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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: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 1]
Description: Volume one of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 3]
Description: Volume three of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 2]
Description: Volume two of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

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

Title: SC197 Frank Schubert Buffalo Soldiers Collection Finding Aid
Description: Frank N. (Mickey) Schubert is a historian who has done extensive research on the topic of Buffalo Soldiers, specifically the experiences of individuals. This collection consists of Schubert’s research files, copies of his speeches and presentations, manuscripts and articles he reviewed, and photograph prints used in his books.
Date: 1897/2014
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
Description: Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
Date: 1877/2014
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC127 Gladstone School
Description: Gladstone School opened in 1915 at 335 N. Elmwood Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri and was demolished in 1988 to make room for a new school building. This collection documents annual attendance and scholarship records for students attending Gladstone School from 1915-1938.
Date: 1915/1938
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
Description: This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Date: 1934/1964
Object Type: Archival Material

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