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SC58 Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Mildred Kittell Ray was born in Halstead, Kansas, on September 22, 1895. An avid collector of postcards (buttons, too), Mrs. Ray, at the age of 72, initiated a column in the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star entitled "A Postcard from Old Kansas City." The columns ran for 23 years. They proved to be extremely popular with the reading public, and two selected sets of articles were collected and published in book form; the first volume won a national design award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The collection consists of over 16,000 postcards and materials associated with Mrs. Ray's writing career. Subjects in the postcards include Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, the other states of the US, a large number of foreign countries, an assortment of different topics (humor, holidays, etc.), and card format (wood, leather, copper, etc.). Items related to Mrs. Ray's career as a writer include: correspondence; research materials such as newspaper clippings and handwritten notes; draft, manuscript, and published versions of early "pre-postcard" historical articles; postcard articles that were rejected by the publisher; and the texts of lectures and presentations given by Mrs. Ray. Graphic materials make up another part of the collection, with items like advertising envelopes, ephemera from Emery, Bird, Thayer, and a number of photographs. An audiotape of a speech given by Dick Ray (Mrs. Ray's son), on February 13, 1998, at the official debut of the Library's online version of the newspaper column is included in the collection.
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Date
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1890/1998
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Finding Aid
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New England National Bank
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Description
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Postcard of the New England National Bank building on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
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Postcard
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Gayety Theater
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Description
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Postcard of the Gayety Theater that once stood on the southeast corner of 12th and Wyandotte streets.
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Date
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1912~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Dixon Hotel
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Description
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Postcard showing the Dixon Hotel that once stood on the southeast corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
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Date
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1932~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Kaw River, River Front
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Description
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Postcard of riverfront area of the Kansas River.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Baltimore Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the Baltimore Hotel that once stood on Baltimore Avenue between 11th and 12th streets.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Postcard of the Coca-Cola Building.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Washington Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the Washington Hotel that once stood on the southwest corner of 12th and Washington streets at night.
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Postcard
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Baltimore Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the Baltimore Hotel.
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Postcard
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Manchester School
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Description
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Postcard of the Manchester School.
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Date
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1913
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Troost Park, Bridge
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Description
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Postcard showing the Arly L. Hedrick Bridge at Troost Park.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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1908 Flood, near Union Depot
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Description
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Postcard view near Union Depot in the West Bottoms during the 1908 flood.
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Date
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1908-06-19
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Owl Drug Store
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Description
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Postcard of the interior of an Owl drug store.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Central High School
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Description
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Postcard of Central High School, once located at 11th and Locust streets.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Walker Place Apartment House
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Description
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Postcard of the Walker Place Apartment House that once stood on the northeast corner of 8th Street and Highland Avenue.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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