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."

Information on the history of early schools in the city.

Information about Indian missions, including Shawnee Indian missions.

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 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…

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

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…

Information on Rockhurst College.

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.

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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.…

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

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

Information on Spalding's Commercial College, among many other schools and colleges.

Unframed, mounted photograph (13.5" x 15.75") of Eugene Field School (St. Louis, Missouri ?). Legend: "Eugene Field School / Hiram Lloyd / Contractor and Builder, St. Louis / - Jan. 8…