Portrait and information on Joseph Reddeford Walker, or Joseph Walker (1798-1876), an early fur trader and pioneer resident of Jackson County. Native of Tennessee coming to Fort Osage about 1818…

Unframed (17.5" x 22") brown tone photograph portrait of William E. Benson. Inscription on back reads: "W. E. Benson, Secretary Board (school), 1891-1908."

Folder contains a one page graph arrangement entitled "Development of Kansas City School System 1867-1967". The graph includes 12 different years and shows types of schools which were…

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

Folder contains six printed publications dealing with teacher issues including retirement. Included are teacher's union publications.

Information about Robert Campbell, an Irish fur trader in Saint Louis by 1824 in company of Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, and Thomas Fitzpatrick. Said to be one of the greatest aids to the government in…

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…

Folder includes mimeographed and printed brochures concerning information about the Teachers Credit Union operated by and for the employees of the Kansas City, Mo., School District.

Banner (30 in. x 44 in.), gold with blue lettering that includes logo for the Kansas City Public Library. Text on banner: "KCPL, Separate! Celebrate! November 8, 1988!" Attached to brass…

Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded June 21, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has…

Folder includes a fold-out brochure probably published ca1906. It includes photographs of some of the schools, statistical facts concerning the district and the city of Kansas City. A photocopied…

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

Bio of Thomas Fitzpatrick (1799-1854), a guide of the Rocky Mountains and mid-19th century resident of Westport at the southeast corner of Broadway and Westport Roads, born in Ireland and beginning…

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:…

Interviewer: Ella Pruitt. Interview recorded February 16, 1976. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide…

Information on Dr. David Waldo (1802-1878), an early physician, western freighter, and real estate investor of Kansas City and Independence becoming the namesake of the Waldo area of the southwestern…

Folder contains examples of the Kansas City seal imprinted on cards for the years 1921,1926, and 1941. All are for official use with one for use on city cars. Also includes a seal for the Kansas City…

The collection consists of two account books and a few loose papers. The first volume lists notations of receipts and expenditures for both personal and professional expenses, covering 1865 and 1866…

Framed (26 in. x 32 in.) and matted print entitled "The Departure From the Wood River Encampment, May 14, 1804" by Gary R. Lucy. Alternate title: "Lewis & Clark; the Journey…

The first public school for black people in the city, located in Westport, is mentioned in the abstract under SEMINARY LANDS: 2.71 acres between colored schoolhouse and Main Cross Street in Westport…

Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded September 28, 1976. Two sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in.…

Information on Major Moses Harris, often called Black Harris, a Western explorer and fur trapper starting with William Ashley in the 1820s and living in Missouri in the 1830s. He is listed as a…

Recounting of how Catherine Stumbaugh's McKee's mother taught at a "colored school" in Kansas City in 1865.

Illustrations and information on Alfred Jacob Miller, or Alfred Miller (1810-1874), a native of Baltimore and a painter and explorer of western scenes on the Overland Trail (or Oregon Trail) leaving…

Information about the Charbonneau family in the Kansas City area and around Kansas, including Elizabeth, Lizette, Jean-Baptiste, Pierre, et al., descended from early French settlers of the area,…