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1. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo., Illustrated A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo., Illustrated 1896
2. America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels 2005 This book looks at the history of U.S. stockyards. Kansas City is included in chapter 8. The text is well-documented with footnotes, a bibliography, glossary, and index.
3. Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Plains //1858 Illustration evidently of a hotel, labeled "Western Exchange, M'Gee's Addition, Kansas City."
4. Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt 1969 Photo of the Coates House, apparently crediting Van Brunt & Howe for its design in 1889-1890.
5. Art Work on Kansas City, Mo., and Vicinity Art Work on Kansas City, Mo., and Vicinity 1900 Photo of the Centropolis Hotel.
6. Barney Goodman Barney Goodman 1952 Photo and bio of Barney Goodman (~1891~1951), owner of Barney Goodman Investments real estate company, a Jewish native of Russia emigrating to Kansas City, Kansas, about 1905 and becoming a magician and...
7. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) 1956 Short architectural biography of Kansas City architect Frederick E. McIlvain, 1873-1927, listing his major works, including the Willis Wood, Empress, Globe, and Liberty Theaters and different hotels.
8. Blossom House Hotel Blossom House Hotel March 7, 1905 Photo of the hotel opposite Union Depot.
9. Blossom House Hotel Blossom House Hotel March 19, 1905 Illustration of the hotel in an ad.
10. Blossom House Hotel Blossom House Hotel March 14, 1905 Photo and short description of the hotel opposite the Union Depot.
11. Blossom House Restaurant Blossom House Restaurant March 15, 1905 Photo of the interior of the Blossom House's restaurant in an ad next to an ad for the Hotel Belmont with an illustration of it at 301 West 9th Street.
12. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of Clarence Hayman, president of the Forum Cafeterias of America, Incorporated, in the Fidelity Building, born in Iowa in 1881 and starting as a farmer in Johnson County, Kansas, before...
13. Cordova Block Cordova Block March 4, 1905 'The famous resort,' No. 7 W. Ninth Street, established in 1882.
14. Cunningham Hotel Cunningham Hotel 1898? Short description and photo of the hotel at 12th and Broadway Boulevards.
15. Delmonico Hotel Delmonico Hotel 1879 The Delmonico Hotel was on 5th Street, between May and Central. Its proprietor, Hugh Lynch, came to Kansas City in 1866.
16. Densmore Hotel Densmore Hotel 1908 Photo and ad for the Densmore Hotel at 9th and Locust Streets, opposite the old Main Branch Library and managed by James Ketner.
17. Dictionary of Missouri Biography Dictionary of Missouri Biography 1999 Biography of female architect Nelle E. Peters (1884-1974), a designer of Kansas City "apartment buildings and hotels, particularly in the 1920s."
18. Edward Kirk Edward Kirk 1908 Biographical sketch of Edward Douglas Kirk, or Edward Kirk, "a member of the firm of McAnany & Kirk, conducting a detective agency in Kansas City, in which connection they have done excellent work in the...
19. Fred Doggett Fred Doggett March 26, 1905 Photo and bio of Fred Doggett, ''proprietor of the Blossom House, one of Kansas City's oldest hotels,'' born in Chicago in 1856 and arriving in Kansas City in 1878 as a railroad worker, becoming president...
20. Frontier Community: Kansas City to 1870 Frontier Community: Kansas City to 1870 1963 Mention of "Col. Titus' Exchange Hotel," at which a "city-building group" in 1857 held a party including Hiram M. Northrup, C. C. Spalding, and Robert T.Van Horn.