Kansas City Manuscript Collections

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K0907 Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) Records 1986-1998

Organization records for the Center to engage children and families in understanding and appreciating architecture and the built environment. Includes by-laws, newsletters, curriculum, and articles about CUBE.

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K0908 Charles George Wade Papers 1888

Wade was the assistant engineer on the construction of the Railway. Includes a booklet and drawings relating to the Kansas City Cable Railway.

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K0909 Charles L. Carr Papers 1915-1951

Carr was an attorney in Kansas City, MO and the General Solicitor for the Kansas City Public Service Company. Includes the personal and professional papers of Carr: correspondence, printed materials from various organizations, files related to the streetcar company and the Missouri State Supreme Court..

K0910 Chicago and Alton Railroad Collection no date

Wallet of items including receipts, maps, and architectural drawings

K0911 Childbirth and Parent Education, Inc. of Kansas City Records 1968-1980

Organizational records include correspondence, newsletters, other printed/published materials, convention files, and questionnaires.

K0912 Chris R. Lester Papers 1970-1999

Lester was an investigative reporter for the Kansas City Star. Includes Lester's research materials for his Star series on banker Frank Morgan, Kansas City sprawl, and other articles.

K0913 Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) Records 1999-2001

COMBAT was a Jackson County supported anti-drug program. Includes administrative records, grant materials, notes, reports, printed and published materials, and newspapers clippings.

K0914 Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) Records 1976-2012

Organizational records of a faith-based, grass roots organization focused on community issues such as healthcare, foreclosure, and pay day loans. Includes board minutes, financial records, public relation files, training, research, and newsletters.

K0915 Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols Collection 2005-2007

Audiovisual materials gathered while researching a documentary film on Nichols, footage from the film, and copies of the finished film. Includes video tapes, CD's, DVD's, and a production binder.

K0916 Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner (BIAV) Collection 1969

This collection contains a ""Grace and Blessings"" booklet and a yarmulke from the Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner Mortgage Burning Dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bettinger.

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K0917 Conservatory of Music Collection 1918-1976

Rosters, monthly publications, handbook of the KC Junior League, 1952-1962; chi Omega Fraternity Alumnae chapter rosters 1954-1955; Kansas City Young Matrons Yearbook, 1958/59; United church Woomen of GKC directory, 1961; Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae driectory, 1957/58; Kansas City Juniorettes directory, 1955/56; Add to KC 27- Library: "Sunset Hill-First 50 Years", "Taming the Mighty Missouri" by Robert L. Branyan, 1973; "Sigma Nu General Catalogue", 1918;" University Club of Kansas City, MO", 1976.

K0918 Contemporary Art Society Records 1984-1988

Financial records, including bank statements, tax returns, audits, 1984-1988.

K0919 Cramer Minstrel Collection 1934

Scripts and programs for the Co-operative Club's 22nd birthday dinner.

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K0920 Daughters of the American Colonists (DAC), Mary Ball Washington Chapter Records 1972-2002

Scrapbooks, State Assembly Proceedings, pressbooks, Missouri State Society membership directories, and newsletters.

K0921 David Beatty Stereo Proposal 1965-1966

A proposal to install a sound system at the Music Hall at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium.

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K0922 David G. Widder Papers 1918-1996

A diary Widder kept as a boy, scrapbooks relating to Kansas City history and architecture, newspaper and magazine articles, books, photographs including a World War I era album.

K0923 David S. Jacobs Collection 1980, 2001

Two medical volumes edited by Dr. Jacobs.

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K0924 David Leroy Alexander Papers 1865-2001

Family papers of the Alexander and Graham families of Jackson County and Pettis Counties in Missouri. Includes correspondence, birth certificates, marriage licenses, funeral information and other legal papers. Also Alexander's World War II military records; Robert B. Graham's discharge papers from the Missouri State Militia (1865); scrapbooks; photographs; books; and a journal kept by James Andrew Alexander of Longwood, Missouri.

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K0925 David Reid Ross Manuscript 2000

Manuscript, Kansas Abolitionists Fight Confederates in Missouri written by Ross.

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K0926 David Schuster Papers 1915-1918

Handwritten musical scores transcribed by Schuster, an early member of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra. Also includes published classical music.

