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Title
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Thanksgiving
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Description
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A postcard to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday and promoting a football game between Missouri and Kansas universities to be payed at Association Park on that day.
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Date
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1904
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Interview with Regina Pachter
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Description
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Interview with Regina Pachter about her life and experience in the Kansas City garment industry. She recalls her father's immigration to the United States in 1915, with Regina following with her mother in 1921, and later meeting her husband Meyer Pachter, a Kansas City native. She discusses her and Meyer's experiences as students at the University of Missouri, his first garment industry job with Laverne Cloak Company and her employment as a social worker, and Meyer opening the Pachter Garment Company and later merging with the Louis Walter Company and Youthcraft Manufacturing Company. She also discusses Meyer's later move into the carwash business, his work as a salesman at Woolf Brothers, their work within the Jewish community, and other ventures. She ends the interview by sharing information about her family, and playing a piece on the piano.
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Date
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2005-01-12
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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Title
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Forsee Departs University Post At Crucial Time
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Description
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On Friday, January 7, 2011, Gary Forsee resigned as the President for the University of Missouri's four-campus system. The former Sprint executive plans to care for his cancer-stricken wife, whose diagnosis was made known in early December. The resignation still came as a shock to University officials who say "they expect state funds to be cut 10 to 15 percent this year."
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Date
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2011-01-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
