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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| ''...It Was Founded Upon a Rock'' | History of the American Hereford Association with drawing of new headquarters building built at West 11th Street and Jefferson, including floor plans for all three floors. The Association began June 22, 1881; first Association Show in 1899 was held in Kansas City. On page 180 is photo of the residence of Charles Gudgell, Independence, Missouri, the first real home of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association. Gudgell was the Association secretary from 1884 to 1887. Headquarters moved to 300 W. 11th Street, Kansas City, in 1920, after occupying various locations until then. | Cattle Trade, American Hereford Association, American Hereford Association Building | Magazine Article | 1953-07-01 |
| ''A Species of Town-Building Madness'': Quindaro and Kansas Territory, 1856-1862 | Story of the town of Quindaro, Kansas, which materialized for a short while on the Missouri River upriver from the Town of Kansas (Kansas City) in 1857. The site was selected by Abelard Guthrie and Charles Robinson and named after Guthrie's wife, Nancy Quindaro Guthrie. It was designed to be a free state port on the west side of the Missouri River. After the early demise of the town, it later became a site of African American development and activities, including the site of Western University. | Wyandotte County, Kansas, Kansas--History, Quindaro, Kansas | Magazine Article | 2003 |
| ''A Stirring Effect on the Enemy'': Civil War Archaeology of Sharp's Cornfield at the 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri | Wilson's Creek National Battlefield is located near Republic, Missouri, in the southwest part of Missouri around 15 miles from Springfield. "The battle was commemorated when Congress passed a joint resolution on December 24, 1861; and Wilson's Creek was only one of six battles to receive this distinction during the war." This article includes sections entitled "The Battle" which gives unit organization; "2001 Archaeological Inventory" which focuses on the south end of the battlefield; and "The Physical Evidence of the Fight in Sharp's Cornfield". | Battle of Wilson's Creek, Civil War, Archaeology, Battlefields | Magazine Article | 2005-12-01 |
| ''A Stitch in Time'' Premieres Friday | The story of dress manufacturer Nell Donnelly Reed is captured in a new book and documentary film produced by her great great nephew Terence Michael O'Malley. The film is entitled "Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time" and premiered May 12, 2006, at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. "Her factories are now trendy lofts (the Western Auto building) and offices (Corrigan Building) but once produced 5,000 dresses a day. The 12th of the 13 Quinlan children born to Irish immigrants in Parsons, Kan., Nell made her first million dollars by the age of 26." | Garment Industry, Reed, Nell Donnelly, Nelly Don, Motion Pictures | Newspaper Article | 2006-05-10 |
| ''All the Camp was Weeping'' George Bent and the Sand Creek Massacre | Article gives the history of George Bent, halfbreed son of trader William Bent and his Indian wife Owl Woman, as well as his involvement with the Sand Creek Massacre which happened on November 29, 1864. George as well as his half brother Charley, his sister Julia and his stepmother Yellow Woman were among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who were attacked that day. | Cheyenne Indians, Bent, George, Bent, William W., Sand Creek Massacre | Magazine Article | 1995 |
| ''Aunt Maria'' Moore Is Dead | A reprint from "The Times", Pleasant Hill, Mo., May 8, 1936. Maria Moore came to Jackson County, Missouri as one of the slaves of Jabez Smith. She was later sold to Tom Thomas of Pleasant Hill and spent the rest of her life there. At the time of death her exact age was unknown, but she was close to 100 years old. | Slavery, Moore, Maria, Smith, Jabez, African Americans | Magazine Article | 2003-12-01 |
| ''Better off in Hell'': The Evolution of the Kansas Red Legs | Comprehensive article covering the various border warfare groups along the Kansas-Missouri border during the Civil War. Includes names as Jim Lane, Charles Jennison, William S. Tough, John L. "Jack" Bridges, George H. Hoyt, James G. Blunt, etc. Gives the explanation for the term Red Legs also sometimes referred to as Jayhawkers. Includes photos of many of the mentioned men as well as numerous notes. | Border Warfare, Civil War, Lane, James H. (Jim), Jennison, Charles R. | Magazine Article | 2002-05-01 |
| ''Can Basketball Survive Chamberlain?'' | Article describing Wilt Chamberlain's years in Lawrence, Kansas and his relationship with the University of Kansas. Includes a description of Forrest C. ''Phog'' Allen's recruiting of Chamberlain as a high school player, details of the epic, triple-overtime 1957 NCAA Championship game between the University of Kansas and the University of North Carolina, the departure of "Wilt the Stilt" from KU for a professional career, and his return to Lawrence in 1998 for the retirement of his number. | Chamberlain, Wilt, Basketball, Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas, Desegregation, Segregation | Magazine Article | 2005 |