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K0927 David R. Zeff Collection 1939-1950

The David R. Zeff Collection contains newspaper clippings, newsletters, and memorabilia from the Aleph Zadik Aleph B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, the Jewish Youth Federation, Southwest High School, and features photographs of the contestants of the 1945 Yom Kippur Dance Night's Sweetheart contest, as well as personal photographs.

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K0928 Davida L. Jacobson and Harvey A. Jacobson Papers no date

The Davida L. Jacobson and Harvey A. Jacobson Papers contain a single photograph of two boys, Morris and Albert (relatives of Davida Jacobson), and a genealogical chart of the descendants of Hirsch Brenner, relatives of Harvey Jacobson.

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K0929 Della Fleming Parker Papers 1905-1965

Playbills and programs (some with autographs) from Kansas City theaters and musical venues. Also is a World War II ration book and newspaper clippings.

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K0930 Delta Kappa Gamma-Missouri Alpha Chapter Records 1938-1989

Organizational records of the Chapter, a professional honorary Society of women educators, including meeting minutes, yearbooks, publications and historical background of the Society. Also scrapbooks of clippings, programs, and ephemera, and some correspondence, minutes, and reports.

K0931 Devinki Family Papers 1889-1981

Booklets, court documents, medical files, certificates, postcards, newspapers, a passport, and letters in English, German, Polish, Russian, and German relating to the Devinki family.

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K0932 Dividend Dames Records 1981-1994

Organizational records of an investment club including minutes, membership rosters, treasurer's reports, stock reports, some correspondence, attendance records, agendas, and expense records.

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K0933 Donald A. Dietrich Papers 1953-2000

Traffic and transportation studies

K0934 Donald Dwight Davis Papers 1912-1997

Personal and business papers of Davis who was president of WHB radio and KMBC-TV. Also included are some papers of his wife, Harriet Treash Davis (1909-1997).

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K0935 Doris Tager Edelman Papers 1940

Photograph of a sorority at Central High School, Kansas City, MO.

K0936 Dorothy and Herman Glass Papers 1916-2000

The collection consists of photographs, programs, and newsletters from B'nai B'rith and Hadassah along with a high school commencement program, yearbook, and newspaper clippings.

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K0937 Gladys Hoover Haven Daniels Collection no date

Daniels was a music teacher and performer of note in Kansas City, MO. Handwritten Sheet Music: "A Birdie with a Yellow Bill", lyrics by Robert Louis Stevenson, music by Dorothy Godfrey.

K0939 Sarah Kraft Small Papers 1976-1977

Small served as Beth Shalom Sisterhood president. Includes Sisterhood administrative papers and programs.

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K0940 Edward B. Garnett Papers 1914-1959

Garnett, was the longtime editor of the Sunday Kansas City Star, Includes diaries, cancelled checks, correspondence, and personal papers.

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K0941 Edna Scotten Billings Papers 1938-1974

Billings was the organist for Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Kansas City, MO. Includes recital programs, order of services, various publications, and music scores.

K0942 Eileen Miller Collection 2000

A Village Shalom brochure, printed before Village Shalom opened on June 20, 2000

K0943 Eleanor Parelman Judd Papers 1928-1990

Judd attended Beth Shalom elementary school. She was honored by the Denver Allied Jewish Community Council for her work with the Kansas City Federation. Includes diplomas, awards, and family photographs.

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K0944 Elinor Fox Kamen Papers 1940-1943

Radio scripts and other documents relating to Kamen's career in radio broadcasting while working on the radio programs "The Little Red Schoolhouse" and "Women in the News."

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K0945 Estelle Rose Berman and Fred S. Berman Papers 1910-2008

Papers of Berman family including scrapbooks of Kappa Tau Sorority, family and organizational photographs, diplomas, certificates, clippings, and programs.

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K0946 Grant Samuel Stauffer Papers 1990-2000

Stauffer was the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1992, 1998; and for U.S. Senator from Missouri, 2000. Includes brochures, research notes, files and other documents relating to the National and Missouri State Libertarian Party as well as Kansas City, MO political issues.

