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1936-10-13
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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President to Be Here
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Description
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Biographical article about the arrival of President Franklin Roosevelt via "special train" to Kansas City from Saint Louis on the way to the Pacific Coast, with no plans however to leave the train car for a public appearance.
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Date
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1935-09-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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James Roosevelt
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Description
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U.S. Congressman James (Jimmy) Roosevelt using telephone. Roosevelt was the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Description
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt with microphone in hand and surrounded by crowd. May be at dedication of Municipal Auditorium, October 13, 1936.
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Date
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1936-10-13
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Nurses by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Image
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Description
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Unidentified interior view which features two young women in uniform with patches on their sleeves that say "cadet nurses." Both are standing by a floral setting or possible memorial which features an enlarged photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about President Franklin D. Roosevelt and “Tommy Wommy” Pendergast’s insistence on standing by the president, as well as other local leaders such as Truman and Shannon’s diplomatic efforts with the federal government. Portraits of of FDR and Pendergast are included. Other featured articles include: “Little Merchants” (p. 2), about children employed to sell magazines being exempt from state child labor laws; “President’s Birthday Funds (p. 2) mentions a fundraiser that benefits research into infantile paralysis chosen by Roosevelt, as well as numerous local children’s healthcare organizations, including Children’s Mercy Hospital; “Mr. Truman Makes an Effort” (p. 3), a photo and biographical article about Harry Truman, U.S. senator from Missouri, and his legal bill designed to "end county inefficiency" and description of his past problems in enforcing Jackson county budgets as "presiding judge of the county court"; “Whitewash” (p. 3), including a photograph of city manager Henry McElroy, describing instances where he, Pendergast, and others have made statements or donations to “whitewash” budget scandals and other issues; “May We Present Rossiter Howard” (p. 5), photo and biographical article about Rossiter Howard, director of the Kansas City Art Institute and a native of New Jersey with residence on East 47th Street; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the Bond Advisory Committee of the Ten-Year Plan, made up of prominent Kansas Citians including R. Crosby Kemper and J. E. Woodmansee, and chaired by Conrad H. Mann. Other featured articles include: “The Sport of Kings” (p. 2), about the Riverside horse racing track and the machine-controlled gambling that takes place there; “Will They Be Able to Silence Mr. Bash?” (p. 3), a photo and article about Thomas Bash, "shooting sheriff" of Jackson County testifying in trial about the shooting regarding Charles Gargotta, including speculations about his reasons for testifying against the Pendergast machine despite its offers made to him to keep quiet; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-06-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, discussing the difficulty of accessing city records for citizens or reporters. Other featured articles include: “Snapshots” (p. 1), with quick items that include Nell Donnelly Reed having been rated fourth in a list of the most prominent business women in the country; “Seven Eleven” (p. 3), about a wave of new "gambling salons" in the city including "The Rialto" at 12 East 39th Street, "the Lido" at the northwest corner of 39th and Main Streets, and another at 3925 Main Street, "the third of the casinos in this outlying business district"; “Medical Doctor” (p. 3), photo and biographical article about Dr. D. M. Nigro, "[p]erhaps the most widely known doctor in the Pendergast organization" as "director of children's diseases" for the city and former "doctor for the boxing commission, for the Kansas City Blues and the ice hockey club"; and “May We Present Dorothy Gallagher” (p. 5), a photo and biographical article about Dorothy Gallagher, founder of the Guadalupe Center with a new "Spanish Colonial building" designed by architect E. G. Rainey under construction, including a description of her life and career, raised in Kansas City and starting clinic work "in the midst of the Mexican colony which had formed about Our Lady of Guadalupe Church" on West 23rd Street in the 1920s; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, letters to the editor, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-03-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Tom Pendergast
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Description
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Chapter discusses Tom Pendergast's relationship with the Roosevelt administration. Initially, relations were cordial as Pendergast supported Roosevelt's bid for the presidency. Roosevelt aide Jim Farley did numerous favors for Pendergast. After the election of 1936, however, and Governor Stark's attacks on The Kansas City Machine, "Roosevelt grew militantly anti-Pendergast."
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Book Section
