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Title
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Mayor John Moore
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Description
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Photos and information on John Moore (1840-1917), Kansas City's 25th mayor in 1885. Description of his life and career as a native of Tennessee coming to Kansas City at the age of 18 "as freighter on wagon trains headed west" and later becoming founder of "the Moore Grain and Elevator Company" at 19th and Walnut Streets. Also a Union soldier in the Civil War until converting to the Confederacy in 1865 in Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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John W. Moore
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait; mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, 1885.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Military History Extended Edition
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Description
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Biographical sketch of John Moore, "president of the board of trade of Kansas City." Born in Kentucky in 1840 and coming to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1849, then becoming mayor of Kansas City after the Civil War.
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Date
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1988
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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
