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…

Two-page spread about the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and its move to Union Station at the end of 2011. Their new boardroom, 4,400 square feet that will seat up to 196 people in theater-…

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.

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,…

Article reports the opening to pedestrian traffic of a bridge linking Union Station to the Freight House District directly to its north. The pedestrian bridge, incorporating an historic 1892 steel-…

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.

Full frontal view looking north.

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.…

The Union Station board has named Andi Udris as the station's new president and chief executive officer. He currently holds this position with the Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City. He…

Brief article recounting the Union Station massacre on June 17, 2008, its 75th anniversary. Bureau of Investigation escorts of escaped murderer and bank robber Frank Nash were ambushed in front of…

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.

View of the entrance of Union Station.

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.

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…

Article about the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company's routes in Kansas City, especially in relation to its new Union Station under construction, with photos, drawing, graph, and map.…

Head and shoulders portrait of Joe McGuff, Sports Editor for the Kansas City Star.

Photo and bio of John Barrons, "[a]dvertising manager of the Kansas City Star."

File containing the article about the Writer's Place, a castle-like residence in the "historic Valentine district" at 3607 Pennsylvania Avenue, built in 1909. Home to organization…

Photo of and booklet by Juliet McCoy Bass, a daughter of John Calvin McCoy, about a (fictional?) Southern belle (Marjoram McNeill) being courted against the backdrop of the Civil War at "…

Restoring and repairing the big clock handing atop the Grand Hall.