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Title
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George H. Edwards
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Description
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Information about George Edwards, mayor starting in 1916 and president of the Edwards-Ludwig-Fuller Jewelry Company, born in Saint Louis in 1860 and moving to Kansas City about 1888.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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George Edwards
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Description
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Biographical sketch of George Edwards, president of the Edwards-Ludwig-Fuller Jewelry Company at 1115 Walnut Street. He was born in Saint Louis in 1860, raised in Illinois, and lived in Chicago until becoming a secretary of the S. D. Mills Jewelry Company in Kansas City in 1889, later becoming president of Mercantile Bank and city mayor in 1916-1918.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Description
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Photo and bio of George Edwards, "president of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company of Kansas City," born in Saint Louis in 1860 and arriving in Kansas City in 1889, taking over a jewelry business the next year.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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George H. Edwards
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Description
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Feature article on George H. Edwards, secretary and manager of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company in Kansas City. Later mayor of Kansas City in 1916-17. Mr. Edwards was born on May 25, 1860 [and died December 28, 1941]. The Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company was founded by Simeon D. Mills in 1882 and was incorporated in 1886. Includes picture of Mr. Edwards.
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Date
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1901-07-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Mayors
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Description
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Mayor Frank Cromwell and former mayors--l. to r. James A. Reed, George M. Shelley, Darius A. Brown, Leander J. Talbot, Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr., Cromwell, George H. Edwards, Jr., and Samuel B. Strother - attending funeral of Webster Davis.
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Date
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1923-02
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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George Edwards
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Description
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Photo and bio of George Edwards (1860-1941), mayor of Kansas City from 1916 to 1917, born in Saint Louis and arriving in Kansas City in 1889 first residing at 609 Brooklyn Avenue as a jeweler and at 3533 Harrison Boulevard during his mayorship.
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Charles S. Stevenson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895, but grew up in Olathe, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Hallmark Cards from the end of World War I until 1960. After retirement he became a free-lance writer for the Kansas City Star. He was very active in local social, civic, and military affairs. He died in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri.<br><br> The collection provides information on the first 48 mayors of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the city between 1853-1971. The papers represent the files that Mr. Stevenson kept while he was writing a series of articles concerning Kansas City mayors which appeared in the Kansas City Star and Times in 1975-1976. Items found in the folders include rough drafts and final drafts of the articles, personal notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters from relatives of some of the former mayors.
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Date
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1975/1976
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
