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Title
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Frederick Lyman Lee II, October 7, 1935-December 29, 1998
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Description
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Obituary for Frederick Lyman Lee II, or Fred Lee (1935-1998), a historical writer and native of Kansas City. Details of his life and career, starting as a writer in 1961 after service in the military, then becoming president of the Westport Historical Society, etc., engaged in the restoration of the Harris-Kearney Home and Fort Osage and in the creation of Pioneer Park at Broadway and Westport Roads.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century
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Description
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References to and brief descriptions of the Committee on Public Information during World War I, and its chairman, George Creel, a former Kansas City journalist, pointing out his efforts with the committee "anticipat[ing] the full impact of nationwide network radio on mass culture," being "innovative in manipulating ways the public relations and advertising firms were during the 1920s."
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Short biography written by Alan R. Havig of both Goodman Ace and his wife Jane, he a noted writer and both radio personalities who were born in Kansas City. Includes citations.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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John Edwards
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Description
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Short biography of John Newman Edwards (1839-1889) written by Larry Olpin. Edwards' writings were grouped around Joseph Shelby, William Quantrill and Jesse James. Article includes citations.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Edgar Snow (1905-1972), a journalist, diplomat, and author of books and articles about China, starting in the late 1920s, born and raised in Kansas City.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Sara Teasdale (1884-1933), a poet born in Saint Louis, Missouri, one of the nation's most prominent female poets from the 1900s to the 1930s.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Short biography of Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) written by Arthur F. McClure and Vivian Richardson. Carnegie, from Maryville, Missouri, authored the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Article includes citations.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat across America
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Description
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Map and two chapters of the book describing the author's (native Kansas Citian William Least Heat-Moon) riverboat voyage up the Missouri River through the Kansas City area (including Lexington, Fort Osage, the Little Blue River, Parkville, and Fort Leavenworth, etc.) in the late 1990s, describing the area's history and appearance, and culture, etc.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book Section
