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Title
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Lucile Bluford
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Description
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Lucile Bluford attending opening of Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library system in the summer of 1988.
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Date
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1988
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Public Library, Bluford Branch
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Description
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Opening of Bluford Branch of Kansas City Public Library, showing Mayor Richard Berkley presenting plaque to Lucile Bluford.
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Date
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1988
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Capstone Awards
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Description
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The sixth-annual Capstone Awards is a supplement to the Kansas City Business Journal, which "honors outstanding real estate development projects and transactions throughout the community." Some of the projects include the renovation of the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Arrowhead Stadium, UMKC Studen Union, Millor Nichols Library, and the kcICON Project.
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Date
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2011-04-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, the Cases, the Times
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Description
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Biographical description of Judge John Caskie Collet, a judge of Missouri's Western District during the end of the Pendergast machine. Includes a description of his life and career. He was born in 1898 in Chariton County, Missouri, become a lawyer in 1921, Missouri Supreme Court judge in 1935, and United States district judge in 1937. He was involved with the trials of Tom Pendergast and Lucile Bluford, the latter's case resulting in the establishment of "a small school of journalism at Lincoln University" for African American Missourians.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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People Who Made a Difference
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Description
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Photos and biographical descriptions of "20 people who we believe had the greatest lasting impact on Kansas City and helped to define our city today": (1) Berenice Chouteau, (2) Father Bernard Donnelly, (3) Sarah Chandler Coates, or Sarah Coates, (4) George Kessler, (5-6) Ella and Jacob Loose, (7) William Rockhill Nelson, (8) William Volker, (9) Tom Pendergast, (10) J. C. Nichols, (11) Harry Truman, (12) Chester Arthur Franklin, or Chester Franklin, (13) Bennie Moten, (14) Lucile Bluford, (15) Joyce Hall, (16) Ilus Davis, (17) Bruce Waltkins, (18) Ewing Kauffman, (19) Dr. Patricia McIlrath, and (20) Buck O'Neil.
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Date
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2000-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article