Yearbooks & School Newspapers
One of the most popular resources in the Missouri Valley Room are the yearbooks. These may not be checked out, but can be viewed in the department. We welcome gifts of yearbooks for the missing years. Please contact us at lhistory@kclibrary.org or call 816.701.3427.
Most high school yearbooks in our collection have been digitized and can accessed in our digital collection.
NOTE: Many Paseo High School yearbooks can be accessed through the Paseo Alliance.
Yearbooks | |||
Elementary, Middle, Junior High | |||
School Name | Years Available | Yearbook Title | Notes |
Allen School | 1954 | Kansas City, MO | |
Bancroft | 1928 | Booster | Kansas City, MO |
Baptiste Junior High | 1964-1966, 1968-1970, 1980-1982 | Leprechaun | |
Benjamin Banneker | 1993-1994 | Kansas City, MO | |
Benton | 1919-1932, 1935-1936 | Bentonian | Kansas City, MO |
Bernard C. Campbell Junior High | 1997 | Take 5 | Lee’s Summit, MO |
Bingham Junior High | 1963, 1965-1980, 1982-1984, 1986-1987 | Totem | Kansas City, MO |
Bingham Middle School/Bingham Middle Magnet | 1989, 1992-1993, 1996 | Kansas City, MO | |
B’nai Jehudah | 1948 | The Scroll | Kansas City, MO |
Central Junior High | 1922-1924 (Within Central High School yearbook), 1925-1927, 1964-1970 | The Falcon | Kansas City, MO |
Central Middle School/Central Middle Magnet | 1991-1997, 2002-2006 | Kansas City, MO | |
Chester A. Franklin | 1975 | Kansas City, MO | |
Coles Vocational/Coles Junior High | 1939-1942 | Pilot, The Coleian | Kansas City, MO |
Coronado Middle School | 1999, 2010 | Conquistador | Kansas City, KS |
D. D. Eisenhower Junior High | 1981 | Patriot | Kansas City, KS |
Delano | 1992 | Memories | Kansas City, MO |
East Middle School | 2008 | Eastonian | Kansas City, MO |
Ervin Junior High | 1968-1970 | Frontier | Kansas City, MO |
Fairview Elementary | 1985-1986 | Olathe, KS | |
Genesis Alternative | 1994 | Kansas City, MO | |
Grandview Junior High | 1991 | Breakin’ Through | Grandview, MO |
Hillcrest Junior High | 1963-1965 | Shawnee Mission, KS | |
Independence Junior High | 1941-1942, 1957 | Echo, The Cub | Independence, MO |
Indian Hills Junior High | 1963-1965 | The Warrior | Prairie Village, KS |
Indian Hills Middle School | 1999 | Prairie Village, KS | |
Jim Bridger Junior High | 1977-1979, 1983 | Pioneer | Independence, MO |
Kansas City Academy of Learning | 1994 | Kansas City, MO | |
Kansas City Middle School of the Arts | 1998-1999 | Encore | Kansas City, MO |
Lakeview Middle School | 1997 | Kansas City, MO | |
Lincoln Junior High | 1970, 1974-1976 | Junior Lincolnian | Kansas City, MO |
Lincoln Middle School | 1992 | Kansas City, MO | |
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High | 1974-1975, 1977, 1988 | The Peacemaker | Kansas City, MO |
Mission Valley Middle School | 2002 | Zoom into MV Speedway | Prairie Village, KS |
Missouri Valley Military Academy | 1940, 1946 | Catalog | Mexico, MO |
New West | 1991-1992 | Kansas City, MO | |
Northeast Junior High | 1926-1927, 1980-1982 | The Bucaneer; Viking Memories; Junior Hi-Lite | Kansas City, MO |
Northwest Junior High | 1981 | Hi-Lites – You Were There | Kansas City, KS |
Nowlin Junior High | 1974 | Black and Gold | Kansas City, MO |
Palmer Junior High | 1982 | Independence, MO | |
Pittman Junior High | 1967, 1972 | Pittman Profiles | Kansas City, MO |
Plaza Middle School | 1998 | Plaza | Kansas City, MO |
Raytown Junior High | 1961-1962, 1972, 2005, 2011 | Ramizzou Junior | Raytown, MO |
