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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| 'A Practical Man' | Photo and biographical article about Richard Drake, "the new chancellor of the University of Kansas City," born in Iowa in 1916 and becoming a college instructor in 1932, joining the local university in about 1955. | Drake, Richard M. | Magazine Article | 1957-11-05 |
| 'Accidental' Lawyer Surprised by Top N. A. A. C. P. Post | Photo and biographical article about Margaret Bush Wilson, or Margaret Wilson, a 55-year-old black lawyer of Saint Louis "bec[oming] the first black woman elected board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N. A. A. C. P.)" in the 1970s. | Wilson, Margaret B., African Americans | Newspaper Article | 1975-02-03 |
| 'An Altar, a Tribute to Liberty' | Dedication of a newly constructed overlook of the Quindaro ruins in Wyandotte County took place September 13, 2008. "In the mid-1800s, the Quindaro Ruins site was an abolitionist community in Kansas that thrived near the Missouri River. The former city of Qindaro helped establish Kansas as a free state and was a stop on the Underground Railroad." | Archaeological sites, Ruins, Fugitive slaves, Quindaro, Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas, Underground Railroad | Newspaper Article | 2008-09-13 |
| 'Avenue' Achievement | Architectural firm CDFM2 recently received a 2003 Business in the Arts Award from the Business Committee for the Arts Inc. and Forbes Magazine. They received the "Innovation Award" for their role in developing Kansas City's Avenue of the Arts public art project. Jim Calcara accepted the award for the company. The firm was nominated by the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and the Kansas City Business Committee for the Arts. | CDFM2 Architecture, Incorporated, Avenue of the Arts, Architects, Awards, Public Art, Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City | Newspaper Article | 2003-10-18 |
| 'Beetle' Creator Ready to Capture a Tiger | Article describes the career of Mort Walker, creator of the comic strip "Beetle Bailey," on the occasion of his donating a drawing to be auctioned off at the 2005 Black and Gold Tiger Ball fund-raiser in Kansas City, Missouri. Walker, a graduate of the University of Missouri, grew up in the city's historic Northeast neighborhood. | Comic Strips, Walker, Mort, Cartoonists | Newspaper Article | 2005-04-20 |
| 'Beverly Hillbillies' Creator Dies | Notice of the death of Paul Henning, a television writer and producer and creator of the television show "The Beverly Hillbillies". Henning was 93 when he died March 25, 2005 and was a native of Independence, Missouri. He sang on radio station KMBC and was also an actor, disc jockey and news announcer for the station. | Henning, Paul, Television Shows, KMBC Radio | Newspaper Article | 2005-03-26 |
| 'Bird and the Architects of Tomorrow | Article describes an effort by the steering committee of the Kaw valley Arts Council and a group of University of Kansas Architecture students to create a Charlie Parker Memorial Park in Kansas City, Kansas. | Kansas City, Kansas, Jazz Musicians, Jazz, Parks, Parker, Charlie | Magazine Article | 1998-06 |
| 'Bird's Return to the Vine | Article previews the unveiling of the sculpture and tomb of Charlie "Bird" Parker at 17th and the Paseo in the historic 18th and Vine district. The monument to Parker, designed by artist Robert Graham, was unveiled and dedicated on March 27, 1999. | Charlie Parker Statue, Parker, Charlie, Jazz Musicians, Jazz | Magazine Article | 1999-02 |
| 'Bleeding Kansas' Recalled | To help people remember and learn about the era known as Bleeding Kansas," lawmakers in Washington have proposed creating a national heritage area involving two dozen Kansas counties." The legislation, introduced by Kansas Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Robert, would create the Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area. | Historic sites, Border Warfare, Civil War | Newspaper Article | 2004-04-01 |
| 'Blind Boone': A Sensational Missourian Forgotten | Article with an brief general history of ragtime music, "the ancestor of all popular music," and a biographical sketch of John William Boone, or Blind Boone (1864-1927), a prominent black musician living in Warrensburg and Columbia, Missouri. Description of his nationally-known career as a pianist starting in 1880, including some ragtime. | Boone, John W. (Blind), Musicians, African Americans, Ragtime Music | Magazine Article | 1961-04-01 |
| 'Buffalo Soldiers': Seeking a Niche in History | File containing a photo, illustration, and biographical article about Albert Bly, "a former trooper and officer of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry" and a 57-year-old black military historian, residing at 2602 Agnes Avenue, "the unofficial headquarters of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Association and the embryonic Black Military History Society" (promoting knowledge about African American buffalo soldiers, etc.). | Bly, Albert O., African Americans, Buffalo Soldiers, Historical Societies | Newspaper Article | 1975-06-30 |
