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Title Description Subject (Local) Type Date
100 Years Ago at Morton: Feds Killed in Battle Reference to the Battle of Shaws Shop found in the file. Civil War, Battle of Shaws Shop, Guerrilla Warfare, Ray County, Missouri Newspaper Article 1964-09-22
100 Years in Kansas City Images and article describing the histories of five Kansas City businesses over 100 years old. The article also includes a list of businesses 50 years old or more. Businesses--Early Magazine Article 2002-08
100 Years of Aviation Entire issue of Gateway Heritage devoted to flight. Includes primary sources such as letters by the Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh. Chapters are: How We Made The First Flight; To Octave Chanute, Esq.; Lighter Than Air; Nerve and Cold Courage; Well Known in Aviation Circles; The Tuskegee Experiment; Mr. Mac: Sanford N. McDonnell; A Pilot's Story; The Eagle Flies (Irv Burrows recounts his role as the test pilot of the F-15 Eagle). Heavy emphasis on aviation in St. Louis. Airplanes, Lindbergh, Charles A., Women, Chanute, Octave, Aircraft, Aviation, Curtiss Flying Service Magazine Article 2003
100 Years of Business in Kansas City: Setting the Stage at the Turn of the Century Chronological history of important Kansas City businesses of the twentieth century, starting in 1900. Businesses--Early, Chronology, Kansas City, Missouri--History Newspaper Article 1999-09-21
100 Years of Care for All Article details the history and growth of the Cabot Westside Clinic, in 2006 located at 2121 Summit St. The clinic was founded in 1906, and throughout its history has provided health care to the various immigrant populations who have settled on Kansas City's West Side. Cabot Westside Clinic, Medical Care, Saint Luke's Hospital Newspaper Article 2006-11-08
100 Years of History: The State Historical Society of Missouri Celebrates Its Centennial Article about the history and collections of the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia on the society's centennial in 1998. Description of its vast holdings, including "the largest state newspaper collection in the nation," etc., and its "award-winning" publication, the "Missouri Historical Review" magazine. State Historical Society of Missouri, Historical Societies, Clubs Magazine Article 1998
100 Years of William S. Burroughs Article focuses upon the life of beat author William S. Burroughs' time of residence in Lawrence, Kansas. Various figures from the arts, literature, and academic communities of Lawrence provide stories of encounters with the ecentric author. Events to commemorate the author's 100th birthday taking place in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas are detailed. Authors, Burroughs, William, Lawrence, Kansas Newspaper Article 2014-01-26
100 Years on the Assembly Line Article on the 100th anniversary of the Ford Co. assembly line, focusing on the Claycomo plant. Founded in 1909, the plant in the northeastern Kansas City industrial district was the first Ford assembly line operation outside of Detroit. The article discusses the construction and operations of the plant since its beginnings, including a section on labor issues. Automobile industry, Automobile industry unions, Factories, Ford Motor Company Newspaper Article 2013-10-08
100 Years to Grow on: Folger's Coffee History of the Kansas City-based Folger's coffee company, established in California but headquartered in Kansas City since 1907. It was first located at 20th and Baltimore and move the headquarters to 8th and Broadway Boulevard in 1938. Coffee industry, Folgers Coffee Co., Coffee Companies Book Section 1950
100,000 Come to See Plaza Light Ceremony Brighter lights, 152,000 of them, installed following the recovery from the Plaza flood of 1977. Country Club Plaza, Christmas, 1977 Flood, Floods Newspaper Article 1977-11-25
1000 Acres Restricted, Country Club District: J. C. Nichols Restricted to single residences only, ranging in value from $3,000 to $10,000 and up. Large lots and acre tracts with city conveniences. No monotonous repetition of the same design of houses.Ample parkways and boulevards provided in advance of the growth of the city. Street improvements, permanently and uniformly constructed. Straight south from the center of the city. Direct car service--25 minutes from 12th and Main.Surrounds Country Club for coming quarter century. J. C. Nichols Company, Real Estate Companies, Urban Planning Magazine Article 1909-06
103 Years of History Article that gives a short history of The Independent magazine. It was started in 1899 by George Creel and Arthur Grissom as a political magazine. Ten years later two women, Katherine Baxter and Clara E. Kellogg bought it and dropped the political side. The magazine has missed only one issue, in 1947, when the typographers' union was on strike. Upper Class, Independent Magazine, Magazines Magazine Article 2002-03-16
105 Artists are Right at Home Article on the art collection of John "Topper" Johntz of Prairie Village. Johntz has over 800 pieces by 105 artists in his home, including works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Francisco de Goya, Mark Chagall, and Paul Cezannes. A former divorce attorney, Johntz and his wife began collecting art in 1969. Art, Collectors Newspaper Article 2012-11-24
105 Years of Opera Review of Kansas City opera's "golden age" in the late 1800s, declining later, especially after World War I, from which it "never fully recovered." Opera, Theaters, Coates Opera House, Gillis Opera House Magazine Article 1973-09
107 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Review of photography show at Dirt Gallery. Art Review, Reviews, Fulford, Jason Magazine Article 2000-11
10th Anniversary, Women Who Matter Section of this issue of Ingram's entitled "we kc - women executives-kansas city" designed to celebrate the success of KC's most accomplished women executives. Included are 20 women with photos as well as a list of the 25 top area women-owned businesses ranked by 2001 gross revenue. Women, Executives, Women Executives Magazine Article 2002-11
10th Street Streets Vertical File
11 River Market Buildings Are Sold Article with map illustration and photograph detailing the sale of buildings along Delaware Street in the River Market area. Eleven of the most historic buildings in the area are being sold for a reported $17 million. They are being purchased by 300 Delaware Investors LLC involving downtown developers Brad Nicholson and Tom Trabon. These buildings "already have been renovated into 167 apartments and 87,000 square feet of retail space". Urban Planning Newspaper Article 2004-12-22
11th Street Streets, 11th Street, Petticoat Lane Vertical File
11th Street Historic District Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the 11th Street historic district of Downtown Kansas City (partially called Petticoat Lane). Streets, 11th Street, Petticoat Lane Report