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Chris R. Lester Papers, 1970-1999 (K0912)
15 c.f.

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.

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Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.

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Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.

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Emelie Levin Papers, 1969-1994 (K0363)
0.11 cubic foot (8 folders, 10 photographs, 2 oversize photographs)

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The Emelie Levin Papers contain materials related to Emelie Levin's career in social services, her experience as the executive director of Jewish Family and Children's Services, and her affiliation with the National Council of Jewish Women. Also included in the collection are unidentified photographs and obituaries for Samuel Sosland.

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Marian Sunie Sherman Levin Papers, 1940-2010 (K1211)
0.09 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Marian Sunie Sherman Levin Papers contain articles and books with advice for grandparents and senior citizens written by Sunie Levin, as well as a copy of the 1940 Congregation Keneseth Israel Beth Sholom Synagogue Schools yearbook.

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Rose Shapiro Levine Papers, 1920-2000 (K1167)
1 .5 c.f.

Levine was a choral director at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Includes Musical programs of Levine, her son-in-law, Tiberius Klausner, news-clippings, photographs, and memorabilia.

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Andrea Levitan Papers, 1978-2011 (K1293)
0.25 c.f.

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The collection contains material relating to the youth, education, community leadership, and extracurricular activities of Andrea Levitan. The collection also includes material relating to Levitan family history.

Norman Hadley Levitan Papers, 1969-2008 (K1108)
0.5 c.f.

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Personal papers of Levitan including photographs, a scrapbook, school records, and publications, particularly relating to his amateur theater work as a youth.

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Sharon Bitner Levitan and Howard Steven Levitan Papers, 1929-2008 (K0803)
2.5 c.f.

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Personal and family papers of teacher, small business owner, and leader of local Jewish women's organizations, Sharon Bitner Levitan. Also includes materials concerning Esther Gottlieb Bitner's career as a professional dancer and scrapbooks and items from Howard Levitan.

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Thomas F. Lewinsohn Papers, 2000 (K1221)
0.01 c.f.

Lewinsohn was Personnel Director for Kansas City, MO and Prairie Village, KS. Includes his autobiography manuscript.

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Eugene R. Lewis Papers, 1853-1901 (K0326)
0.24 c.f. (12 folders)

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the medical field, railroads, politics, and items Kansas City physician Lewis personally found interesting. Topics include the University of Kansas City Medical department (not to be confused with UMKC), various medical associations, historical sketches of people, papers written by Dr. Lewis, and the Women's Medical College of Kansas City, MO.

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Liberty Memorial and Allied Charities Campaign Collection, 1919 (K0353)
0.5 c.f.

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Newspaper clippings from the local Kansas City area newspapers about the people who contributed to the campaign and the amounts they gave, poems related to the war and the campaign, and pictures and histories of the Kansas City men who died in the war. Many Red Cross ads are also included, as well as ads from companies that supported the campaign.

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Liberty Memorial Association Records, 1917-1933 (K0022)
0.08 c.f. (1 folder)

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Microfilmed copies of drawings for the construction of the Liberty Memorial. Also included are specifications for the project

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Genevieve Lichtenwalter Papers, 1889-1951 (K0210)
3 c.f.

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Personal papers and collected items of a prominent musician and music teacher in Kansas City, MO. Contains concert programs, meeting programs from local, state and national music societies, and other material representing Lichtenwalter's interest in classical music. Also correspondence from other musicians and photo albums contain family photos and travel photos from East Asia.

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Jasper B. Liebstadter Family Papers, 1890-1960 (K0755)
4 c.f.

Personal papers of Liebstadter, a realtor and property manager in Kansas City, his father Bernard Liebstadter (1839-1911), head of a prominent milliner business, and his mother, Mary Edna (Mollie) Loffland Liebstadter (1866-1960) who was a genealogist. Includes correspondence, scrapbooks, genealogies, family memorabilia, and real estate business files.

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John H. Liesveld Papers, 1934-1975 (K0749)
5 c.f.

