Obituary for "Mrs. Irene Lois Thatcher [or Irene Thatcher, wife of Develle Thatcher], 53, of 311 East [79th Street]," a lifelong Kansas Citian and "editor of Hardware and Farm…

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.

Biographical sketch of John Courtney Moore, or John Moore "of Kansas City," a Confederate veteran, early Kansas City journalist, and first mayor of Denver, Colorado. Born in Tennessee in…

A section of this MA thesis includes information about Lucile Bluford, local journalist and civil rights activist. She was born on July 1, 1911, in Salisbury, North Carolina, and came to Kansas City…

Biographical article about Kansas City Star editor William Rockhill Nelson, referring to him as "the baron" and describing his bias in the paper against improvements for Westport as a…

Photo and biographical article about Colonel John Moore, a Confederate veteran and journalist writing a book called "The Great Issue: An Argument" about the "degeneracy" in…

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 bio of John Thacher, a lawyer and journalist of Kansas City. Born in Kansas City in 1872 and in 1898 becoming "correspondent for the Washington 'Post' in Cuba," writing…

Photo and bio of Colonel Robert Van Horn (1824-1916), mayor of Kansas City in 1861 and 1864. Native of Pennsylvania coming here in 1855 as a buyer of "the 'Enterprise,' a newspaper…

Photos and biographical article about Kate Richards O'Hare, or Kate O'Hare (1876-1948), "a prominent columnist for various radical newspapers, and a national leader of the Socialist…

Photos, illustrations, and description of Major John Edwards (1837-1889), co-founder of the Kansas City Times newspaper in 1868 with Colonel John Moore, with information about the paper's…

Portrait and biographical sketch of John Knapp (1816-1888), "conspicuous during his life among Western newspaper publishers," native to New York City and moving to Saint Louis in 1820.

Information on Bill Vaughan (1915-1977), "longtime resident humorist at the paper [The Kansas City Star]," writer of "the Starbeams column for more than 30 years," and native of…

Article summarizes changes to the Kansas City Star's staffing and ownership since the McClatchy Company (Co.) purchased the newspaper in 2006. Former staff members are interviewed and describe…

Illustration and biographical article about Alfred Henry Lewis, or Alfred Lewis (1858-1914), writer of "[p]robably the best known of all columns in The Star in the first two decades of the paper…

Biographical description of William Allen White, or William White, "the young associate editor of the Kansas City Journal" and "well known in the West as a writer of excellent dialect…

Interview of Arthur Brisbane, regular columnist for the Kansas City Times newspaper since 1979, starting with the paper in 1977. Description of his career progression after moving from New York,…

File containing a two-part series of articles about the 1989 murder )and ensuing trial about) of Larry Sarvey, a 38-year-old publisher of Atchison Globe newspaper killed by an unknown shooter in his…

Biographical article about Kate O'Hare (1876-1948), a national leader in socialism and later feminism and prison reform, based in the Kansas City area. Native to Ottawa County, Kansas, and…

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…

View of Anne Hayes, newspaper journalist, local radio and television broadcaster (KCMO) and President of the Radio Council of Greater Kansas City and co-founder of the group. The group's name…

Obituary for Jane Palmer, a writer, editor of the Wee Wisdom Magazine, and associate editor of the Weekly Unity Magazine.

Biographical sketch of Isaac Houck, "the proprietor and editor of the Missouri 'Independent,' one of the most substantial and best edited county papers in central Missouri." He…

Article of little known facts about Kansas City, including visits by famous people and residents, unexpected origins of local institutions, etc.

Photo and bio of Willard Fiske Lochridge, or Willard Lochridge, "director until 1912" of the Kansas City Press Club, born in Illinois in 1890 and coming here about 1910 "as manager of…