Raytown South Junior High | 1996 | Southerner | Raytown, MO |
Rosedale Middle School | 1980 | Mt. Marty | Kansas City, KS |
Smith Hale Junior High | 1967, 1969-1972 | Kiva | Kansas City, MO |
Southeast Junior High | 1965, 1973-1975 | The Explorer | Kansas City, MO |
Southwest Charter School | 2004 | Southwest Saga | Kansas City, MO |
Trailwoods Elementary | 2003, 2009 | Kansas City, MO | |
University Academy | 2006 | Gryphon | Kansas City, MO |
West Junior High | 1965-1967 | The Cardinal | Kansas City, MO |
Westport Junior High | 1924-1927, 1980 | The Iris; The World | Kansas City, MO |
High Schools - Public & Private | |||
School | Years Available | Yearbook Title | Notes |
1913, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1951-1952, 1956, 1964, 1977 | The Weather-Cock | Kansas City, MO | |
1969-1973, 1980-1981, 1983 | Rampage | Kansas City, MO | |
1945-1961, 1963-1966, 1969-1973, 1979 | Lillislog | Kansas City, MO | |
1960-1965 | The Miegian | Kansas City, KS | |
1974 | Campus Cadence | Blue Springs, MO | |
2002 | The Predator | Blue Springs, MO | |
1937, 1949, 1952, 1961-1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973-1984, 1986-1987, 1989-2009 | The Yellowjacket | Kansas City, MO | |
1899-1985, 1987-1989, 1992-2000 | The Cee Jay; The Centralian | Kansas City, MO | |
1938, 1940 | Wakitan | St. Joseph, MO | |
1965 | Guidon | St. Louis, MO | |
1951, 1954 | Pilot | Kansas City, MO | |
1955-1958, 1964, 1997 | Parade | Kansas City, MO | |
1927-1962, 1964, 1966-1970, 1972, 1975-1978, 1982-1991, 1995-1996 | Eastonian | Kansas City, MO | |
1976, 1981, 1983 | Bulldog | Grandview, MO | |
1973-1974, 1977-1978, 1983-1985, 1996-1997, 1999 | The Pride | Kansas City, MO | |
See under William Chrisman High School. | |||
1975, 1979, 1980-1984, 1986 | Aerie | Kansas City, KS | |
1915 | The Spectator | Kansas City, KS | |
1922 | The Quiverian | Kansas City, MO | |
1965-1967 | Red and Black | Lawrence, KS | |
1945, 1947, 1988-1989, 1995-1996 | The Reflector | Lee’s Summit, MO | |
1992, 1998 | The Spectator | Liberty, MO | |
1909-1910, 1914-1915, 1917, 1919-1920, 1924-1942, 1944-1971, 1973-1975, 1978, 1981-1986, 1989-1990, 1993-1995, 2014-2018 | The Lincolnian | Kansas City, MO | |
1926, 1937-1939, 1948, 1962-1965, 1967-1968, 1971, 1975-1977, 1979-1980, 1983 | The Laurel; Rosemarian; Laurelette | Kansas City, MO | |
1920-1924 | The Blue M | Manhattan, KS | |
1897-1966, 1973-1974 | Manualite | Kansas City, MO | |
1928 | The Mar-Saline | Marshall, MO | |
1940, 1955-1956, 1968-1970, 1973-1975 | The Owl; Purgold | North Kansas City, MO | |
1914-1949, 1951-1972, 1974-1980, 1982, 1984-1994, 1997, 1999-2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 | The Nor’Easter | Kansas City, MO | |
1949, 1952, 1958, 1960-1961, 1966, 1981-1982, 2002 | Le Flambeau; Sionian | Kansas City, MO | |
1966, 1978, 1987, 1989 | Cambia | Kansas City, MO | |
1995 | Aurora | Olathe, KS | |
1991 | Talon | Olathe, KS | |
1987-1988, 1995 | Troyian | Kansas City, MO | |
1999 | South Paw | Riverside, MO | |
1927-1962, 1964, 1967-1968, 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1983, 1985-1986, 1988-1994, 1997, 1999-2000 | Paseon | Kansas City, MO Paseo yearbooks are available online through the Paseo Alliance. Memory books for classes of 1939-1940 and 1962 are available. | |
1946, 1948-1951, 1956, 1958-1960, 1969-1975 | The Raider | Kansas City, MO | |
1990, 2011 | The Pinnacle | Kansas City, MO | |
1937, 1960-1961, 1969, 1974-1977, 1988-1989, 1991, 2006-2007 | The Ramizzou | Raytown, MO | |
