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Title
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A River Runs By It; The Story of Independence and Jackson County
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Description
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Small booklet that highlights historical events in Jackson County. It is divided by the following periods: Before Jackson County, 1826-1875; 1876-1925; 1926-1975; 1976-Today; Truman's Independnce; Queen City of the Trails; Independence as Zion; and Historic Independence Square.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Pamphlet
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Title
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Giving the Burbs Serious Study
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Description
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Johnson County Museum has a grant to develop a new museum of the history of suburbia. It will supplant the existing Johson County Museum. They are currently in the planning and assessment phase which should be completed in about a year.
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Date
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2010-03-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Sedalia 150 Years to Celebrate
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Description
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Article about the history of Sedalia and events to be held during the year-long celebration for its 150 anniversary. General George R. Smith founded the city in 1860 and planned to call it Sedville using his daughter Sarah's nickname Sed. He was encouraged, though, to change "ville" to "alia," from the Latin word "alias," and thus it became Sedalia. "The new town prospered, becoming the terminus for the Pacific Railroad and a vital strong point during the Civil War." The Missouri State Fair is and has been held in Sedalia since 1899.
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Date
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2010-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Literary Explorer
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Description
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Feature article about Leawood, Kansas, author Candice Millard and her new book "Destiny of the Republic." Her first book, "The River of Doubt," about Theodore Roosevelt after his presidency, was published in 2005 and became a New York Times bestseller. Millard was a Shawnee Mission Northwest High School graduate in 1985.
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Date
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2011-09-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Imagining the Free State: A 150-Year History of a Contested Image
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Description
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Article about the image of Kansas as a free state and raising the questions of possible sub-regional differences and how this narrative affected the states attempt at justice, including prohibition, suffrage, and civil rights. The author suggests "the Free State has been shaped more by selective memory than history."
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Platte Purchase
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Description
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Brief history of the area known as Platte Purchase, acquired as a U.S. territory in 1836. The book covers a variety of topics, including: early settlers, business and industrial activity, politics of the area, and geography.
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Date
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1918-04
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Creating a Prairie Map of Missouri
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Description
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Article on the importance and benefits of historic landscape mapping on the conservation work being done today. Walter Schroeder looks back on his work that was published in 1981 on the presettlement prairie of Missouri.
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Decades Pass, Struggle Goes On
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Description
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Three Kansas Citians, Geneva Morris, Alvin Brooks, and retired Jackson County Circuit Judge Jon Gray, "tell their stories of the civil rights movement and assess the progress."
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Date
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2008-01-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