K0947 Greater Kansas City Art Association Records 1956-2006

Organizational records and scrapbooks from the Greater Kansas City Art Association. Includes officers files, correspondence, minutes, financial records, membership files, newsletters, photographs and audio and video tapes.

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K0948 Greater Kansas City Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter Records 1935-1997

Organizational records of the Chapter, whose purpose is to foster high ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character. Includes meeting minutes, directories, printed and published material, and event planning files.

K0949 MidAmerica Pastel Society, Inc. Records 1998-2017

The MidAmerica Pastel Society, Inc. Records contain administrative and financial materials related to the Kansas City area nonprofit arts organization.

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K0950 H. Levi and Company Records 1890-1924

The company was a gentlemen's furnishings company in Kansas City, MO. The business records includes correspondence files, customer and manufacturers' orders, credit reports, customer files, some salesmen's files, and several personal files of the company's partners, Hyman Levi, Jacob Friedman and Joseph Minda. Also included are materials concerning the Stum, Roberts, Smith and the Ruby Fern Mining Companies.

K0951 Harold and Miriam Pittell Papers 1900-1986

The family papers include photographs, programs, marriage announcement and ketuba (marriage contract).

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K0952 Harold F. Blackburn Papers 1942-1946

Blackburn was veteran Trans World Airline (TWA) pilot. During the World War II, he was superintendent of TWA's Intercontinental Division., which was part of the Air Transport Command. Includes the Intercontinental Division, Washington D.C., statistical handbook.

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K0954 Harris S. Joseph Papers 1924-2000

Joseph was active with the Boy Scouts of America for over thirty years, serving as a scoutmaster for Troops 61 and 2. Includes photographs, anniversary booklets, programs, flyers, pins, and clothing related to Boy Scout troop 61.

K0955 Harry Krantz and Miriam Levitt Krantz Papers 1949-1968

Krantz was elected to the Prairie Village, KS, city council. Includes newspaper clippings, Prairie Village Democratic Club campaign sheet, and a Talman Grill menu.

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K0956 Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Records 1903-1908

Business records consists primarily of customer files and receipts.

K0957 Hazel Adkins Kirkland Papers 1905-1909

Kirkland attended Liberty Ladies College and was a member of the Eta Upsilon Gamma sorority. Includes sorority ink drawings, a newsletter, and a group photograph.

K0958 Heart of America Jewish Historical Society Records 1990-2005

Includes audio recording of programs at the society's meetings and oral interviews.(see also K0441 Montague)

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K0959 Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers 1960-2007

The Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers include Leo Lesky's obituary, a sales book from Lesky's dry-cleaning business, and a CD of family videos of the Lesky family and their friends.

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K0960 Helen Seibert Thomes Dance School Records no date

Includes choreography of dances used by Thomes in her dance school

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K0961 Heritage Trust Records 1972-1983

The Heritage Trust Records contain correspondence, administrative files, an inventory, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to architectural ornamentation recovered from demolished building in Kansas City, Missouri.

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K0962 Herman A. Johnson Papers 1971

Architectural drawings of Johnson's residence at 2632 West Paseo Blvd., Kansas City, MO.

K0963 Niel Melvin Johnson Papers 1830-2007

Research, oral histories, and manuscript materials collected and created by Johnson, archivist and historian, on Swedish-Americans in Kansas City.

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K0964 Hewitt Family Papers no date

Photographs and other items relating to the Hewitt family in Kansas City.

K0965 Charles Hipsh Family Papers 1925-1963

Yearbooks, photographs, pamphlets and booklet concerning Hipsh, Jewish community leader, businessman and banker. Also video of Hipsh family.

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K0966 Home Health Care Alliance, Inc. Records 1994-1999

The Alliance recruited, trained, and placed in-home care providers with cooperating agencies. Organizational records includes financial records, contracts, educational programing, minutes, and case files.

K0967 Horace Miller Foster Collection 1936-1975

Foster was a music teacher and a bandleader. Includes photographs of school bands, individual students, and miscellaneous other school related items. also scrapbook containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other general information concerning Foster's career.

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K0968 Howard S. Goller Papers 1977-1978

The Howard S. Goller Papers include photocopied newspaper articles written by Howard S. Goller concerning the history of Jews in Kansas City.

