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Title: Mr. & Mrs. H. O. Cook
Description: File contains several articles including photographs about Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Cook, principal of Lincoln High School in Kansas City, and his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Foster Cook, an English teacher at the same school during the early part of the twentieth century.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: E. I. Bassett
Description: File contains a photo and article about E. I. Bassett, an African American resigning as principal of Stowe Elementary School in Kansas City, Kansas. He arrived in Kansas City in 1927.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Board of Education (The), [Super]intendents and Twenty-Four of the Principals of Public Schools
Description: Severely damaged composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education and principals. Item is incomplete; source of publication unknown. Portraits include: Benson, W. E., Secretary, Board of Education; Betz, Carl, Superintendent of Physical Culture; Buchanan, J. T., Principal, High School; Buchanan, Elizabeth, Principal, Bryant School; Cammack, I. I., Principal, Lathrop School; Davis, J. C., Principal, Benton School; Faxon, F. A., Member, Board of Education; Greenwood, J. M., Superintendent of Schools; James, J. C., Member, Board of Education; Jaudon, Thos P., Principal, Madison School; Karnes, J. V. C., Vice President, Board of Education; Kinkead, R. G., Principal, Irving School; Lockett, Emma J., Principal, Linwood School; McNeill, I. C., Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Martin, E. L., Member, Board of Education; Norman, J. L., Member, Board of Education; Ridgeway, W. C., Principal, Jackson School; Shelton, U. M., Principal, Franklin School; Swinney, E. F., Treasurer, Board of Education; Thompson, C. W., Principal, Garfield School; Threlkeld, Sallie, Principal, Emerson School; Wardner, A. E., Principal, Longfellow School; White, E. C., Vice Principal, High School; Williams, W. H., Principal, Chase School; Woodward, Wilhemine, Principal, Karnes School; Yeager, R. L., President, Board of Education.
Date: 1895-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rites Tomorrow for Reuben H. Brown
Description: Obituary, with photo, of Reuben Brown, "principal of the Attucks school" and "a principal in the Kansas City school system since 1922." Brown was born in Parkville, Missouri, in 1882 and became a student and teacher at Western University in Kansas City, Kansas, before moving to Kansas City. His residence was at 2317 Campbell Street.
Date: 1950-11-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Lucy Smoot
Description: Obituary for Lucy Smoot, principal of Norman school, dying at the age of 91 on February 11, 1963.
Date: 1963-02-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Allen School Principal
Description: Portrait of an unidentified woman, principal of A.M. Allen School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC86-2 Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
Description: Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood was born in Michigan on Christmas Day 1859. She became an employee of the Kansas City School District in 1888 and was principal of Whittier School between 1891-1910. She and James Greenwood, Superintendent of the Kansas City School District, were married from 1910 until his death in 1914. Mrs. Greenwood remained in Kansas City, well known as a Christian Science practitioner. She died in Massachusetts on October 13, 1928, and is buried in Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri.

The collection contains primarily correspondence of a personal nature with over 425 letters covering parts of two centuries with the bulk dated between 1890 to 1914. Other items include tributes to James M. Greenwood after his death, a few newspaper clippings as well as some ephemeral material. The majority of the correspondence is between Josephine Heermans [Greenwood] and James M. Greenwood, as well as between Josephine and her various relatives.
Date: 1846/1928
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Biography of Girard Bryant (1905-1993), Educator and Community Leader
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: Honoring a Pioneer
Description: Short profile of Edwin Byrd, an educational pioneer who worked for over 35 years in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District. Byrd (88) served as first principal of Richardson Elementary and King Middle School in the 1960s. His portrait now graces the halls of both schools. Byrd retired from the school district in 1981.
Date: 2008-03-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Biography of Earl Thomas (1897-1985), Educator and Civic Leader
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: New Principal, Familiar Concerns
Description: Joseph Williams III will serve as the principal of the African-Centered College Prepatory Academy. Williams, a former Kansas Citian, returns to the area after his last position as principal of a K-12 school for the last 3 years.
Date: 2012-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Class Ending on a High Note
Description: Article profiles the last senior class of Southeast High School and their principal Cheryl Wright. The original Southeast High School at 3500 E. Meyer Blvd closed in 2007, but the remaining students were given the opportunity to stay together instead of transferring to other schools. Students started attending classes at Manual High School in 2007. All 47 seniors from the 2010 class will graduate.
Date: 2010-05-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Preparing Kids for College and Life
Description: Short interview with Hannah Lofthus, principal of the Ewing Marion Kauffman School. Lofthus discusses the charter school's expansion, funding, enrollment, and other topics.
Date: 2011-10-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Derrick Thomas Academy: The Other Side of the Story
Description: Article details the closing of the Derrick Thomas Academy in November of 2012. Dr. Terita McCauley, the school's final administrator, is interviewed and describes her experience of being fired after 90 days of work. Ongoing problems with academics and discipline are described and cited as factors that influenced the decision of the UMKC Charter School Center to permanently close the school.
Date: 2012-11-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sallie Threlkeld, Pioneer Teacher
Description: Sallie Threlkeld was the first woman teacher hired by the Kansas City schools, first teaching at Lathrop School for nine years. She moved to Humboldt School and taught another nine years before becoming "principal of Emerson School in 1890 where she remained until she retired in 1902." Prior to being hired by the Kansas City schools, she taught in a private school for 12 years. She is buried in Union Cemetery.
Date: 2008
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC86-3 Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers Finding Aid
Description: Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin, daughter of Kansas City School Superintendent James Greenwood and his wife Amanda, was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on August 1, 1860. She resided in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1874 until her marriage in 1881 to William MacLaughlin. She moved back to Kansas City from Illinois sometime after her husband's death in 1904 and taught history at Westport High School for many years. Mrs. MacLaughlin was a genealogist and local history enthusiast. She died in Kansas City on May 31, 1935. Items in the collection include: a scrapbook, posters, charts, certificates, lecture notes and outlines, genealogy items, newspaper clippings, journals/daybooks, poetry, photographs, convention buttons and badges, and other ephemeral items. Most of the dated material is between 1890-1916. Many items, such as lecture notes and papers as well as diary/journal/daybooks, appear to have belonged to Josephine Heermans Greenwood. Of particular interest are the journal books kept by Josephine between 1895-1907 when she was principal of Whittier School. She discusses school management and other education related matters, social obligations, religion, etc.
Date: 1870/1925~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Carver Dual Language Academy
Description: Article about the Carver Dual Language Academy and its principal Cornelia Clark. The Academy, located on Elmwood Avenue, cultivates bilingualism in children by teaching English to Spanish-speakers and vice versa.
Date: 2011-04-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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