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Title: Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
Description: 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."
Date: 1922/1923
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River: Rulo to Mouth
Description: 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.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River: Rulo to Mouth
Description: 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.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
Description: Stretch of the Missouri River between Leavenworth Bend and Pope Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, the Platte River, Horseshoe Lake, Stigers (Delaware) Island, levees, dikes, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Lansing and South Leavenworth, and the Missouri towns of Farley and Waldron.
Date: 1946/1947
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 48."Map shows a stretch of the Missouri River which includes Wayne City Bend, Liberty Bend, Mills Bend, and Jackson's Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, and creeks. The towns or stations of Courtney and South Liberty are in evidence, as well as Eton Tower, Atwood Quarry, and Liberty Water Works Pumping Station.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, Aug. 21, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 50."Map of a stretch of the Missouri River from Quindaro Bend and the Fairfax Drainage District to the East Bottoms Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, creeks, and railroad lines. Goose Island, the Kansas River, Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, Harlem, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, are in evidence.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 49."Map shows a stretch of the Missouri River which includes Randolph Bend, Big Blue Bend, and Sissons Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, creeks, and railroad lines. The Missouri towns or sites of Cement City, Mt. Washington, Kansas City, Randolph, and Birmingham are in evidence. Standard Oil Co. intake noted, as well as the refinery.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
Description: Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Quindaro Bend. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines (1890), levee lines, and railroad lines. Goose Island and the Kansas City Waterworks are in evidence. Printed on the map, "Surveyed Dec. 1922, E. A. B., Jun. Engr. In 47 sheets, Sheet No. 1. 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."
Date: 1922/1923
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River: Rulo to Mouth
Description: Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Randolph Bend and Jackson 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, dikes, and the new channel at the Big Blue Bend. The Missouri towns of Kansas City, Mt. Washington, Sugar Creek, Cement City, Courtney, South Liberty, Birmingham, and Minaville are in evidence.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Map

Title: Riverboat Operations
Description: The Franklin D. Roosevelt pushing barges carrying unidentified cargo.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Group of people standing beside train cars with a group of band members, some seated on burros. Writing on the drum says "Third Regiment, Kansas City, Mo.". Written underneath photograph is "Capt. Berry, bandmaster". View includes at least two African Americans. Bluff in the background appears to be graded. Exact location not known.
Date: 1880~/1899~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Juvenile Reviews
Description: Brief article about "reviewing and recommending books for children" at "the Children's Department of the Library, under the direction of Miss Vera J. Prout" of the Kansas City Public Library.
Date: 1936-12-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: U.S. Base Closings Include KC Units
Description: Article discusses the approval by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission of Pentagon plans to close or realign Army and Navy bases around the country, including some in Kansas and Missouri. Map of base closings to date included.
Date: 2005-08-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The United States Army in the Kansas Border Troubles, 1855-1856
Description: In the first paragraph of the article, the author poses these questions: "To what extent was the army used as a peace-maintaining force and to what degree was it truly neutral? If the army was relatively impartial, how can this be explained in view of the fact that officers stationed in Kansas were of both Northern and Southern origins? A brief account of this period of military history may suggest answers to these questions". The article goes on to discuss the vital role the army played in preventing full-scale civil war in the area.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Lewis and Clark: Frontier Officers, United States Army, and the Court-martial at Kaw's Point
Description: Article gives a general history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and details the events that took place during the group's stay at ''Kaw's Point'' (the mouth of the Kansas River at the Missouri River) in late June of 1804.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas Literature and Race
Description: An overview of how race has been expressed in literature and poetry by Kansans. The author discusses how issues of segregation, class, poverty, social justice, and integration in Kansas have been portrayed by writers, poets, and filmmakers within a historical context. The article includes excerpts from the works of Gordon Parks, Kenneth Wiggins Porter, William Stafford, Maxine Clair, Kevin Young, Gary Jackson, and Thomas Fox Averill.
Date: 2013
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Operations of the K. C. Board of Trade
Description: Price basing market for about one third of the wheat acreage of the United States.
Date: 1929-10-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Johnson's United States
Description: Map of the United States, Lower California, northern Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. State and territorial boundaries, railroad lines, rivers, and towns are indicated for the U.S., as well as forts, explorers' routes, pioneer trails, and Indian tribe locations for western U.S. Numeral 20 found in upper left corner; numeral 21 found in upper right corner.
Date: 1862
Object Type: Map

Title: Quantrill's Civil War Operations in Indian Territory
Description: Thorough article on the guerrilla maneuverings of William C. Quantrill through Indian Territory, later the state of Oklahoma, during the Civil War, with map, illustrations, and photos, including one of Jesse James.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Magazine Article

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