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Title
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Bland, William J.
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Description
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File containing copied newspaper clippings and other information about Major William J. Bland, Kansas City lawyer who was killed in World War I.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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12th Street Poised for Big Things
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Description
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Article about Ollie Gates' plans to revitalize the area around 12th and the Paseo. His vision includes restoring William T. Fitzgerald Memorial Fountain, erect a memorial to African American soliders and construct housing and retail establishments.
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Date
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2006-03-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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SC15-4 Myers Family Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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It is believed that the three Myers brothers connected with this collection settled in Kansas. Luther Myers lived in Jackson County, Kansas, and was engaged in the banking business in Whiting. Louis Myers was an attorney in Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas, and served in the Kansas State Legislature. Ireneus Myers appears to have lived in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas. Collection contains primarily correspondence between members of the Myers family written between the years 1858 to 1864. Writers and recipients include Martin Myers and his wife, sons Louis A. Myers, Luther M. Myers and wife Anna, and Ireneus Myers. The majority of the letters were written during the Civil War by both Louis and Ireneus who served in the Union Army. Both brothers as soldiers comment on participation in battles and skirmishes in West Virginia, Arkansas, and Missouri. These include the Battle of Bull Run, Cane Hill, White Sulpher Springs, etc. The life of a soldier is described including camp experiences and battle engagements.
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Date
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1854/1864
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Gentry's Dollar Store
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Description
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Advertising card for Gentry's Dollar Store showing a man in armor on a horse holding a flag. Front lower left corner has number 305 and lower right corner has number 7. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:103 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 50 with People and Animals
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. A girl in boots and trousers.2. Three children with a small carriage harnessed to a large dog.3. A man on skis with a pack on his back.4. A saleswoman holding a tray of flowers around her neck.5. A woman dressed as a soldier with breastplate, sword, boots, hat, and skirt. Card says: "Army."6. A girl holding a heart made of flowers.7. Two children putting a doll on the back of a dog.8. A circus woman doing tricks while riding a horse in a ring.9. A brown dog's face.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Group of Men in Uniform
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Description
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Group portrait of unidentified men; most of whom are wearing military uniforms.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Heman L. Bean
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Description
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Advertising card for Heman L. Bean showing a cherub in a military style hat standing to attention in front of a woman holding a sword. Caption says: "La Femme Officer." Front of card says: "Compliments of Heman L. Bean, Queensware, French China and Glassware." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 721 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 55 with People and Pets
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing eleven advertising cards. Four small cards are cut to the shape of their image and show three cats and a dog. The other seven cards show the following:1. A girl picking apples. Card says: "Use Acme Soap .."." Best bar soap made."2. A girl in fancy hat and collar. Card says: "Muzzy's Corn Starch. Purity." Lower left corner has number I 65 and right corner says: "Shober and Carqueville, Chicago."3. A clown running from his shadow. Card says: "Middleboro Skating Rink, Town Hall, Middleboro, Mass..."""4. Ten African American children and babies gathered around an old man in a rocking chair next to a stove. Card says: "What Uncle Obadia says about Dixon's Stove Polish. Dixon's Carburet of Iron Stove Polish. Copyright 1887."5. A short, fat man with cymbals and a tall, thin man with a flute or whistle. Card says: "The Latest Importation, Coney-Island Musicians." Compliments of Bush and Bull, Largest Dry Goods Dealers, 305, 307, 309 and 311 Northampton St. Easton, Pa."6. A British, a Confederate, and a Union soldier holding hands and dancing around an obelisk marked "Bunker Hill." Next to them a grave says "Hatchet." and three dates are marked on card: 1861, 1776, and 1876.7. A woman sitting on a bench under a tree with a man in uniform.
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Date
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1887~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 22 with Military Uniforms
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
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Date
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1886~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 23 with Military Uniforms
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
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Date
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1886~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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An Interview With Albert O. Bly
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Description
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Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded December 2, 1975. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound discs; digitial; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
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Date
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1975-12-02
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Four Veterans in Uniform
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Description
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Outdoor portrait of four men in military uniforms, probably at a cemetery. They appear to be soldiers from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Soldiers' Tent Inspection
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Description
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Postcard of WWI soldiers during a shelter tent inspection.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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SC15-9 Dixon and Jordan Family Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains close to 40 Civil War letters written between the Dixon family with some related Jordan family letters. Most were written by men in the family who were soldiers in the Union Army primarily in Company K, 47th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers as well as a few letters from Company E, 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. The Lemuel Dixon family was residing in Stark County, Illinois, during this war-time period. Letters contain news pertaining to the soldier's health as well as other soldiers from the same community back home, camp conditions, troop movements, hospital conditions, politics, and the Rebels.
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Date
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1840/1898~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Request for Information about Pvt. Wayne Miner, 1894-1918
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Description
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Article requests information about the "descendants/relatives of Pvt. Wayne Miner who was killed in action and is a hero of World War I." The article gives a brief history of Miner and information about his family. Members of the American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149 and Congressman Cleaver are requesting the United State Army to promote him to sargeant and award him the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Date
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2011-06-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Buffalo Soldier Figure Dies at 92
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Description
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Obituary for James Grant Madison, the first president of the Kansas City-Leavenworth area chapter of the National 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association, an organization dedicated to promoting the history of the Buffalo Soldiers. Details of Madison's service as a Buffalo Soldier in the 10th Cavalry are provided.
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Date
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2015-03-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Soldiers Get Overdue Salute
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Description
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A monument was recently erected in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery honoring 62 Union soldiers who died protecting Fort Larned, Kansas, during the Civil War. A volunteer at Ft. Larned, Janice Seymore, led the effort to memoralize the soldiers.
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Date
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2009-09-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Missouri State Guard
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Description
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A section of this book contains information on the Missouri State Guard active during the Civil War. It includes information on the volunteer militia, volunteers and guerrillas, military suppliers, insignia, and arms and equipage. Cover of the book states, "this book examines the variety of uniforms worn in the first half of the war by militia and volunteers from the divided border states of Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland..." Includes three pages of color illustrations of uniforms worn by the Missouri Volunteer Militia, the Missouri State Guard, and Missouri guerrillas.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book Section
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