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Title: William E. Benson
Description: Formal portrait of William E. Benson, former secretary of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "W. E. BENSON, Secy Board 1891-1908." Portrait sustains some damage. Date and photographer unknown.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carolyn F. Fuller
Description: Formal portrait of Carolyn F. Fuller, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "CAROLYN F. FULLER/BOARD MEMBER 1922-1934." Handwritten at bottom on the back in blue ink, "Carolyn Farwell Fuller." Date and photographer unknown.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Directors, Officers, and Superintendent, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description: "As organized April 5, 1934." Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education, officers, and superintendent. Allendoerfer, C. W., Treasurer; Dorsey, Mrs. Frank E.; Mehornay, R. L.; Melcher, George, Superintendent; Meservey, Edwin C., President; Moore, Annette, Vice President; Sutherland, Wallace; Tinker, George C., Secretary- Business Manager; Thompson, A. O.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wallace A. Armour, M.D.
Description: Formal portrait of Dr. Wallace A. Armour, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "W. A. ARMOUR, MD, BOARD MEMBER 1918-1924."
Date: 1924
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James E. Nugent
Description: Formal portrait of James E. Nugent, member and president of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "JAMES E NUGENT/BOARD MEMBER 1916-1928/PRESIDENT 1926."
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Education (The), [Super]intendents and Twenty-Four of the Principals of Public Schools
Description: Severely damaged composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education and principals. Item is incomplete; source of publication unknown. Portraits include: Benson, W. E., Secretary, Board of Education; Betz, Carl, Superintendent of Physical Culture; Buchanan, J. T., Principal, High School; Buchanan, Elizabeth, Principal, Bryant School; Cammack, I. I., Principal, Lathrop School; Davis, J. C., Principal, Benton School; Faxon, F. A., Member, Board of Education; Greenwood, J. M., Superintendent of Schools; James, J. C., Member, Board of Education; Jaudon, Thos P., Principal, Madison School; Karnes, J. V. C., Vice President, Board of Education; Kinkead, R. G., Principal, Irving School; Lockett, Emma J., Principal, Linwood School; McNeill, I. C., Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Martin, E. L., Member, Board of Education; Norman, J. L., Member, Board of Education; Ridgeway, W. C., Principal, Jackson School; Shelton, U. M., Principal, Franklin School; Swinney, E. F., Treasurer, Board of Education; Thompson, C. W., Principal, Garfield School; Threlkeld, Sallie, Principal, Emerson School; Wardner, A. E., Principal, Longfellow School; White, E. C., Vice Principal, High School; Williams, W. H., Principal, Chase School; Woodward, Wilhemine, Principal, Karnes School; Yeager, R. L., President, Board of Education.
Date: 1895-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. Scott Harrison
Description: Formal portrait of J. Scott Harrison, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J SCOTT HARRISON/BOARD MEMBER 1896-1914."
Date: 1914
Object Type: Photograph

Title: School Board Choices For Northeast Residents
Description: The Northeast area is in the Kansas City School District and after recent redistricting is represented in Sub-district 3 and Sub-district 4. Duane Kelly is running for Sub-district 3. Helen Ragsdale and Ronald W. Harris are running in Sub-district 4. At large candidates include Ingrid Burnett, Michael M. Byrd and David A. Smith. Information on candidates is included in article.
Date: 2002-03-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: School Board Explains Policy, Defends Decisions
Description: Occassionaly the Kansas City School Board has an open forum meeting in which community members can ask questions. On January 22, 2002, questions were taken at the Gladstone Academy auditorium. Article includes questions asked and the answers.
Date: 2002-02-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: William T. Bland
Description: Formal portrait of William T. Bland, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "WM T BLAND/BOARD MEMBER 1912-1918."