Scrapbooks documenting Liesveld's Plaza floral shop and other professional activities. Includes correspondence, awards, photographs, clippings, greeting cards, business cards, advertisements, and Jewel Ball and other programs.

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Alfred Hart Lighton Collection, 1924-1992 (K0867)
4.75 c.f.

Business and financial records of Woolford Farm and Stables, owned by Herbert M. Woolf; financial records of Woolford Realty Company; and materials concerning Woolf Brothers and members of the Woolf and Lighton families.

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Linda Elise Lighton Papers, 2000 (K1052)
0.01 c.f.

Lighton is a Kansas City sculptor, educator and arts activist. Includes biographical information and publications and brochures of her art work. Also photocopies of articles concerning relatives: Martin Lehman, founder of the Orpheum theatre in Kansas City, MO; and Albert Schoenberg, owner of Schoenberg Realty and Investment Company in Kansas City.

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Richard H. Lindsay Scrapbook, 1894-1896 (K0127)
1 MR

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Lindsay, special correspondent in the Washington office of the Kansas City Times and other Missouri papers, maintained a scrapbook of articles he wrote for the Kansas City Times and The Republic. They are all political in nature relating to congressional activity, the Missouri State Legislature, and to the 1896 Republican National Convention.

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Linscott Haylett Wheat Architectural Records, 1953-2009 (K0780)
91 c.f.

Architectural drawings, job files, administrative records, and photographs created by the firm whose diversified practice included a broad spectrum of building types, both new construction and renovation work.

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Edgar Allison Linton Photographs, 1910-1973 (K0490)
0.3 c.f.

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Travel photographs by Linton, photographer and teacher, taken during his various journeys around the world.

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Linwood Theater Records, 1940-1970 (K0491)
1 c.f.

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Publicity, photographs, newsletters, and other documents relating to the Movie Theater at 31st and Prospect, Kansas City, MO. Much of the materials compiled by Leo R. Davis, manager.

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Carl Lipoff and Adele Goodman Lipoff Family Papers, 1991 (K0904)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Carl Lipoff and Adele Goodman Lipoff Family Papers contain a bound book titled ""Carl and Adele Lipoff: A Family History"" which details history of the Lipoff family.

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Winifred Lippman Papers, 1930-2007, bulk 1954-2001 (S0188)
5 cubic feet, 377 photographs, 5 video tapes

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The papers of Winifred Lippman contain correspondence, photographs, video tapes, an oral history interview, newspaper clippings, and organizational records documenting Lippman's seventy-year career as a Labor activist and her work for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. 

Adolph Lipsey Papers, 1962 (K0481)
1 reel

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Motion picture film of the groundbreaking for the synagogue for Congregation Beth Shalom at 95th Street and Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO.

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"A Little Dab of History Without Embellishment," William H. Gregg, 1906 (C1113)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume; also available on 1 roll of microfilm)

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Reminiscences of service under William Clarke Quantrill until the winter of 1863-1864.

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Anita Boresow Loeb Jewish Cemetery Project, 1866-1999 (K0430)
14 (MR)

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Microfilm of note cards prepared by Loeb recording vital data, and when available obituaries for persons buried in Jewish cemeteries in Greater Kansas City. Much of the data, but not all, appears in Mrs. Loeb's book, Gone But Not Forgotten: a History of the Burials in the Jewish Cemeteries of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Anita Boresow Loeb Papers, 1921-2010 (K0659)
9.25 c.f.

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An autobiographical family history entitled My Wonderful Life written by Loeb, community historian and active member of Kansas City's Jewish Community. Also a panoramic photograph of the Southwestern Keren Hayesod Zionist Conference, 1921.

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Mark Loehrer Papers, 1900-1920 (S1200)
0.25 cubic foot

The Mark Loehrer Papers contains 48 postcards of Kansas City, St. Louis, Hannibal, Fredericktown, and St. Joseph, Missouri. Items of interest include Union Station (St. Louis), Mark Twain Bridge (Hannibal), the Madison County Courthouse (Fredericktown) and Hyde Park Christian Church (Kansas City). The verso of some of the postcards contains correspondence form non-Missourians, dating from 1905 to 1950.