1967, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1988-1989, 1991, 1993, 1996 | Polaris | Raytown, MO | |
1923, 1927, -19481949, 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1993, 1995-1998, 2000-2005 | The Chancellor; Quarry | Kansas City, MO | |
1914-1916, 1963-1967 | Mt. Marty | Kansas City, KS | |
1957, 1959-1975, 1977, 1985, 1999 | Mirage | Kansas City, MO | |
1968-1969, 1979-1980 | Directions | Independence, MO | |
2018-2019 | Magnum Opus | Lee's Summit, MO | |
1963-1964 | Tiara | Kansas City, MO | |
1956, 1958-1963, 1967-1976, 1979-1994, 1996-2019, 2021-2023 | Avila; Teresian | Kansas City, MO | |
1976, 1983, 1989 | Equestrian | Kansas City, KS | |
1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1954 | Indian | Shawnee Mission, KS | |
1967-1968, 1995 | The Hauberk | Shawnee Mission, KS | |
1960 | Indian | Shawnee Mission, KS | |
1998-1999 | Lair | Shawnee, KS | |
1979 | Heritage | Shawnee Mission, KS | |
1974 | Saga | Overland Park, KS | |
Smith Cotton | 1928-1929, 1936, 1947 | Archives | Sedalia, MO |
2007 | Warrior | Smithville, MO | |
1939-1949, 1951-1970, 1972-1973, 1975-1981, 1993-1994, 1996-2003, 2009-2010 | The Crusader | Kansas City, MO | |
1926-1984, 1986-1990, 1992-1993, 1997 | The Sachem | Kansas City, MO Memory book for class of 1940 is available. Senior class portrait albums for classes 1927-1941 are available. | |
1925 | The Sumnerian | Kansas City, KS | |
1983 | Excalibur | Kansas City, KS | |
1955-1958, 1962, 1969, 1973-1974 | Kansas City, MO | ||
1967, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1985-1988, 2010-2011 | Heritage | Independence, MO | |
1956-1984, 1988, 1992, 1994 | The Falcon | Independence, MO | |
1980 | Hatchet | Kansas City, KS | |
1970-1975 | Royal Gold | Kansas City, MO | |
1907-1986, 1989, 1994-1994, 1997-2007 | The Herald | Kansas City, MO Westport High School Memory Records (45 RPM 7” vinyl EP) for 1961-1962 are available. | |
1904-1905, 1907-1918, 1920-1926, 1929-1940, 1942-1946, 1948-1952, 1954, 1957-1960, 1962-1963, 1965, 1976, 1980, 1999 | The Gleam | Independence, MO | |
1972-1979, 1991-1994, 1997 | Odyssey | Kansas City, MO | |
1972, 1974-1975, 1983 | Quiverian | Kansas City, KS | |
Colleges, Universities & Trade Schools | |||
School | Years Available | Yearbook Title | Notes |
A. J. Beauty Academy | 1957 | Aline Jefferson Beauty Academy | |
Avila College | 1966 | Erica | Kansas City, MO |
Baker University | 1949, 1954 | The Wildcat | Baldwin, KS |
Benedictine College | 1972 | The New Raven | Atchison, KS |
Bethany College | 1955 | The Daisy | Lindsborg, KS |
Calvary College | 1971, 1977-1978 | Crown | Kansas City, MO |
Central College | 1934, 1941-1944 | Ragout | Fayette, MO |
Central Methodist College | 1969 | Central Collegian | Fayette, MO |
Central Missouri State University | 1912, 1915-1916, 1920, 1925, 1945, 1959-1975, 1979-1980, 1985, 1989-1992 | Rhetor | Warrensburg, MO |
Chillicothe Business College | 1929, 1941 | The Dux | Chillicothe, MO |
College of the Ozarks | 1990-1991 | Point Lookout, MO | |
Conception | 1969 | Respond | Conception, MO |
Culver Military Academy | 1927 | Roll Call | Culver, IN |
Drury College | 1921, 1926, 1950, 1970 | Sou’wester | Springfield, MO |
Finlay Engineering College | 1937 | The Tangent | Kansas City, MO |
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical College | 1929 | The Famecean | Tallahassee, FL |
General Hospital and Medical Center School of Nursing | 1962 | Generale | Kansas City, MO |
Guilford College | 1974 | The Quaker | Greensboro, NC |
