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Title: Charles Klick
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Klick. He was a luncheon guest speaker on March 19, 1968. Identified as Regional Staff Assistant to the Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Narcotics.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James Gibson
Description: Photo and bio of James Gibson (1849-1918), mayor of Kansas City in 1883, judge and lawyer "with offices at Missouri Avenue and Main Street," a native of Cooper County, Missouri, coming to Kansas City in 1871 and residing "at the National House at 5th and Central" Streets, then at 727 Forest Avenue, and then at 2934 Tracy Avenue, helping "to dedicate the new Central High School at 11th and Locust" Streets and the Gillis Theater.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Book

Title: Charles Keith
Description: Photo and bio of Charles Keith (1873-1945), mayor of Kansas City in 1939 and president of the Central Coal & Coke Company in the Keith & Perry Building at 9th and Walnut Streets. Description of his life and career as a native Kansas Citian with residences at 1216 Cherry Street and later 400 East Armour Boulevard and the Chatham Hotel at 3701 Broadway.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Book

Title: Shawnee Mission East High School Yearbook - Hauberk
Description: Yearbook for the 1968 class of Shawnee Mission East High School.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Carl Betz Display
Description: Interior view, display case with portions of the Carl Betz Collection on display during an unidentified teacher's meeting. Back of picture reads: "This picture was taken in November of 1968 in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. In the case were displayed books, periodicals and outlines written by Carl Betz, 1854-1898, pioneer in physical education. He introduced physical education into the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., in 1885. Also shown are medals awarded to Carl Betz by the Paris Exposition in 1889, and by the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carl Betz Display
Description: Close-up view of display case with items from the Carl Betz Collection. Back of photograph reads: This picture was taken in November of 1968 in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City, Mo. Public Library. The picture shows a part of the glass case in which were displayed books, periodicals, and outlines written by Carl Betz, 1854-1898, pioneer in physical education. He introduced physical education into the public schools of Kansas City, Mo., in 1885. The medals shown were awarded to him by the Paris Exposition in 1889, and by the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893."
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Old Lobb Church, One of the Oldest in City Is a Link with the Pioneer Settlers
Description: Reminiscences of Fields Shrank of her childhood involved in the history of the Lobb Cemetery and church both established by Aquilla Lobb (a settler in the late 1830s from Kentucky) by 1847 north of Blue Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Society Archives Open to All Interested Persons
Description: One paragraph about the new "Waggoner-Gates Mill Collections" at the archives of the Jackson County Historical Society. Also description of the acquisition of the "Albert Schoenberg Collection," papers of the Schoenberg Realty & Investment Company dating from about 1908 to 1965.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Nicodemus: Negro Haven on the Solomon
Description: Photos and article about the history of the black colony of Nicodemus in Cherokee County, Kansas, "founded in 1877" by Nashville realtor and black homestead leader Benjamin Singleton (1809-1892).
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: On Quality Hill: Dwellers in Fashionable Area of Kansas City Set Social Tempo of 70's and 80's [sic]
Description: Early history of the Quality Hill neighborhood, during its peak of social prestige in the 1870s and 1880s as home to many of Kansas City's elite.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Pioneer Mills Vital: Early Jackson County Had Numerous Grist Operations
Description: Review of grist mills in Jackson County's 19th century history, describing each.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Charles Robinson--Yankee '49er: His Journey to California
Description: Tale of visiting Westport hotels during the time of a cholera outbreak.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Wornall Home Researcher Brings the Home Restoration Project Up-to-Date
Description: Detailed report on lingering problems in the restoration.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

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