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Title: William E. Benson
Description: Formal portrait of William E. Benson, former secretary of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "W. E. BENSON, Secy Board 1891-1908." Portrait sustains some damage. Date and photographer unknown.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carolyn F. Fuller
Description: Formal portrait of Carolyn F. Fuller, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "CAROLYN F. FULLER/BOARD MEMBER 1922-1934." Handwritten at bottom on the back in blue ink, "Carolyn Farwell Fuller." Date and photographer unknown.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Directors, Officers, and Superintendent, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description: "As organized April 5, 1934." Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education, officers, and superintendent. Allendoerfer, C. W., Treasurer; Dorsey, Mrs. Frank E.; Mehornay, R. L.; Melcher, George, Superintendent; Meservey, Edwin C., President; Moore, Annette, Vice President; Sutherland, Wallace; Tinker, George C., Secretary- Business Manager; Thompson, A. O.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wallace A. Armour, M.D.
Description: Formal portrait of Dr. Wallace A. Armour, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "W. A. ARMOUR, MD, BOARD MEMBER 1918-1924."
Date: 1924
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James E. Nugent
Description: Formal portrait of James E. Nugent, member and president of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "JAMES E NUGENT/BOARD MEMBER 1916-1928/PRESIDENT 1926."
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. Scott Harrison
Description: Formal portrait of J. Scott Harrison, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J SCOTT HARRISON/BOARD MEMBER 1896-1914."
Date: 1914
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William T. Bland
Description: Formal portrait of William T. Bland, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "WM T BLAND/BOARD MEMBER 1912-1918."
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City School District Board of Education Members
Description: Group photo of the members of the Kansas City School Board seen seated around a table. From left to right: John M. Gregory, Homer Wadsworth, Mrs. Henry Eager, Amos Burks(?, Board Secretary), Roland B. Hewitt (President), Harry C. Clark (Vice President), and Mrs. Ellsworth Haas.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. Roy Smith
Description: Formal portrait of J. Roy Smith, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J ROY SMITH/BOARD MEMBER 1928-1934." Photographer and date unknown.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William E. Benson
Description: Unframed (17.5" x 22") brown tone photograph portrait of William E. Benson. Inscription on back reads: "W. E. Benson, Secretary Board (school), 1891-1908."
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Gardiner Lathrop
Description: Formal portrait of Gardiner Lathrop, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "LATHROP SCHOOL;" school is crossed through in pencil and "Gardiner 1881-93 1899-1904/Board Member" is handwritten on the label.
Date: 1904~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William A. Knotts
Description: Formal portrait of William A. Knotts, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "WM A KNOTTS/BOARD MEMBER 1916-1922." Also on the back is a stamped copyright notice by the Strauss-Peyton Studios.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Directors, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City school board. Armour, Dr. W. A; Fuller, Mrs. Carolyn Farwell; Nichols, J. C.; Nugent, Jas. E.; Pinkerton, D. M.; Volker, William.
Date: 1922-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Directors, Officers, and Superintendent, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description: "As organized April 5, 1928." Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education, officers, and superintendent. Allendoerger, C. W., Treasurer; Baird, Charles; Fuller, Carolyn Farwell; Jackson, J. B., Secretary; Melcher, George, Superintendent; Meservey, Edwin C., President; Moore, Annette; Smith, Bryce B., Vice President; Smith, J. Roy.
Date: 1928-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James B. Jackson, Jr.
Description: Formal portrait of James B. Jackson, secretary of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "JAMES B JACKSON/BOARD SECRETARY/1909-1928."
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Biography of John F. Ramos, Jr. (1920-1970), Physician and School Board Member
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: 26 Schools Will Close
Description: On March 10, 2010, the Kansas City school board voted 5-4 to close 26 schools as recommended by new superintendent John Covington in his "Right Sizing Plan." The closings will reduce the number of school buildings by 40 percent and cut $50 million in expenses from the school district's budget. The 33 remaining schools will be the fewest the district has operated since 1889. A few of the notable school closings include Westport High School, Lincoln College Prep middle school, and Franklin, Longan, McCoy, Woodland, and Carver elementary schools.
Date: 2010-03-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Little Rest For West
Description: An article providing a glimpse in the day of the life of Kansas City's new school board president Airick Leonard West, on what he calls "Day One."
Date: 2010-04-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas City School District Officials
Description: Composite photograph identified as Board of Directors, Officers, and Heads of Departments of the School District of Kansas City, Mo. Includes portraits of the following men: Charles A. Smith, architect; E. F. Swinney, treasurer; Purd B. Wright, librarian; Sanford B. Ladd, counsel; J. H. Brady, chief engineer; J. M. Greenwood, superintendent; Hale H. Cook, Henry L. McCune, F. D. Tharpe, asst. superintendent; J. B. Jackson, Jr., secretary; Frank S. Casey, purchasing agent; J. J. Cammack, asst. superintendent, William T. Bland, J. S. Harrison, Milton Moore, vice president, and Frank A. Faxon, president.
Date: 1912-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Biography of Carolyn Farwell Fuller (1875-1944), Member of the Kansas City Board of Education
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

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