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Obituary for Carroll Kramer Ward
Title
Obituary for Carroll Kramer Ward
Description
Obituary for Carroll Kramer Ward, or Carroll Ward, a local tennis patron dying in 1972.
Date
1972-02-08
Object Type
Newspaper Article
He's a New Bill Tilden: Ellsworth Vines, Who Plays Here, Has All the Strokes
Title
He's a New Bill Tilden: Ellsworth Vines, Who Plays Here, Has All the Strokes
Description
Article about the "coming of the United States Davis Cup tennis team to Kansas City" in 1932 including American player Ellsworth Vines, compared to Bill Tilden and considered one of the best tennis players of all time.
Date
1932-05-06
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Matilda Shelden
Title
Matilda Shelden
Description
Photo and description of Matilda Dallmeyer Shelden, or Matilda Shelden, wife of Dr. Frank Shelden ("a noted tennis star") and member of the upper house of the City Council in 1924, "member of the Woman's City Club, past president of the Kansas City Rose Society in 1947, a musette of the Kansas City Museum, and active in the Second Presbyterian Church."
Date
1968
Object Type
Book Section