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Title: Leeds, Missouri
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Housing Conditions for African Americans
Description: Chapter of book, "Housing" covers housing conditions and "spatial isolation", or "the extent to which blacks lived in neighborhoods that are predominantly black". The author also describes efforts by whites to keep blacks out of neighborhoods and some specific neighborhoods, such as Leeds and 18th and Vine. The author finds that, before World War II, neighborhoods were much more diverse and black families spread over more of the city. 18th and Vine district is discussed, pp. 257-262
Date: 2006
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Community Was Rich In Sharing
Description: The current exhibit on the African American community in Leeds, Missouri, is commented on by Steve Penn in his column. The exhibit is located, until September, 2003, at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Although the community was poor in material wealth it was rich in togetherness.
Date: 2003-07-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Leeds, Missouri, Street Scene
Description: View down a street in Leeds, Missouri. A truck is visible on right. Polfer & Renick General Merchants sign and store is visible on left.
Date: 1916-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jackson County Highway Engineers
Description: Four men identified as County Highway Engineers standing by a car which says Jackson County No. 4. Location identified as Leeds, Missouri. Leeds Hotel is visible behind them.
Date: 1916-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p847
Description: A portion of the Kansas City Municipal Farm and House of Corrections, located 1.5 miles southeast of Leeds, Missouri, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p860
Description: A portion of Leeds, Missouri, from E. 37th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Bennington Avenue east to Raytown Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Noted at top of map, "(705-706-707-724-Vol. 5) Add'l Sheet, Nov. 1939."
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p859
Description: A portion of Leeds, Missouri, from E. 37th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Belmont Avenue east to Bennington Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Noted at top of map, "(705-706-722-Vol. 5) Add'l Sheet, Nov. 1939."
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital, built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4).Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exteroir view of the entrance to the city's Tuberculosis Hospital located in Leeds. Photograph published in the "Municipal Mirror", December, 1946, p. 6, MVSC 092 M96 with a caption that reads: "The Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital."
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital, built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. (Jackson County Medical Journal, Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital, built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. (Jackson County Medical Journal, Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital, built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Interior view of African American patients lying in hospital beds. The photograph was published in the "Municipal Mirror", December, 1946, p. 7, MVSC 092 M96 and captioned as: "West Ward 1D" (KC Tuberculosis Hospital).
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital Operating Room
Description: Interior view of an operating room showing operating table and equipment. Identified on the back of the picture as the operating room at the Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page p860
Description: A portion of Leeds, Missouri, from E. 37th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Bennington Avenue east to Raytown Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "(705-706-707-724-Vol. 5) Add'l Sheet, Nov. 1939."
Date: 1939
Object Type: Map

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