Independence Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing | 1953-1956 | Sanilog | Independence, MO |
Junior College of Kansas City | 1920-1928, 1963-1969 | Kansas City, MO | |
Kansas City College of Osteopathy & Surgery | 1927, 1952, 1954-1956, 1958, 1960 | Stethoscope | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City Dental College | 1916-1917 | The Molar | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City – Western Dental College | 1934-1939, 1944 | The Bushwhacker | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City School of Law | 1905, 1907-1913, 1915-1916, 1918-1936 | Pandex | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City School of Pharmacy | 1924, 1928 | The Mortar | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas State Normal College | 1963 | The Sunflower | Emporia, KS |
Kansas State University | 1927, 1942-1943, 1946-1948, 1952-1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1984, 1993 | Royal Purple | Manhattan, KS |
Kansas University | 1901-1903, 1906, 1908-1910, 1912, 1914-1918, 1920, 1922, 1925-1927, 1930-1932, 1936, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1973, 1978, 1990-1992 | Jayhawker | Lawrence, KS |
Kemper Military School & College | 1948 | Boonville, MO | |
Kirksville State Normal School | 1915 | Kirksville, MO | |
Lathrop Polytechnic Institute | 1928, 1930-1931, 1938-1939 | The Vocational Advocate | Kansas City, MO |
Lincoln University | 1958, 1960 | Archives | Jefferson City, MO |
Metropolitan Junior College | See under Junior College of Kansas City. | ||
Missouri University | 1897-1898, 1901, 1905, 1910-1911, 1914-1921, 1923-1925, 1927-1932, 1934-1941, 1945, 1948-1949, 1950-1953, 1956, 1960, 1964-1966, 1976, 1978-1980, 1992 | Savitar | Columbia, MO |
Missouri University – Kansas City | 1937-1938, 1947-1958, 1960-1967 | The Kangaroo | Kansas City, MO |
Missouri Western State College | 1970-1973, 1976, 1978-1984, 1989-1990 | Griffon | St. Joseph, MO |
National College | 1916-1964 | Kansas City, MO Methodist | |
Northeast Missouri State College/University | 1966-1967, 1972, 1976-1977, 1980-1982 | Echo | Kirksville, MO |
Northwest Missouri State College/University | 1928-1930, 1955, 1980, 1988 | Tower | Maryville, MO |
Ottawa University | 1949 | The Ottawan | Ottawa, KS |
Park College | 1924, 1926, 1928, 1939-1940, 1955, 1975 | The Narva | Parkville, MO |
Penn Valley Community College | 1970-1972 | The Outlook | Kansas City, MO |
Phillips University | 1955 | The Phillipan | Enid, OK |
Polytechnic Institute of Kansas City | 1918-1919 | Kansas City, MO | |
Rockhurst College | 1948-1959, 1961-1972, 1976-1990, 1992, 1994-1995, 2007, 2009 | The Rock | Kansas City, MO |
Rolla School of Mines | 1908, 1910-1915, 1919, 1921, 1924-1926, 1928-1929, 1936, 1938-1958, 1965 | Rolla, MO | |
School of the Ozarks | 1927, 1929 | Ozarka | See also under College of the Ozarks. |
Southwest Missouri State University | 1967-1971, 1973 | Ozarko | Springfield, MO |
Saint Louis University | 1904 | St. Louis, MO | |
Saint Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing | 1958 | The Marian | Kansas City, MO |
Stephens College | 1929-1930 | The Stephensophia | Columbia, MO |
Tarkio College | 1944, 1948 | Tarkiana | Tarkio, MO |
Teachers College of Kansas City | 1924-1934, 1936-1942 | Kansas City, MO | |
Tuskegee Institute | 1944-1946 | Tuskeana | Tuskegee, AL |
University of Kansas City | See under Missouri University. | ||
University of Missouri – Kansas City – School of Medicine | 2001 | Aesculapian | Kansas City, MO |
