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Title: Returning from Salvation Army Camp
Description: Photograph of a woman and seven children standing on the street. Appears to be taken with the other photos marking a group's return from a Salvation Army Camp.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Returning from Salvation Army Camp
Description: A group of chidren standing in front of a crowd of people and busses returning from a Salvation Army Camp.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Returning from Salvation Army Camp
Description: Photograph of a woman and children standing in front of a crowd of people and buses returning from a Salvation Army Camp.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Returning from Salvation Army Camp
Description: Group photograph of women and children returning from a Salvation Army Camp.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Community Centers Threatened By Budget
Description: According to this article, 670,000 people participated in community center activities during the fiscal year 2001-02 in Kansas City. Recent budget cut proposals at City Hall may mean the closing of these community centers. It also states that "together the 11 community centers use about $5 million each year for programs and operations..." Community concern will be expressed at a neighborhood meeting planed for January 18, 2003.
Date: 2003-01-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Thirty-nine Years With the United Way, 25 at Whatsoever
Description: Article features Bill Cook, noted for his years of social service, especially his 25 years as Senior Citizens Director at the Whatsoever Community Center on Ewing Street. Includes photo of Mr. Cook holding commemorative plaque.
Date: 2000-10-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Central United Methodist Church Defies Adversity, Adopts Diversity
Description: Central United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Kansas, has survived numerous floods, including the 1951 flood in which water filled the church up to the balcony. As it has lost membership, the Church has embraced diversity offering 34 social service programs, known as "Bridges of Hope" and developing a muticultural congregation.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Hope for the Homeless, 1986-1991: Report of the Joint Committee on Homelessness of the Heart of America United Way and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Description: Report on services and programs offering shelter or aid for homeless people.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Report

Title: Lifestyle: A Family Down and Out
Description: Photos and article about the growing number of homeless families in Kansas City and charitable institutions for their aid such as the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge and "a low-income housing project in Shawnee, just across the Kansas border."
Date: 1987-01-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: For Troubled Boys: New Family, New Life
Description: Photo and biographical article about Curtis Kenyon and his wife Elinor Kenyon, volunteer hosts and counselors for troubled boys at their home at 4940 Westwood Road. Institution known as "The Family" and "[a]ffiliated with Big Brothers of Greater Kansas City, Inc."
Date: 1972-06-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: National Folk Festival
Description: A man poses in front of the Supreme Court of the United States during a trip to the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Good Shepherd Manor
Description: Photos and information on the Good Shepherd Manor (operated by the Brothers of the Good Shepherd) opened in 1967 at 3220 East 23rd Street in Kansas City for mentally and physically handicapped young men. Established on the site of the former Queen of the World Hospital, operating from 1955 to 1965 (and from 1899 to 1953 as the Saint Vincent Hospital) and demolished in 1973.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Time Ran Out For Minute Circle
Description: Article details the closing the Minute Circle Friendly House at 2405 Elmwood Avenue. Andrew Campos was recently fired over financial concerns according to Board President David Garrett. The insurance on the center had not been paid and it was operating in a deficent.
Date: 2003-10-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Carver Neighborhood Unit Moves to New Quarters
Description: Photo, caption, and article about the relocation of the "George Washington Carver Neighborhood center" from "its old location at 1608 Campbell street, where it has been since 1943, to the educational building of the Southeast Presbyterian church, 3401 East [26th Street]."
Date: 1965-08-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: UNICO buys Masonic Building for Cultural Center
Description: Announcement of the purchase of the Masonic Hall on Van Brunt Boulevard by the Kansas City Chapter of UNICO. UNICO representatives state they plan to convert the building into an Italian Cultural Center.
Date: 1987-09-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Works Progress Administration Education Group
Description: Adults and children pose in a classroom. The caption reads, "Adult Education O.P. 465 -55-3-116 W.P. 5158 English-Guadalupe Center Kansas City MO. June 9-38 Plate - 1839." A Works Progress Administration (WPA) sign is visible in foreground.
Date: 1938-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: National Folk Festival
Description: Photograph of the White House's northern facade taken during a trip to the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Guadalupe Center
Description: Dorothy Gallagher stands outside of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

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