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1. 'Dying,' He Led a Kansas Faith 'Dying,' He Led a Kansas Faith October/13/1962 Photo and biographical article about Reverend Samuel Irvin, a missionary born about 1812 and moving in with Kansas Indians near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas about 1837, co-founding the town of Highland, Kansas,...
2. Armour-Gillis Orphan Home Armour-Gillis Orphan Home ca1930s Exterior view of children on a slide at the Armour-Gillis Orphan Home.
3. Biography of Samuel Eason (?-1920), Founder of Niles Home for Children Biography of Samuel Eason (?-1920), Founder of Niles Home for Children 2009
4. Catholic Churches and Institutions in the Diocese of Kansas City and Leavenworth Catholic Churches and Institutions in the Diocese of Kansas City and Leavenworth 1923 Book of photos and descriptions of many area Catholic churches, schools, hospitals, and orphanages such as Kansas City Boys' Orphan Home, St. Joseph Orphan Home for Girls, Old Home Littler Sisters of the...
5. Confederate Widows and Orphans Home Confederate Widows and Orphans Home
6. Drumm Institute: A Helping Hand with a Closed Palm Drumm Institute: A Helping Hand with a Closed Palm Second Quarter//1953 Illustrations and article about the Andrew Drumm Institute, a school and work farm for orphaned boys (but not delinquents) "southeast of Independence, Missouri," "founded by the late Andrew Drumm, a livestock...
7. Earl Beck Earl Beck File containing photos and multiple articles about Earl Beck, "recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia" as appointed by his personal friend, President Harry Truman. Beck was an African American...
8. Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 1905 Photo of the orphanage at 924 Westport Road.
9. History of the [Old Folks and Orphans'] Home History of the [Old Folks and Orphans'] Home March 1900 Photocopy of a magazine article with photos and history of the Old Folks and Orphans' Home "established in December 1889, in a rented building for the purpose of providing food and shelter for aged and...
10. Jackson County Institutional Homes Jackson County Institutional Homes 1926 Descriptions of Jackson County institutions "[u]nder the direct control of the County Court," including the "McCune Home for Boys, Jackson County Home for the Aged and Infirm, the Jackson County Girls'...
11. Kansas City Cradle Kansas City Cradle Information on the Kansas City Cradle, a child care and placement agency or organization (associated with the Council of Social Agencies during World War II) that began in 1915 as "the Harry M. Evans Children's...
12. Kansas City Cradle Kansas City Cradle ca1930s Child in basket with nurse and another woman looking on. Sign over porch reads "Harry M. Evans Children's Home," located at 520 Woodland (1930 Kansas City city directory) which changed to the Kansas City...
13. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home
14. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 Full frontal and partial side view of Kansas City Orphan Boys Home; located on the northwest corner of Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway.
15. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 Full frontal view of Kansas City Orphan Boys Home.
16. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 Distant view looking southeast of Kansas City Orphan Boys Home; shows chapel, play shed and playground equipment.
17. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 Distant view looking south of Kansas City Orphan Boys Home; shows chapel, play shed and playground equipment.
18. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 Looking west from the grounds of the Kansas City Orphan Boys Home; shows the backs of houses along the 4200 block of Wiedenmann Place in the distance.
19. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 View of the back of the Kansas City Orphan Boys Home.
20. Kansas City Orphan Boys Home Kansas City Orphan Boys Home ca1960 View looking north at playground equipment on the grounds of the Kansas City Orphan Boys Home; shows the backs of houses along the 900 block of west 42nd Street.