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Title: George Muehlebach
Description: Portrait and biographical sketch of George Muehlebach, "president of the George Muehlebach Company, manufacturers of carbonated and other beverages," and the "Muehlebach Estate Company, which owns the fine Muehlebach Hotel and other valuable properties in Kansas City." Description of his life and career, born in Kansas City in 1881. Description of his father, George Muehlebach, a native of Switzerland emigrating to Kansas City about 1858 as a saddlemaker before purchasing "the Helmreich Brewery, at the corner of Main and [18th Streets]" about 1870 and replacing it in 1881 with his own brewery.
Date: 1905-04-13
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas Citians with Records: City Builders--Representative Missourians
Description: Biographical sketch of George Muehlebach, Sr. (1831-1905), a native of Switzerland and founder of the Muehlebach Brewing Company in Kansas City in 1868, and his son, George Muehlebach, Jr. (1881-1955), a native Kansas Citian taking over as company president after his father's death and building the Hotel Muehlebach in 1915 and Muehlebach Stadium in 1923 (also known as Municipal Stadium, etc.).
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Missouri's Centennial Celebration
Description: Book containing information related to the convention of the State Centennial Comittee of One Thousand that met in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 24-25, 1916. The book contains a program of events, a list of committee members, an address to the people of Missouri concerning the celebration of Missouri's centennial, and a form of constitution and by-laws for local historical societies. The meeting took place at the Hotel Muehlebach. The address to the people of Missouri was delivered by Walter B. Stevens of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Date: 1916
Object Type: Book

Title: The Leafless American
Description: Chapter of the book about the author's reminiscences as a child living in Kansas City with his mother starting in 1906. Includes descriptions of the city's dual character as "a smutty and religious town," describing many specific places, people and events, and comparing his memories in it to hometown experiences of famous authors, such as Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, ancient Greeks, et al.
Date: 1967
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 2]
Description: Volume two of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 3]
Description: Volume three of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

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