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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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SC76 Faxon School Census Book Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of an enrollment book for Faxon School covering the school years 1906-07 through 1912-13. The book lists the following information for each student in 1st through 7th grades: name; age (in years and months); date of admission; previous school; grade; class; name of parent or guardian; occupation of parent or guardian; residence; birthplace of student; if and when they left during the school year; for what reason they left; number of days belonged, attended, absent, and tardy for each term and for the entire school year. For some years, teachers' names, students' vaccination status, or parent/guardian birthplace is listed.
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Date
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1906/1913
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC160 Kansas City Athenaeum Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1894/2012
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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