| 'But, Will This Still be 'Demus?" | Article describes the past and present of Nicodemus, Kansas. The town was founded in 1877 by about 60 African American families from the Lexington, Kentucky, area who were intent on establishing a "Free State colony." | Abolitionists, Pioneers, Nicodemus, Kansas, African Americans | Magazine Article | 2004 |
| 'Canyon Suite' Fallout Still Echoes | Article about the aftermath of the "Canyon Suite debacle". The Kemper Museum bought a set of watercolors in the early 1990s which were supposed to be early works by Georgia O'Keeffe. They were later found to be fakes. Article includes a "Time line of a fiasco". | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Paintings, Kemper, R. Crosby, Jr. | Newspaper Article | 2006-04-23 |
| 'Capote' Puts the Wraps on a Local Artwork | This column of Mike Hendricks features a portrait of Jesus Christ done by Perry Smith while in Lansing Prison and before the Clutter Family murders, later portrayed in Truman Capote's book In Cold Blood. The charcoal portrait done on a prison bed sheet was given by Smith to then prison chaplain James Post. It resided for many years in a RLDS Platte Woods congregation that Post attended. It later ended up in the pastor's office at the Highlands Community of Christ church. Recently it was taken to the headquarters of the Community of Christ in Independence. The recent movie Capote has drawn attention to it. Article includes picture of the drawing. | Clutter Family, Smith, Perry, Portraits, Capote, Truman, Community of Christ Church, Prisons | Newspaper Article | 2006-03-10 |
| 'Casey' Jones, Ex-KC Times Editor, Dies of Cancer | Photo and obituary for Donald Jones, or Casey Jones, "a former summer intern reporter who rose to be city editor and then national editor of 'The Kansas City Times,'" dying at the age of 73 in 2000. Description of his life and career. He was born in Kingsville, Missouri, about 1927 and started with the Times in 1949, serving in the Korean War, and known "for accuracy, simplicity and the strict use of language." | Jones, Donald D., Journalists | Newspaper Article | 2000-11-07 |
| 'Charm of Ageless Elegance' | Photos of houses and description of Country Club Heights, south of the Country Club Plaza and north of Brookside. Houses featured in photos with current selling prices include 634 W. 59th Terrace; 630 Huntington Road; 416 W. 59th Terrace; 400 Huntington Road; and 423 W. 59th St. | Residential Districts, Country Club Heights | Newspaper Article | 2005-07-03 |
| 'Cinemental Journeys' Takes Readers Through Movie Houses of Yesteryear | Mike and Vicki Walker have written a book which explores nostalgic theaters still operating in the Midwest. The book covers the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Two that are mentioned from this area include the Twin Drive-In on 291 Highway in Independence and the Englewood Theater in Independence. Also mentioned is the Boulevard Drive-In on Merriam Lane in Johnson County, Kansas. | Boulevard Drive-In, Drive-In Theaters, Theaters, Motion Picture Theaters, Englewood Theater, Twin Drive-In | Newspaper Article | 2006-12-13 |
| 'Conventional' Kansas City | Following the 1976 Republican Convention, Kansas City has "gone after the convention business with a gusto befitting the diversity of the community". Article describes attractions of the metropolitan area. | Conventions, Fountains, Culture | Newspaper Article | 1980-01-06 |
| 'Crucify! Crucify!': A Frantic Effort Wins Success in Kansas City | Photos and article about the production of the controversial rock opera or musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Kansas City by "Lyric Theater general director Russell Patterson" together with "the American Rock Opera Company" and other musicians including "Christopher Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's son," and rehearsing "in a huge barn on the Tourtellot farm outside Kansas City." | Kansas City Lyric Theater, Lyric Opera, Opera, Patterson, Russell, Musicians | Magazine Article | 1971-05-28 |
| 'Curse of Covenant' Persists | Restrictive housing rules written years ago in covenants in home owners association documents, are still in writing. "Although many Kansas City area residents are not even aware of them, more than 1,200 documents involving thousands of homes still contain racist language banning blacks, Jews, and other ethnic groups. For the first half of the 20th century, racially restrictive covenants were routinely recorded in plats and deeds and placed in many homeowner's association documents not only here, but nationwide." In the Kansas City area, J. C. Nichols was one of the first developers to promote the restrictions. These covenants were put together in such a way that it is difficult to get rid of them. | Real Estate, Race Discrimination, Neighborhood Associations, Housing, Discrimination, Nichols, Jesse Clyde (J.C.) | Newspaper Article | 2005-02-13 |