This page provides an Inventory of Special Collections (SC) held in the Missouri Valley Room sorted by number. See the Inventory of Photograph Special Collections (P) Numbers for a list of photograph collections.
SC1 Kansas City Jazz Collections
- SC1-1 Joe Sanders Collection
- SC1-2 Harvey Rettberg Papers
- SC1-3 Fred Edmiston Papers
- SC1-4 Clyde Hahn Collection
SC2 Kansas City Posse of the Westerners Records
SC3 Advertising Card Collection
SC5 Stereopticon Cards Collection
SC6 Kansas City Public Library Collection
SC7 Missouri Valley Historical Society Records
SC8 Specialized Subject Pamphlets & Ephemeral Collections
SC10 James Mitchell Ford Papers
SC12 Pioneer Park Committee Records
SC13 Postcard Collections
- SC13-1 Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection
- SC13-2 Holiday Postcard Collection
- SC13-3 Knowles Postcard Collection
SC14 Phyllis E. Kite Manuscript
SC15 Civil War Collections
- SC15-1 James J. Akard Papers
- SC15-2 Grand Army of the Republic, A. D. McCook Post No. 34 (Lamar, Mo.), Record Book
- SC15-3 Cyrus F. Boyd Diary
- SC15-4 Myers Family Papers
- SC15-5 John N. Thomas Diary
- SC15-6 Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers
- SC15-7 Republication Extra: The Great Battle at Springfield
- SC15-8 Mrs. J. O. Williams Collection
- SC15-9 Dixon and Jordan Family Papers
SC17 Ruth Cady Austin Collection
SC19 Ruth Mary Weeks Notebooks
SC20 Guadalupe Center Collection
SC21 John Lange Hospital Minute Book
SC23 Kansas City (Mo.) School District Records
SC24 Gilmer Realty Company/James Gilmer Correspondence
SC25 Kickapoo Reservation Survey Field Notes
SC26 Mary Handly Linton Papers and Slide Collection
SC27 Nikoles Aleshi Virtuana Language Collection
SC28 Rudolph Umland Collection
SC29 Olive L. Hoggins Papers (Centenary History of the Churches)
SC30 Scrapbook Collections
- SC30-1 Dr. E.B. Trail Scrapbook
- SC30-2 John Barber White Scrapbook
- SC30-3 Kansas Related Scrapbook
- SC30-4 Kansas City Public Library Scrapbooks
- SC30-5 Second District Republican Editorial Association Meeting Scrapbook
- SC30-6 John C. Egner Fire Department Scrapbook
- SC30-7 Hale Family Scrapbooks
- SC30-8 DAR, Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook
- SC30-9 The Miracle Scrapbook
- SC30-10 Nelson Gallery of Art Scrapbook
- SC30-11 William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Scrapbook
- SC30-12 Reverend Robert R. Lakas, S. J., Scrapbook
- SC30-13 S. J. Ray Cartoons
- SC30-14 Louis O. Honig Scrapbooks
SC31 Diairies & Notebooks
SC32 George Kessler Collection
SC33 Bibles of Note
SC34 Liberty (Mo.) Tribune Papers
SC35 Autograph Collections
- SC35-1 Joseph Henry Crooker Autograph/Letter Collection
- SC35-2 Henry R. Rule Autograph Collection
- SC35-3 Mrs. Thomas C. Dungan Autograph Book
- SC35-4 Autograph Book
- SC35-5 E. J. Davison Autograph Book
SC37 William C. Connett, Jr. Papers
SC38 John A. Bushnell Family Papers
SC39 South Central Business Association Records
SC41 Robert T. Van Horn Compilation
SC43 John Campbell Compilation
SC44 Priests of Pallas Collection
SC45 Woodcut Society Collection
SC46 Dr. J. W. Parker Account Books
SC47 Presidents and Past Presidents Club Scrapbook
SC49 Loula Grace Erdman Book Manuscript
SC51 Kansas City Centennial Association Scrapbook
SC52 Newspaper Clipping Collection: Mounted Clippings
SC53 Robert Earl Dawson Santa Fe Trail Collection
SC56 Westminster Congregational Church Records
SC57 Siegrist Engraving Company Etching Collection
SC58 Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection
SC59 Local Sheet Music Collection
SC60 Claude L. Budworth Collection
SC61 Charles P. Deatherage Book Manuscripts
SC62 City of Independence Fire Department Records
SC63 Vertical Files Special Collection
SC64 Kansas City Convention Programs Collection
SC65 Helen Seibert Thomes Scrapbooks
SC66 Kansas City/Local Area Fine Arts Programs Collection
- SC66-1 Alfred Gregory Theater Program Scrapbooks
- SC66-2 Edith Lowe Peters Scrapbooks
- SC66-3 Sender Theater Scrapbooks
SC67 Annals of Platte County, Missouri
SC68 Gold Star Mothers Legion Scrapbook
SC69 Oral Histories
- SC69-1 Hispanic Oral History Collection
- SC69-2 Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
- SC69-3 Kansas City Regional Oral History Project
SC70 Youth Symphony of Kansas City Records
SC71 Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra Scrapbooks
SC72 Edward M. Hiner Band Music Collection
SC73 Magazine Articles (Photocopied) Cited in Local History Index
SC75 Firemen's Pension Fund Account Books
SC77 McDonald's Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection
