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Title
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Three Named for Top Honor: Mr. Kansas City
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Description
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Photo and description of John Gage, former mayor of Kansas City, involved in ending "the evils of Bossism" during Pendergast's regime. Photo and description of Arthur Mag, involved in hospitals, research institutions, and higher education. Photo and description of Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg, involved as well in the overthrow of the Pendergast machine through civic activism.
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Date
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1964-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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Photo and bio of John Gage, former mayor of Kansas City and lawyer with Gage, Hillix, Moore & Park, born and raised in Kansas City and starting out as a farmer and rancher and becoming president of the American Royal and a teacher at the Kansas City School of Law.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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John C. Gage
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Description
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Photo and obituary for John Cutter Gage, or John Gage (1923-2000), dying on June 6, 2000, the son of former Kansas City Mayor John B. Gage. Description of his career as a World War II spy, lawyer, farmer, and livestock industry executive, including being president of the American Royal, "instrumental in the purchase of the property upon which Kemper Arena now stands."
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Date
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2000-06-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Prominent Kansas Citians
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Description
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Composite view; left to right: H.Roe Bartle, John B. Gage, Johnston Lykins, Bryce Smith.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Officials
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Description
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Interior view of a group of men seated at a table reviewing papers. Location may be City Hall. Identified on the back of the photograph as: E.M. Dodds; Mayor John Gage; Lowell R. Johnson, President; Franklin D. Glove, Secretary to the Board; Frederic H. Olander, Vice-President; and W.E. Bixby, Treasurer (names may not be listed as seen in photograph). The name of the Board is not identified.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Official Mayor Gage and Radio Program
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Description
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Interior view with radio broadcast in session. Identified as Kansas City Mayor John Gage and unidentified KMBC radio staff participating in "The People Incorporated Program" radio show. Location not given, perhaps KMBC radio studio.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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. ..Presenting John B. Gage: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about John Gage, former mayor of Kansas City from 1940 to 1946, afterwards serving as "attorney and a director of the Kansas City American Royal Association" and previously involved with the "'coup de grace' to Missouri's notorious Pendergast machine" of the 1930s here.
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Date
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1948-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Notable Kansas Citians of 1915-1916-1917-1918
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Description
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Photo and bio of John Gage, a prominent and native Kansas Citian lawyer and later mayor, "the son of John C. Gage, pioneer lawyer and of Ida B. Gage, a leader among the intellectual women of Missouri.
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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John Gage
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Description
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Portrait of John B. Gage, Kansas City Mayor, 1940-46.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cleanup
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Description
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Article about the elections encouraged by Mayor Gage spurring on the removal of the Pendergast machine.
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Date
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1940-04-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Where They Lived
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Description
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Photos and description of former Kansas City Mayor John Bailey Gage, or John Gage (~1888-1970), and his mayoral residence on West 58th Street. Mention of his five local residences from 1927 to 1965 and description of his life and career, raised on "an 80-acre farm near 9th and Cleveland" Avenues, later becoming "president of the American Royal and a nationally recognized cattle breeder," as well as a reform politician following the Pendergast regime.
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Date
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1985-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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John Gage
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Description
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Photo and bio of John Bailey Gage, or John Gage (1887-1970), mayor of Kansas City from 1940 to 1946, known as the "Clean-Up Mayor" a native Kansas Citian born at 9th and Porter Roads (Cleveland Avenue) and becoming an author on probate law and resident of 1221 West 62nd Street.
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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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Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.128
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Description
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Page 128 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A clipping with an image of Mayor John B. Gage is attached to the upper left hand corner of the page. A clipping with an image of Kansas City police officers and Chief L. B. Reed Is attached to the center of the page. A clipping with an image of Richard F. Morris is attached to the upper right hand corner of the page.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.127
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Description
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Page 127 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A clipping with a group portrait of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners is attached to the page. Pictured are, Edward Shook, Milton B. Schweiger, George Fiske, Frank P. Logan, Jr., John M. Cleary, Jr., and Mayor John B. Gage.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Short biography of John Bailey Gage (1887-1970) written by Lawrence Larsen. Gage was mayor of Kansas City from 1940-1946. Article includes citations.
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Date
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1999
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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
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Title
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K. C.: A History of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Photo and descriptions of John Gage, the "'Clean-Up Mayor'" of Kansas City from 1940 to 1946, during the local reform era following the Pendergast era, and including the appointment and cooperation with city manager L. P. Cookingham and so on.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Walt Disney and Others at Luncheon
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Description
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Walt Disney and others posing at the head table of a South Central Business Association luncheon at the Blue Bird Cafeteria. The individuals are, from left to right: Homer L. Blackwell of the National Screen Service Corp.; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Mrs. Lillian Bounds Disney, Walt Disney's wife; Kansas City Mayor John B. Gage; Walt Disney; SCBA President Edwin J. Barnes, Sr.; Frank S. Land, founder of the Grand Council of DeMolay; Mrs. Joseph C. Wirthman; Keith Martin, Director of the Kansas City Art Institute; and three of Disney's classmates from Benton School--George L. Williams, Louis G. Lower, and Donald Monroe.
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Date
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1942-02-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
