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Title: Quayle Bible Collection
Description: File contains primarily brochures pertaining to the Quayle Bible Collection at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. Also photos and information on Bishop William Alfred Quayle, or William Quayle (1860-1925), a Methodist minister native to Parkville, Missouri, and moving to Baldwin, Kansas, as a youth before becoming a student, teacher, and college president there, accumulating and donating his Bible collection to the university.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Business Men's Bible Class
Description: Brief history of the founding of the Business Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist Church of Kansas City, Mo., also referred to as the "World's Largest Men's Bible Class". The organization was established in 1910, with Otto F. Dubach as the first teacher, and local developer, Napoleon W. Dible, the first president. Included is a panoramic photo of a November 11, 1923, meeting of the Bible Class outside the Kansas City Convention Hall, with an estimated 52,121 men in attendance.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of the facade and main entrance of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street, in the early 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street in the 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982. The photograph shows the building surrounded by chainlink fencing.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street, in the early 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Bible College
Description: Brochure entitled "Some Interesting Facts concerning the...Kansas City Bible Institute". It lists the purpose of the school, the personnel, and other facts and figures. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street in the 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City as an Aviation Center
Description: Photo and article about the logical center of aircraft manufacture being Kansas City.
Date: 1928-12-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Description: Copy of painting and caption about the anti-slavery role of the church at Waubaunsee, Kansas, in equipping members and visitors with both Bibles and rifles during the border warfare era.
Date: 1972-12-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bible College Aids Country Parishes
Description: Various news about religious matters in the Kansas City area, including the new Bible College rural seminary and a speech at Municipal Auditorium by Albert Whitehouse, director of the AFL-CIO industrial union department and a vice-president of the National Council of Churches.
Date: 1956-10-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Speaking the Public Mind: Grand Avenue, the A's, Isaiah, and Signs
Description: Photo and letter to the editor by Howard Planck of 414 East 10th Street about the positive attributes of Grand Avenue, the "most inspiring street of our crowded downtown," especially "the strip from Eighth to Twelfth." Urban planning recommendations for removal of clutter with trees and shrubbery due to their negative effect on view and cleanliness. Also letters from citizens including Fred Riley, son of "Mrs. Lee Riley (Mary), who for many years wrote the 'Mrs. Wood B. Highbrow' articles in The Sunday Star."
Date: 1960-09-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Missouri House Has Had Two Masters in 111 Years
Description: Photos and biographical article about the German pioneer family Isaiah Mansur, druggists arriving in Ray County, Missouri, about 1837. Description of Isaiah, Sr., born in Vermont in 1815 and building his drugstore in 1842 and house near Millville, Missouri, about 60 miles east of Kansas City. Isaiah Jr. successor to his father's business there at the age of 73 in 1953.
Date: 1953-05-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Linwood Presbyterian Church, Men's Bible Class
Description: Portraits of the men's Bible class from Linwood Presbyterian Church. The class was taught by Mr. Joseph Hawthorne. Also includes a picture of the church in 1907 and 1913.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC33-1 McGee Family Bible Finding Aid
Description: Bible of Mrs. James H. McGee with newspaper obituary of Eleanor McGee pasted in front cover. Only family information is a note on verso of New Testament page. Loose, miscellaneous items found in pages of Bible.
Date: 1816
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Independence Boulevard Christian Church Men's Bible Class
Description: The folder contains the Oct. 22, 1925, v.1#19 issue of the "Northeast Broadcaster, Station N.M.B.C.", published by the Northeast Men's Bible Class of the Independence Boulevard Christian Church. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC33-2 Lykins Family Bible Finding Aid
Description: Family Bible of David Lykins and Jemima Willis, parents of Dr. Johnston Lykins. It has a record of births and deaths written on blank leaves between Old and New Testaments. The title page is missing. Photocopies of pages from this bible are in the vertical file for "Lykins, Johnston."
Date: 1800~/1890~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: World's Greatest Bible Class for Women
Description: Photos of Mrs. N. W. Dible (class president and organizer) and her "Women's Bible Class at the Linwood First Baptist Church" with "an active membership of over fifteen hundred women. ..indisputably the greatest bible class in the world."
Date: 1936-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Another World Title...
Description: Article spotlighting Kansas City boxer and title holder Isaiah "The Prophet" Henderson. Henderson discusses the Kansas City boxing scene, as well as the lack of attention and respect that Midwest boxers receive nationally compared to their counterparts on the East and West coasts.
Date: 2007-06-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p668
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 15th Street south to E. 17th Street and from Denver Avenue east to Drury Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: The Bible Is Meant to Be (1) Read, (2) Restored
Description: Short article about the book-binding business started by Randy Finkle and his wife in 1978, the Randoph Bindery, specializing in restoring Bibles and "all types of journals."
Date: 1980-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

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