Article profiles local author Veda Rogers and her new book "Life's About a Dream." The memoir describes her years operating the Vasser Playhouse in Vasser, KS, with her husband Bruce…

File containing a pamphlet or booklet with a note about Francis Wornall being the author of a history of the Calvary Baptist Church in 1940.

Aerial view of Kansas City Structural Steel facility and grounds; located at 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.

Editor, Mike Fannin, explains how the printed newspaper, The Kansas City Star, will be reorganized to adapt to the difficult economic time. The main news section will be combined with the local and…

Information about Lester Dent (1904-1959), alias Kenneth Robeson, the creator of the pulp fiction hero Doc Savage, the subject of a 1975 movie and various comic books, etc. Photos, illustrations,…

In Pitch's second annual "road trip" in the Kansas City metro area, various authors describe points along State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County. Historic locations…

File containing an illustration and autobiographical article about Velma West Sykes, or Velma Sykes, a Kansas City Star journalist since 1918 residing at 300 East Armour Boulevard.

Photos and article about the food kitchen opened in 1982 at the Saint Mary's Catholic Church at 5th and Ann Streets in Kansas City, Kansas, by Mrs. Wilhelmina Gill, "director of the…

File contains articles with references to Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas, especially the "Old Mansion" article, with photos of the residence built in 1871.

South side of Minnesota Avenue from 5th Street.

Short notice about the publication of the book ''Six Black Horses'' by Nolan Davis who was a former undertaker�??s apprentice. Davis based the book partly on his own experiences…

Mr. Deatherage founded the Deatherage Lumber Company in Kansas City in 1878. After retiring in 1919, he began a career as a historian, publishing his first volume of Kansas City history in 1928.…

Article about the conflict between Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, over the new state of the art railroad "food terminal," with photo.

Article about the history of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers and their unique perspectives offered about Kansas City, with photos and biographical descriptions of several of its prominent…

Photo and entire book about William Torrey Harris, or William Harris (1835-1909), a prominent American philosopher living in Saint Louis, describing his life and career, a native New Englander known…

Group portrait of newsboys and an adult posing behind stacks of newspapers and in front of a newspaper truck in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Postcard of Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital.

Author Sinclair Lewis spent time in Kansas City while researching and preparing to write his book "Elmer Gantry," or what he called his "preacher novel." Local ministers such as…

Joseph Hoffman seated at piano.

Obituary for August J. Haner from the "Kansas City Times," August 16, 1898. States that he opened the first grocery store in Kansas City, Kansas. He was also a freighter across the plains…

Coming to Kansas City, Kansas in 1998, Sister Vickie Perkins works with early childhood and education agencies in Wyandotte County. Her work is through the Gardner Institute created in 1997 by the…

Notes about magazine articles written by Kansas City author R. Richard Wohl in "Manuscripts" (volume 8), the "University of Kansas City Review" (volume 22), and "Journal of…

Special section of the magazine concerning positive aspects of the development and redevelopment of Kansas City, Kansas (a consolidated government with Wyandotte County), including the proposed…

Close-up view of unidentified building at American Smelting and Refining Company.

Full frontal and side view of Wyandotte County courthouse; located on northeast corner of 7th and Barnett.