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K0969 Hugh Gene Graff Papers 1939-2007

Graff was general manager of flying for Trans World Airlines (TWA) in Kansas City. Includes pilot training manuals, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, aeronautical maps, and ephemera.

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K0970 Nancy J. Shulze Oral History Collection 1998

Audio tapes and the transcripts of oral interviews Shulze conducted concerning interracial marriage.

K0971 Esther Swirk Brown Collection 1994

Brown, a social activist, played significant roles in the desegregation of the South Park elementary school (Merriam, KS) and the Brown v. Board of Education case. Included is a memorandum by her husband Paul Brown summarizing Esther's life and involvement in civil rights activities.

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K0972 Eugene E. Leibson and Shirley Dunn Leibson Papers 1932-2006

The Eugene E. Leibson and Shirley Dunn Leibson Papers contain correspondence, audio, and video related to Dunn family history, correspondence about a family reunion, undated photographs of relatives, and a group photograph, as well as three items related to the Harvey Jacobson family and Jacobson's Strictly Kosher grocery store.

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K0973 Robert Emmett Walton Papers 1928-1974

Walton, a Catholic priest, was an army chaplain during World War II, parish priest and pastor in Kansas City, a missionary in Bolivia, and a priest on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Includes yearbooks, magazines, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters, and photographs, slides, and negatives chronicling Walton's adventurous life.

K0974 Fellowship House Association of Greater Kansas City Records 1948-1979

The purpose of the Association was to promote mutual understanding, fellowship and respect among the people of the community. Includes meeting minutes and agendas, constitution and by-laws, programs, correspondence and other materials.

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K0975 First National Bank of Kansas City Collection 1906-1961

clippings, articles related to the history of the bank

K0976 Frank Joseph O'Leary Papers 1911-1974

O'Leary was an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes appointment books, lecture and class notes, financial records, case files, family photographs, and correspondence. Also letters written prior and during World War I to O'Leary's future wife, Edna.

K0977 Frank Olin Babcock Papers 1916-2003

Personal papers of former Executive Vice-President of the Associated Plumbing Contractors and Mechanical Contractors of Greater Kansas City. Includes personal papers, photographs and other materials relating to the life, family, and work of Babcock.

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K0978 George Carl Schowengerdt Papers 1921-1922

Photographs of students and/or faculty of Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kansas.

K0979 George G. Capito Papers 1900-1960

Photographs, funeral service and obituaries, diplomas, letters of commendation, yearbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to the Capito and Tabolsky families.

K0980 George Morgan Speech 1973

Audio tape of a speech made by Morgan a Political Parties Class at Center High School, on political boss Tom Pendergast.

K0981 Gerean Y. Rudnick Papers 1954-1968

Rudnick and other family members were owners of Thriftway grocery stores in Kansas City. Includes newspaper clippings and grocer magazine clippings on their Thriftway stores.

K0982 Gladys Hoover Havens Daniels Papers 1906-1975

Daniels was a music teacher and performer of note in Kansas City, MO. Includes daily journals and travel diaries of Mrs. Daniels. Also material related to her interest in music and notes for talks, programs, and clippings.

K0983 Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Records 1973-2010

Includes homes tour files, newsletters, walking tours, an abstract of title, and homes tour posters.

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K0984 Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Auxiliary Scrapbooks 1983-1999

The Auxiliary's purpose is to assist the school's growing financial needs and provide scholarship money to help students meet tuition costs. Included are scrapbooks chronicling the Auxiliary's activities.

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K0985 Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Scrapbooks 1952-1980

Scrapbooks containing correspondence, programs, newsletters, donor letters, newspaper clippings, student rosters, ephemera, and photographs of classes and events of the Academy. Also loose photographs, both formal and informal, of students and classes, Hyman and Clara Brand, Joan and Walter March, and of the Academy's staff, teachers, and board members.

K0986 Inga Baruch Silverman and Martin L. Silverman Papers 1971, 1991

Special service booklet honoring Rabbi Gershon Hadas on occasion of his 75th Birthday; script and notes for ""Heaven Help Us!"" a comedy performed by members of Beth Shalom Congregation.

