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Title
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Searcy Creek Parkway
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Description
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View of Searcy Creek Parkway, located between Missouri Highway 210 and Parvin Road. The road, designed by the Kansas City Public Works Department, was awarded for being the first parkway installed in Kansas City north of the Missouri River.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Photograph
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SC103 Republican National Convention (1976) Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This artificial collection contains various items pertaining to the 1976 Republican National Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri, at Kemper Arena. Items range from newspaper clippings to campaign buttons and souvenirs.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Shriners Convention Pennant
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Description
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Triangular shaped pennant (12 .25 in. x 30.5 in.) with words "Imperial Shrine / Convention / 1976 / Kansas City, Mo." It has red, white, and yellow printing and trim. Made from starched felt material and also contains a red, white, and blue Kansas City Bicentennial Star.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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SC152 Bernd Foerster Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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The Bernd Foerster Papers collection contains correspondence and working draft copies of chapters from Bernd Foerster's book, Independence, Missouri. The drafts were sent to members of the Independence Heritage Commission for editing, comments, and approval.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Raphael Hotel
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Description
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Partial frontal view of the Raphael Hotel, located at 321 Ward Parkway. Architect Aubrey R. Davis received an award for his work on this building.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Historical Overview of the Ethnic Communities in Kansas City
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Description
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Largest ethnic group in Kansas City, originally British colonists by way of New England or the South, involved in various sectors of the work force, but not truly appearing "in the historical sources as an ethnic community."
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Historical Overview of the Ethnic Communities in Kansas City
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Description
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Ethnic group living in a separate society starting in 1907, with the first immigrants entering work in railroads, shoe shining, and construction, and with residences around 5th and Wyandotte, etc.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Non-Traditional Jobs for Women: Marcella Womack Speaks
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Description
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Photo, interview, and biographical article about Marcella Womack, "director of the Rockhurst Women's Center for Non-Traditional Careers" and former International Women's Year Director of Greater Kansas City, describing her work in aiding women in the job market through programs at Rockhurst College and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Walt Disney: An American Original
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Description
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Book contains references and descriptions of Walt Disney and his early life plus cartoon and animation career in Kansas City. Includes his animator Ubbe Iwerks, or Ub Iwerks, and their Laugh-O-Gram Studios which started out as Iwerks & Disney, cartoonists. With photos opposite page 224 of Disney's youth and studio work in Kansas City.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
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