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Title: Transition - Died
Description: One paragraph of obituary for Henry Haskell, "78, editor of The Kansas City Star since 1928; dying in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20," and winning two Pulitzer Prizes during his 54 years with the staff.
Date: 1952-09-01
Object Type: Magazine

Title: National Affairs: Republic, Pendergast Style
Description: Photo and article about the apparent return of power of the Pendergast machine in Kansas City in the 1946 elections with the victory of Jim Pendergast-backed Enos Axtell for national representative. Photos of Tom Pendergast, his nephew and political heir James Michael Pendergast (or Jim Pendergast, not to be confused with Tom's older brother), and Enos Axtell, with discussion about the Jackson County Democratic Party's machine since the 1930s, backed by President Harry Truman and opposed by the Kansas City Star, etc.
Date: 1946-08-19
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Art: 400 Square Feet to Go
Description: Article about Thomas Hart Benton's nearly finished large mural at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, depicting Independence from 1830 to 1847 with the opening of the West, with a photo of the work in progress.
Date: 1960-01-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas: 'As Long as . . .'
Description: Short article about how the Wyandotte Indians of Oklahoma (part of the Huron tribe) reclaimed the two-acre tract of land in Kansas City, Kansas, used as a burial ground. The Huron Cemetery land was ceded to the U.S. government by the Wyandottes when they were forced to move to Oklahoma. A stipulation of the treaty guaranteed the land would be a cemetery for �??as long as the rivers flow and the grasses grow.�?�
Date: 1956-09-17
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri: Too Up-to-Date?
Description: Article reporting the defeat in the most recent city elections of both James Pendergast and the reform party because of resentment of both extremes by the citizens.
Date: 1959-04-13
Object Type: Magazine Article

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