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Title
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Notes and Events: Kansas City Wins Police Home Rule
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Description
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News of the legal control of the city police department being shifted to the Kansas City government, by decree of the Missouri Supreme Court, and the change's ramifications.
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Date
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1932-05
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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City and County Home Rule in Missouri's New Constitution
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Description
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Outline of some of the most significant impacts of the new 1945 Missouri state constitution on cities and county governments in the state, including increased freedom of self-government in general, less bureaucracy for "police, fire, and water services," more localized taxes, etc.
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Date
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1945-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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City Government [and] Home Rule and the Saloons
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Description
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Two consecutive articles about the Kansas City area. Description in the first about forms of city government in Kansas City, Kansas, other cities in Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Description in the second about the government control of saloons in Kansas City, Missouri, including the state and city governments and the Board of Police Commissioners, in the context of being "'wide open'," especially on Sundays.
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Date
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1909-08-14
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC35-2 Henry R. Rule Autograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains various items which include the autographs of famous people like political figures, including many presidents, literary greats, Civil War personalities, etc. Includes a letter written by Walt Disney, August 17, 1937, addressed to the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. Most of the autographs appear to come from Mr. Henry Rule who wrote and corresponded with individuals who provided him the autographs.
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Date
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1792/1939
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Galloway Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of Greene County, Missouri, including the James River. Depicted are the Springfield Municipal Airport, Sequoia State Park, and a number of schools, churches, and roads of varying grades.
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Date
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1948
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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United States
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Description
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Map of the United States showing Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory (stretching to the west coast), and a large area comprising the southwest, including present-day northern Mexico. Names of many Indian tribes, and some Indian villages, appear on this map, as well as towns and rivers. The state of Missouri is shown as stretching well into present-day Iowa.
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Date
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1822
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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A Rural Survey in Missouri
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Description
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Survey of rural life in Missouri during the early twentieth century published by the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The survey focuses upon the following: economic conditions, population, social life, education, recreation, morals, religious conditions, religious activities, and social welfare.
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Date
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1912~
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Object Type
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Pamphlet
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Title
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Bearcreek Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of an area southeast of Kansas City, Missouri in Jefferson and Madison Counties. The town of Bearcreek, Missouri is featured, as well as roads, creeks, rivers, and springs. Several churches are shown, including Lindley Prairie Church, Forest Home Church, Sand Hill Church, and Alder Church.
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Date
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1956
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Home from the Hill
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Description
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Biographical article about retiring United States Senator Thomas Eagleton from Missouri, starting in the 1960s, with photos and description of his career and representation of the Kansas City area, as "the first senator to open a full-time office in Kansas City."
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Date
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1985-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Tenth Census of the United States: Social Statistics of Cities
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Description
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Facts from the 1880 federal census about streets, horse railroads, waterworks, gas, public buildings, public parks and public grounds, places of amusement, drainage, cemeteries, markets, sanitary authority--Board of Health, infectious diseases, reports, municipal cleansing, police, fire department, and manufacturers.
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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United States Bicentennial
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Description
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Information about the celebration of the United States Bicentennial, including a program for an ethnic ball in Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Johnson's United States
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Description
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Map of the United States, Lower California, northern Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. State and territorial boundaries, railroad lines, rivers, and towns are indicated for the U.S., as well as forts, explorers' routes, pioneer trails, and Indian tribe locations for western U.S. Numeral 20 found in upper left corner; numeral 21 found in upper right corner.
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Date
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1862
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The United States Illustrated
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Description
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Photo of a steel engraving by J. M. Peck of Kansas City in the mid-1800s.
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Date
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1852
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Municipal Stadium
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Description
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View looking west toward home plate across the lower deck stands of Municipal Stadium (22nd and Brooklyn), showing men working on grass in outfield.
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Date
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1955-04-14
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United Chemical Company
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Description
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Photo and history of the building, by 1950 the home of the United Chemical Company, "having originally been the famous Pacific Hotel of Civil War days, among whose guests were numbered Gran, Lincoln and other makers of United States history."
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book Section
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