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Map showing the locations of the three state representative voting districts in Clay County, Missouri.
Date : 1961-05-10
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Reprint of Father Nicolas Point's 1840 map, from a Kansas City Times article entitled "Earliest Map of Kansas City," depicting the locations of the homes of his parishioners, in the…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photo, caption, and article about one of the earliest printed maps of the Missouri Territory before its statehood, to be sold in an auction of the Streeter collection.
Date : 1967-10-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Second of two-part article on Kansas City's centennial history with illustrations.
Date : 1950-01-08
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
A framed, Jackson County street map (42.5 in. x 41 in.) with an index of streets published by the Gallup Map Company. Appears to be post 1960.
Date : 1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed color map (21.5 in. x 37.5 in.) of the Missouri River showing progress of works of improvement at Kansas City, Missouri by the Missouri River Commission, Kansas City Division from surveys of…
Date : 1897
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The Kansas City Industrial Belt Railway Company is the name of a new corporation that received its charter from the state yesterday (June 8, 1912). The present capitalization is $500,000, which will…
Date : 2012-06-08
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describes a school district map showing segregated school boundary lines of Kansas City Public Schools. Maurice Smith, son of the teacher who originally owned the map, recognized its…
Date : 2011-01-03
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Illustrated and annotated map of the Lewis and Clark expedition trail or route.
Date : 1945
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Map of the locations of Kansas City public schools and their surrounding districts in 1939.
Date : 1939
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describing the stops and starts of the early development of the city, which grew more smoothly with the sale of town lots in 1846, with map.
Date : 1946-04-28
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photo and biographical article about Milton Harden, founder of M. J. Harden Associates at 115 East Armour boulevard," a mapping business in Kansas City. Article includes a description of his…
Date : 1957-12-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed (23 in. x 25 in.) copy of the John Filson map of "Kentucke." Inscription reads: "This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations is inscribed with the most perfect respect…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
File containing photocopies of a 1941 map of Kansas City, Kansas, produced by that city's City Planning Commission with many details.
Date : 1941
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Folder contains three pocket size Kansas City street guides. Two are undated but appear to be from the 1950s-60s period and one is dated 1910. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a…
Date : 1910 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Biographical article with photos and maps about Vincent Carter (1924-1983) and his novel published nearly 20 years after his death. His novel, "Such Sweet Thunder," about a black youth…
Date : 2002-05-26
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed map (19 in. x 25 in.) of the Kansas City Missouri School Districts. Map shows street boundaries for schools. Orange lines indicate "White School Districts," green lines indicate…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The 1855 Spalding map of Westport, Missouri, which hangs in the Special Collections Department as of September 26, 1974, is on indefinite loan to the Kansas City Public Library from the Daughters of…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Unframed, bird's eye view map (17.75 in. x 29.5 in.) of the University of Missouri-Columbia drawn by Arthur J. Elder. Coprighted in 1910 by W. T. Little & Co., New York. It is a buff color…
Date : 1910
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Three-dimensional map of the River Quay or River Market area of Downtown, with a description of the Crown Center Art Festival held there.
Date : 1974-05-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Portrait and biographical article about Dr. George Maughs, "Kansas City's fifth mayor," a physician, and "a secessionist in a Union town." Description of his life and career…
Date : 1974-11-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article with a map showing numbered pieces of land in Kansas City and southwestern Jackson County, labeling by ownership the early settlers of the area.
Date : 1972-07-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Map of the locations of Kansas City public schools and their surrounding districts in 1942.
Date : 1942
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
A piece of architecftural artwork called "Rivers, Rails and Trails" will be attached to the new addition of the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The…
Date : 2010-08-18
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Unframed (30 in. x 33.5 in.) map of the Kansas City School District, January 1971. Includes on the front an index of schools and other district facilities with addresses. The legend includes:…
Date : 1971
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)