SC78 Carl Busch Recognition Association Scrapbook
SC80 Kansas Seminary School Register
SC81 Friends In Council Minute Books
SC82 ACT-UP/Kansas City Chapter Records
SC83 Relishing Our Roots Neighborhood Project Records
SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers
SC86 Greenwood Collections
- SC86-1 James M. Greenwood Papers
- SC86-2 Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood Papers
- SC86-3 Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers
SC87 Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall Building Files
SC90 DAR, Kansas City Chapter, World War I Scrapbook
SC91 Special Collections Artifacts Collection
SC93 Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Papers
SC94 Joe Louis Mattox Collection (in process)
SC96 Local Zines, Mini-Art, and Mail Art Collection
SC97 Lewis and Clark Collection (in process)
SC98 Old Men's Association Records
SC100 Kansas City Guards Record Book
SC101 Kansas City Bar Association Records
SC102 Bridge Quantity Record Books
SC103 Republican National Convention (1976) Collection
SC104 Michael Paller's Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery Film Collection
SC108 Virginia Harris Thornton Collection of Western Americana
SC110 Stephen H. Brown Literary Manuscript
SC112 Ashland Theatre/William L. Shelton Ledger Book
SC114 Monroe F. Cockrell Papers
SC115 The Kents Comic Book Collection
SC118 Local Restaurant Recipe Collection
SC122 Kansas City Police Historical Society Collection
SC127 Gladstone School Collection
SC130 Woman's Relief Corps Ledger Book
SC133 William Weber Collection
SC134 Westport High School Class Photographs
SC135 Longan Study Club Collection
SC136 Kansas City Council on Education
SC137 John Loughborough Papers
SC141 Home Remedies Manuscript Collection
SC143 Kansas City Theatre Company Collection
SC144 Percy Shelley Collection
SC145 Stigers Island Collection
SC147 Hannibal Correspondence Collection
SC148 Burrier Correspondence Collection
SC149 Indian Territory Documents
SC154 Dwight Building Collection
SC157 Jenkins Music Company Collection
SC159 Kansas City Prints and Images Collection
SC160 Kansas City Athenaeum Collection
SC163 Kansas City Public Works Collection
SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection
SC165 Mary Lou Eisert Collection
SC166 Municipal Auditorium Collection
SC168 Teachers College of Kansas City Collection
SC169 North American Aviation Collection
SC170 Aero Club of Greater Kansas City Collection
SC171 Adverettes of Kansas City Collection
SC172 Kansas City Advertising Club Collection
SC173 Agnes Ward Amberg Club Collection
SC174 Allegro Music Club Collection
SC175 Alternate Tuesday Club Collection
SC177 American Association of University Women Collection
SC178 American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Collection
SC179 American Study Club Collection
SC180 American War Mothers Collection
SC181 Americana Study Club Collection
SC182 Anne Hathaway Club Collection
SC183 Annie Besant Study Club Collection
SC184 Apollo Club of Kansas City Collection
SC185 Archaeological Institute of America Collection
SC190 William W. Shelley Papers
SC192 Round Robin Study Club Collection
SC193 Richards and Conover Hardware Company Collection
SC194 Memory Book of Gladys Naomi Sweigart Finding Aid
SC195 S. Stephen Lispi Collection
SC196 Marburg Residence Scrapbook Finding Aid
SC197 Frank Schubert Buffalo Soldiers Collection
SC198 Florence Beal Bolte Willows Maternity Home Collection
- SC199-1 Mrs. Loyd C. Owen, Jr. Papers
- SC199-2 Mrs. Alan R. Marsh Papers
- SC199-3 Mrs. Paul G. Koontz Papers
- SC199-4 Susan Kircher Papers
SC200 Speas Company Collection
SC201 First National Bank Collection
SC202 First National Bank and Safe Deposit Company Collection
SC203 Forest Cover of Missouri County Maps Collection
SC204 USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection
SC209 Emancipation Proclamation
SC211 Merchants' Association Photograph
SC214 Bishop Lillis High School Class Poster
SC215 Kansas City Restaurant Menus
SC216 Ashland School District Records
SC218 Penn Elementary School Closing Program Collection
SC220 Knife and Fork Club Program
SC221 George L. Lightfoot Drawings Collection
SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
SC224 Historic Kansas City Foundation Collection Finding Aid
SC225 Kansas City Star Collection Finding Aid
SC226 John W. Bluford III Papers Finding Aid
SC227 Phillip A. Stewart Charles L. Johnson Collection Finding Aid
SC228 Gary Katz Kansas City Bowling History Collection
SC229 Garment Industry Oral History Collection Finding Aid