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City School District Board of Education Members
Description: Group photo of the members of the Kansas City School Board seen seated around a table. From left to right: John M. Gregory, Homer Wadsworth, Mrs. Henry Eager, Amos Burks(?, Board Secretary), Roland B. Hewitt (President), Harry C. Clark (Vice President), and Mrs. Ellsworth Haas.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. Roy Smith
Description: Formal portrait of J. Roy Smith, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "J ROY SMITH/BOARD MEMBER 1928-1934." Photographer and date unknown.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Education from 1867 to 1895, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Unframed composite of round portrait photographs of members of the Board of Education of the Kansas City School District from 1867 to 1895. E. H. Allen (1867-1869); Frank Askew (1879-1886); J. A. Bachman (1867-1869); A. A. Bainbridge (1867-1869); W. E. Benson, Secretary (1880-1895); X. X. Buckner (1871-1872); C. A. Chase (1873-1884); James Craig (1869-1879); F. A. Faxon (1894-1895); Joseph Feld (1870-1872); J. M. Greenwood, Superintendent (1874-1895); T. K. Hanna (1872-1874); R. H. Hunt (1874-1878); J. C. James (1884-1895); J. V. C. Karnes, Vice President (1869-1882 and 1893-1895); H. C. Kumpf (1867, 1880-1890); Gardiner Lathrop (1882-1893); T. B. Lester (1867-1870); E. L. Martin (1875-1895); J. L. Norman (1887-1895); H. R. Seeger (1871-1873); W. E. Sheffield (1867-1872); E. H. Spalding (1867); E. F. Swinney, Treasurer (1894-1895); Henry Switzer (1875-1880); L. K. Thacher (1890-1894); Henry Tobener (1869-1870); H. A. White (1873-1875); and R. L. Yeager, President (1879-1895).
Date: 1896~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: School District Election Polling Places
Description: Page 12 of the January 14, 1974 edition of the Kansas City Star. Map shows wards, school districts, and polling places.
Date: 1974-01-14
Object Type: Map

Title: Board of Education, Kansas City, 1867-1904
Description: Damaged composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City Board of Education from 1867 to 1904 showing dates of service. Harrison, J. Scott is handwritten next to the portrait in lower right. Allen, E. H. (1867-1869); Askew, Frank (1879-1886); Bachman, J. A. (1867-1869); Bainbridge, A. A. (1867-1869); Buckner, X. X. (1871-1872); Chace, C. A. (1873-1884); Craig, James (1869-1879); Faxon, F. A. (1894-1904); Feld, Joseph (1870-1872); Hanna, T. K. (1872-1874); Harrison, J. S. (1896-1904); Hunt, K. H. (1874-1878); James, J. C.; Karnes, J. V. C. (1869-1882, 1893-1899); Kumpf, H. C. (1867, 1880-1890); Lathrop, Gardiner (1882-1893, 1899-1904); Lester, T. B. (1867-1870); Martin, E. L. (1875-1896); Moore, Milton (1901-1904); Norman, J. L. (1887-1904); Seeger, H. R. (1871-1873); Sheffield, W. E. (1867-1872); Spalding, E. H. (1867); Switzer, Henry, (1875-1880); Thacher, L. K. (1890-1894); Tobener, Henry (1869-1870); White, H. A., (1873-1875); Yeager, R. L. (1879-1901).
Date: 1867/1904
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City School Board Needs $5,000,000
Description: Description of the need for more funds and rooms for burgeoning student population.
Date: 1921-03-26
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: William A. Knotts
Description: Formal portrait of William A. Knotts, member of the Kansas City School District Board of Education. Typewritten label on the back reads, "WM A KNOTTS/BOARD MEMBER 1916-1922." Also on the back is a stamped copyright notice by the Strauss-Peyton Studios.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Directors, The School District of Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Composite of portrait photographs of members of the Kansas City school board. Armour, Dr. W. A; Fuller, Mrs. Carolyn Farwell; Nichols, J. C.; Nugent, Jas. E.; Pinkerton, D. M.; Volker, William.
Date: 1922-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: KC District Loses Its Bid for State Accreditation
Description: Kansas City Public Schools will remain unaccredited for at least another year as the Missouri Board of Education opted not to take action on a request for provisional accreditation. Although progress toward accreditation was acknowledged, a reported 7 out of every 10 students in the Kansas City School district did not score proficient in reading and math. Officials in nearby school district now worry that those Kansas City students will transfer to accredited schools, as allowed by a 1993 law.
Date: 2013-10-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Board Approves K-8 System
Description: The Kansas City School Board by a 5-2 margin approved a reorganization plan which calls for all elementary schools to be pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade by 2009. Several African American School Board members have voiced concern over the K-8 model--and that School Superintendent, Anthony Amato, has provided insufficient data in terms of how the new plan will impact predominately African American schools in the 3rd and 5th districts.
Date: 2007-04-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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