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Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company Records, 1888-1894 (R0090)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company Records contain a microfilm copy of financial records. Organized in 1887 to bridge the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, this company was controlled by the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad system.

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Kansas City Archaeological Society Papers, 1962-1988 (K0834)
0.3 c.f.

Organizational records including minutes, membership files, reports, correspondence and other documents related to activities of the chapter.

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Kansas City Architectural Foundation (KCAF) Records, 1954-1999 (K1025)
1 c.f.

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Organizational records including board minutes, reports, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence and some records of early awards and events and. Also Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) related material.

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Kansas City Area Archivists (KCAA) Records, 1978-2007 (K0066)
11 c.f.

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Organization records including, constitution and bylaws, financial records, correspondence, and minutes and proceedings, committee files, and publications for a local professional association of archivists.

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Kansas City Area Development Council/Prime Time Records, 1964-1992 (K0760)
45 c.f.

Organizational records of the Council's Prime Time office including minutes, correspondence, working files, news releases, photographs, slides, and videotapes documenting efforts to promote Kansas City nationally.

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Kansas City Area Missouri Equal Rights Amendment Coalition Records, 1972-1982 (K0515)
5 c.f.

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The collection contains administrative records for the Kansas City regional office relating to the effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in Missouri. It includes minutes, bylaws, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, financial documents, speeches, reports, and other materials, dated between 1972 and 1982.

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Kansas City Area Promotional Materials, 1991-1995 (K1369)
0.5 c.f.

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This collection consists of business association publications promoting Platte Count, the Northland Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Western State College. In addition, there is a large collection of numbered promotional negatives all related to the greater Kansas City Area.

Kansas City Assessors Office Records, 1833-1908 (K0373)
1.2 c.f.

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Jackson County Court [road]records 1833-1908 includes establishment of roads, vacation of roads, streets, alleys; Assessors Office records 1866-1891 include roads, alleys, streets, roadway and sidewalk tax assessments

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Kansas City Athenaem Collection, 1901-1962 (K1026)
0.02 c.f. (3 folders)

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The Athenaeum was a culture and philanthropic organization. Includes Music Department programs and history.

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Kansas City Athletic Club (KCAC) Records, 1919, 1931-1941 (K0153)
0.4 c.f. (6 folders)

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Monthly financial journal reports on the KCAC building's operation showing income and expenses for advertising, catering, rooms, insurance, debt retirement, and the bar. Also a time record book for employees. ..

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Kansas City B'nai B'rith Girls Council (BBG) Records, 1963-1964 (K1027)
0.1 c.f.

The sorority component of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), BBG helped Jewish teenage girls build leadership potential, self-improvement, and develop Jewish identity. Includes a scrapbook "record of memories".

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Kansas City Board of Trade Records, 1873-1978 (K0063)
320 c.f.

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Administrative records including minutes, correspondence, transportation files, membership, public relations, legal files, reports, "The Grain Market Review" and associated materials from the Kansas City Board of Trade

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Kansas City Branch, American Postal Workers Accident Benefit Association Records, 1927-1991 (K0110)
1 c.f.

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Organizational documents including correspondence, bylaws, membership rosters and convention material, but primarily newsletters for the Kansas City branch.

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Kansas City Camerata Records, 1990-1998 (K1028)
8 c.f.

Organizational records for a premier chamber-sized orchestra. Includes board minutes, advertising/public relations and promotional files, clippings and reviews, ticket sales, budgets/financial records, and video and audio of performances.

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Kansas City Century Box Collection, 2001 (K0386)
1 c.f.

Duplicates of documents, media, and items placed into the Century Box to be opened at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Civic Department Scrapbooks, 1922-1927 (K0356)
0.2 c.f.

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Newspaper clippings discussing every aspect of Kansas City including politics, city planning, recreation, education, scandals, streets, health, law enforcement, the state constitution, taxes, and elections among many other issues of the day.

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Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Photographs, 1935-1940 (P0280)
14 photographs

Photographs of Kansas City, ca. 1939 and 1954, with a focus on views of the city and local attractions.

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Kansas City Chapter, Missouri Society-Sons of the Revolution, 1776 Records, 1896-2006 (K1264)
12 c.f.

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Organizational records of the chapter including membership applications, scrapbooks, correspondence, minutes, photographs, and publications.

