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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. A Home District Beautiful A Home District Beautiful February 1921 Photos, architectural drawings, and article about the Country Club District of Kansas City, with details of its beauty and design and history, including an interview with "J. C. Nichols, designer and builder...
2. Abstracts Collection Finding Aid Abstracts Collection Finding Aid 1832-1972 (bulk 1832-1890) Assortment of abstracts, most of them for historical Kansas City areas, but a few are of other places. Documents are transcriptions or copies of transcriptions of the original documents. Abstracts include...
3. Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri April 1964 Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing the area around and including Loose Park and Sunset Hill. Wornall Road and Ward Parkway are visible. Map identified from set as Section...
4. Art and Artists: Charts for Wartime Activity a Part of Her Varied Career Art and Artists: Charts for Wartime Activity a Part of Her Varied Career April/29/1955 Photos and biographical article about Jan Havlena, a "young Kansas City artist" and woman starting out with "the drawing of pictorial charts for the government in World War II." Description of her later...
5. Artists--Local Artists--Local Information on Marion Humfeld, an art teacher at the Sunset Hill School in the 1940s and a daughter of the owners of the Humfeld Floral Company of Independence and Kansas City.
6. Biography of Jane Fifield Flynn (1924-2006), Historic Preservationist Biography of Jane Fifield Flynn (1924-2006), Historic Preservationist 2009
7. Biography of Mary Rockwell Hook (1877-1978), Architect Biography of Mary Rockwell Hook (1877-1978), Architect 2007
8. Biography of Vassie James Ward Hill (1875-1954), School Founder and Educator Biography of Vassie James Ward Hill (1875-1954), School Founder and Educator 2008
9. C. S. Keith's New Home C. S. Keith's New Home November/2/1913 Illustration, map, and article about the new mansion of Charles Keith, or C. S. Keith, "the president of the Central Coal and Coke Company" at 1200 Santa Fe Road, projected to be "one of the largest in...
10. Colonial Convert Colonial Convert Fall 2011 Article documenting the home of Taiwainese-born businessman Benny Lee. Lee "began working for Kansas City-based Midland Industries from his home country of Taiwan back in 1972," and has since moved to...
11. Country Club District Country Club District ca1930s-1944 Folder contains promotional brochure for Sunset Hill residential district; J.C. Nichols produced advertisement for homes in the Country Club District (filed in oversize box); and a pamphlet missing the...
12. Country Club District [1917] Country Club District [1917] 1917-04 Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Wornall Manor, and Greenway Fields, '1,500 Acres Restricted. Planned, Developed, and Offered Exclusively by J.C. Nichols."

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13. Country Club District [1922] Country Club District [1922] 1922-08 Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Indian Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Crestwood, Greenway Fields, Wornall Manor, Westwood, Westwood Hills, and Armour Hills. 2,500 Acres Restricted. Planned,...
14. Country Club District Bulletin Country Club District Bulletin 1919-1930 Several years of the bulletin for the Country Club District with drawings and photos of homes, churches, scuptures, fountains, businesses, people, and maps of land developments, etc. Includes mainly residential...
15. Country Club Plaza--Kansas City Country Club Plaza--Kansas City 1926 Photos of Plaza businesses and description of residential districts including and surrounding the Country Club District.
16. Established Upper-Bracket Neighborhood Offers Charm and Convenience Established Upper-Bracket Neighborhood Offers Charm and Convenience November 30, 2003 Article profiles the Sunset Hill neighborhood, a stable neighborhood of older homes south of the Country Club Plaza.
17. From the Survey From the Survey March-April//1987 Photo and biographical article about the houses in Kansas City designed by architect Mary Hook, including those at "1004 West 52nd Street in 1908-09 for her parents, Captain and Mrs. Bertrand Rockwell,"...
18. George E. Nicholson Residence George E. Nicholson Residence 2008 Description and history of the George E. Nicholson residence designed by Thomas and William Wight in Kansas City. Built in 1917-1918, the house is located in the Sunset Hill addition of the Country Club...
19. Guest List at Sunset Hills House Includes Movie Players Guest List at Sunset Hills House Includes Movie Players July 1, 2006 Description of house at 5000 Sunset Drive and some of its famous visitors. Architectural elements from Oak Hall were incorporated into the house, built in 1928. The current owners, Dan and Ruby Meyers...
20. Hitting High Notes Hitting High Notes May 11, 2002 Column features Jeannette Nichols, widow of Miller Nichols. She was born in Kansas City, a graduate of Sunset Hill School, Vassar College and the University of Kansas. She married Miller Nichols in 1979....