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Long U.S. Army Reserve Center
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Description
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Photograph of the Long U.S. Army Reserve Center at 1528 Central circa 1980. The facility, opened circa 1951, closed in the early 1980s and was demolished to make way for the Bartle Hall Convention Center expansion project.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Cambridge History of American Literature
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Description
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Descriptions of William Torrey Harris, or William Harris (1835-1909), the United States Commissioner of Education from 1889 to 1906 and native of Connecticut, moving to Saint Louis as a teacher and becoming superintendent of public schools there, establishing one of the first American journals of philosophy there in 1867 and then founding the Concord School of Philosophy in Massachusetts. Numerous references to him and comparisons of him to several other prominent philosophers, including Hegel, Spencer, and Kant, Peirce, Royce, James, and Dewey.
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Date
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1943
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Water Resources Development by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Missouri
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Description
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Illlustrated article giving a description of the flood control projects of the Army Corps of Engineers in Jackson and Clay Counties, Missouri, on the Little Platte River for the new Smithville Lake and the Little Blue River, "authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1968," creating dams and water recreation at the new Little Blue River lakes of Blue Springs Lake and, on part of the land of the Longview Farm, Longview Lake.
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Date
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1979-01-01
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Randolph Bend
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Description
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Map of the Randolph Bend of the Missouri River, in Clay County and Jackson County, Missouri. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, boat ramps, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Kansas City to Mouth
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Quindaro Bend and the town of Sugar Creek. Shows principal topographic features for some distance inland, indicating railroad lines, dikes, creeks (Line Creek, Rock Creek, Jersey Creek, Sugar Creek), industrial districts (with companies named), truck gardens, and timber stands. Kansas City, Kansas is shown, as well as Kansas City, Missouri, and the Missouri towns of North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph, Minaville, and Birmingham. A stretch of the Big Blue River is included, as well.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kaw Bend
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Description
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Map of the Kaw Bend of the Missouri River, curving around Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Randolph Bend-Kansas City Reach
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Description
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Map of the Randolph Bend-Kansas City Reach stretch of the Missouri River, from the Paseo Bridge to the Chouteau Bridge. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, railroad lines, highways are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Big Blue Bend
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Description
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Map of the Big Blue Bend of the Missouri River, primarily in Clay County, Missouri. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kansas City Reach-Kansas River Bend
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Description
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Map of the Kansas City Reach - Kansas River Bend stretch of the Missouri River, including the Broadway Bridge and the A.S.B. Bridge. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, railroad lines, railroad yards are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Kansas City to Mouth
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Cement City (Wayne City Bend) past Missouri City through the Missouri City Bend. Shows principal topographic features for some distance inland, indicating railroad lines, levees, dikes, creeks (Big Shoal Creek, Mill Creek, Rush Creek), as well as the Little Blue River. The Missouri towns of Courtney, South Liberty, and Atherton are in evidence.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Kansas City to Sioux City
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Delaware Bend and the Quindaro Bend. Shows principal topographic features for some distance inland, indicating railroad lines, dikes, revetments, creeks and areas of marsh, timber, and orchards. Missouri towns in evidence are Waldron and Parkville; Kansas towns represented are Wolcott, Pomeroy, and Kansas City (Quindaro).
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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SC169 North American Aviation Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The North American Aviation Inc. operated a B-25 factory at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1942-1945. This collection, donated by relatives of former North American Aviation employees, consists of issues of the plant's employee newsletter, notices sent to employees, and a patriotic music catalog.
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Date
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1942/1945
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Salvation Army Thrift Store
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Description
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Photograph of the Salvation Army Thrift Store, operating in the Warwick Theater building at 3927 Main Street, circa 1983. The building opened as a movie theater in 1928 and was designed by the Bollar Brothers, but was covered by a more recent metal facade over the original architecture. The Meyer Building can be seen to the north of the Warwick building, and Dorothy's Swap-Shop is to its south.
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Date
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1983~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Salvation Army
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Description
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Photograph of a Salvation Army facility at 917 Tracy, looking northeast from the intersection of 10th and Tracy, in the 1980s. A neon sign hangs on the corner of the building.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United States
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Description
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Map of the United States showing Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory (stretching to the west coast), and a large area comprising the southwest, including present-day northern Mexico. Names of many Indian tribes, and some Indian villages, appear on this map, as well as towns and rivers. The state of Missouri is shown as stretching well into present-day Iowa.
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Date
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1822
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Federal Aviation Administration Employees
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Description
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A group of 24 black and white photographs associated with the Federal Aviation Administration. These include varying sizes taken in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes snapshots as well as 8x10 in. official group photographs. Some of the pictures were taken in Kansas City and others may have been taken in Oklahoma City, Washington, D.C., etc. Group poses taken in Kansas City were generally taken in front of City Hall. Identification is provided with most of the images. Includes poses of the United States Weather Bureau officials and the first CMTIC conference held in Kansas City in 1948.
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Date
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1940~/1959~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Waldron, Missouri, and Parkville, Missouri. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines (1890), levee lines, and railroad lines. The Kansas towns or stations of Wolcott or Connors City, Pomeroy, and Nearman are in evidence. Printed on the map, "Surveyed Nov.-Dec. 1922 E. A. B., Jun. Engr. In 47 sheets, Sheet No. 2. Made under the direction of Major C. C. Gee, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Submitted by E. C. Constance, Asst. Engr., U.S. Engineer Office, Kansas City, Mo."
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Date
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1922/1923
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Rulo to Mouth
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Pomeroy Bend and East Bottoms Bend, showing existing channel conditions for October, 1940. Shows principal planimetric features along the river and for a distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating creeks, railroad lines, levees, revetments, and dikes. Parkville, Harlem, and North Kansas City, Missouri are in evidence, as well as Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Rulo to Mouth
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Delaware Bend and Pomeroy Bend, showing existing channel conditions for October, 1940. Shows principal planimetric features along the river and for a distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating creeks, railroad lines, levees, revetments, and dikes. The Kansas towns of Cochrane, Lansing, Pope, Wolcott, and Pomeroy are in evidence, as well as Stigers (Delaware) Island, and the Missouri town of Waldron.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Map
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