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Title
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Kansas City Has New University
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Description
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Short article about the new University of Kansas City and its origins, cited as being at least partially "the result of the merger in 1930 of the movements for Lincoln and Lee university and the University of Kansas City, Missouri."
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Date
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1933-09-13
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Junction of Main and Delaware
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Description
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View looking north of the junction of Main and Delaware streets at 9th Street. Vaughn's Diamond Building and several horse drawn carts can be seen. Signs for S. D. Vaughn and Company, Security Life Insurance Company, Kansas City Business College, and H. Ganz and Brothers Clothing are in view.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1941, Page p0902
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 51st Street south to E. 54th Street and from Rockhill Road east to Lydia Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1930/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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UMKC College of Business and Public Administration
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Description
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Photograph of the Shields Residence in the 1980s. The house was built in 1909 for local grain merchant Edwin Shields and his family. The house and its land were gradually aquired by UMKC through the 1960s and '70s, and the house became the home of the College of Business and Public Administration.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mineral Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the home known as Mineral Hall, circa 1982. The building was designed in 1903 by Louis Curtiss, and was the residence of Roland Bruner, whose mining wealth inspired the Mineral Hall name. A small 1905 addition to the home was designed to house Bruner's collection of mineral specimens. It was donated to the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968, and at the time of the photo, housed various administrative offices for the school and studio space for faculty. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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University of Missouri-Kansas City Campus
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Description
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Photograph of a woman walking near a sign bearing the seal of the University of Missouri on the UMKC campus, circa 1980.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport 1 Hair Styling/Pastimes Building
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Description
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View looking east of the Westport 1 Hair Styling Building and other storefronts and business buildings on Broadway Boulevard just north of its intersection with Westport Road in Westport. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Penn Valley Community College, Westport 1 Hair Styling, Wendy's, Pastimes, and Westport Printing are in view. A small portion of the L'Omega Gallery Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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L'Omega Gallery Building
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Description
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View looking east of the L'Omega Gallery Building and other storefronts located near the intersection of 40th Street and Broadway Boulevard in Westport. Cars parked along Westport Road can be seen. Sings for the L'Omega Gallery and Penn Valley Community College are in view.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Spalding's Commercial College
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Description
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Advertising card for Spalding's Commercial College showing an envelope ripped open to a letter and picture of a girl. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Twenty-sixth annual Day School, in session all the year." and "Twenty-sixth annual Night School, in session Oct. 1 to April 1." Also: "Established Oct. 25, 1865. Incorporated July 11, 1867. All English and Commercial Branches, Short-Hand, Type-Writing, Modern Languages, Higher Mathematics, etc., practically taught at lowest rates. Unrivalled Course of Instruction. Large Faculty of seventeen experienced Teachers and Lecturers. Twenty New and Elegant College Rooms. Unsurpassed advantages. No Vacations. Catalogues free...Elevator Entrance N. Y. Life Building, Cor. Ninth and Wall Streets. J. F. Spalding, A. M., President." Address given on back and front of card:
Kansas City, Mo.
East Wing N. Y. Life Bldg., Nos. 814, 816, 818 Delaware St.
(Near "Junction" Ninth, Delaware and Main Sts.)
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Kansas City Art Institute
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Description
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Photograph of Warwick Boulevard just south of its intersection with 45th Street, looking northwest adjacent to the Kansas City Art Institute, circa 1980. KCAI's Student Living Center can be seen at the right of the image, and a brick gateway entrance to the campus at the left edge of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Vanderslice Hall at Kansas City Art Institute
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Description
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Photograph of Vanderslice Hall at the Kansas City Art Institute, located at 4415 Warwick Boulevard, looking west from the entry drive off Warwick, circa 1980. The building was constructed as a home for August Meyer, first president of Kansas City's Board of Parks Commissioners, in 1895-6. Designed by Van Brunt and Howe, the family called the home "Marburg" and lived there until in 1927. It was then purchased by local businessman Howard Vanderslice for $140,000 and donated to the Kansas City Art Institute. It housed classrooms and studios initially, and later servedas an administrative building for the college. An auditorium addition was added in 1930, designed by local architecture firm Wight and Wight. A neighborhood homes tour was established in the early 1980s as a fundraiser to support refurbishing Vanderslice Hall and undoing mid-century modernizations. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places during the same time period.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Vanderslice Hall at Kansas City Art Institute
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Description
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Photograph of Vanderslice Hall at the Kansas City Art Institute, located at 4415 Warwick Boulevard, looking west from the entry drive off Warwick, circa 1980. The building was constructed as a home for August Meyer, first president of Kansas City's Board of Parks Commissioners, in 1895-6. Designed by Van Brunt and Howe, the family called the home "Marburg" and lived there until in 1927. It was then purchased by local businessman Howard Vanderslice for $140,000 and donated to the Kansas City Art Institute. It housed classrooms and studios initially, and later servedas an administrative building for the college. An auditorium addition was added in 1930, designed by local architecture firm Wight and Wight. A neighborhood homes tour was established in the early 1980s as a fundraiser to support refurbishing Vanderslice Hall and undoing mid-century modernizations. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places during the same time period.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Art Institute
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Description
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Photograph of Warwick Boulevard just south of its intersection with 45th Street, looking northwest adjacent to the Kansas City Art Institute, circa 1980. KCAI's Student Living Center can be seen at the right of the image, and a brick gateway entrance to the campus at the left edge of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1726 Independence Avenue
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of Alumni Hall on the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB) campus at 1726 Independence Avenue. Construction on the building was completed in 1927; it served as a dormitory for the nurses of Children's Mercy Hospital. In 1971, KCUMB Alumni Association purchased the building and donated it to the university.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Calvary Bible College
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Description
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Photograph of the facade and main entrance of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street, in the early 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Art Institute Student Center
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Description
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Photograph of a Kansas City Art Institute dormitory building at 45th and Warwick in the early 1980s. Construction on this building, and an attached twin neighboring building, began in 1962.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Old Maintenance Building and Miller-Nichols Library at UMKC
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Description
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Photograph of buildings on the UMKC campus in the early 1980s. The Old Maintenance Building stands in the foreground at right, at 801 East 51st Street. Miller Nichols Library stands in the background on the north side of 51st Street.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Royall Hall and Haag Hall at UMKC
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Description
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Photograph of buildings on the UMKC campus in the early 1980s. Haag Hall stands in the background at left, and Royall Hall at right. Haag Hall was built in 1937 and named for the Haag family, early Kansas City settlers. Royall Hall, originally known as the Haag Hall Annex, was renamed in 1983 after professor Normal Royall.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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