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Title
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SC23 Kansas City (Mo.) School District Records Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains material transferred from the Kansas City School District to the Kansas City Public Library and the Missouri Valley Special Collections department, primarily in the early to mid 1990s. It has been divided into eight series groups and includes school ledgers and attendance books, photographs, Board of Education minutes on microfilm, school scrapbooks, Westport School District material, the Radio and Television Commission papers, and miscellaneous items as budget control summaries, property register and map, etc. The transfer also included school yearbooks and published school materials which were classified.
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Date
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1867/1995~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC86-2 Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1846/1928
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC84 James A. Hazlett Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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James A. Hazlett was born in Kansas City on May 26, 1917, and died in the same city on September 14, 1997. He was employed by the Kansas City Missouri School District for many years as a teacher, principal, director of research, and finally as superintendent of schools from 1955-1969. The Hazlett papers include his personal files for the years 1929-1997 and consist of a variety of materials such as manuscripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, papers and speeches, correspondence, reports and testimonies, academic degree work, tape recordings, books, and various personal and ephemeral items. These papers include information pertinent to the study of the local educational community and the Kansas City School District, in particular the early history of desegregation efforts in the school system.
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Date
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1929/1997
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC88 Carl Betz Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Carl Betz was a pioneer in the physical education curriculum in the Kansas City public schools in the late 1800s. The collection consists of two boxes with programs, manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, miscellaneous published items, etc. Betz was also a musician.
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Date
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1880~/1988
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC76 Faxon School Census Book Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of an enrollment book for Faxon School covering the school years 1906-07 through 1912-13. The book lists the following information for each student in 1st through 7th grades: name; age (in years and months); date of admission; previous school; grade; class; name of parent or guardian; occupation of parent or guardian; residence; birthplace of student; if and when they left during the school year; for what reason they left; number of days belonged, attended, absent, and tardy for each term and for the entire school year. For some years, teachers' names, students' vaccination status, or parent/guardian birthplace is listed.
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Date
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1906/1913
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC86-1 James M. Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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James M. Greenwood was the leading educator in Kansas City for 40 years (1874-1914). In his tenure as superintendent of schools, he became recognized locally, nationally, and internationally. He was born in Illinois on November 15, 1837, and died at his desk on August 1, 1914. Greenwood's papers include correspondence primarily sent to Greenwood (1891-1917); reports and speeches (1906-1913); an unpublished manuscript on the history of Missouri; personal journals (1910, 1914); notebook kept by Mrs. Greenwood (1892-1896); and miscellaneous, primarily personal items. These papers cover the middle to late part of Mr. Greenwood's tenure as Superintendent of the Kansas City School District. A few published items are included but the bulk of the collection is handwritten or typewritten. Mr. Greenwood's interest in mathematics is evident as a subject of his speeches and outlines.
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Date
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1891/1941
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC86-3 Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1870/1925~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
