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The Kansas City Advertising Club Collection contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, rosters, publications, and newsletters relating to the organization.
Date : 1915 to 1996
Collection: Local History Index (Citations), Finding Aids
Article reports on the activities of the Social Media Club of Kansas City, described as a group of "entrepreneurs, boosters, bloggers, wordspreaders and charity organizations...who have quietly…
Date : 2012-09-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Histories of Kansas City area medical specialty societies, including the American Academy of General Practice, the Greater Kansas City, Missouri, Academy of General Practice, the Industrial Medical…
Date : 1956-06-30
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Night view of street decorations at corner of 11th and Walnut.
Date : 1924
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Parade along 11th Street west of Grand; shows Emery, Bird, Thayer building.
Date : 1924
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Unidentified male speaker at podium and other men at head table at banquet.
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Column reporting the 80th anniversary of the Intercity Book Lovers, an African American women's group dedicated to a love of books. The group was founded in 1926, with 30 original members who…
Date : 2006-11-17
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article about the establishment of the "Historical Society of Old Settlers" of the Kansas City area, made up of "all the old residents of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties,…
Date : 1880-04-25
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photos and information on the Kansas City Citizens League (or Citizens' League), a non-partisan local political organization established in 1918 for better city government and involved with the…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The Alternate Tuesday Club Collection contains a copy of the organization's constitution and by-laws and a history of the club written near the time of its 90th anniversary in 1974.
Date : 1899 to 1974 (year approximate)
Collection: Local History Index (Citations), Finding Aids
Photo and bio of George Van Millett, a painter born in Kansas City in 1864 and establishing a studio here in 1893. Also holder of "a professorship with the Kansas City Art Association" and…
Date : 1902
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Description of the club's activities with photos of the clubhouse, reception room, and racetrack.
Date : 1900-09-29
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photographs and illustrations about the Art Club.
Date : 1900
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Extensive article about constants and changes in the character of Kansas City, including its vice, violence, and corruption of the late 1800s and 1930s. Also a descriptive section on Independence…
Date : 1950-03
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Distant view of parade heading north on Main near 10th Street.
Date : 1924
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Full frontal and side view; located on southwest corner of 12th and Prospect.
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Illustrations and article about the bicycle clubs of Kansas City in the 1880s-1890s during their golden age of popularity. First local club established in 1882 and bikes supplied largely by the Hall…
Date : 2000-06
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Unverified source on a national cadet organization, organized by Elmer Ellsworth, who in turn was the first officer killed in the Civil War.
Date : 1938-02-27
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Illustrations and information on the Greater Kansas City Home Economists in Business organization.
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article of little known facts about Kansas City, including visits by famous people and residents, unexpected origins of local institutions, etc.
Date : 1992-06
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Notice that the Technological Society of Kansas City will meet three times in December, 1906. Two of the speakers are women from Kansas City. They include Mrs. J. H. Harkless, one of the editors of…
Date : 1906-11
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Description of the annual activities of the Clay County, Missouri Historical Society including a cooperative effort "with the public relations department of William Jewell college in compiling…
Date : 1941-07
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The National Golf Club of Kansas City located in Parkville made the list of the Top 100 Golf Communities in the country selected by Travel & Leisure Golf magazine. It was the only one in the…
Date : 2006-02-12
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)