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Title
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SC211 Merchants' Association Photograph Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of a black and white photograph of a dinner held by the Merchants Association at the Hotel Muehlebach on June 28, 1945. President Harry Truman is seated at the head table.
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Date
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1945-06-28
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC143 Kansas City Theatre Company Collection
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Description
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The Kansas City Theatre Company Collection consists of court records detailing the sale of its lease on the Gayety Theatre building. The documents were filed as an injunction against the sale by one of the company's shareholders.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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P12 Henry D. Green Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection is composed of 69 black and white photographs of varying sizes and nine sketches and features business buildings compiled in scrapbook form by Henry D. Green in 1926-1928. Most of the pictures have a letterhead and logo of the company accompanying the picture. Besides office buildings, there are a few photographs of banks, hotels, and theaters.
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Date
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1926/1929
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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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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Date
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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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P35 Robert Askren Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Local photographer Robert G. Askren donated photographs and negatives to the Missouri Valley Special Collections in 2006. He worked for Harkins Commercial Photo Co. which he later purchased and renamed The Commerical Photo Co., Inc. Images generally depict Kansas City buildings, parks, streets, important events, local personalities, and aerial views of Kansas City.Click on the link above to access the finding aid.
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Date
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1870~/2005~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC28 Rudolph Umland Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers accumulated by author Rudolph Umland as he wrote articles about Kansas City history for local periodicals. Umland was a Nebraska author who, after leading the Nebraska Federal Writers’ Project and serving in World War II wrote for local, regional, and national publications while working in the Social Security Administration.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC123 D. M. Nigro Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The D. M. Nigro Collection consists of publicity materials, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs created by or relating to Dr. D. M. Nigro of Kansas City. Nigro was a medical doctor, sports enthusiast, world traveler, photographer, and an active member of the Democratic Party and the Italian-American community. The collection includes approximately 500 photographs.
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Date
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1944/1999
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC13-1 Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection are cards referring to Kansas City and St. Louis. Most are in color and originate from the early 20th century. Only one image has been digitized.
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC69-1 Hispanic Oral History Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The collection is comprised of 65 audiocassettes (61 CDs) with interviews of 59 people from Kansas City's Hispanic community. Persons interviewed cover a substantial cross-section of the population, ranging from state legislators to persons who were unemployed at the time of the interview.
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Date
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1977/1982
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC63 Vertical Files Special Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Vertical Files Special Collection is an artificial collection that was compiled in the mid-1990s when items in the regular vertical files were withdrawn for preservation purposes to be reprocessed as a special collection. This collection consists of pamphlets, reports, articles, correspondence, and ephemera for businesses, organizations, homes, buildings, and people in the Kansas City area.
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Date
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1816/1990
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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P32 Richard Corliss Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Richard Corliss was born in Springfield, Massachussetts, in 1915 and moved to Kansas City in 1944. He worked as a freelance photographer, capturing scenes for sale to local news agencies. His collection consists of 46 photographs of varying sizes. Most are black and white. The photographs, shot between approximately 1945 and 1960, are of local personalities and visiting celebrities, accidents, disasters, and other news events. Notable are several photographs of the Truman family after their return to Independence.
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Date
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1945~/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC101 Kansas City Bar Association Records Finding Aid
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Description
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The Kansas City Bar Association is a local organization for lawyers, organized in 1884. This collection of the group's records provides information primarily during the early years of 1898 to 1917. Included are minute books, photographs, speeches, banquet programs, and other memorabilia.
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Date
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1895/1946
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC224 Historic Kansas City Foundation Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Historic Kansas City Foundation is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods in Kansas City. This collection contains photographs and supporting documents, publications about preservation, and building and neighborhood pamphlets documenting the preservation efforts of the organization.
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Date
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1886~/2009~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC58 Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Mildred Kittell Ray was born in Halstead, Kansas, on September 22, 1895. An avid collector of postcards (buttons, too), Mrs. Ray, at the age of 72, initiated a column in the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star entitled "A Postcard from Old Kansas City." The columns ran for 23 years. They proved to be extremely popular with the reading public, and two selected sets of articles were collected and published in book form; the first volume won a national design award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The collection consists of over 16,000 postcards and materials associated with Mrs. Ray's writing career. Subjects in the postcards include Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, the other states of the US, a large number of foreign countries, an assortment of different topics (humor, holidays, etc.), and card format (wood, leather, copper, etc.). Items related to Mrs. Ray's career as a writer include: correspondence; research materials such as newspaper clippings and handwritten notes; draft, manuscript, and published versions of early "pre-postcard" historical articles; postcard articles that were rejected by the publisher; and the texts of lectures and presentations given by Mrs. Ray. Graphic materials make up another part of the collection, with items like advertising envelopes, ephemera from Emery, Bird, Thayer, and a number of photographs. An audiotape of a speech given by Dick Ray (Mrs. Ray's son), on February 13, 1998, at the official debut of the Library's online version of the newspaper column is included in the collection.
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Date
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1890/1998
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC1-1 Joe Sanders Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Joe Sanders was born in Thayer, Kansas, and spent the majority of his childhood in the Kansas City area. He started his musical performances as a boy soprano in local church choirs and graduated from Westport High School. After World War I he organized an orchestra with Carleton Coon called the Nighthawks which played on the local radio and traveled the country. After Mr. Coon's untimely death in 1932, Sanders continued as a composer, piano player, singer, and conductor of his own band. Sanders died in 1965. This collection of material, such as scrapbooks, travelogues, photos, sheet music, etc., provides information and detail about Sanders, covering his formative musical years and later successful band career. It also contains information on the relationship between Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders and the formation and travels of their band in the 1920s.
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Date
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1908~/1950~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC194 Memory Book of Gladys Naomi Sweigart Finding Aid
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Description
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The collection consists of a mass-produced, soft-covered book entitled, "The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book," that Sweigart used to document her senior year at Kansas City Kansas High School (now Wyandotte High School). The Memory Book includes photographs of schoolmates, programs from school and social events, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, autographs by schoolmates and teachers, and ephemera. Materials are arranged generally topically.
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Date
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1916~/1917~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
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Date
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1828/1983
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
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Date
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1877/2014
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
