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Title: Museum, Neighbors at Odds Over Club
Description: Article examining the dispute between the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Rockhill Tennis Club. The museum owns the tennis club property and wants to relocate offices to the club and use the surrounding grounds to house part of its outdoor sculpture garden. "Residents of the surrounding Rockhill and Southmoreland neighborhoods are opposed to the office plan."
Date: 2008-04-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Historic Building Spared From Demolition
Description: The apartment building at 43rd and Walnut streets has become the Southmoreland Condos building. The brick building was built in 1924 and was to be demolished at the end of 1999. Through the efforts of the Southmoreland neighborhood association, the building was donated to local developer Westside Housing Organization. Also involved was QuickTrip Co. who gave up tearing the building down to build a QuickTrip convenience store. Includes photograph of the building exterior.
Date: 2007-08-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Wish Bone
Description: Postcard showing the Wish Bone restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. A caption on the front of the card reads: "Featuring Fried Chicken and Prime Rib Dinners." The reverse side of the card reads: The Wish Bone Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - Private Dining Rooms - Catering to Lunch and Dinner Parties - Featuring Excellent Food and Service In an Air of Gracious Hospitality."
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p527
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 39th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Walnut Street east to Locust Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p526
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 39th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Baltimore Avenue east to Walnut Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p529
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 40th Street south to E. 41st Street and from Main Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p528
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 40th Street south to E. 43rd Street and from Oak Street east to Gillham Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p574
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 44th Street south to E. 47th Street and from Walnut Street east to Kenwood Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p530
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 41st Street south to E. 43rd Street and from Main Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p573
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 44th Street south to W. 47th Street and from Pennsyvlania Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p565
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 43rd Street south to E. 45th Street and from Main Street east to McGee, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p565
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 43rd Street south to E. 45th Street and from Main Street east to McGee, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Southmoreland Neighborhood
Object Type: Archival Material

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: 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

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