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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| 'Risk at Zero Interest Rates' | Article and interview with Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. George, who has been with the Federal Reserve Bank since 1982, became president in October 2011 and serves on the "Federal Reserve's powerful monetary policy committee in Washington." Inludes two sidebars; one with personal information about George and the other, "August 2011 Financial Disclosure Report by Esther George as Presented to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City." | Banks, Bankers, Banking industry, George, Esther L., Federal Reserve Bank | Newspaper Article | 2012-02-21 |
| 'S Not 'N Eagle--'S 'N Owl | Photo of Conrad Mann, Chief beneficiary from membership drives by the Eages" club, ort he Fraternal Order of Eages in Kansas City, in an article about the club's drive to add 3,000 members from the Pendergast machine. | Mann, Conrad H., Eagles Club, Clubs | Magazine Article | 1935-04-19 |
| 'SMO Local TV Shows | Article profiles KSMO television ('Smo for short) and its emphasis on local programming. The station started out as in independent in 1980s. It later merged with KCTV, focusing on local shows that reflect the diversity of the Kansas City community. Its current lineup includes shows such as "CinemaKC," "Que Pasa, KC," and "Your Kansas City." | Television broadcasting, Television programs, KSMO, KCTV, CinemaKC | Newspaper Article | 2011-06-28 |
| 'Sad, Sad Day'--21 KC Schools Close Down | Article describes 21 schools in the Kansas City School District that will close as a first step in the district's improvement plan. Includes a two-page tribute to the schools being closed including Westport High School, Central Academy, and Ladd Elementary. | Schools, Kansas City School District, Askew School, Central Academy, Douglass Early Childhood Center, Fairview Alternative School, Franklin School, Kansas City Middle School of the Arts, William A. Knotts School, Sanford B. Ladd School, Lincoln Junior High School, George B. Longan School, McCoy School, Milton Moore School, Northeast Elementary School, Richardson School, Scarritt Early Childhood Center, E. F. Swinney School, Teenage Parent Center, West Rock Creek School, Westport High School, Woodland School | Newspaper Article | 2010-06-04 |
| 'Separate but Equal' Again? | Photo and article about the "court-ordered desegregation" in the Kansas City School District, handed down by Judge Russell Clark in 1986 and involving costly amenities at the inner city schools to attract suburban white students, etc. | Segregation, Clark, Russell G., Magnet Schools, Public Schools | Magazine Article | 1994-05-16 |
| 'Series of Issues' Led to Dismissal | The board of Kansas City University of Medicine and Bio-Sciences (former University of Health Sciences) unanimously decided to terminate Karen Pletz as president and chief executive officer. The reason given was a "series of issues." | College presidents, Pletz, Karen, University of Health Sciences, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences | Newspaper Article | 2009-12-22 |
| 'She Got the Job Done': Millionaire Hudson Dies | Biography of Mary Hudson, "a self-made multimillionaire who succeeded in a man's world of oil, land and cattle." Her oil company was established in 1933 at 25th and Broadway Boulevard and grew until Hudson was a member of the "Fortune 400 list of richest Americans." | Hudson, Mary, Hudson Oil Company, Oil Industry, Business Executives | Newspaper Article | 1999-09-03 |
| 'Showboat' Was a King of the Court | Article featuring Marland ''Showboat'' Buckner who played basketball with the Colored Ghosts and Harlem Clowns in the 1940s and '50s. Buckner graduated from Lincoln High School in 1945. | African Americans, Basketball, Buckner, Marland, Harlem Clowns | Newspaper Article | 2005-07-03 |
| 'Showy' General Blamed in Massacre | Article about the surprise raid by William Quantrill's guerrillas on Major General James Blunt and his black troops at Baxter Springs, Kansas. | Civil War, Baxter Springs Massacre, Quantrill, William C., African Americans | Newspaper Article | 1963-09-28 |
| 'Site of Shame' Dedicated | The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic site was dedicated in southeastern Colorado on April 28, 2007. The site is located 160 miles southeast of Denver on Big Sandy Creek in Kiowa County and pays tribute to those Indians killed by the November 29, 1864, attack led by Col. John Chivington. There were 150 Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians killed the day of the massacre, mostly women and children. "The Indians were camped at a site assigned to them by the Army. When the attack started, Southern Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle hurriedly hoisted a U.S. flag above his lodge, but to no avail. Black Kettle survived but was killed in an attack at Washita, Oklahoma, in 1868 by soldiers led by George Armstrong Custer." | Historic sites, Sand Creek Massacre, Indians, Massacres, Cheyenne Indians, Arapahoe Indians, Historical Markers | Newspaper Article | 2007-04-29 |