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Kansas City Christian Church Hospital Photograph Collection, 1920 (P1092)

Photographs of doctors and staff from Kansas City Christian Church Hospital.

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Kansas City College of Veterinary Medicine Records, 1905 (K1029)
0.25 c.f.

Includes diplomas and class composite photographs.

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Kansas City Consensus Records, 1984-2003 (K0761)
37.75 c.f.

Consensus provided a citizen voice in public policies discussions. Organizational files dealing with the method and content of the various initiatives explored and undertaken by Kansas City Consensus. Included are Executive Committee and other committee minutes, reports, and working data; information on task forces that focused on topics; background research data; and financial reports and working papers.

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Kansas City Convention Hall Records, 1899-1936 (K0269)
7.63 c.f.

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Minutes from the Directors, Executives, Stockholders, Trustees. Also financial reports that include stocks, ledgers, subscriptions, cash records, and journals; event records; correspondence, and other organizational materials; scrapbooks of media coverage of the history and activities of Convention Hall, and many of Kansas City's civic events; and a large number of photos. Includes files of the General Relief Committee.

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Kansas City Dietetic Association (KCDA) Records, 1947-1988 (K0763)
1 c.f.

KCDA promotes the dietetic profession, the science and education of dietetics, and improving human nutrition. Includes minutes, correspondence, treasurers' reports, policy manuals, membership lists, Constitutions and Bylaws, and newsletters.

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Kansas City Evening Alumnae Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon Scrapbook, 1958-1975 (K0764)
0.25 c.f.

Mu Phi Eplison is a is a coeducational, professional music fraternity. Scrapbook of programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, newsletters, photographs, postcards, brochures and flyers.

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Kansas City Expo '92 Records, 1987-1992 (K1036)
1 c.f.

Organizational records for the Kansas City exhibit at the last World's Fair of the 20th century in Seville, Spain (Kansas City's sister city). Includes planning documents, correspondence, committee minutes and reports, promotional material, brochures, and newspaper and magazine clippings,

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Kansas City Federation of Musicians Local 34-627 Records, 1889-1983 (K0431)
45 c.f.

Administrative records of two Musicians Unions in Kansas City: Local 34 and Local 627 (African-American), before and after their merger in 1970. Includes correspondence, financial and membership records, biographical information, case files, court cases, materials on wage and employment disputes, public relations files, and newspaper clippings.

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Kansas City Food Circle Records, 1981-2004 (K1031)
2 c.f.

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Project of the Heart of America Action Linkage (non-profit arm of Green Party), the Circle's purpose was to "educating the public about the environmental and health dangers of industrial scale, petrochemical dependent agriculture". Includes membership lists, research materials, publications, organizational records and clippings.

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"Kansas City in the 1890s," Elmer N. Powell, 1932 (C2102)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Unpublished manuscript submitted to the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW about Kansas City, MO, and the city's young leaders in the 1890s.

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Kansas City Industrial Instrumentation Society Records, no date (K1037)
2 c.f.

Documents pertaining to the local branch of the Instrument Society of America

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Kansas City Interfaith Peace Alliance Records, 1981-2004 (K0552)
11 c.f.

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Correspondence, publications, membership information, financial records, event information, photographs, audio recordings, and educational materials for an organization devoted to interfaith cooperation and peace.

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Kansas City Italian Community Genealogical Collection, 1960-1990 (K1032)
2 c.f.

Information gathered about the Italian-American community in Kansas City, MO consisting of newspaper and magazine clippings (weddings, marriage licenses, crime reports, and obituaries), photographs of cemetery headstones, copies of Kansas City police and FBI crime investigation reports and records, and copy of a short story, "The Bandits of Orgosolo," by Norman Lewis.

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Kansas City Jazz Oral History Collection, 1977-1980 (K0012)
3 c.f.

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The collection contains transcriptions and audio recordings of interviews with jazz musicians who played in Kansas City during the "Golden Age of Jazz" and other individuals familiar with Kansas City's jazz scene from 1924 to 1942.

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Kansas City Jewish Chronicle Records, 1920-2006 (K0529)
40 c.f.

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Notes, photographs, negatives, and publications of a regional Jewish newspaper.

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Kansas City Jewish Museum, 1994-2006 (K0766)
3 c.f.

