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Title: The History of Central High School
Description: Paper covering the history of Central High School from its founding to the mid-1980s. The paper was submitted to Carol K. Coburn, Ph.D., in the History and Philosophy of Education Department at Avila College.
Date: 1995-12-12
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Ordinary Citizens Get Het Up over Schools
Description: Article about a public school levy election for the Kansas City School District, with many photos of both sides of the issue in their campaigns.
Date: 1950-04-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Central High School
Description: Postcard of the old Central High School Building, once located at 11th and Locust streets in downtown Kansas City.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Kansas City, Missouri School Districts
Description: Map showing the boundary lines for Kansas City, Missouri schools. Roads, parks, streetcar, and rail lines are depicted, and schools are differentiated between "white schools" and "colored schools."
Date: 1956
Object Type: Map

Title: School Districts of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Blue-line map of Kansas City, Missouri, showing boundaries for lower grade schools in the Kansas City School District. Map includes an inset showing high school boundaries. Map also shows parks, cemeteries, bodies of water, streets, boulevards, proposed parkways, railroads, and streetcar lines.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City, Missouri School District
Description: Blue-line street map of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the boundaries of the Kansas City School District. Map also depicts public schools, parochial schools, hospitals, police stations, parks, cemeteries, golf courses, bodies of water, railroads, and significant buildings.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Proposed Master Plan
Description: Proposed master plan for Kansas City, Missouri development, including highways, thoroughfares, neighborhood boundaries, residential areas, business & commercial areas, railroad and industrial areas, public spaces, and public schools and recreation areas. Map covers Kansas City, Missouri city limits south of the Missouri River, with connections shown to surrounding communities, including North Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson County, Kansas, and Raytown, Missouri.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

Title: School Music Department: Music Activities in the Public Schools of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Discussion of many music programs provided in the Kansas City Public School System.
Date: 1928-05
Object Type: Magazine

Title: How to Handle Dynamite
Description: School segregation and racial prejudice issues in Kansas City, Missouri, are discussed.
Date: 1961-09-26
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Focus on Phlanthropy: Cristo Rey Kansas City
Description: Description of the Cristo Rey Kansas City High School program which is modeled after the Chicago, Illinois, program started by Father John P. Foley in 1996. This unique high school, sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, allows students to attend classes four days a week and spend one day working in a local business office. The Cristo Rey Kansas City opened in 2006 and the first graduating class will be presented in 2010. Includes images.
Date: 2008-04-12
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Education: When Desegregation Backfires
Description: Photos and article about the continuing failure to desegregate schools in the Kansas City School District, despite attempts with magnet schools, improvement of inner-city public schools, and proposed vouchers for private schools.
Date: 1989-07-31
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Kansas City Schools
Description: News updates about Kansas City high schools and their activities, in an article written by Kansas City School District official Ira Cammack.
Date: 1915-08-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Saga of Principal Nero
Description: Paper documenting the experiences of David Victor Adolphus Nero, a principal of Lincoln High School. The paper focuses on Nero's experiences in Scotland and Great Britain in the 1880s.
Date: 2018
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Day in The Life of a Teacher
Description: Follows a Kansas City Missouri School District elementary school teacher through a typical day.
Date: 1988
Object Type: Audio Visual

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