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Unframed (16.25 in. x 22 in.) color print reproduction (2 copies) of a Carl Bodmer print entitled "The Big Soldier." One print is loose and the other is attached with information…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Information on the history of early schools in the city.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Information about Indian missions, including Shawnee Indian missions.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Collection of materials on artist, Millard C. Hayward includes timeline, bibliography and photographs of his work. Hayward lived in Topeka and Kansas City in the late nineteenth century.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed (36 in. x 30 in.) and matted watercolor entitled "October in Arrowrock [sic]," which depicts Arrow Rock, Missouri, by artist Frederic James.
Date : 1949
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed (37.5 in. x 18 in.) and matted watercolor entitled "Autumn Fields," which depicts farm and fields by artist Frederic James.
Date : 1950 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Collection including Lincoln High School Record Book from 1889 to 1907.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Matted charcoal sketch by Tom Beard, 1971 (print 8 x 10 in. and mat 11 x 14 in.) depicting pioneer life. Written on the back of the mat: "Given to the Missouri Valley Room April 12, 1975 by Tom…
Date : 1971
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Folder contains one undated issue of a publication called "The Ransomerian", Reliance Building, Kansas City, Mo. It highlights Mr. C.W. Ransom and his Ransomerian method of penmanship. The…
Date : 1910 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Item is a lithograph print of a black and white sketch portrait of local artist Thomas Hart Benton. Also contains a smaller, full body sketch of him. Wording at the bottom of the print reads:…
Date : 1975
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Matted charcoal sketch by Tom Beard, 1971 (print, 8 x 10 in. and mat 11 x 14 in.) depicting pioneer life. Written on the back of the mat: "Given to the Missouri Valley Room April 12, 1975 by Tom…
Date : 1971
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Folder contains small pamphlet on artist, Troy Kinney, which includes illustrations of his paintings. Produced by Alden Galleries of Kansas City, Missouri, forward signed by J.H. Bender. Contents…
Date : 1927 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed (32" x 36") matted engraving of "La Rixe" (The Brawl) after the 1855 painting by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891). Engraved by Felix Bracquemond (1933-1914). This…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Folder contains a small three-fold publication entitled "An Exhibit of Paintings", by Roland Thomas. The exhibit was held at the J.F. Twogood Art Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri. Thirty-…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Unframed, (17.5" x 23") black and white, artist proof portrait of local artist, Thomas Hart Benton. Signed by the portrait artist, Al Kennedy, n.d. Benton is shown as an older man with…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed and matted print by Thomas Hart Benton of man playing guitar.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Information found in the scrapbook dealing with the debate team of Manual High School.
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)
Photos of George Caleb Bingham's studio over Shannon's store at the southwest corner of 3rd and Main Streets in Kansas City, Missouri, taken in 1870 and showing several paintings on…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Framed (27.5 in. x 22.5 in.) and matted watercolor entitled "Sunset Over Rome," which depicts a sunset and buildings by artist Frederic James.
Date : 1955
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Information about the following schools and colleges: (1) Lillis High School, (2) Loretto Academy, (3) Notre Dame de Sion, (4) Redemptorist Fathers College and Seminary, (5) Rockhurst College, (6)…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
One-sided card with photograph of "Nannie H. Burroughs, Founder of the Training School for Women and Girls." The card does not indicate whether the "Training School for Women and Girls…
Date : 1927
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Microfilm from the Native Sons scrapbook collection. Roll 8 consists of clippings and pages from books on art and artists of the Kansas City area and Missouri. Roll 11 specifically covers the artist…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Unframed (27.5 in. x 36 in.) color print of a painting entitled: "Kansas City, Main & Delaware, circa 1900 by Ernst Ulmer." Area is downtown and is referred to as The Junction. Print…
Date : 1900 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)