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Title: Japanese Garden at Kansas City Art Institute
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Japanese garden at the Kansas City Art Institute in winter.
Date: 1934-12-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Artistic Neighborhoods: The 42nd Annual Vanderslice Kitchens & Homes Tour
Description: Featured in this year's tour will be four private homes in the Rockhill and Southmoreland neighborhoods, as well as the Kansas City Art Institute's Vanderslice Hall. Homes featured include 4312 McGee Street; 4415 Warwick Boulevard (Vanderslice Hall); 520 East 45th Street; 641 E. 45th Street; and 4601 Rockhill Road. Features color pictures of outside and inside of the houses.
Date: 2007-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Southmoreland Neighborhood, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: "This Old House Online" picked the Southmoreland neighborhood as one of its Best Old House Neighborhoods for 2009. It cited the area's variety of house styles, affordability and proximity to downtown and cultural institutions.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Urban Appreciation 101
Description: Article with accompanying photographs about the Southmoreland neighborhood. Southmoreland begins just east of the Plaza and is bounded by Main Street on the west, 39th Street on the north, Gillham Road on the east, and Cleaver II Boulevard on the south. The area once was home to William Rockhill Nelson, co-founder of The Kansas City Star; August Meyer, Kansas City's first park board president; and businessman Howard Vanderslice whose former residence is now part of the Kansas City Art Institute.
Date: 2008-09-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: KC Art Institute Plans to Raze Historic House
Description: Article announces that the Kansas City Art Institute plans to demolish a historic Kansas City home located at 4347 Oak Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood. The article documents KCAI's decision to purchase the Donaldson House in 1967 as well as its efforts to save the structure through the years. A representative of the Historic Kansas City Foundation is interviewed and is critical of the plan. A photo of the Donaldson House is provided.
Date: 2012-12-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: House of Henry A. Auerbach
Description: An autochrome photograph of Henry A. Auerbach's house taken from the northeast after the 1934 Drought. Auerbach was co-founder of the Palace Clothing Company.
Date: 1934-09-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: House of Henry A. Auerbach
Description: An autochrome photograph of Henry A. Auerbach's house taken from the northeast in the spring of 1934. Auerbach was co-founder of the Palace Clothing Company.
Date: 1934-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Original Wish-Bone Restaurant
Description: View looking northeast of the Wishbone Restaurant that once stood at 4455 Main Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.106
Description: Page 106 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. Clippings related to the additions of Edgar Shook, Russell F. Greiner, George Fiske, and Milton B. Schweiger to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners are attached to the page.
Date: 1939-07
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Plaza Inn Coffee Shop Menu Cover
Description: Menu cover for the Plaza Inn coffee shop, once located at 1 E. 45th Street.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Award-Winning Southmoreland Inn Featured in Fall Homes Tour
Description: Story of "Kansas City's premier urban inn--Southmoreland on the Plaza," at 116 East 46th Street, since its preservation "from the wrecking ball" in 1990.
Date: 1992
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dispute Pits Tennis Club Vs. Nelson Museum
Description: There is tension between the Rockhill neighborhood and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art concerning the fate of the Rockhill Tennis Club. The museum trustees own the tennis club at 46th Street and Rockhill Road which started in 1915, and they want to rehab the building and use it for office space. Some of the residents of the Rockhill and Southmoreland neighborhoods want to keep the tennis club open. The City Council has gotten involved, and it is hoped that a beneficial resolution will happen before the lease runs up on December 31, 2009.
Date: 2008-05-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kona Kai Menu
Description: Menu for the Kona Kai restaurant, with locations once inside of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 E. 45th Street, and inside of the Hilton Airport Plaza Inn at Interstate 29 and NW 112th Street.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Kona Kai Menu
Description: Menu for the Kona Kai restaurant, with locations once inside of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 E. 45th Street, and inside of the Hilton Airport Plaza Inn at Interstate 29 and NW 112th Street.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Brush Creek - Rockhill Road Bridge
Description: View looking northeast of the Rockhill Road bridge over Brush Creek.
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Handsome Stonework Is Signature of Rockhill and Southmoreland Neighborhoods
Description: History and description of the residential area annexed in 1899, between 43rd, Warwick, 44th, and Rockhill Roads.
Date: 1992
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Country Club Plaza Fiesta Flags
Description: An autochrome photograph of four people dressed in festive clothing and standing by the Country Club Plaza Fiesta flags on display at the corner of 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway (now J C Nichols Parkway). This vantage point faces northeast on 47th Street just west of Mill Creek Parkway.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Art Institute West Entrance
Description: An autochrome photograph of the west entrance to the Kansas City Art Institute in winter. This vantage point faces east on Warwick Boulevard just north of 45th Street.
Date: 1934-02-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Plaza Area Plan Area with Specific Guidelines
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road & 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates an area with specific planning guidelines from 43rd south to Brush Creek Boulevard, and from Main Street east to Warwick Boulevard, and is a detail view of the larger Planning Recommendations map. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

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