Brief interview with Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, in which she discusses issues facing the next mayor, her views on the concept of tax increment financing, and light rail.

Illustration and biographical article about Major William Warner (1839-1916), a former Kansas City mayor elected national senator from Missouri in 1905 with the help of the Republican Party's…

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…

Information given on the Cleaver Program in Religion and Public Life with activities being held at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri. Named after former Kansas City mayor Emanuel…

One long paragraph of biography about Samuel Strother (1871-1929), mayor of Kansas City and native of Louisville.

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…

Portrait of local artist George Van Millet, seated and shown painting at easel.

Head and shoulders portrait; mayor of Kansas City in 1869.

Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Wheeler, a Kansas City mayor.

Head and shoulders portrait.

Biographical sketch of Edward Martin, "the originator and one of the builders of the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway and the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railway." Born in Kentucky…

Interior view of three men, including Kansas City Mayor William Kemp on the right. Other men not identified. Written on the back of the photograph: "38th annual meeting AASHO, Kansas City, Mo.,…

Photo and bio of Francis Reid Long, or Francis Long (1812-1881), mayor of Kansas City in 1869 and a native of Kentucky. Description of his life and career, coming to Kansas City in 1865 as a co-…

Interview (with questions asked by the author) and dialogue of the debate between Sarah Snow and Charles Wheeler, candidates for mayor of Kansas City in 1975, with discussion on relevant local issues.

Biography of prominent Kansas Citian Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916), the owner of the Kansas City Journal newspaper starting in 1854, "staunch business and railroad promoter," Civil…

Head and shoulders portrait; Mayor, 1871-72.

Head and shoulders portrait; mayor of Kansas City 1878-1879.

Composite portrait of mayors from 1853-1886. Includes: William S. Gregory, Johnston Lykins, John Johnson, Milton J. Payne, Robert T. Van Horn, A.L. Harris, Edward H. Allen, Frank R. Long, E. Milton…

World War I veteran and Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle and other unidentified military dignitaries review an Armistice Day Parade in 1960. Scene looking toward the north with figures standing near…

Photo and bio of James Gibson (1849-1918), mayor of Kansas City in 1883, judge and lawyer "with offices at Missouri Avenue and Main Street," a native of Cooper County, Missouri, coming to…

Photo and biographical sketch of Henry Beardsley, the mayor of Kansas City in 1906-1908.

Biographical sketch of James Reed, national senator from Missouri and mayor of Kansas City born in Ohio in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in 1897 as a lawyer.

Photo and bio of Leander Talbott (1849-1924), mayor of Kansas City in 1884. Native of Ohio coming to Kansas City in 1857 with his parents and becoming a businessman in 1868 before being killed in an…

Biographical sketch of Edward Lowe Martin, or Edward Martin, "ex-mayor of Kansas City." Born in Kentucky in 1842 and coming to Kansas City in 1868 as a wholesale liquor dealer.

Photo and bio of John Bailey Gage, or John Gage (1887-1970), mayor of Kansas City from 1940 to 1946, known as the "Clean-Up Mayor" a native Kansas Citian born at 9th and Porter Roads (…