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K0987 Inland Architect and News Record 1883-1908

Published between 1883 and 1908 by the Chicago-based Inland Publishing Co., the magazine featured prime examples of structures from all over the United States, work in Missouri and by Missouri architects.

K0988 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Records 1958-1989

Planning materials for MAECON, the annual trade conference; section officers' files including correspondence, financial information, and minutes; membership materials; and other administrative information.

K0989 Instrument Society of America (ISA)-Kansas City Section Records 1943-1954

Includes general correspondence, meeting notices, meeting minutes and regional and national conference materials. Also information about the Electric Association of Kansas City and the Kansas City Industrial Instrumentation Society.

K0990 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Air Transport Local 1650 Records 1970-1999

Organizational records include printed and published materials, bylaws, agreements, awards, plaques, signs, flags, and photographs.

K0991 International Refrigeration Compressor Remanufacturers Association Records 1965-1990

Organizational records of the trade association includes correspondence, financial records, newsletters, and planning materials for conventions and board meetings.

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K0992 Isaacs Clothing Company Records 1900-1908

Business records of a Kansas City Garment factory, wholesale clothing distributer including correspondence, paid bills and receipts, sales orders, and shipping information, and oversize business ledgers.

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K0993 Issie J. Ringolsky Papers 1894-1915

Ringolsky was a partner with David I. White in the Ringolsky & White law firm. Includes case files for clients were business owners in Kansas City, several of whom were involved in the garment industry.

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K0994 J. Holt Collection 1953-1959

piano-related materials

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K0995 Jack Bohm and Liz Viscofsky Bohm Papers 1950-2006

Family papers including newspaper clippings, event programs, flyers, biographies, and photographs relating to Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood.

K0996 Jack Reitzes Papers 1931-2006

Born in Kansas City, Reitzes was an member of Temple B'nai Jehudah. Materials related to his and his family's activities including newspaper clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, commemoration booklets, event programs, newsletters, photographs.

K0997 Jacqueline Jacobson Slutsky Papers 1953-1966

Photocopied photographs of the Slutsky and Jacobson families.

K0998 Jacob Brown Papers 1961-2002

Brown was a prominent attorney and civil leader in Kansas City Jewish community. Includes material related to the sale of property by Congregation Beth Shalom to Kroh Brothers Development Company & Allen & Company, Inc. Also biographical material on Brown.

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K0999 James F. Halpin Residence Architectural Record 1912-1913

Architectural drawing of the home at 1226 W. 56th Street, Kansas City, MO.

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K1000 James H. Roberts Diary 1858-1909

Roberts built houses, made and sold brooms, taught school, and owned a small mercantile store briefly. He was interested in Spiritualism and his second wife and one of his daughters were mediums. Includes a handwritten diary consisting of both shorthand and longhand entries. Entries were made every year on the writer's birthday, beginning at the age of 27, continuing until his death at 78.

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K1001 James Sherman Botsford Memorial Booklet 1915

Memorial booklet for Botsford, prominent lawyer and civic leader, and former district attorney for Western Missouri.

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K1002 Jamie Frederic Metzl Collection 2004

An attorney and active in Missouri Democratic politics, Metzl ran for for the Democratic nomination for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives. Includes flyers and a banner from Metzl's congressional campaign.

K1003 Jan E. Hults Dissertation 1996

Hult's dissertation on the career of Senator James Alexander Reed (1861-1944) .

K1004 Janet Deborah Katz Lerner Papers 1989-1994

Lerner was a teacher and coordinated a celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday called Project HEART. Includes a scrapbook documenting the Project

K1005 Janice L. Finkelston Papers 1960

Bat Mitzvah study phonograph records; J.P. Louis Funeral Home Yizkor booklet.

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K1006 Jason D. Jacobson and Amy H. Jacobson Papers 1945-1949

Issues (some incomplete) of the Zionist newspaper The New Palestine.

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K1007 Jeanette Miller Wayne and Robert H. Wayne Papers 1938-1989

personal papers and photographs, papers of Sam Dantzig who served in WWI with Harry S. Truman including invitation to Truman's inauguration and signed portrait of Truman

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K1008 Jeffrey Bruce Winkel and Deborah Gale Winkel Papers 1910-2005

Family papers including bonds, certificates, genealogical charts, and photographs.