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Title: Kansas City Has New University
Description: 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."
Date: 1933-09-13
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Miss Booth Tells of Army's Birth - New University of Kansas City Dedicated
Description: One paragraph about the opening dedication for the University of Kansas City and the address by Dr. Burris Jenkins.
Date: 1933-11-15
Object Type: Magazine

Title: UMKC College of Business and Public Administration
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: University of Missouri-Kansas City Campus
Description: Photograph of a woman walking near a sign bearing the seal of the University of Missouri on the UMKC campus, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Old Maintenance Building and Miller-Nichols Library at UMKC
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Royall Hall and Haag Hall at UMKC
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spencer Sciences Buildings at UMKC
Description: Photograph of the Kenneth A. Spencer Chemical and Biological Sciences Buildings on the UMKC campus, viewed from the northwest corner of 51st Street and Rockhill Road, in the early 1980s. The buildings, designed by Kivett & Myers, opened in 1968 and house the biology and chemistry departments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Royall Hall and Scofield Hall at UMKC
Description: Photograph of buildings on the UMKC campus in the early 1980s. Royall Hall stands in the background at left, and Scofield Hall in the foreground at right. Scofield Hall was built as a private home for newspaper publisher Walter S. Dickey; upon his death in 1931, it became the university's first site. It was later named for former president and chancellor Clarence Scofield. Royall Hall, originally known as the Haag Hall Annex, was renamed in 1983 after professor Normal Royall.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cockefair Hall at UMKC
Description: Photograph of the Cockefair Hall building on the UMKC campus circa 1980. The building originally served as the university's law school, but after 1978 renovations, it was renamed for English professor Carolyn Benton Cockefair and housed the English, history, philosophy, and computer science programs.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: University Center at UMKC
Description: Photograph of the University Center building on the UMKC campus in the early 1980s. The building opened in 1961 and housed the university bookstore, offices, and social and gallery spaces.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: UMKC Sign
Description: Photograph of a sign on the University of Missouri, Kansas City campus, near the intersection of Rockhill Road and Volker Boulevard, in the 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New Future for Epperson House?
Description: Article discusses a study by the architectural firm Helix to determine the feasibility of continuing to use the Epperson House to house the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design at UMKC and whether the building can be a laboratory for studying architecture, design and preservation. A short history of the house is also included.
Date: 2005
Object Type: Magazine Article

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