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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| . ..Presenting Albert F. Hillix: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Albert Hillix, president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, former city attorney of Weston, Missouri, and a veteran of World War I and World War II. | Hillix, Albert F. | Magazine Article | 1948-03 |
| . ..Presenting David T. Beals: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about David Beals, president of the Inter-State National Bank, growing up in the family mansion "on the north side of Independence Avenue, between Wabash and Prospect." | Beals, David T. | Magazine Article | 1949-07 |
| . ..Presenting E. M. Dodds: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Eugene Dodds, or Ted Dodds, head of the United States Cold Storage Company and "vice president of the American Royal Association." Description of his career and his company's operations "in both the fur storage and ice business" and owning "the Royal Crown Bottling Company of Kansas City and the Tranin Egg Products Company." | Dodds, Eugene M. (Ted), Storage Industry, Ice Companies, Distilleries | Magazine Article | 1948-12 |
| . ..Presenting E. W. Phelps: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Biographical article about Edward Phelps, "president of the unusual and exclusive Kansas City Saddle and Sirloin Club" and "manager of Swift & Company's Kansas City plant," arriving in Kansas City about 1937. | Phelps, Edward W., Meat Packing Industry | Magazine Article | 1947-10 |
| . ..Presenting Edward W. Tanner: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Edward Tanner, a Kansas City architect of the Country Club Plaza and other shopping centers and commercial buildings as head of Edward W. Tanner & Associates. | Tanner, Edward W., Architects | Magazine Article | 1947-12 |
| . ..Presenting Elmer C. Rhoden: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Illustration and biographical article about Elmer Rhoden, "president of the American Golden Saddle Horse Association. ..probably the world's best-known breeder of gaited horses," and "chairman of the 1947 American Royal Horse Show. ..the largest horse show ever held in America." Also a native of Iowa raised in Omaha before coming to Kansas City in 1920 "as branch manager of the Associated First National Pictures exchange" and later "chairman of the War Manpower Commission" in Kansas City during World War II | Rhoden, Elmer C., Livestock Industry, Motion Pictures, Horses | Magazine Article | 1947-11 |
| . ..Presenting Ernest E. Howard: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Ernest Howard, "senior partner of Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff. ..the world's largest bridge designing firm" and "chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Kansas City since 1930, three years longer than the physical plant of the University has been in existence." | Howard, Ernest E., Engineers, Bridges | Magazine Article | 1948-09 |
| . ..Presenting Ernest E. Howard: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Delos Johns, 49-year-old head of the Emergency School Committee since its formation in 1947 by the Chamber of Commerce. Also a lawyer and "vice president and general counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City" coming here in 1923. | Johns, Delos, Education, Public Schools | Magazine Article | 1948-10 |
| . ..Presenting Frank A. Theis: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Frank Theis, "president of the Simonds-Shields-Theis Grain Company" and formerly the youngest president of the Kansas City Board of Trade in 1931. Native Kansas Citian born near 12th and McGee Streets and becoming president of the American Royal Saddle and Sirloin Club and chairman of the National Grain Trade Council. | Theis, Frank A., Grain Industry | Magazine Article | 1949-05-01 |
| . ..Presenting George C. Fiske: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about George Fiske, "chairman of the shiny new Citizens Association of Kansas City." Native of Maine becoming an electrical engineer and executive of the General Electric Company coming to Kansas City in 1923 with offices in the Kansas City Power & Light Building. | Fiske, George C., Electrical Companies, Political Organizations, Engineers | Magazine Article | 1948-04 |
| . ..Presenting H. Roe Bartle: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about H. Roe Bartle, "chief executive of the Kansas City Council of the Boy Scouts of America" and later mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s. Also a nation-wide lecturer, veteran of World War I, and former lawyer in Kentucky. | Bartle, H. Roe, Boy Scouts, Mayors | Magazine Article | 1948-08 |
| . ..Presenting Herbert H. Wilson: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Herbert Wilson, 56-year-old "president of Emery, Bird, Thayer's, Kansas City's oldest department store." Native of Hillsboro, Missouri coming to Kansas City in 1935 as a clothing store executive and becoming presidnet of the Kansas City Merchandise Mart and designer of "the boxer style undershort now worn by men" and the "divided skirt worn by horsewomen." | Wilson, Herbert H., Clothing, Inventors, Inventions | Magazine Article | 1949-01 |
| . ..Presenting J. C. Nichols: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Jesse Clyde Nichols, or J. C. Nichols, 67-year-old founder of the Country Club District, Country Club Plaza, J. C. Nichols Company and a nationally prominent urban planner and real estate developer. Native of Olathe, Kansas starting out as a grocery clerk there before opening "a wholesale meat market at 1611 Grand Avenue in Kansas City" at the age of 17 and going on to become a real estate and economic leader during the World Wars. | Nichols, Jesse Clyde (J.C.) | Magazine Article | 1948-05 |
| . ..Presenting Jim Kem: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Portrait and biographical article about James Preston Kem, or James Kem, 56-year-old national senator from Missouri and a former "Kansas City lawyer with a comfortable home ina good residential district [and] a 160-acre country place in Cass County." | Kem, James P., Senators | Magazine Article | 1947-01 |
| . ..Presenting John B. Gage: Swing's Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about John Gage, former mayor of Kansas City from 1940 to 1946, afterwards serving as "attorney and a director of the Kansas City American Royal Association" and previously involved with the "'coup de grace' to Missouri's notorious Pendergast machine" of the 1930s here. | Gage, John B., Mayors | Magazine Article | 1948-07 |
| . ..Presenting L. P. Cookingham: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Laurie Perry Cookingham, or L. P. Cookingham, 51-year-old city manager of Kansas City since his arrival here in 1940 (from Michigan) as part of the anti-Pendergast machine movement. | Cookingham, L. P., City Manager | Magazine Article | 1948-01 |
| . ..Presenting L. Russell Kelce: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Biographical article about L. Russell Kelce, "chairman of the Chicago Great Western Railroad." Raised in Pittsburg, Kansas and coming to Kansas City in 1931 "as vice president in charge of operations" of the Sinclair Coal Company. | Kelce, L. Russell, Coal Industry, Oil Industry | Magazine Article | 1950-01 |
| . ..Presenting Louis S. Rothschild: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Louis Rothschild, "chairman of the City Plan Commission," president of the Rothschild's & Sons clothing store, and a director of Community Studies, Incorporated. | Rothschild, Louis S., Clothing Stores, Urban Planning, Rothschild Family | Magazine Article | 1949-03 |
| . ..Presenting M. Lee Marshall: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about M. Lee Marshall, "America's Number One Baker, a transplanted Kansas Citian who is the country's largest buyer of flour" as "Chairman of the board of the Continental Baking Company." Native of Marshall, Missouri raised in in Kansas City and becoming a flour broker here before moving to New York City. | Marshall, M. Lee, Bakeries | Magazine Article | 1948-02 |
| . ..Presenting Milton McGreevy: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month | Photo and biographical article about Milton McGreevy, head of Harris, Upham & Company, investment brokers since 1931, raised in Kansas City. | McGreevy, Milton, Stockbrokers, Investments | Magazine Article | 1950-03 |