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Title
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Roads For the Rich: Highway Development and the Upper Class of Kansas City, 1923-1936
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Description
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Written as an Undergraduate Honors Thesis from the University of Kansas, this 48 page paper is on the important period in Kansas City's transportation development, during the period when the mobility of automobiles began to blur class distinctions. Includes chapters on George Kessler's legacy, street cars and automobiles, and financing streets partly through funds of organized crime led by Boss Tom Pendergast.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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An Historical Study of Showboat Theatre on the Missouri River
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from Central Missouri State College about the history of showboat theater on the Missouri River, describing the showboats themselves and their operators, "the types of entertainment given by them, and the staging practices used by them," from 1908 to 1940 and only between Kansas City and Saint Louis, with illustrations and map.
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Date
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1965-08
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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The Importance of Travel Routes of Missouri
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame about the overland trails and roads in the history of Missouri and their "significance in the history of the nation, especially the history of the Great West."
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
