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Title
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The United States Commission on Industrial Relations: An Episode of the Progressive Era
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree for George Washington University about the United States Commission on Industrial Relations (dealing with disputes between industrial leaders and their laborers starting in 1912) and its members selected by President Woodrow Wilson including Frank Walsh (1864-1939), a nationally prominent lawyer of Kansas City.
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Date
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1957
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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The Importance of Travel Routes of Missouri
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame about the overland trails and roads in the history of Missouri and their "significance in the history of the nation, especially the history of the Great West."
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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The Stained Glass Windows at Congregation B'Nai Jehudah
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Description
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The abstract states "this study investigates the social and cultural meaning manifest in the style and iconography of John La Farge's stained glass windows for Congregation B'nai Jedudah, as well as the architecture of the Linwood Boulevard temple, in Kansas City, Missouri." Chapters include information on Rabbi Harry H. Mayer, John La Farge, Howe & Hoit, and the temple windows as well as B'nai Jehudah's Wyandotte Street Temple (1875-1885), Oak Street Temple (1885-1908), and Linwood Boulevard Temple (1908-1956).
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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An Historical Study of Showboat Theatre on the Missouri River
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from Central Missouri State College about the history of showboat theater on the Missouri River, describing the showboats themselves and their operators, "the types of entertainment given by them, and the staging practices used by them," from 1908 to 1940 and only between Kansas City and Saint Louis, with illustrations and map.
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Date
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1965-08
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Early History of the Kansas School for the Deaf, 1861-1873
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Description
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Thesis toward a master's degree from George Washington University, discussing the early history of the Kansas School for the Deaf, "the oldest state educational institution in the state of Kansas," founded in 1861 in Baldwin, Kansas, originally. Chapter 2 (pages 4-22) about Philip Alfred Emery, or Philip Emery, the first teacher at the Kansas School for the Deaf, born in Ohio in 1830 and starting with the school around 1860.
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Date
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1966-07
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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History of Freedom, Inc., and Its Early Leaders
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Description
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This Master of Arts thesis presents information on the local political organization called Freedom, Inc. as well as a biographies of two of its early leaders, Bruce Watkins and Leon Jordan. According to the author's abstract, Freedom Inc., a non-profit organization was "created to politically inform the African-American community, develop African-American candidates for political office, and mobilize the vote in Kansas City, Missouri." Included also is discussion on the civil rights struggle in Kansas City in the 1950s and 1960s as well as information on "The Kansas City Call" newspaper and Lucile Bluford. Includes an eight-page bibliography on the topic.
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Date
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2006-04
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Women Theater Mentors in Kansas City
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Description
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An overview (1900-2000) of several important women who helped shape Kansas City theatre. They are: Georgia Brown, Lenore Anthony, Cecile Burton, Susan Dinges, and Patricia McIlrath, who laid the groundwork for the current state of theatre in Kansas City. A bibliography for each chapter is included.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
