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141. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Spring//1997 Photo and biographical description of Joseph Schultz, director of "UMKC's classical and ancient studies program" and author of the book "Mid-America's Promise" about the "Kansas City Jewry."
142. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Spring//1997 Brief biography of Frank Adler in a collection of brief bios of Kansas City area Jewish authors, including his work on a book on the history of the Temple B'nai Jehudah called "Roots in a Moving Stream."...
143. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership 1997 Photo and description of Dr. Michael Loren, a physician and author of a nonfictional book called "The Road to Virtue: Resolutions for Daily Living."
144. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Spring//1997 Photo and description of Shifra Stein, "a local author" of magazine articles and "approximately 20 books, whick range from a Kansas City restaurant guide to a book charting the best 'Day Trips from Kansas...
145. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Spring//1997 Photo and bio of Jackie Silberg, an author of "a series of books on games for toddlers and young children and a music book containing 160 of her own songs." Also "former music teacher at Congregation Beth...
146. Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Local Authors: Writers Produce for Larger Readership Spring//1997 Photo and biographical description of Mark Nanos, author of a book winning "a 1996 National Jewish Book Award" and "owner of Nanos & Gray Inc., a national advertising agency he co-founded in 1974 at age...
147. Local Historian Revisits Grim Civil War Episode Local Historian Revisits Grim Civil War Episode May/2/1996 Biographical article about historical writer Joanne Chiles Eakin, dealing mainly with aspects of the Civil War era, including her latest book about Order Number 11, with photo.
148. Local Zines, Mini-Art, and Mail Art Collection Finding Aid Local Zines, Mini-Art, and Mail Art Collection Finding Aid 1999-(open ended) This collection includes zines, mini-comics, and mail art created by local Kansas Citians. Zines (pronounced "zeens" as in the word magazine) are self-published works of art and writing where the author...
149. Louis Cochran Louis Cochran Book review of "FBI Man: A Personal History," an autobiographical work by former Kansas City agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Louis Cochran. Tells of his day to day work.
150. Louis O. Honig Scrapbooks Finding Aid Louis O. Honig Scrapbooks Finding Aid 1855-1951 (bulk 1937-1950) Three scrapbooks compiled by Honig that has newspaper clippings, photos, etc., and information on Westport, Kansas City, and places in the state of Missouri. Louis Honig was the author of "Westport: Gateway...
151. Loula Grace Erdman Book Manuscript Finding Aid Loula Grace Erdman Book Manuscript Finding Aid 1958 Native Missourian Loula Grace Erdman was a prolific author, writing primarily young adult historical fiction.The 336-page typewritten manuscript of the book "The Short Summer" is a work of young adult...
152. Lowell Fillmore Lowell Fillmore March/17/1956 Photo and bio of Lowell Fillmore, "president of Unity School of Christianity and son of the founders of Unity," editor of a book collecting the school's writings since its foundation.
153. Marking Missouri History Marking Missouri History 1998 Photo and caption about James Langston Hughes, known commonly as Langston Hughes, one of the nation's foremost black fiction writers, from Joplin, Missouri.
154. Masks in a Pageant Masks in a Pageant 1928 File containing a book excerpt from "Masks in a Pageant" by William Allen White with an autobiographical sketch of himself.
155. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912 Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912 1912 Photo and bio of Edward Joseph White, or Edward White, "prominent attorney and author of several books dealing with legal questions relating to personal injury cases." Born in Saint Louis in 1869 and coming...
156. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work 1912 Photo and bio of Horace Herr, president of the Kansas City Press Club, born in Lecompton, Kansas, in 1880 and raised partly in Kansas City, Kansas. Description of his career as a journalist, starting out...
157. Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Directory Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Directory 1902 Photo and bio of William Trickett, chief clerk of "the Kansas City Transportation Bureau." Born in Kansas City in 1873 and becoming a railroad worker and expert here, compiling the book "Railroad History...
158. Menninger Foundation Menninger Foundation Photos and information on Dr. Karl Augustus Menninger, or Karl Menninger, a psychiatrist and co-founder of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, in 1925 (a nationally top-ranked psychiatric hospital)...
159. Mission of the North American People: Geograhical, Social, and Political Mission of the North American People: Geograhical, Social, and Political //1873 Book by William Gilpin about the unique destiny of America (and its "natural" center, the Kansas City area) due to its political and geographical position between Europe and Asia, undeveloped and young...
160. Missionary Salesman Started in Kansas City Missionary Salesman Started in Kansas City December/22/1956 Review of the book "Peddler in Paradise" by Allen Rabin, a travel book writer and former salesman in the Commerce Trust Building in 1912 at the age of 18.