This letter gives some detail concerning the action at Vicksburg, Mississippi, especially in regard to Company K, 47th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers. Letter is not complete, missing final page(s).

Handwritten partial [10p.] diary belonging to John N. Thomas. Diary entries start in 1861 and go to the middle of 1863. The author of the diary states that he enlisted in the rebel army on July 8,…

Information on the history of early schools in the city.

Poster used to publicize a local television production called "Bad Blood" which was a co-production of KCPT Kansas City Public Television and Wide Awake Films. The film premiered, March…

Letter written by William Robinson to his Mother from the Astor House in New York on December 6th, 1861. Describes Washington, D.C. and mentions Jim Lane of Kansas. William Robinson was around 16…

Information about Indian missions, including Shawnee Indian missions.

Information about the Fifth Cavalry of the Missouri state militia in the Civil War from 1862 to 1863.

Collection including Lincoln High School Record Book from 1889 to 1907.

Folder contains a document appointing Samuel W. Eager, Jr., Captain and Aid-de-Camp on Brig. Genl. Edward's Staff, 1st military District, October 25th, 1862.

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…

This folder contains two items. One is an undated program entitled "Service to the Memory of William Tecumseh Sherman", Academy of Music, Brooklyn, Thursday Evening, May 7th. The second…

Folder includes a photostatic copy of a Missouri "Oath of Loyalty" signed by John S. Phelps, Greene County, Springfield, September 9, 1865.

Framed (14" x 18") and matted color print entitled, "View of Jefferson City, Mo." which depicts a Civil War era Jefferson City. It shows the new fortifications and the arrival and…

Letter written to William Robinson by his father James H. Robinson on November 6, 1862, from Danville, Missouri. Mentions issue of slavery in the area.

Information on Rockhurst College.

Color print of the mural, "The Battle of Westport," by N. C. Wyeth, measuring 15 x 26.25 in. The image depicts the clash between Union and Confederate forces that took place in Westport,…

Information found in the scrapbook dealing with the debate team of Manual High School.

Unframed reprint of a black and white photograph (10 x 24 in.) of the reunion at the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Westport. Unidentified men, women and children are posed standing in front of…

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:…

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)…

Several articles about the battle, the "last Confederate attempt to invade the North."

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…

Collection contains some attendance and scholarship record books for Westport, 1892-1897

Folder contains a subscription certificate published by the "Kansas City Sun", 1915. It indicates that half of the subscription price was to go toward the building of a Union Soldiers…