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1. Alexander Bettis Alexander Bettis 1938 Biographical sketch of Alexander Bettis, vice-president of the Kansas City Power and Light Company since 1924, starting with the company in 1904, before that working for the Home Telephone Company. Description...
2. Arthur Taylor Arthur Taylor 1938 Biographical sketch of Arthur Taylor, a lawyer with offices in the Battery Block in Independence, Missouri, born in Canada in 1893.
3. August Meyer August Meyer 1938 References to and descriptions of August Meyer (1851-1905), or A. R. Meyer, as "capitalist and leader in matters of public improvements" and as one of the three most important developers of Kansas City's...
4. Battle of Westport and National Memorial Park Battle of Westport and National Memorial Park 1938 Excerpts of the Civil War battlefield diary of Brigadier-General John Philips (1814-1886), a participant in the Battle of Westport on the Union side and later national representative of Missouri.
5. Battle of Westport and National Memorial Park Battle of Westport and National Memorial Park 1938 Photo of the Harris House in Westport, the rooftop viewpoint of General Curtis in the Battle of Westport.
6. Benjamin Henthorn Benjamin Henthorn 1938 Biographical sketch of Benjamin Harrison Henthorn, or Ben Henthorn, president of the College of Commerce at 408 East 11th Street who was born in Burden, Kansas, in 1888. Description of his life and career,...
7. Charles Smith, Architect Charles Smith, Architect 1938 Biographical sketch of Charles Ashley Smith, or Charles Smith, an architect in the Finance Building. Born in Ohio in 1866 and coming to Kansas City in 1887 as an architect with William Hackney before becoming...
8. Charles Woodbury Charles Woodbury 1938 Biographical sketch of Charles Putnam Todd Woodbury, or Charles Woodbury, a lawyer at 1016 Baltimore Avenue. Born in Kansas City in 1889 at 337 Garfield Avenue and coming to Kansas City in the 1910s, becoming...
9. Chester Smith Chester Smith 1938 Biographical sketch of Chester Smith, president of the Kansas City Power & Light Company at 1330 Baltimore Avenue. Born in Kansas City in 1888 and starting out as a lawyer and accountant involved in the...
10. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Claude Schmidt, president of the American Savings & Loan Association in the Lathrop Building, born in Germany in 1860 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1883 as a carpenter.
11. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of William Schneider, president of the W. B. Schneider Meat Company at 520 Walnut Street. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri in 1875 and coming to Kansas City in 1892 as a meat cutter before...
12. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Oscar Rieger, vice-president of the Old Pioneer Distilling Company at 1529 Genesee Street in Kansas City. Born in Kansas City in 1893 and stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas during...
13. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Charles Baird, treasurer and manager of the Kansas City Casket & Furniture Company at 626 Broadway, involved in the furniture and undertaking business since 1890 and moving to Kansas...
14. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Eric Bacharach, president of E. W. Bacharach & Company at the Rialto Building in Kansas City, "eng[ineers] and contractors, designing and building municipal and private water purification...
15. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Frank Peck, president of the Peck-Woolf Sand & Material Company in Kansas City. Born in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1887 and raised in Kansas City before taking charge of his father's...
16. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of William Malcolm Lowry, or W. Malcolm Lowry, a founding member of the Henrici-Lowry Engineering Company at 114 West 10th Street, born in Kansas City in 1884 and establishing his business...
17. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of William Cardwell Lucas, or William Lucas, a lawyer with offices in the Power & Light Building, born in Osceola, Missouri, in 1877 and coming to Kansas City in 1909.
18. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of William Louis Rock, or William Rock, president and treasurer of the William L. Rock Flower Company at 1106 Grand Avenue in Kansas City. Born in Cleveland in 1865 and coming to Kansas...
19. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Harold Luhnow, president of William Volker & Company (manufacturers of window shades, shade cloth, and rollers) at 230 Main Street, born in Chicago in 1895 and coming to Kansas City...
20. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Thomas Luzier, chairman of the board and president of Luzier's, Incorporated (manufacturers of perfumes and cosmetics), at 3216 Gillham Plaza, born in Pennsylvania in 1872 and coming...