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Title
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Young Women's Christian Association
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Description
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Information on the Young Women's Christian Association, or Y. W. C. A. in Kansas City, an organization serving as "an important resource for women and girls" including health and teen pregnancy issues, with locations around the city such as 1000 Charlotte Street and formerly at 19th and Paseo Boulevards, etc.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Young Women's Christian Association
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Description
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Folder contains an assortment of items including brochures, circulars, schedules, and other promotional material. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
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Date
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1921/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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YMCA-YWCA
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Description
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File contains program from Anniversary Service of Paseo Young Women's Christian Association and description of programs.
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Date
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1905-04-18
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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YWCA
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Description
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Partial frontal and side view; located at 11th and Troost.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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YWCA Children's Center
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Description
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Street level view identified as the YWCA (Young Womens Christian Association) Children's Center Campus for the Visually Impaired located at the southeast corner of 31st and Main streets in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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YWCA
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at 1020 McGee.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Miss Elsie M. Mountain to Head Council
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Description
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File containing an article about Miss Elsie Mountain, "executive secretary of the Paseo branch Y.W.C.A." being elected "president of the Kansas City council of the National Negro congress." Other officers of the organization included Lucile Bluford, treasurer.
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Date
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1939-01-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Mrs. V. Hardee Middlebrooks, "Y" Director, Chosen Woman of the Week
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Description
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File containing an article and photo about Mrs. Velma Hardee Middlebrooks, or Velma Middlebrooks, "executive director of the Yates branch Y.M.C.A." in Kansas City, Kansas. Middlebrooks came to Kansas City in about 1929 after having been "the first Negro volunteer worker in the 'Y' movement."
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Date
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1949-03-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Rooftop view of Grand Avenue
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Description
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Rooftop view looking northeast from the southwest corner of 11th and Grand.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Brailey Building
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Description
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Full frontal and corner view, looking northwest; located on northwest corner of 11th and McGee. Also shows YWCA building.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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YWCA Employment Office
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Description
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Interior view of women seated at employment office at the Young Woman's Christian Association office.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Real Estate Brokers to Hold Workshop
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Description
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News article with photos about the Real Estate Brokers workshop at the Paseo Y.W.C.A. held "under the auspices of the Urban League of Kansas City." The article provides photographs of several of the African American Kansas Citians speaking on various real estate issues at the workshop.
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Date
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1951-05-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Real Estate Brokers to Hold Workshop
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Description
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News article with photos about the "Real Estate Brokers workshop" at the Paseo Y.W.C.A. held "under the auspices of the Urban League of Kansas City." The article provides photographs of several of the African American Kansas Citians speaking on various real estate issues at the workshop.
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Date
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1951-05-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Paseo YMCA and YWCA
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Description
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Chapter on the YMCA and YWCA near 19th and Paseo and their importance to African Americans in Kansas City. The Paseo YMCA was seen as "the largest single enterprise" in the community. Its meeting rooms were used for a variety of organizations and it offered shelter to newcomers to the city. Biographical information on Frank A. Harris, p. 136; G. Archibald Gregg, 152-153; Ida M. Bowman Becks p. 143 - 145; Myrtle Foster Todd Cook, p. 145-147.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Fine Arts Institute
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Description
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Interior view of gallery with paintings; located in the YWCA Building at 1020 McGee.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Becky Jaramillo Receives Heart of Gold Award
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Description
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Becky Jaramillo, Mamie Hughes, Bev Chapman and Angela Curry were the YWCA 2005 Heart of Gold Awardees for their contributions to the community.
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Date
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2005-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Mrs. Lyle Willard
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Description
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Obituary for Mrs. Lyle Logan Willard, or Mrs. Lyle Willard, former president of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y. W. C. A.), dying at the age of 78 in 1968.
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Date
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1968-05-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Alice Myers
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Description
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Obituary for Miss Alice Virginia Myers, or Alice Myers, former director of the Deramus Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association, dying in 1971.
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Date
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1971-12-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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