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Title
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Naturalization Council
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Description
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Information about the Naturalization Council of Greater Kansas City, including Madalyne Brock, its executive secretary. Description of its operations and several constituent organizations, especially women's, Jewish, and church clubs, teaching basic skills to foreign immigrants at 4033 McGee Street.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Deaths: Augustus H. Bode
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Obituary for Augustus Bode, "91, of 8901 Wenonga Road, Leawood, former district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service here," starting with the service in 1907 and living in Kansas City since 1943.
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Date
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1974-08-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
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Description
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This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
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1950/1961
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
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Description
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This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
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1947/1959
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Kansas City in 1879
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Description
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Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
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1879
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Social Prospectus of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Report prepared by the Research Bureau of the Board of Public Welfare chronicling the description, demographics, industries, churches, schools, recreational activities, housing, social services available and other problems affecting seven Kansas City districts. The authors of the report pay special attention to the city's immigrant and African American communities. A broad general prospectus of the entire city is also provided. The report contains several photographs and maps provided to illustrate the nature and extant of social and health problems affecting Kansas Citians. The districts covered by the report are: the North West, the North Side, the West Side, the Swope Settlement, the Hospital, Penn Valley and the East Side.
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1913
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Object Type
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Book
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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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1934/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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SC195 S. Stephen Lispi Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains the work of Steve Lispi, a commercial artist who was especially active during the mid-20th century. Lispi designed advertisements, packaging, branding, and various promotional materials for numerous clients in Kansas City and throughout the Midwest. The collection contains illustrations, lettering, cartoons, logo designs, layout sketches, menus, print advertisements and original artwork of various media.
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1930~/2002
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Kansas City Cave Region
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Description
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"The seven Missouri counties that constitute the Kansas City Cave Region cover 4,253 square miles. A total of 20 caves were recorded here as of April 2007. The cave count, by county, is Cass, 2; Clay, 1; Jackson, 8; Johnson, 2; Lafayette, 1; Pettis, 5; and Platte, 1.""The premier caves of Jackson County are Unity Natural Tunnel, Harrison Parkway Cave, and Santa Fe Trail Spring Cave. Unity Natural Tunnel is 125 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 8 feet high." In 1906, George Pierson mapped Harrison Parkway Cave which is about 140 feet long. "Pierson's map is the second oldest cave map on record in the Missouri cave files, second only to the map of Marvel Cave created in the late 1800s by S. F. Prince." Santa Fe Trail Spring Cave is of historic interest because it once provided water for traders and immigrants headed west on the Santa Fe Trail.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book Section
Pages
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