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SC47 Presidents and Past Presidents Club Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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The Presidents and Past Presidents Club of Greater Kansas City was formed in 1917 with Mrs. George W. Fuller as the first president. Membership was composed entirely of presidents and past presidents of women's clubs in Kansas City. The group did civic philanthropic work in Kansas City. This compilation contains typescript pages and illustrations including photographs. It contains signed vignettes and reminiscences concerning Kansas City, Missouri, history.
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Finding Aid
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SC2 Kansas City Posse of the Westerners Records Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of records, correspondence, publications, and photographs from the Kansas City Posse of Westerners, the local chapter of a national social organization interested in preserving the history and heritage of the American West. The Kansas City Posse was formed in 1955 and the originally male-only membership included hobby scholars and prominent local historians like A. Theodore Brown and Kenneth LaBudde, PhD. The group held monthly dinner meetings that included speakers on a range of Western history and culture topics; membership dues also sponsored several publications that are referred to and/or present in the collection.
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1955/1998
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC8-1 Local Clubs Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Collections consisting of various rosters, programs, notes, membership cards, etc., of Kansas City area clubs.
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1870/1990
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Finding Aid
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SC100 Kansas City Guards Record Book Finding Aid
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Special collection for a local independent military group called the Kansas City Guards, later the Jackson County National Guard, Company A. Includes a one-volume, handwritten record of their meetings, 1876-1878. Prominent Kansas City names listed on the membership rolls include Fred Chouteau, L. B. Bullene, and Frank Wornall.
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1876/1878
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC81 Friends In Council Minute Books Preliminary Inventory
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Description
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The collection consists of five bound volumes and a few pieces of additional ephemera. The volumes contain minutes of the club, lists of members and their addresses, some limited records of financial activity, and volume three includes the club's constitution. The span of coverage for each volume is as follows: vol.1 - June 24,1880-January 27, 1885; vol.2 - February 3, 1885-December 15, 1891; vol.3 - January 5, 1892-April 14, 1896; vol.4 - April 21, 1896-June 3, 1902; vol.5 - October 14, 1901-April 28, 1908. The first volume includes notes from meetings which were held prior to the formal organization of the Kansas City chapter of Friends in Council (the first official meeting was held September 21, 1880). The miscellaneous ephemera include sympathy correspondence from the Kansas City Athenaeum and the Quincy chapter of Friends in Council; a 25th anniversary program; and a report of club activities from 1880-1889.
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Date
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1880/1908
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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SC192 Round Robin Study Club Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Round Robin Study Club is a women's club organized in 1901 to provide its members with opportunities for social interaction and enriching study. This collection includes minutes of meetings, club histories, constitution, newspaper articles, correspondence, essays, poems, programs, and photographs.
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1901/2015
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC176 Althea Club Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Althea Club Collection contains newspaper clippings related to the club and three of the organization's yearbooks.
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1914/1918
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC174 Allegro Music Club Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Allegro Music Club Collection contains newspaper and magazine clippings related to the club, a music performance program, and two annual lists of performances and club officers.
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1903/1960
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC220 Knife and Fork Club Program Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains the program to the 43rd dinner of the Knife and Fork Club at the Midland Hotel on February 25, 1904.
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1904-02-25
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC184 Apollo Club of Kansas City Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Apollo Club of Kansas City Collection consists of four concert programs from 1897 to 1899, as well as a photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Kansas City World with pictures and names of club members from 1897.
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1897/1899
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC98 Old Men's Association Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Old Men's Association was a social organization that met for 25 years in Kansas City beginning in 1893 up to 1918. Men had to be 60 years old or older in order to qualify for membership. Prominent names associated with the group include Alexander Holland, Judge Stephen Twiss, S. M. Philbrook, Frank Holsinger, Edward L. Dimmitt, Thomas Lewis, Judge W. R. Brown, W. F. Cloud, and many others. The collection contains the records of the Association and includes two record books (1893-1918) which contain the organization's minutes, membership rolls, financial accounts, newspaper clippings, and some ephemeral items. Programs included local speakers although Ezra Meeker of Oregon Trail fame also appeared at a meeting in 1908.
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Date
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1893/1918
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC181 Americana Study Club Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Americana Study Club Collection contains one publication listing club member names and addresses, as well as dates and program titles for the years, 1951-1952.
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Date
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1951/1952
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC175 Alternate Tuesday Club Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Alternate Tuesday Club Collection contains a copy of the organization's constitution and by-laws and a history of the club written near the time of its 90th anniversary in 1974.
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1899/1974~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC180 American War Mothers Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The American War Mothers Collection contains the program for the fourth national convention held in Kansas City, Missouri, from September 29 to October 5, 1923.
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Date
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1923-09-29/1923-10-05
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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SC178 American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Collection contains a pre-registration and supplemental roster for the South Central Regional Appraisal Conference in March 1951, and a membership roster for the Kansas City Chapter for 1956.
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Date
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1951/1956
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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