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1. Biography of William Gillis (circa 1797-1869), Indian Trader and Kansas City Town Founder Biography of William Gillis (circa 1797-1869), Indian Trader and Kansas City Town Founder 2008
2. Gillis Home Gillis Home
3. Dyslexia Dyslexia September 1979 Article about the Gillis Home and its educational services for children with dyslexia, or difficulties with reading. Description of the home's teachers and its history, starting at 23rd and Tracy Avenues...
4. Safe Haven for Children Turns 140 Safe Haven for Children Turns 140 May 18, 2011 Article on the Gillis Center at 8150 Wornall Road celebrating its 140th anniversary by opening a new emergency care shelter. The new shelter has room for 10 children. Founded as part of the Women’s Christian...
5. Armour-Gillis Orphan Home Armour-Gillis Orphan Home ca1930s Exterior view of children on a slide at the Armour-Gillis Orphan Home.
6. Up and Away Up and Away November/11/1977 Photo and caption about the interruption of a magic show "at the Gillis Home for Children, 8150 Wornall" Road, by the appearance of a man "dressed as the late William Gilliss [or William Gillis], for whom...
7. Gillis Opera House Gillis Opera House Postcard of Gillis Opera House
8. Armour Home & Orphan's Home Armour Home & Orphan's Home Postcard of the The Gillis Orphans' Home and the Margaret Klock Armour Memorial Home for aged men and women.
9. Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid 1830-1940, bulk 1889-1940 The Missouri Valley Historical Society (1913-1940) was the successor to the Kansas City Historical Society (1906-1913) and the Early Settler's Society and Historical Association (1896-1906). All these...
10. The Women's Christian Association of Kansas City, Missouri, Annual Reports The Women's Christian Association of Kansas City, Missouri, Annual Reports These annual reports of the Association and their work "conducting" the Gillis Orphans' Home, also known as the Gillis Home, and the Margaret Klock Armour Memorial Home for Aged Couples are for the years...