Organizational records including board minutes, administrative files, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, publicity, exhibit flyers, brochures, magazines, calendars, audiotape, visitors registers, and an posters.

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Kansas City Livestock Exchange Records, 1886-1958 (K0158)
2 MR

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Minutes of the Exchange including the membership meetings, the meetings of the Board of Directors and various committees and special groups; an incomplete set of the published constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations of the Exchange; and, a series of Annual Live Stock Reports of activity at the Kansas City Stock Yards.

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Kansas City Medical Library Club Records, 1911-1920 (K0186)
0.16 c.f.

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The Kansas City Medical Library Club Records consist of subscription cards for the Kansas City Medical Library Club and miscellaneous correspondence and notes, dated 1911 to 1920.

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Kansas City Metropolitan Library Network Records, 1950-1999 (K0767)
5 c.f.

Organization records including minutes, committee reports, programs, correspondence, statistics, financial files, notes, and studies about the Missouri Library Network Corporation and Board, the Missouri Library Association and Friends group, and various libraries.

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Kansas City Monarchs Oral History Collection, 1978-1981 (K0047)
0.4 c.f.

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Oral history interviews and related correspondence and reports with eighteen persons who played with or were associated with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League.

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Kansas City Municipal Airport Photographs, 1938-1939 (P0656)
8 photographs

8 photographs of the old Kansas City airport, completed in 1939.

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Kansas City Municipal Court Dockets, 1902-1915 (K0370)
0.2 c.f.

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Volume 31 (1902) and Volume 73, with an index (1914-1915). Gives the name of the accused, charge, and disposition of the case.

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Kansas City Museum Collection, 1906-1954 (K0336)
0.13 c. f.

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History and description of the Kansas City Museum, including printed material, photographs, clippings and personal reminiscences.

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Kansas City Museum Photograph Collection, 1951, 1959 (P0157)

Photographs of the Kansas City Museum, its exhibits and visitors.

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Kansas City Musical Club Records, 1899-2011 (K0276)
12 c.f.

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Minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, yearbooks, bulletins, and newsletters. Scrapbooks include the Junior Department, publicity, and yearly activities and events, and many photographs. The Club provides performance opportunities for musicians and scholarship assistance and financial aid to large musical organizations

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Kansas City Online Users Group (KCOUG) Records, 1978-1986 (K0816)
1 c.f.

Correspondence, notes, newsletters, directories, minutes of KCOUG, whose purpose was to foster a community among local online computer users of library services. Also information of other library groups

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Kansas City Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Council Records, 1915-1983 (K0768)
7 c.f.

The Council functioned as a collaborative organization, composed of teachers and parents of students in the Kansas City, MO, public schools. Includes minutes of the executive board and council, historians' books, scrapbooks, newsletters of the Kansas City Council and the Missouri State PTA office.

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Kansas City (Mo.) Philharmonic Orchestra Programs, 1938-1971 (CA5860)
3 cubic feet

Concert programs of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra and other performances under the direction of Hans Schwieger.

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Kansas City Photo View Company Photographs, 1912 (K0460)
0.3 c.f.

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Large format negatives from the Company relating to low income and status groups and individuals in Kansas City, MO.

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Kansas City Photograph Scrapbooks, 1963-1998 (K0461)
11 c.f.

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Photograph albums and scrapbooks documenting notable buildings from the City Market and downtown to the Waldo area, street scenes, restaurants, theatres, parades, parks, and some residences. Also annual events such as the American Royal and Ethnic Festivals, and family attractions such as Worlds of Fun, Lake Jacomo, and Presidential Museums. Meticulously notated with dates, locations, and historical data.

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Kansas City Photographs, 1920-1957, no date (K1427)
0.18 cubic feet

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The Kansas City Photographs contain various photos taken throughout the city between 1920 and 1957 at many different locations. A large portion of the photos are dedicated to close shots of many historic buildings and homes of the city. The rest of the photos are aerial views of the city, with shots of the many statues within the city. There is also a small portion of the collection that is dedicated to the animals of the Kansas City Zoo.

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Kansas City Realty and Insurance Publications Collection, 1925-1926 (K0438)
0.02 c. f.

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The collection contains realty and insurance publications related to Kansas City.

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