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Title: West Line Quadrangle
Description: Topographical map of west Cass County, Missouri, northeast Miami County, Missouri, and southwest Johnson County, Missouri. Features towns of West Line and Cleveland, Missouri, and includes roads, railroads, and creeks. Several schools and churches are noted, including West Union Church, Pleasant Valley School, and Pleasant Prairie School.
Date: 1981
Object Type: Map

Title: An Expanding Distribution Revolution
Description: Article reviews the Midwest transportation corridor including Kansas City's central location that "puts it square in the middle of a growing trade corridor linking Canada, the United States and Mexico." Kansas City Southern Railroad (KCS) has 1,300-mile rail network that links Kansas City with the Port of Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico. Includes an aerial picture of CenterPoint-KCS Intermodal Center located 20 miles south of downtown Kansas City.
Date: 2009-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Rail Systems and Principal Connections Serving Kansas City
Description: United States map illustrates railroads connecting Kansas City to cities across the contiguous 48 states.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p159
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 2nd Street south to E. 5th Street and from Oak Street east to Holmes, showing buildings, streets, railroads, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1937
Object Type: Map

Title: Reports of Presidential Emergency Boards for Disputes on Railroads: Kansas City Southern Railway
Description: Article about a board appointed by the President of the United States to settle the labor dispute of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
Date: 1933-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p050
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 2nd Street south to E. 5th Street and from Oak Street east to Locust Street Trafficway, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Reports of Presidential Emergency Boards for Disputes on Railroads: Kansas City Southern Railway
Description: Article about the "emergency board appointed by the President of the United States on June 12, 1933, to investigate the wage dispute between the Kansas City Southern Railway and its engineers, firemen and enginemen, conductors, and trainmen" during the Great Depression.
Date: 1933-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Creating a Heart of America Infrastructure
Description: Article on the origins of railroads in and through Kansas City, and their connections to the rest of the United States, beginning with the construction of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869. The article focuses specifically on the legacies of Robert T. Van Horn, the former mayor who had envisioned a rail bridge across the Missouri River, and Arthur Stilwell, credited as a "'system innovator'" and "'system integrator.'"
Date: 2014
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1950, Page p279
Description: A portion of northeast Kansas City from E. Front Street south to Cliff Drive and from Lydia Avenue east to N. Woodland Avenue, showing buildings, parks, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of pages refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1940/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Long-Planned KC Southern-Mexican Railway Deal Finally
Description: Kansas City Southern has finally completed its deal with Latin American multimodal transporation company Grupo TMM to have controlling interest in Mexico's biggest railroad, Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana. This Mexican railway connects Mexico City, three major ports and the industrial core of Mexico to KC Southern's domestic railways at the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo Texas border. Article includes a map showing these railways in the United States and in Mexico. In addition to TFM, KCS owns the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), founded in 1887, the Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex), founded in 1885, and the Gateway Eastern Railway Company.
Date: 2005-04-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
Description: Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Book

Title: Urban Housing With a View
Description: Article about the Morgan Group's plan to build a $48 million luxury apartment complex in the River Market area in late April. The 323-unit Market Station is the "largest downtown residential construction project since the 466-unit Quality Hill development in the mid-1980s." It will be located on a 7.4 acre tract "just east of the Broadway Bridge that once was the historic starting point of Kansas City Southern and referred to a 'milepost zero.'"
Date: 2008-03-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Chicago & Alton Railroad: The Only Way
Description: This book contains many entries on railroading in the Kansas City area including a photograph and mention of Union Station. The index also contains entries for the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Book

Title: Strategies: The Way to Run a Railroad
Description: Photo (of chief executive officer Michael Haverty), graph, and article about the increased business of Kansas City Southern Industries following the release of "its high-flying Janus Funds financial unit" and new ownership of a railroad connecting Kansas City all the way through to Mexico City.
Date: 2000-10-23
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p183
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Market Street south to W. 9th Street and from the state line east to Mulberry, showing buildings, railroads and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p183
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Market Street south to W. 9th Street and from the state line east to Mulberry, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p723
Description: A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District, showing buildings, railroads, and the Blue River. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At the top of page, "Add'l Sheet, Jan. 1919."
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p703
Description: A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District showing Penrod Jurden and Clark Company and Black Sivalls and Bryson Metal Tank Manufacturers. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p722
Description: A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District, showing buildings, streets, and railroads. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At the top of page, "New Sheet, May 1922."
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page f005
Description: Graphic Map of Volumes and Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 6 (corrected to January 1946), showing Kansas City area bounded by E. 31st Street on the north, Elmwood Avenue on the east, 71st Street on the south, and the state line on the west. It also shows railroads, surrounding towns, parks, reservoirs, and indicates areas covered by other volumes.
Date: 1917/1945
Object Type: Map

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