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Title: Westport Tomorrow, Incorporated
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Baptist Church
Description: Church located at 3921 Baltimore Avenue, after merging with the Calvary Baptist Church at 9th and Harrison Streets. From the Souvenir Program and History of Calvary Baptist Church for the 100th Anniversary, December 15, 1940.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport: 1812-1912
Description: Unnumbered chapter of the book about steamboating during "Westport's golden age of the Santa Fe Trail," from the first, the "John Hancock," in 1832, to the 1860s, listing and describing several steamboats.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport High School Cafeteria
Description: Interior view with students and teachers having lunch in the Westport High School cafeteria.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Photo of Hale Cook and Judge W. T. Bland, et al., as members of the Board of Education.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Photo and obituary for George Longan, an educator born in New Palestine, Missouri, in 1848 and coming to Kansas City in 1880 as "Principal of the Washington School, then the largest in the city." Serving as assistant superintendent of schools from 1899 until his death (date not given) with the school at 39th and Warwick Boulevards named for him as the George Baker Longan School.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Illustration and story about the visit to Kansas City by "ex-President" Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 "as the guest of the Commercial Club," speaking at Westport High School of "hair-raising stories of Africa," etc.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Westport High School
Description: Street level exterior view of Westport High School located at 315 E. 39th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Memories of Old Westport
Description: Mention of Joseph Bernard as one of the "fine, good-looking boys" as students at Westport High School, along with Will and Henry Waldo and Sidney and Ben Cunningham. Description also of a speech by fellow student Steven Elkins.
Date: 1924-10-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport-Main Business Association
Description: File contains a brochure about the Westport-Main Business Association with a map showing the area of interest, between 31st, Baltimore, 47th, and Warwick Boulevard, concentrating on Main Street and Westport Road.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Improvement Association
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport United Methodist Church
Description: Postcard photo: "Westport United Methodist Church at West 40th and Washington was the first Protestant church to be organized in the Kansas City and Independence area. The church's 150th anniversary is October 24-26, 1986. The church was formally organized in 1836 in the house of William Miles Chick by Reverend James Porter. By 1853 the Methodists decided to build their own church. Under the direction of Nathan Scarritt, the pastor, the lot at 40th and Washington was purchased for $500."
Date: 1986-10-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: Several front page articles including "Battle of Westport" reviewing the monumental Civil War battle resulting in local defeat of Confederate forces under General Price, as well as the Battles of Little Blue and Big Blue leading up to it.
Date: 1864-10-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: See index heading "Battle of Westport" for references in the magazine.
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport Public Schools
Description: Schedules for openings of Westport public schools, including the Penn School for "colored" or black children.
Date: 1895-09-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Battle for Westport
Description: Article describes author Darryl Levings upcoming book of historical fiction on the Battle of Westport titled "Saddle the Pale Horse." Includes an excerpt from the book documenting the day before the battle at Mockbee Farm, present-day site of Holmes Road and 78th Street.
Date: 2011-04-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old Westport Shopping Center
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Battle of Westport Commemoration
Description: Exterior view of three individuals holding hands, two men and one woman in historical period costume. None of the people are identified nor is the exact location known. The back of the photo says "Battle of Westport" and it appears that in the photograph a former Confederate soldier and a former Union man are extending the hand of friendship. May have been a ceremony held at one of the anniversaries of the Battle of Westport, perhaps the 50th (1914).
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Unveiling Ceremony
Description: Identified on photograph as "Mr. Woodard speaking at Westport unveiling ceremony, at the parkway at Broadway and Westport Road, June 5, 1950." The ceremony was held in conjunction with the Kansas City Centennial celebration. The historical marker in the photograph was erected by the Westport Historical Society.
Date: 1950-06-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Race Track
Description: Includes an article by Dory DeAngelo called "And They're Off!" Article has an 1835 map of Westport showing the racetrack at 38th and Summit, now in the Roanoke district of Westport.
Object Type: Vertical File

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