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Title: Mayor Van Horn Never Given Credit for 'Saving' City
Description: Photo and biographical article about Colonel Robert Van Horn (1824-1916), "sixth mayor of Kansas City" and a Union military leader instrumental in saving the city from falling into the hands of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Date: 1983-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Thomas B. Bullene, Kansas City's 22nd Mayor
Description: Photo and biographical article about Thomas Bullene, the 22nd mayor of Kansas City and "founder of the legendary Bullene, Moore & Emery, later Emery, Bird, Thayer department store. Description of his career, moving to Kansas City in 1863 as a Board of Trade member, then director of the First National Bank, co-incorporator of the Kansas City, Missouri, River Packet Company and the Kansas City Club, president of the Kansas City Railway Company and the Humane Society, and a member other organizations and activities.
Date: 1983-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers Finding Aid
Description: Charles S. Stevenson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895, but grew up in Olathe, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Hallmark Cards from the end of World War I until 1960. After retirement he became a free-lance writer for the Kansas City Star. He was very active in local social, civic, and military affairs. He died in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri.<br><br> The collection provides information on the first 48 mayors of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the city between 1853-1971. The papers represent the files that Mr. Stevenson kept while he was writing a series of articles concerning Kansas City mayors which appeared in the Kansas City Star and Times in 1975-1976. Items found in the folders include rough drafts and final drafts of the articles, personal notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters from relatives of some of the former mayors.
Date: 1975/1976
Object Type: Finding Aid

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