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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| "Praising My People" | Article examines newspaper coverage in Wichita, Kansas, during the early 1930s to show the media's response to the increasing inter-racial athletic scene. The Kansas City Monarchs are mentioned several times. | Baseball, Integration, Race relations, Kansas City Monarchs, Negro Leagues, O'Neil, Buck, Paige, R. Leroy (Satchel) | Magazine Article | 2010 |
| "Retrospection" | Poem written by Melvin B. Tolson published in the Lincolnian yearbook his junior year (1917). Tolson graduated in 1918 from Lincoln High School. | Poetry, Literature, Tolson, Melvin B., African Americans | Book Section | 1917 |
| "Road Was Swinging," Says Old Jazz Man | Biographical article about Leo Harrison Davis, or Leo Davis, a retired musician and music teacher. Davis, "71 [in 1968], of 2608 West Paseo," played with the young Andy Kirk in the 1920s or 1930s before coming to Kansas City as "director of instrumental music at the now defunct R. T. Coles Vocational high school." | Musicians, Jazz, Teachers, African Americans, Davis, Leo H. | Newspaper Article | 1968-01-01 |
| "Sound on the Goose," A Search for the Answer to an Age Old "Question" | An article about the significance and meaning behind the slang phrase "sound on the goose." Redd and Etcheson's research reveals that the phrase was code for support and "commitment to the proslavery cause in Kansas." | Slang, Slavery, Civil War | Magazine Article | 2009 |
| "The Bishop" | Article about a 100-year-old portrait of Bishop John J. Hogan painted by James L. Fitzgibbon. | Bishops, Catholic churches, Portrait paintings, Hogan, John J., Fitzgibbon, James L. | Newspaper Article | 2011-11-18 |
| "The Professor" of Gospel Dies at Age 64 | Article about the death of Michael Charles, a "highly respected leader and pioneer among gospel artists in Kansas City's African-American community." Charles began his gospel career at Friendship Baptist Church working with the children's choir and in 1969 began teaching in the Kansas City School District. | Choirs (Music), Teachers, African Americans, Charles, Michael | Newspaper Article | 2011-03-11 |
| "The cure for what ails ya" | Postcard image of and short article on the Thornton & Minor Sanitorium, 10th and Oak Street. The hospital was founded by Dr. T.W. Thornton in 1887. Eight years later, in 1885, Thorton partnered with Dr. W. E. Minor. The hospital later occupied the Lucerne Hotel building at 921 E. Linwood Blvd. | Postcards, Hospitals, Thornton and Minor Hospital, Thornton, T.W., Minor, William E. | Newspaper Article | 2012-08-15 |
| "Vacancy" Sign Is Common | Kansas City School District Superintendent John Covington's resignation (that he gave August 26) will take effect September 1st by vote of the school board. Board President Airick Leonard West "is stepping down as president but will remain on the board." An interim superintendent has yet to be announced. Includes a sidebar, "Covington's New Contract," that outlines his salary and potential performance bonuses in his new position with the Education Achievement Authority school system in Michigan. | School superintendents, Education, Covington, John, Kansas City School District, Kansas City School Board, West, Airick Leonard | Newspaper Article | 2011-08-31 |
| $1 Million Makes a Big Difference | The Black Archives of Mid-America will have a new home at a former park maintenance building at 17th Street and Woodland Avenue. The building already houses the Full Employment Council, but needs structural improvements. The city had to come up with an extra $1 million to cover higher than expected bids for the project. | Archives, Black Archives of Mid-America, African Americans | Newspaper Article | 2007-08-15 |
| $1,500,000 Worth of Brightness | Photos and article about "the city-wide relighting program" of Kansas City, Kansas, with the Board of Public Utilities installing 500 miles and $1,500,000 worth of new residential street lights. | Kansas City, Kansas, Street Lights | Magazine Article | 1962-08 |
| $10,000 Grant Received for Further Restoration of Harris-Kearney House | News of a grant from the W. J. Brace Charitable Trust to the Westport Historical Society for continued restoration of the Harris House at 40th and Baltimore. | Residences, Harris-Kearney House, Architecture--Restoration, Westport | Magazine Article | 1979-04 |
