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Title: SC46 Dr. J. W. Parker Account Books Finding Aid
Description: Dr. J. W. Parker was called John as well as James and settled in Westport, Missouri, in 1851 where he practiced medicine among the white settlers and the Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Delaware Indians. During the Civil War he moved with his family to Nebraska City, Nebraska, returning to Westport sometime after 1882. He died March 2, 1907, at the age of 85 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1851/1872
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC86-2 Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood Papers Finding Aid
Description: Josephine Woodbury Heermans Greenwood was born in Michigan on Christmas Day 1859. She became an employee of the Kansas City School District in 1888 and was principal of Whittier School between 1891-1910. She and James Greenwood, Superintendent of the Kansas City School District, were married from 1910 until his death in 1914. Mrs. Greenwood remained in Kansas City, well known as a Christian Science practitioner. She died in Massachusetts on October 13, 1928, and is buried in Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri.

The collection contains primarily correspondence of a personal nature with over 425 letters covering parts of two centuries with the bulk dated between 1890 to 1914. Other items include tributes to James M. Greenwood after his death, a few newspaper clippings as well as some ephemeral material. The majority of the correspondence is between Josephine Heermans [Greenwood] and James M. Greenwood, as well as between Josephine and her various relatives.
Date: 1846/1928
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC1-2 Harvey Rettberg Papers Finding Aid
Description: Collection of correspondence, publications, photographs, newspaper clippings (including obituaries), etc., belonging to Harvey Rettberg, co-founder of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Fan Club. Includes information on Joe Sanders, Carleton Coon, and many other musicians like Phil Baxter, Boyd Senter, Jimmy Cullum, Curt Hitch, Tony Parenti, Harry and Edmond Souchon, Carleton Coon family, etc.
Date: 1950~/1999~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Loretto Academy High School Yearbook - The Laurel
Description: Yearbook for the 1965 class of Loretto Academy High School.
Date: 1965
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Capturing Missouri's Native Plants
Description: Biographical article about Linda Ellis, an "accomplished nature illustrator" of Kansas City, including the book "Steyermark's Flora of Missouri," with 200 illustrations updating the work of Julian A. Steyermark, "called the world's champion plant collector."
Date: 1992-03-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sunset Hill High School Yearbook - The Sundial
Description: Yearbook for the 1956 class of Sunset Hill High School.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: World War I Parade
Description: Unidentified troops and Salvation Army workers atop and near truck as part of United War Work Drive.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC63 Vertical Files Special Collection Finding Aid
Description: The Vertical Files Special Collection is an artificial collection that was compiled in the mid-1990s when items in the regular vertical files were withdrawn for preservation purposes to be reprocessed as a special collection. This collection consists of pamphlets, reports, articles, correspondence, and ephemera for businesses, organizations, homes, buildings, and people in the Kansas City area.
Date: 1816/1990
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: The Women in Blue
Description: Describes the working atmosphere and activities of a female police officer on the Kansas City police force.
Date: 1997-04-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri For the Union
Description: Confederate prisoners of war were allowed to enlist in the Union Army. Troops were needed along the Upper Missouri to protect forts and make peace with the Indians. The First U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment was sent and were called "Galvanized Yankees". The men were sent to Fort Rice in Dakota Territory on the Upper Missouri and reached there on October 17, 1864. Issues they were involved in included Native relations, Indian trade, emigrant aid and military intelligence gathering. "Despite their short tenure on the Upper Missouri, the First U.S. Volunteers left an important legacy. From their suffering and needless deaths, the Army eventually learned to supply western garrisons months in advance with fruits and vegetables and buffalo clothing for the severe winters. Dialogue was opened with Yanktonai and eastern Teton leaders who could foresee having to share their country with Euro-Americans. Native American annuities were protected from illegal graft, and illegal trade was curtailed. Northwestern commerce and emigration was protected and encouraged. More important than the insight they shed on the nature of civil war, Native-Euro-American relations and frontier development, the U.S. Volunteers provide a vivid picture of the rebirth of the United States after the Civil War. On the Upper Missouri, the First U.S. Volunteers demonstrated that Northerners and Southerners could live peaceable and work together toward common goals."
Date: 2005
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Little Known Medical History: Katharine B. Richardson and Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Series of eight articles by a retired physician who worked with Katharine Richardson. The first three segments in particular focus on Dr. Richardson and the founding and early years of the hospital. The rest are largely about the author's own experiences over a long career, but include much history of Children's Mercy and medicine in Kansas City in general.
Date: 1969-12-01/1971-01-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bishop Lillis High School Yearbook - Lillislog
Description: Yearbook for the 1951 class of Bishop Lillis High School.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Saint Teresa's Academy High School Yearbook - Teresian
Description: Yearbook for the 1978 class of St. Teresa's Academy High School.
Date: 1978
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Saint Teresa's Academy High School Yearbook - Teresian
Description: Yearbook for the 1977 class of St. Teresa's Academy High School.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Saint Teresa's Academy High School Yearbook - The Avila
Description: Yearbook for the 1961 class of St. Teresa's Academy High School.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: SC7 Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid
Description: The Missouri Valley Historical Society (1913-1940) was the successor to the Kansas City Historical Society (1906-1913) and the Early Settler's Society and Historical Association (1896-1906). All these organizations focused on the history of the Kansas City area and the region in general. The Society was especially active during the presidency of John Barber White (1913-1923).The collection consists of official records, correspondence, and business records of the organization. Historical material may be found in vertical files, manuscripts, scrapbooks, etc. The collection also includes the papers of the Gold Star League which contains photographs, correspondence, and biographical sheets on soldiers of World War I from the Kansas City area.
Date: 1830/1940
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC206 St. Mary's Episcopal Church Collection
Description: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church was organized in 1857 under the name St. Luke’s. The name was changed in 1879 to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, and it absorbed St. George’s congregation in 1989. Since its beginning, the Church has had a significant role within the Kansas City community and Western Episcopal Diocese. This collection consists of records created and maintained by church leaders and parishioners.
Date: 1828/2014
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC160 Kansas City Athenaeum Collection Finding Aid
Description: Founded in 1894 through a collaboration of existing women’s clubs, the Kansas City Athenaeum is one of the oldest women’s organizations in the area. The Kansas City Athenaeum Collection contains minutes, yearbooks, scrapbooks, photographs, operational and financial records, clubhouse information and building plans, and ephemera documenting the history of the club.
Date: 1894/2012
Object Type: Finding Aid

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