| ''Coots'' Dye, 1912-1998 | Obituary for Elbert James "Coots" Dye, a Kansas City jazz pianist. Dye moved to Kansas City in the 1930's, and later received the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award. | Dye, Elbert James (Coots), Jazz Musicians, Jazz, Obituaries | Magazine Article | 1998-10 |
| ''Fairly Launched on My Voyage of Discovery'': Meriwether Lewis's Expedition Letters to James Findlay | Two letters written by Captain Meriwether Lewis during the Lewis and Clark Expedition recently resurfaced at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library. The article includes the text of the two letters. | Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis, Meriwether | Magazine Article | 2004 |
| ''I Loved Every Minute of Being a Senator'' | Article reporting the death of Missouri Senator Harry Wiggins at age 71. Wiggins' political career spanned 28 years in the state Senate, where he represented a large portion of Kansas City, Missouri. | Wiggins, Harry, Politicians, Obituaries | Newspaper Article | 2004-08-01 |
| ''I Predicted the Horrors of a Fratricidal War'' | Brigadier General Daniel M. Frost graduated from West Point but during the Civil War he fought on the Confederate side. Article contains information on him primarily during his Missouri Civil War involvement. | Civil War, Frost, Daniel M. | Magazine Article | 2003-06 |
| ''Labouring For the Freedom of This Territory'': Free-State Kansas Women in the 1850s | Article about the hardships of Kansas women in the border warfare era of the 1850s, with few rights and fighting on the side of anti-slavery. | Border Warfare, Women, Slavery, Civil War | Magazine Article | 1998 |
| ''Les Indiens Osages'': French Publicity for the Traveling Osage | Les Indiens Osages was published in France in 1827 and was written to publicize the arrival of six Osage Indians traveling in that country. This 36 page publication gives insights into the French-Osage connection and gives documentation to the American presence in the Louisiana Territory. This article includes portions of the book which touch on the Osage Indian way of life. | Osage Indians, Rare Books, Indians, French | Magazine Article | 2003-07-01 |
| ''Life Is Uncertain...'' Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary | Willard Hall Mendenhall began his diary on January 1, 1862 and maintained it into 1864 writing over 780 entries in four diaries. He lived a short distance from Lexington, Missouri in Layafette County. "Mendenhall's writings provide a revealing account of the ravages of civil war upon the population in west central Missouri. Regardless of allegiances to the Union or the Confederacy, Lafayette Countians and their neighbors faced harrassment, confiscation, looting, burning and killing throughout the traumatic war years." Diary passages were chosen for the article that showed the hardships and sufferings encountered in 1862 by Mendenhall and other Lafayette Countians. | Lafayette County, Missouri, Lexington, Missouri, Border Warfare, Civil War, Diaries, Slavery, Mendenhall, Willard H. | Magazine Article | 1984-07-01 |
| ''Look Out For Hell Some Place Soon'' The 2nd Colorado Cavalry in Missouri, February-September, 1864 | From February to September of 1864, the 2nd Colorado Cavalry was assigned to patrol Bates, Cass, and Jackson Counties, Missouri, areas ravaged by Order Number 11. This article examines the reasons for the unit's success and gives numerous examples of contact made with guerrilla fighters in the area. Some reasons given for success include: soldiers had no long term animosity for Missouri residents, the men had time to learn the countryside, a wide range of military tactics were used, and the Colorado soldiers were capable fighters. | Border Warfare, Order Number 11, Second Colorado Cavalry Regiment, Colorado Regiments, Civil War, Guerrillas | Magazine Article | 2002 |
| ''Mountain Grown--'' | Photos, illustrations, and article about the operations of the Folger Coffee Company branch in Kansas City at 8th and Broadway. | Folger Coffee Company (Folgers) Coffee Companies | Magazine Article | 1950-09-22 |
| ''Our Dogg'': The Tale of Seaman | Article examines the documentation of Seaman (Meriwether Lewis' Newfoundland dog) in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is believed that Seaman accompanied the Corps of Discovery from its departure to its return, and died of grief on Meriwether Lewis' grave. | Dogs, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis, Meriwether, Seaman (Dog) | Magazine Article | 2004-01-28 |
| ''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, Leroy R. (Satchel) | Magazine Article | 2010 |
| ''Precious Doe'' (Erica Green) Murder Case | A collection of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the murder of Erica Michelle Maria Green, a child previously known only as "Precious Doe." Erica Green's unidentified, decapitated body was discovered April 28, 2001, in a wooded area near 59th and Kensington, setting off a nationwide search for information about her identity and killers. | Crimes, Green, Erica (Precious Doe), Murders | Newspaper Article | 2005 to open end |