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181. Nixon Leads Cheers for Sports-Fan Firm Nixon Leads Cheers for Sports-Fan Firm August 23, 2012 Sporting Innovations, a technology firm that develops smartphone applications for sports venues and fans, plans to invest 20 million to renovate the Hanna Rubber building at 1517 Baltimore Ave. The company...
182. Nitty Gritty Dirt Man Nitty Gritty Dirt Man April//1995 Photo and biographical article about George Toma, 66-year-old "[m]aster groundskeeper" of Kansas City for 38 years back to the days of Municipal Stadium. "[P]laying field consultant for the Kansas City...
183. Newspaper Clipping Collection: Mounted Clippings Newspaper Clipping Collection: Mounted Clippings ca1890-1955 (bulk 1900-1949) This collection contains primarily thousands of newspaper clippings mounted on cardboard sheets, dated, and headed with a pertinent subject. Clippings were arranged in three categories: Kansas, Missouri,...
184. New Role For Dawson New Role For Dawson March 17, 2009 After nearly four decades as sports director at KMBC-TV, Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Famer Len Dawson is stepping away from the anchor desk. He will assume a new role as a featured sports analyst for the...
185. Net Loss Net Loss February 21-27, 2013 Article announces that the Kansas City Explorers professional tennis team will relocate to Irving, Texas. Details regarding the Explorers' history in Kansas City are provided. City officials are interviewed...
186. Negro Leagues Can't Afford History Negro Leagues Can't Afford History October 12, 2004 John Moores donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum a 1924 sweater from the first Negro Leagues World Series when the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Hilldale Giants. The sweater sports the letters...
187. NAIA Draws Play to Move Downtown NAIA Draws Play to Move Downtown December 15-21, 2006 The National Association of Intercollegiate Sports after moving to Olathe, Kansas, in 2001 may now be considering a move back to Kansas City. The organization moved here from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has seen...
188. Municipal Stadium Municipal Stadium 1955-04 Panoramic view of Municipal Stadium located at 22nd and Brooklyn. View shows the seats and playing field as well as areas to either side.
189. Municipal Stadium Municipal Stadium Postcard of the Municipal Stadium
190. Muna Gets Her Day Muna Gets Her Day September 17, 2008 Olympic sprinter Muna Lee was once a student at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. She recently returned to visit the school. Mayor Mark Funkhouser proclaimed Sept. 16 as "Muna Lee Day" in the...
191. Mt. Washington Park, Swan Lake Mt. Washington Park, Swan Lake Postcard of Swan Lake in Mount Washington Park
192. Mr. Chiefs: Five Coaches in Seven Losing Years--Jack Steadman Explains Himself Mr. Chiefs: Five Coaches in Seven Losing Years--Jack Steadman Explains Himself August/28/1983 Photos and biographical article about Jack Steadman, the 54-year-old Illinois native and president and general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs since their organization 23 years previously. Discussion...
193. Movers: Kevin Harlan, King of the Play-by-Play Movers: Kevin Harlan, King of the Play-by-Play November//1986 Photo and bio of Kevin Harlan, "KCMO Sports Director and voice of the Chiefs," a radio announcer for the Kansas City Kings basketball team, Kansas City Chiefs football team, and University of Kansas football...
194. Monarchs' Hilton Smith Dies at 71 Monarchs' Hilton Smith Dies at 71 November 20, 1983 Obituary for Hilton Smith, Sr. (ca. 1912-1983), a former Negro Leagues pitcher and teammate of Satchel Paige on the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team. Native of Texas coming to Kansas City from 1933 to...
195. Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection...
196. 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...
197. Mission Hills Golf Club Mission Hills Golf Club May 15, 1915 Postcard of the Mission Hills Kansas Country Club
198. Ministers with Balls Ministers with Balls April 6-12, 2006 Article profiling Calvin Wainwright and his work with young people in Kansas City's urban core, through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City, and Heaven Sent Outreach Ministries, a group Wainwright...
199. Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary 1902 Photo and bio of Edward Moriarty, co-founder of the "sporting goods firm" of E. P. Moriarty & Company, "one of the organizers of the Automobile Club," and a former banker born im Minnesota in 1868 before...
200. Men Seated at a Table with Boxer Jack Dempsey Men Seated at a Table with Boxer Jack Dempsey November 14, 1931 Group of four men seated at a table eating. From left, Jerry "The Greek" Luvadis, boxing trainer; Capt. William H. Meyers of the Westport police station; Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxer; and Solly Katz,...