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Title
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Interview with Bob Slegman
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Description
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Interview with Bob Slegman about his life and his family's company Stern-Slegman-Prins. He recounts his family history and their start manufacturing silk blouses, and his paternal Slegman family and maternal Stern family partnering up as "jobbers" who distributed wholesale garments to retailers, later manufacturing ladies' coats and suits, and notes that many other prominent garment industry companies had their roots in Stern-Slegman-Prins. He discusses the high quality of local manufacturing, and the operations, financing, and demographics of the work force, as well as his entry into the family business and his service as an Army Air Corps meteorologist during World War II. He shares photographs and other stories about the company, including their inability to have a company outing at Fairyland Park due to having black employees, and discusses the decline of the local garment industry and changes in fashion and retail in the 1970s. Anne Brownfield appears to show off details of a Stern-Slegman-Prins manufactured "Betty Rose" coat.
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Date
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2007-10-23
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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Title
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Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership
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Description
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Biographical description of Ann Slegman, author of the 1995 novel "Return to Sender" and of "nonfiction magazine articles" (formerly with "McCall's" magazine), etc.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Interview with Dale Rice
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Description
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Interview with Dale Rice about his family's experience in the Kansas City garment industry. Dale recounts the story of his grandfather David coming to Kansas City to work as a production manager at Stern-Slegman-Prins and later splitting off to start Rice Coat Company, which was later bought out by his sons, Frank and Lou. Dale discusses joining his father, Frank, in the business in 1968, and seeing the downturn in business which he attributes to imports, changes in fashion, shifts in the retail industry, and notes that he was one of the last remaining local manufacturers before ultimately closing the company in 1993. He also discusses the work of patternmakers and designers, and shares stories about working with his father.
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Date
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2005-08-23
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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Title
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Condo and Loft Overload?
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Description
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Article examining the development and sale of urban condominiums and lofts in Kansas City.
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Date
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2006-09-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fastest Growing Suburbs
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Description
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Article describing some of Kansas City's fastest growing suburbs.
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Date
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2002-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC229 Garment Industry Oral History Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains DVDs and transcripts that were created as part of a Kansas City Garment Industry History Project. The collection consists of oral history interviews and supplemental audiovisual materials related to the Garment Industry.
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Date
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1938/2020
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
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Description
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This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Date
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1934/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material