Washington University School of Law | 1929 | St. Louis, MO | |
Wentworth Military Academy & College | 1924, 1937, 1944, 1957-1960, 1970 | Lexington, MO | |
Western College of Kansas City | 1926 | The Blue and Gold | Kansas City, MO |
Westminster College | 1904-1911, 1913, 1936 | Blue Jay | Fulton, MO |
William Jewell College | 1906, 1912, 1920, 1930, 1961, 1980-1981 | The Tatler | Liberty, MO |
William Woods College | 1917-1918, 1920 | Woods Echoes | Fulton, MO |
School Newspapers | |||
Elementary, Middle, Junior High Schools - Public & Private - Missouri & Kansas | |||
School | Years Available | Newspaper Title | Notes |
Central Junior High | V. 1-4 1927-1939, V. 7-9 1933-1935, V. 11-26 1937-1951 | Searchlight | Kansas City, MO |
Leeds School | V. 1-2 1936-1937 | Leeds School News | Leeds, MO |
Northeast Junior High | V. 1-23 1926-1948 | Hi-Lite | Kansas City, MO |
Westport Junior High | V. 3, V.4 (No. 4 issue only), 5-19 1926-1926, 1928-1942 | Broadcaster | Kansas City, MO |
High Schools | |||
School | Years Available | Newspaper Title | Notes |
Central | V. 5 1890, V. 9-35 1894-1920 | Luminary | Kansas City, MO |
Central | V. 1-5 1921-1925, V. 7 1927, V. 9-25 1929-1945, V. 27-58 1946-1975 | Luminary | Kansas City, MO Numbering restarts in 1921. |
Coles | V. 1-5 1937-1941 | Coles Pilot | Kansas City, MO |
East | V. 1-42 1927-1968 | Echo | Kansas City, MO |
Lathrop | V. 11-13 1937-1939 | Lathrop Junior Craftsman | Kansas City, MO |
Lincoln | V. 2-6 1927-1931 | Lincolnite | Kansas City, MO |
Manual | V. 6-16 1920-1930, V. 18-20 1931-1933, V. 22-26 1934-1938, V. 28 1939 | Manualite | Kansas City, MO |
Manual | V. 1-31 1940-1968 | Manualite | Kansas City, MO Numbering restarts in 1940. |
Northeast | V. 1-10 1912-1923 | Nor’easter | Kansas City, MO |
Northeast | V. 13-33 1925-1967 | Courier | Kansas City, MO Missing V. 17 1929-1930 academic year. |
Paseo | V. 1-24 1927-1951 | Paseo Press | Kansas City, MO |
Southeast | V. 1-30 1939-1968 | Southeast Tower | Kansas City, MO |
Southwest | V. 1-50 1926-1976, V. 52-57 1978-1982 | Southwest Trail | Kansas City, MO |
Van Horn | V. 1-13 1956-1968 | Pioneer | Independence, MO. |
Westport | V. 2-40 1915-1953, V. 50-51 1961-1963, V. 53-54 1964-1966 | Westport Crier | Kansas City, MO |
Colleges, Universities & Trade Schools | |||
School | Years Available | Newspaper Title | Notes |
Kansas City Junior College | V. 3-11 1919-1927 | The Collegian | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City Junior College | V. 1-14 1947-1960 | The Collegian | Kansas City, MO Numbering restarts in 1947. |
Kansas City Teachers’ Bulletin | V. 1-2 1920-1921 | Kansas City Teachers’ Bulletin | Kansas City, MO |
Kansas City Teachers Journal | V. 1-28 1921-1948 | Kansas City Teachers Journal | Kansas City, MO |
Lincoln High School & Junior College | V. 24 198, V. 26-35 1950-1955, V. 37-43 1961-1967 | Lincoln Callotype | Kansas City, MO |
Maple Woods Community College | V. 11 1971 | Maple Woods News | Kansas City, MO |
Penn Valley Community College | V. 13 1981-1982 | The Scout | Kansas City, MO |
Teachers College | V. 1-8 1933-1935, V. 11-18 1935-1942 | Teachers College Scout | Kansas City, MO |
University of Kansas City | V. 1-2 1933-1935, V. 4 1937, V. 6-11 1939-1944, V. 13-14 1946-1947, V. 16-26 1949-1959, V. 9 (No. 20 issue only) 1972, V. 12 (No. 34 + 35 issues only) 1975 | University News | Kansas City, MO |
William Jewell College | V. 4: N. 8 June 1898 | The Student | Liberty, MO |