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Subject Education (7) Kansas City School Dis... (6) Civil War (5) Clubs (5) Musicians (5) Show more... Date 1804-1881 (1) 1805-1965 (1) 1809-1959 (Bulk 1850-1... (1) 1811-1962 (1) 1816 (1) Show more... Creator Bernd Foerster (1) Charles P Deatherage (1) Cyrus F Boyd (1) D M Nigro (1) Daughters of the Ameri... (1) Show more...

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1.	The Miracle Scrapbook Finding Aid	1926	"The Miracle," a religious pantomime based on a Christian legend, played in Kansas City from November 22, 1926, to December 11, 1926. The play was presented in Convention Hall which was transformed into...

2.	Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid	1809-1959 (bulk 1850-1890)	Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed...

3.	Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin Papers Finding Aid	circa 1870-1925 (bulk 1890-1916)	Ada Greenwood MacLaughlin, daughter of Kansas City School Superintendent James Greenwood and his wife Amanda, was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on August 1, 1860. She resided in Kansas City, Missouri,...

4.	McGee Family Bible Finding Aid	1816	Bible of Mrs. James H. McGee with newspaper obituary of Eleanor McGee pasted in front cover. Only family information is a note on verso of New Testament page. Loose, miscellaneous items found in pages...

5.	George M. Chase Diary Finding Aid	1860	Born in Maine in 1837, George Chase came to what is now Kansas City, Missouri, in 1859 and became a prominent businessman. He died January 4, 1913. His diary for the year 1860 describes daily life and...

6.	John Barber White Papers Finding Aid	1896-1929 (bulk 1901-1921)	Born on December 8, 1847, successful lumberman John Barber White moved from New York to Missouri in 1879 to help organize the Missouri Lumber & Mining Company, headquartered in Kansas City. He worked nationally...

7.	Cyrus F. Boyd Diary Finding Aid	1862-1883 (bulk 1862-1864)	Boyd's three-volume diary details his Civil War experiences, with the last volume continuing for some years after the war. The first diary (July 2, 1862, to February 15, 1863) is of the 15th Iowa Infantry...

8.	Carl Betz Collection Finding Aid	circa 1880s-1988 [bulk 1880s-1890s]	Carl Betz was a pioneer in the physical education curriculum in the Kansas City public schools in the late 1800s. The collection consists of two boxes with programs, manuscripts, artifacts, photographs,...

9.	Charles L. Johnson Papers Finding Aid	1861-1950	Charles Johnson, ragtime musician and composer and arranger, spent most of his life in Kansas City, Missouri. It is believed that he made the first orchestra arrangement for the song "Missouri Waltz" and...

10.	Clifton Sloan Genealogical Materials	circa 1800s-	Clifton B. Sloan papers include genealogical materials from the Sloan estate, May 1959, and nineteenth-century correspondence, clippings, family charts, etc.

11.	Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid	ca. 1860-1910s	Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized....

12.	Harvey Rettberg Papers Finding Aid	ca1950s-1990s, [bulk 1960s-70s]	Collection of correspondence, publications, photographs, newspaper clippings (including obituaries), etc., belonging to Harvey Rettberg, co-founder of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Fan Club. Includes information...

13.	Fred Edmiston Papers Finding Aid	circa 1920-2003	Collection of material contained in five boxes that relates to the publication of "The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks: The Band That Made Radio Famous," authored by Fred Edmiston. This book recounts the Nighthawks...

14.	Local Clubs Collection Finding Aid		Collections consisting of various rosters, programs, notes, membership cards, etc., of Kansas City area clubs.

15.	Dr. J. W. Parker Account Books Finding Aid	1851-1872 (bulk 1856-1872)	Dr. J. W. Parker was called John as well as James and settled in Westport, Missouri, in 1851 where he practiced medicine among the white settlers and the Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Delaware Indians. During...

16.	Edith Lowe Peters Scrapbooks Finding Aid	1900-1970	Edith Lowe Peters appears to have been a long-time Kansas City resident, born in 1882 in Rock Port, Mo. Her father, Frank Lowe, was a local Kansas City figure known in law, church, and political circles....

17.	Myers Family Papers Finding Aid	1854-1864	It is believed that the three Myers brothers connected with this collection settled in Kansas. Luther Myers lived in Jackson County, Kansas, and was engaged in the banking business in Whiting. Louis Myers...

18.	James A. Hazlett Papers Finding Aid	1929-1997 (bulk 1960-1990)	James A. Hazlett was born in Kansas City on May 26, 1917, and died in the same city on September 14, 1997. He was employed by the Kansas City Missouri School District for many years as a teacher, principal,...

19.	James D. Allen Journals Finding Aid	1858-1872	James D. Allen settled in Shawnee, Kansas, in 1857 and was appointed Justice of the Peace for Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas, that year. Collection contains one large journal and one small diary/account...

20.	James M. Greenwood Papers Finding Aid	1891-1941 (bulk 1891-1914)	James M. Greenwood was the leading educator in Kansas City for 40 years (1874-1914). In his tenure as superintendent of schools, he became recognized locally, nationally, and internationally. He was born...

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