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"Business Men's Assurance Company"
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Business Men's Assuran...
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Grant, William T
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Buildings
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Bma Building (Pershing...
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Insurance Companies
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1952
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. ..Presenting W. T. Grant: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month
September-October//1949
Photo and biographical article about William Grant, or Tom Grant, president of the Business Men's Assurance Company with offices in the old B. M. A. Building across from Union Station. Native of Ohio raised...
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BMA Tower
The high-rise white marble BMA Tower is the home office of BMA at 31st Street and Southwest Trafficway. The BMA Tower received architectural acclaim upon its completion in 1963 and among other awards received...
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BMA Tower
2004
View of BMA Tower, 31st and Southwest Trafficway, looking southwest.
4.
BMA Tower
2004
View of BMA Tower, looking north.
5.
BMA Tower Profile (Business Men's Assurance Company)
2003
6.
BMA's Golden Year
March/3/1959
Photo and obituary for BMA founder W. T. Grant, or William Grant.
7.
Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
circa 1950s
Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road with weather beacon on roof. Former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation.
8.
Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
circa 1930s
Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road, the former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation. Park Hotel is visible in background.
9.
Business Men's Assurance Company Building
1949
Full frontal view with cars in foreground; located at 215 Pershing Road.
10.
Business Men's Assurance Company Building
1930
Distant frontal view with cars in foreground; located at 215 Pershing Road.
11.
Kansas City and Its One Hundred Foremost Men
1925
Photo and bio of William Thomas Grant, or William Grant, also known as W. T. Grant, founder and president of the Business Men's Assurance Company, born in Ohio in 1878 and raised in Ellinwood, Kansas,...
12.
Leader
January 1965
Photo and bio of W. D. Grant, president of the Business Men's Assurance Company in Kansas City, joining the company in 1941 and becoming president in 1960, also serving as leader of "the United Campaign."...
13.
Leaders in Our Town
1952
Photo and bio of John Cline Higdon, or J. C. Higdon, president of the Business Men's Assurance Company, born in Indianapolis in 1897 and moving to Iran after World War I before coming to Kansas City in...
14.
Leaders in Our Town
1952
Photo and bio of William Grant, or W. T. Grant, chairman of the board of the Business Men's Assurance Company, born in 1878 and growing up in Kansas, traveling around the West before arriving in Kansas...
15.
Mary Noel Grant
June 9, 2007
The "Name Dropping" column features Mary Noel Grant, honorary chairman of the Jewell Ball this year. She is the daughter of Joseph and Bernice Noel. Her father served as the mayor of Lee's Summit, Missouri,...
16.
Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work
1912
Photo and bio of William Grant, or W. T. Grant, "secretary and treasurer of the Business Men's Accident Association," later called the Business Men's Assurance Company, born in Ohio in 1878.
17.
Mrs. Charles Ahlefeld
July/10/1970
Obituary for Mrs. Charles Ahlefeld, dying on July 9, 1970, at the age of 63, the widow of Dr. Charles Ahlefeld, former vice-president and medical director of the Business Men's Assurance Company.
18.
Mrs. Ella J. Grant
[1933]
Folder includes a memorial entitled "In Memoriam, Mrs. Ella J. Grant, 1852-1933".Listed are the surviving sons and daughters. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's...
19.
Obituary for Dr. Charles Ahlefeld
December 7, 1966
Obituary for Dr. Charles Ahlefeld, dying on December 6, 1966, the vice-president and medical director for the Business Men's Assurance Company.
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Powerful Grid for a Prairie Tower: Kansas City's New BMA Building Makes a Striking Landmark in White Marble and High Strength Steel
July 1964
Photos, architectural drawing, and article about the BMA Building, "the 19-story Business Men's Assurance Co. headquarters, designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill" and built in 1963...
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