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Wheatley School (Ramos Collection)
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Description
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File contains program from Dedication and Open House of Phillis Wheatley School, May 26, 1955.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Lafayette A. Tillman
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The Ramos Lincoln Collection vertical files have two files for Lafayette Tillman. One contains correspondence from Tillman to his wife, Portia, daughter June, and to his attorney, concerning his pension. There is a card from Nagasaki, Japan, sent in 1901 and letters from Camp Haskell in Georgia, San Francisco, and the Philippines, while in the service. The second file has photographs.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Black Studies Research Center
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File contains a general statement and goals and objectives for a Kansas City Public Library sponsored Black Studies Research Center. The core of this center would be the library's Ramos Collection.
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Vertical File
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Lincoln Branch Library
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File contains items related to the Lincoln Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, including a history of the branch, and newspaper coverage of the collection's move to the Missouri Valley Room at the Central Library (then located at 311 E. 12th Street), to be renamed the Ramos Collection, after Dr. John F. Ramos. Includes information about Mrs. Mildred Robinson, the first African American librarian in the Kansas City School District, and Priscilla Burd, who was the librarian at Lincoln School from 1926 to 1941.
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Date
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1930~/1979~
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Lafayette A. Tillman Standing Portrait with Others
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Description
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Outdoor portrait of Lafayette A. Tillman wearing his army uniform and carring a rifle. A boy identified as Frank Jones Jr. is standing next to Tillman. Amy Tillman, his wife, is seated next to Jones. A tent is visible in the background.
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Date
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1898
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Lafayette A. Tillman Portrait
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Description
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Standing portrait of Lafayette A. Tillman wearing a police uniform and holding a baton, or night stick.
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Date
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1902
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Men and Horse-Drawn Cart
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Description
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Postcard view of five men seated atop and standing near a horse-drawn cart loaded with tools. A sign for Iner Seal is painted on a brick wall in the background.
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Date
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1910~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Lafayette A. Tillman Portrait
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Formal head and shoulders portrait of Lafayette A. Tillman wearing a police uniform.
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Date
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1914
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Teacher and Children - Santa Claus Lesson
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Description
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View of an unidentified teacher leading a group of unidentified children in a lesson about Santa Claus at an unidentified school. A Christmas tree and other decorations can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Edward R. Pate
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View of radio broadcaster Edward R. Pate conducting an interview. Pate is surrounded by children and other figures.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Lincoln High School Library
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Description
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Postcard view of the interior of the Lincoln Library Branch at Lincoln High School. Figures are seated at desks in the background.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Lincoln High School Career Day Display
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Description
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View of a Lincoln High School Career Day display. Names of featured on the display are: Wallace R. Kidd - Entomologist; Gwendolyn Freeman - Pre-Medic; Jerry Evans - Electronic Engineer; Eloise B. Allen - Orthoptist; Myrtle Nixon - Home Economics Teacher; Edward R. Pate - President of Radio Station KPRS; John S. Williams - Minister and Singer; Basil O. Phillips - Photo Researcher; William P. Stevenson - Pharmacist; Josephine Mayberry - Medical Social Worker.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Lincoln Branch Library Interior
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Description
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Interior view of the Lincoln Branch Library, once located at 1835 Tracy Avenue.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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