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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 Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) written by Kenneth H. Winn. Includes citations.
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Date
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1999
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Book
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Title
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Biography of Thomas Hart Benton
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Photo and bio of artist Thomas Hart Benton, giving background information on how he got into painting.
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Date
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1905-05-05
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference
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Description
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Photo and biographical sketch of C. Josephine Wigginton Barton, or C. Josephine Barton, "metaphysical writer and artist," also the mother of Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton, describing her work in teaching and producing art, including one of her paintings "on exhibition at the World's Fair in 1893," and writing on metaphysical subjects, including books and magazine editing.
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Date
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1901
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Artists' Careers Get a Boost
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Description
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Three artists have received the 2010 Charlotte Street Foundation visual artist awards for artistic merit. They are clothing designer, Ari Fish; fabric artist, Sonie Ruffin; and painter, Caleb Taylor. Article provides a brief biography of each person.
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2010-02-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Myra Morgan's Non-Obituary
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Description
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Biography and tribute to Myra Morgan. Myra and her husband Jim promoted the arts in Kansas City through their Morgan Gallery, exhibiting the works of local artists. With Dick Belger, she also founded the Belger Arts Center.
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Date
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2005-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Encyclopedia of Missouri--A Volume of Encyclopedia of the United States
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Description
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Biography of Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), the artist, "well-known for his surreal, cartoon-like paintings of Americana." Born in Neosho, Missouri and becoming an art student in Paris until 1912, art teacher "at several eastern colleges" after World War I, and resident of "Kansas City, Missouri from 1935 until his death."
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Date
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1985
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
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Description
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Special section devoted to John Brown and his times and how he defined Bleeding Kansas. Includes his biography as written by Tom Goodrich as well as other short articles. Includes articles (1) "Dog Day at Black Jack" by Tom Goodrich which details the Black Jack battle near Baldwin, Kansas; (2) "Steamboat Arabia" by Deb Goodrich; and (3) "My Experience with John Steuart Curry and His Widow" by Don Lambert. (Curry painted the John Brown mural in the Kansas state house.)
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Date
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2005
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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