| $10,000 Grant Received for Further Restoration of Harris-Kearney House | Brief description of William Brace, or W. J. Brace, "chairman and president of the Gleaner-Harvester Corporation" and "one of Kansas City's earliest automobile dealers and distributors, associated with Hudson-Brace" Motor Company, also a "civic and charitable leader" as a "major supporter of the Nelson Art Gallery and the Kansas City Cradle" and the Westport Historical Society for restoration of the Harris-Kearney House through his trust fund. | Brace, William J., Automobile Dealerships, Hudson-Brace Motor Company | Magazine Article | 1979-04 |
| $100,000 Jump Starts Field Project | The Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation has received a $100,000 grant from the National Football League's Grassroots Program and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to build a multi-purpose youth athletic field at 9th and Woodland. This location is near Woodland Edison Classical Academy. Includes diagram of projected facility. | Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation, Sports, National Football League, Woodland Edison Classical Academy, Champions Sports Complex | Newspaper Article | 2002-06-05 |
| $18,000 Grant Gives Puppets Something to Sing About | Paul Mesner Puppets has received one of the nine 2007 grants to Kansas City area arts organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts. The $18,000 NEA Access to Excellence grant is for the production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel," for the spring of 2008. Article includes a photo of the three maids (puppets) for the Civic Opera of Kansas City's "The Mikado" performed in 2004. | Puppet shows, Puppets, Opera, Mesner, Paul, Paul Mesner Puppets | Newspaper Article | 2006-12-24 |
| $2.5 Million Grant Benefits Northeast | The construction of a new Northeast community center is closer to reality with the help of a $2.5 million Economic Development Initiative (EDI) grant. The proposed site at 9th and Van Brunt would also contain soccer fields, a walking trail, and park. The original Northeast Community Center was located at 7th & Norton; it later relocated and became the Lykins Center before closing in 2004. | Community centers, Northeast Community Center, Northeast Residential District, Lykins Community Center | Newspaper | 2011-01-26 |
| $3,335,000 Program for Kansas City | Article about the introduction of "100 new street cars, 34 new motor buses and 106 new trolley buses at a total expense of $3,335,000." | Streetcars, Street Railways, Kansas City Public Service Company, Buses | Magazine Article | 1938-07 |
| $4 Million to Union Station | Article announces that the Hall Family Foundation has made a donation of four million dollars to Union Station to assist with planned improvements to this historic site. Union Station chief executive officer, George Guastello is interviewed and discusses the institution's plans. Chairman of the Hall Family Foundation, Don Hall is interviewed and expresses his organization's support for Union Station during its centennial year. Details of the gift are provided. | Historic buildings, Charitable organizations, Philanthropists, Philanthropy, Union Station, Union Station Kansas City, Incorporated, Hall Family, Hall Family Foundation, Guastello, George M., Hall, Donald Jr. | Newspaper Article | 2014-06-06 |
| $5 Million Grant Is for New Bridge: Clinton Administration Will Allot Funds to Help Build Structure Near Chouteau | News of the federal funding to assist in the construction of a new or repaired Chouteau Bridge, crossing the Missouri River between I-435 and I-35. | Bridges, Chouteau Bridge, Missouri River | Newspaper Article | 1996-05-02 |
| $6.88 Million in Urban Grants Made | Article provides details concerning a series of grants awarded to urban redevelopment projects by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Julie Porter, Executive Director of LISC, is interviewed and discusses areas of the city impacted by these grants. She also describes past LISC grant-funded projects and explains how her group receives its funding. | Neighborhoods, Urban renewal, Assistance, Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Newspaper Article | 2012-12-19 |
| ' I Plant Myself...Down on My Unquestionable Rights': Elijah Lovejoy's Fatal Stand for Freedom | Article tells the story of Elijah Lovejoy, St. Louis abolitionist. His impassioned denunciations of slavery in his newspaper, The Observer, incurred the wrath of pro-slavery elements. Lovejoy moved his presses across the river to Alton, Illinois but an angry mob attacked him there, killing Lovejoy and destroying his presses. His death served to mobilize abolitionists to take action and added to the growing strife that would cause the Civil War. | Slavery, Lovejoy, Elijah P., Abolitionists, Saint Louis, Missouri | Magazine Article | 2006-10-01 |