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Title: Kansas City Youth Symphony Orchestra in Spain
Description: Performance of the Kansas City Youth Symphony Orchestra in Seville, Spain. A message in Spanish from Mayor Felix Moreno de la Cova is written beneath the image. In English, it reads: Felix Moreno de la Cova, Mayor of Seville, to the Kansas City Youth Symphony Orchestra, as an unforgettable memory of the marvelous concerts performed in our city, on the occasion of the festivals in Spain.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West
Description: Photo of and chapter of the book about Lewis Bloom Myers, or Lewis Myers (1812-1893), a fur trapper born in Pennsylvania and moving to Saint Louis about 1830 before traveling to the Rocky Mountains by the late 1830s. Noted as "the original of La Bonte, one of the two characters given fictionized names in Ruxton's famous book" ("George F. Ruxton's 'Life in the Far West' (1847)") and hunting buffalo at Independence, Missouri.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Secret File
Description: Chapter of the book about the federal law enforcement point of view on the political machine in Missouri of Boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City especially during the 1930s. Description of his criminal investigations (gambling, etc.) by federal officers.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Weston - Queen of the Platte Purchase: Historical Data about a Town That Rose to Fame in 13 Years and Was Forgotten for Nearly 50 Years
Description: Booklet about the history of Weston, Missouri, first settled in 1837 at the opening of the Platte Purchase, with chronology about its decline after the Civil War, illustrations, photos, etc.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Promises, Promises
Description: File containing a booklet with a biographical sketch of Burt Bacharach, a native Kansas Citian and composer of the music for the musical play "Promises, Promises" and various other famous songs such as "What's New, Pussycat?," "Alfie," and "The Look of Love," etc.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Bishop Hogan High School Yearbook - Rampage
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Bishop Hogan High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Southeast High School Yearbook - The Crusader
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Southeast High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Saint Teresa's Academy High School Yearbook - Teresian
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of St. Teresa's Academy High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Raytown High School Yearbook - The Ramizzou
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Raytown High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Center High School Yearbook - The Yellowjacket
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Center High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Westport High School Yearbook - The Herald
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Westport High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Ruskin High School Yearbook - Mirage
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Ruskin High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Central High School Yearbook - The Centralian
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Central High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: North Kansas City High School Yearbook - Purgold
Description: Yearbook for the 1940 class of North Kansas City High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Bishop Lillis High School Yearbook - Lillislog
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Bishop Lillis High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Lincoln High School Yearbook - The Lincolnian
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Lincoln High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Van Horn High School Yearbook -The Falcon
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Van Horn High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Sunset Hill High School Yearbook - The Sundial
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Sunset Hill High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: St. Mary's High School Yearbook - Lance
Description: Yearbook for the 1969 class of Saint Mary's High School.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: American City Planning since 1890: A History Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Institute of Planners
Description: Numerous references to landscape architects Kessler, Wright, and Hare & Hare for their Kansas City works.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

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