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Title
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The Greater Good?
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Description
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Families found themselves displaced when the NASCAR racetrack was built in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
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Date
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2000-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Photo Nomad: David Douglas Duncan
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Description
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Article describes the life and career of David Douglas Duncan, a photographer with roots in Kansas City. Duncan was a peer of photographers such as Robert Capa and Alfred Eisenstaedt, and shot photos for Life Magazine, among other magazines.
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Date
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2004-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City: Midwestern Movie Mecca?
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Description
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Photo and article about the motion picture industry in Kansas City, focusing on its potential as an independent film mecca for the Midwest. Description of its history (Calvin Communications founded here by the grandfather of former employee and Hollywood director Robert Altman, preservation of the Laugh-O-Gram Studios building of former Kansas Citian Walt Disney, etc.) and recent developments (local annual film festivals, local screenwriters producing work for Hollywood and their own movies, and the discontinuation of city funds for the Kansas City Film Office, etc.).
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Date
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2001-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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People Who Made a Difference
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Description
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Photos and biographical descriptions of "20 people who we believe had the greatest lasting impact on Kansas City and helped to define our city today": (1) Berenice Chouteau, (2) Father Bernard Donnelly, (3) Sarah Chandler Coates, or Sarah Coates, (4) George Kessler, (5-6) Ella and Jacob Loose, (7) William Rockhill Nelson, (8) William Volker, (9) Tom Pendergast, (10) J. C. Nichols, (11) Harry Truman, (12) Chester Arthur Franklin, or Chester Franklin, (13) Bennie Moten, (14) Lucile Bluford, (15) Joyce Hall, (16) Ilus Davis, (17) Bruce Waltkins, (18) Ewing Kauffman, (19) Dr. Patricia McIlrath, and (20) Buck O'Neil.
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Date
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2000-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
