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Title
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Negro Named a Fire Chief
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Description
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Biographical article about the promotion of Raymond Daniel, "2339 Wabash Avenue, to battalion chief" of the Kansas City Fire Department. Daniel joined the department in 1945, became captain in 1952, and organized firefighting departments in Liberia in 1953.
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Date
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1960-11-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City Fire Department
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Description
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Composite of five photographs of the Kansas City fire department. (1) Engine House No. 1 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire-fighting equipment; (2) Engine House No. 2 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire equipment; (3) Kansas City No. 3 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire equipment; (4) McGee H & L, No. 1 with four mostly unidentified fire fighters standing by hook and ladder fire equipment. In the middle of the composite is a portrait cameo of M. Burnet, Chief.
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Date
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1873~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC30-6 John C. Egner Fire Department Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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John C. Egner was Fire Chief of the Kansas City Fire Department from 1906 to 1918. His name has been associated with this item. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and various ephemeral items. It features the early years of the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department and chronicles the department's trips to London in 1893 and the Paris Exposition in 1900. The scrapbook also contains numerous pages of vaudeville/entertainment coverage. The scrapbook has been microfilmed and use is restricted to that medium.
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Date
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1880~/1940~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Fire Heroism, Climb against Bias Recalled
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Description
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Biographical article about Cecil Daniel, retired battalion chief with the Kansas City Fire Department. Daniel's life is stated to be in some ways a story of the growth of the Kansas City Fire Department because of its parallels with how racial bias evolved over the years with the entire department. When he started with the department in 1941, there were only ten other African American firefighters and they were in the Negro company No. 11, in the station at 2033 Vine Street. Cecil Daniel was the brother of Raymond Daniel, the first black fire chief of the Kansas City Fire Department.
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Date
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1974-06-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
