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1. Biography of Henry Francis McElroy (1865-1939), City Manager Biography of Henry Francis McElroy (1865-1939), City Manager 1999
2. Schindel Political Campaign Schindel Political Campaign October 20, 1910
3. Biography of James Francis Pendergast (1856-1911), Kansas City Alderman Biography of James Francis Pendergast (1856-1911), Kansas City Alderman 1999
4. Biography of Thomas Pendergast (1873-1945), Business Owner and "Political Boss" Biography of Thomas Pendergast (1873-1945), Business Owner and "Political Boss" 1999
5. Biography of Joseph B. Shannon (1867-1943), Congressman Biography of Joseph B. Shannon (1867-1943), Congressman 1999
6. Biography of Casimir John Joseph Michael Welch (1873-1936), Politician Biography of Casimir John Joseph Michael Welch (1873-1936), Politician 1999
7. Organized Crime in Kansas City Organized Crime in Kansas City 2008 "Open City is an historical work detailing and analyzing the birth and growth of an organized crime 'family' in Kansas City during the first 50 yars of the 20th Century" (back cover). It includes names...
8. J. W. Perry J. W. Perry 16 scrapbooks of local newspaper clippings from the J. W. Perry collection of 1939-1940.
9. The Upper Class Progressives In Kansas City, 1912-1926 The Upper Class Progressives In Kansas City, 1912-1926 1976 A 126 page thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with honors, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The critique...
10. Inside Story of Kansas City Inside Story of Kansas City December//1948 Address by Cookingham before the National Municipal League in Boston on November 23, 1948, concerning the city's recovery from political "bossism."
11. Kansas City: Reform Stays Kansas City: Reform Stays April/8/1946 Announcement of the defeat of "Pendergast-machine candidate for mayor," Robert K. Ryland, a cohort of Jim Pendergast, in the election in which the "name of Pendergast still stinks."
12. Machine Admits to Using Police at Elections Machine Admits to Using Police at Elections June/3/1939 Article about "admissions of a machine spokesman about the necessity of the defeat of Governor Stark's police bill for machine purposes."
13. Politics: Pendergast Trouble Politics: Pendergast Trouble May/19/1947 Article about indictments of Kansas City government officials connected with the Pendergast machine for fraudulent procedures in the 1948 election, with supposed ties to President Harry Truman, etc.
14. On the Go in a Wide-Open Town: Harry Truman's Kansas City On the Go in a Wide-Open Town: Harry Truman's Kansas City Fall//1998 Article about Kansas City during Harry Truman's local retail and political careers, from 1919 to 1934, starting with his haberdashery (hat store) business, Truman & Jacobson, at 104 West 12th Street, until...
15. Pendergast Politcal Machine Pendergast Politcal Machine February/21/1932 Article about Pendergast's political machine and its corruption.
16. Give 'Em Hell, Harry! Give 'Em Hell, Harry! January-February//1982 Article about personal memo documents of Harry S. Truman at the Truman Library, revealing many obscure thoughts, opinions, and actions of the former president, including dealings with the Pendergast machine,...
17. Recall Unfaithful Officials Recall Unfaithful Officials June/17/1939 Article about the "investigations of grand juries, of the Forward Kansas City Committee and of the beginning of the audits of the city and county governments reveal[ing] incompetence and neglect in government...
18. Pre-Election U. S. A.: Will Truman Lose Missouri? Pre-Election U. S. A.: Will Truman Lose Missouri? October/19/1946 Article about the 1946 elections in Missouri, involving a potential loss for President Harry Truman and Senator Frank Briggs ("publisher of a Macon newspaper" and running against "James P. Kem, a Kansas...
19. Sugar in Asphalt Sugar in Asphalt May/10/1935 Article about the business and city government fraud by John Pryor, "Democratic political leader and Kansas City's 'Paving King'" as a "silent partner" with Thomas Thomson in street paving and sewer construction...
20. Perspective--No Red Herring Perspective--No Red Herring May//1950 Article about the continuation of political corruption in Kansas City, facilitated by Pendergast sympathizer President Truman, and in spite of efforts of investigator Maurice M. Milligan.