| 'Smoky Joe' Wood: Professional Baseball Player and Teacher of University Baseball | A 56-page manuscript about "Smoky Joe" Wood including photographs, timelines, newspaper clippings, and statistics. Included at the end are references and a bibliography. | Baseball, Wood, Howard E. (Smoky Joe) | Manuscript | 2003 |
| 'Spectacular Homes' with Immediate Move-In Opportunities | Photos and description of Woodland Reserve, voted the 2006 'Community of the Year' by Kansas City Homes and Gardens magazine. | Residential Districts, Woodland Reserve | Newspaper Article | 2006-11-11 |
| 'Sporting House' History: Opulence to Backroom | Illustrations and biographical article (second in a five-part series) about the history of prostitution in Kansas City back to the 1870s madame Annie Chambers and progressing through the wide-open 1930s Chesterfield Club, etc., and organized crime associations through the 1970s. | Chambers, Annie, Chesterfield Club, Prostitution, Adult Entertainment | Newspaper Article | 1975-01-28 |
| 'The Great Issue': Kansas Cityan [sic] Discusses Problem of Getting Rid of Blacks, Contending Country Is in First Stages of Disintegration | Photo and biographical article about Colonel John Moore, a Confederate veteran and journalist writing a book called "The Great Issue: An Argument" about the "degeneracy" in America caused by intermarriage of black people with white people, etc. Moore also known for his glorification of post-Civil War outlaws and Confederate veterans (with John N. Edwards) in the old Kansas City Times newspaper, etc. | Moore, John C., Journalists | Newspaper Article | 1910-08-27 |
| 'The Most Trusted Man in America' Dies | In-depth obituary article about Walter Cronkite who died July 17, 2009, at the age of 92. Cronkite, an anchor of the "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1891, was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, spent his first 10 years in Kansas City before moving to Texas. He returned to Kansas City in 1936 to work with KCMO radio "as the station's entire news and sports department." He and his wife, Betsy Maxwell, were married in 1940 at Kansas City's Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. Former mayor Kay Barnes and Cronkite were first cousins. Their fathers were brothers. | Radio stations, Television news anchors, Cronkite, Walter | Newspaper Article | 2009-07-18 |
| 'The Old Guy with the Bikes' Wins Hearts in Martin City | Article announces that Ralph Martin will be the first recipient of the Martin City Community Humanitarian Award. A biography of Martin is provided. His experiences serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II are summarized. Martin's later work of repairing and selling bicycles to residents of Martin City is also described. | Bicycles & tricycles, Awards, Martin, Ralph, Martin City, Missouri, World War II | Newspaper Article | 2013-03-09 |
| 'The Right Mix' | New owner, Highwoods Properties, assures the neighborhood groups that the Brookside Shopping Center will not change.. | Shopping Centers | Newspaper Article | 2000-05-24 |
| 'The Spirit Inside of Him Leads Him' | Profile of Jim Paquette, CEO of Providence Health "comprised of Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., Saint John Hospital in Leavenworth and several other hospitals and clinics throughout the West". | Providence Health, Sisters of Charity, Hospitals, Paquette, Jim | Newspaper Article | 2005-06-24 |
| 'There's no Such Store Anywhere Else.' | Harry J. Epstein Co., a singular hardware store in Kansas City since 1930, carries exotic and unusual hardware. In this article local artists describe their favorite finds. | Harry J. Epstein Company, Hardware Stores | Magazine Article | 2004-04-01 |
| 'They're All Like My Children" | Brief profile of and interview with Elizabeth Rosin, founder of Rosin Preservation LLC in 2006. Through partnerships with additional firms, she has has helped to preserve more than $500 million worth of historic architecture in Kansas City, including the Commerce Tower, the Kansas City Power & Light Building, and the Folger Coffee Company plant. She is also invovled in the efforts to designate Kemper Arena as a historic building. | Historic buildings, Rosin, Elizabeth, Rosin Preservation, Historic Preservation | Newspaper Article | 2015-01-16 |