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Title: 1217 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photographs of houses at 1217 East Armour Boulevard and 1215 East Armour in the early 1980s. Both homes were subdivided into multiple apartments after being initially built as single family homes. 1217 E. Armour was built in 1906 and has been called the George Hucke Residence after the initial owner, a prominent local contractor. The house at 1215 E. Armour was built in 1904 and has been called the Julius Baer Residence after its original owner, a local optometrist.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City--Freight Power House on The Prairie
Description: Kansas City's freight activity, distribution/transportation, is growing. As a transportation hub, Kansas City area "handled an estimated total of 291 million tons of freight in 2007, with an estimated total value of $826 billion." It's estimated that 20 to 25 percent of the jobs in the area are linked to transportation and supply chain activities. Several sidebars are included, one is "Kansas City Freight by the Numbers" that gives statistics for being one of the nation's leading rail hubs (p. 41).
Date: 2011-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City in 1879
Description: Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
Date: 1879

Title: SC20 Guadalupe Center Collection Finding Aid
Description: Established in 1919, the Guadalupe Center originally served as a settlement house and gathering place for the growing community of Mexican immigrants residing on the West Side of Kansas City. The center offered a variety of programs, including medical clinics, classes, music and dance groups, sports teams, and social clubs. The Guadalupe Center Collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, programs, histories, and records that document an early period of the organization’s activities.
Date: 1918/1977
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
Description: This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
Date: 1947/1959
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Eugene D. Brown Dies at 80
Description: Article about Eugene Brown, chairman of the old Eugene D. Brown Co. Realtors, who died May 14, 2008. The company was known for its Brown Bear logo and "had more than 400 employees when Brown sold it to the former J. C. Nichols Real Estate in 1998." Brown was "one of the first area real estate executives to voice support for fair-housing measures." His obituary appeared on page B4:3 in the same issue.
Date: 2008-05-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Ramos Vertical File List
Description: A list of the file names in the Ramos collection. This collection includes books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and vertical files relating to the African American experience. Begun around 1920 by librarians at Kansas City Public Library's Lincoln High School Branch, the John F. Ramos Collection contains information on both local and national topics. Other resources can be found by searching the online catalog.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: SC3 Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid
Description: Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized.
Date: 1860/1905
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC226 John W. Bluford III Papers Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains biographical material, correspondence, articles, reports, presentations, photographs, DVDs, and publications highlighting the career of healthcare administrator John W. Bluford III. Bluford served in multiple administrative roles in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before becoming the Executive Director and CEO of Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1998. He retired from that position in 2014 but has since continued his work in the field as the founder and president of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute.
Date: 1975/2017
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Saint Teresa's Academy High School Yearbook - Teresian
Description: Yearbook for the 1968 class of St. Teresa's Academy High School.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Yearbook