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…

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

Photos of Kansas City from a bird's eye view, in a book as a whole about the history of townships, cities, towns, and villages of Missouri.

History of the city and its various directions in development both geographically and culturally, with photos and illustrations of different parts of the city, including architectural landmarks.

Publication for the purpose of publicizing Kansas City's attractiveness and capacity as a convention center.

A 12 page transcript of a speech given at various clubs. Also titled: "K.C. Highlights for the Young At Heart". Highlights 43 places of interest in the general metro area as well as in…

Full page advertisement for the city and the Kansas City Star newspaper, citing the national rankings of each in important economic categories.

Description of rural to urban evolution.

Books of various views of the city and street guides on microfilm.

Numerous maps with illustrations and chronologies of the settlement of the Great Plains (centering on Kansas City) by whites and corresponding removal of various Indian tribes, with details (…

Reminiscences of visits to a wild and bustling Kansas City in the youth of author Rudolph Umland. Umland a native of Nebraska coming to Kansas City in 1926 by train and becoming a local Kansas City…

Photos predominantly of old buildings and some of homes and street scenes.

Second book of Kansas City trivia information in the form of a quiz.

Numerous photos and biographies and stories about businesses and institutions in the city.

Biographical article about the reminiscences of Annie Fisher (1847-1941), moving at the age of 10 to Kansas City with her parents in 1857, encouraged to do so by Kansas City promoter Colonel Milton…

Collection of papers, including copies of manuscripts, photos, and other documents, about the life of Mary Johnson Bland, or Mary Bland and her family from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s in the…

Illustration by "Mr. Kilburn" and one column of description of "Kanzas, Mo." or "Kanzas City" as it was in 1855, at the time also known as Westport Landing.

Poem about Kansas City's history by the editor of the "North Kansas City News," with illustrations.

Observations by Colonel Shalor Eldridge in 1855: "Kansas City we found to be a straggling village of scarcely a thousand inhabitants. ..The streets of the town were yet to be."…

General description of Kansas City and its history, pointing out some of its major historical events since 1821.

Illustrations of city projects and plans including architectural drawings and paintings. Discusses FOCUS (Forging Our Comprehensive Urban Strategy).

Overall description of Kansas City starting with an early chronological history.

Facts from the 1880 federal census about streets, horse railroads, waterworks, gas, public buildings, public parks and public grounds, places of amusement, drainage, cemeteries, markets, sanitary…

Article stating Kansas City's population as 250,000 in 1900. Discussion of the city's history and planning developments, with photographs of the West Bottoms, Chase School, Midland Hotel…