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Title
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Sharing Life & Learning
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Joseph Schultz and his wife Bella Schultz, teachers of Jewish culture in Kansas City since 1973. Description of Joseph as "the Oppenheim Brothers Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Danciger Judaic Studies Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City." Description of Bella as a teacher and "principal of the lower school" at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy.
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Date
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1996
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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David Whitney
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Description
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Biographical sketch of David Victory Whitney, or David Whitney, president of the Kansas City College of Pharmacy at 1721 Baltimore Avenue. Born in Kansas City in 1864 and starting out as a journalist with the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Mail before becoming a druggist at 12th and Cleveland Avenues and 12th and Indiana Avenues.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Public Schools
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Description
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Portrait and biographical article about E. D. Phillips, "the instructor in rhetoric and elocution at the high school." Born in Indiana in 1853 and raised in Missouri before coming to Kansas City in 1868 and starting in 1877 "as teacher in the Benton school in the West Bottoms" and relocating to the Manual Training School or the Manual High School.
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Date
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1894-11-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Mary Harmon Weeks, or Mary Weeks (1851-1940), an "author as well as an educator" in child welfare, and wife of electrical engineer Edwin Ruthven Weeks. Native of Ohio raised in Kansas City and becoming one of the first two teachers at Central High School in 1867 with students such as Burris Jenkins, Fred Wolferman, and Frank Wornall. Organizer of "the first PTA [parent-teacher association] in Missouri," namesake of the "Mary Harmon Weeks School at 4201 Indiana" Avenue, and resident of 3408 Harrison Street.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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SC88 Carl Betz Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Carl Betz was a pioneer in the physical education curriculum in the Kansas City public schools in the late 1800s. The collection consists of two boxes with programs, manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, miscellaneous published items, etc. Betz was also a musician.
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Date
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1880~/1988
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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The Rev. Robert Lakas, 57, Dies
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Description
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Photo and obituary for Reverend Robert Lakas, "a Catholic priest who also was English professor at Rockhurst College." Description of his life and career, born in Denver about 1917 and coming to Kansas City about 1955, becoming "well-known in the community as a developer of cultural interests."
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Date
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1974-08-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
