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Title
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Tom Pendergast
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Description
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Newspaper clippings with photos, illustrations, and information about Tom Pendergast (1872-1945) and his political machine in Kansas City in the 1920s-1930s, associating with organized crime and election frauds, etc.
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Historic Renovation Nears Completion
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Description
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Article reports the near completion of the renovated Hotel Monroe, located at 1904 Main Street. Once a hub of Pendergast political machinations, the building in 2006 will offer eight luxury condominiums on five floors.
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Date
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2006-02-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Pendergast Photos Offer Proof of a KC Legend
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Description
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Article on Pendergast family photographs used for a documentary on the Pendergast organization and Harry Truman. The photos were provided by Robert Patrick Pendergast, a grand-nephew of Tom Pendergast, showing the Climax Saloon, the Pendergast Exchange at 1320 St. Louis Avenue, and various family members. Robert Pendergast is briefly interviewed on the photos and his family's relationship to Harry Truman.
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Date
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2012-10-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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1904
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Description
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First in a four-part series of historical fiction set in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1904 and focusing upon a murder investigation carried out by the city's first African-American police officer Lafayette Tillman. James and Thomas Pendergast and other figures from Kansas City history make appearances throughout the story. The final installment includes a section that explains how historical information was used to create the story.
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Date
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2014-11-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Jim Pendergast Is Dead at 70: Long Illness Fatal to Political Leader, Nephew of Late Boss
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Description
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Photo and obituary for James Michael Pendergast, or James Pendergast (ca. 1896-1966), "the last to carry the family name in the political arena" dying at the age of 70 on March 28, 1966 at his home at 824 West 52nd Street Terrace. Native Kansas Citian becoming a lawyer with offices in the Commercial Building and the right-hand man and political heir of Boss Tom Pendergast (1872-1945), head of the Democratic political machine in Kansas City roughly since the death of James's father, Michael Pendergast.
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Date
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1966-03-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