Lone Jack Baptist Church (Lone Jack, Mo.) History, 1880 (C3511)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Synopsis of the history of Lone Jack Baptist Church, 1842-1880, read by Martin Rice at the 38th anniversary of the constitution of the church, October 1880.

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James R. Loosen Papers, 1930s-1950 (K0574)
0.1 c.f.

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Photographs of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilots, flight attendants, and early airplanes. Loosen was a pilot and in Flight Operations management.

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Lorie Family Papers, 1889-1981 (K1414)
0.17 c.f.

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This collection contains materials of the Lorie family, a Jewish family from Kansas City. Members of the family whose materials are in this collection lived in the area from the late 19th century through the 20th century. Materials include military records, Boy Scout records, family correspondence, personal documents of various kinds, a photograph, newspaper clippings, and documents pertaining to the wider Jewish community.

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Serina Levin Lorsch Papers, 1963-1991 (K0094)
4 c.f.

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Personal and family papers as well as materials related to various organizations of which Mrs. Lorsch was a part, including the Temple B'nai Jehudah Sisterhood, the Kansas City Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, her work to secure ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Missouri

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Philipp Lotz Papers, 1872-1955 (C3741)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers contain pages from the family bible listing births and deaths of children of Philipp and Christina Lotz; obituary of Christian Lotz; miscellaneous receipts and clippings; and religious cards and literature. Most of the material is in German. The Lotz family lived in and near California and McGirk in Moniteau County, Missouri, and Kansas City.

Loughlin Studios Architectural Records, 1976-2019 (K1398)
4.09 c.f.

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Loughlin Studios paper drawings and AutoCAD files dated 1976 to 2019.

Helen June Knox Loughran Papers, 1948-2011 (K1256)
1 c.f.

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Personal papers of former Kansas Citian, Librarian and Clerk of the United States Supreme Court. Includes correspondence, records of a trip to Europe, genealogical information and photographs of family. Also photographs of Supreme Court Justices, friends and co-workers at the Court

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Stanley Phillip Louis Collection, 1915-1970 (K1203)
0.2 c.f.

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Hebrew Bibles, prayer book, and a season program for the Jewish Community Center's Resident Theatre.

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Donald Robert Lowe Papers, 1898-1970 (K0223)
0.5 c.f.

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Material collected by Lowe for his dissertation about Sir Carl Busch (1862-1943), noted Kansas City musician. Most are photocopies from local libraries and museums. Also microfilm of Carl Busch's extensive correspondence at the Royal Danish Library (some translations of the Danish); miscellaneous clippings and papers.

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Lowell Press Photographs, 1980 (P0667)
3 photographs

Images of the Westport district in Kansas City, MO

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Jeanette McVey Luhnow Collection, 1934-1979 (K0045)
0.3 c.f.

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Collected materials including notes, correspondence, and clippings gathered by Jeanette McVey Luhnow, niece by marriage, to William Volker relating to her activities, that of her mother Mary Lottie Moses McVey, to Volker, and the Ina Calkins Trust and William Rockhill Nelson

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Luke Sisters Collection, 1934-2003 (K0783)
0.1 c.f.

The sisters, Ida Rose and Zelda, were a singing and dancing team, specializing in tap and acrobatics during the Depression. Copies of photographs, advertisements, contracts, and clippings of many of their engagements. Also included is a listing of Zelda's dancing and singing engagements.

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Lykins Family Papers, 1841-1950 (K0294)
0.16 c.f.

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Scrapbooks and other items, chiefly clippings, documenting Mrs. Lykins' promotion of the establishment of the Home for Widows and Orphans of Confederate Soldiers: an account book kept for the Potawatomi Baptist School and Mission, which Lykins, missionary, businessman, mayor of Kansas City, MO, took over from his first father-in-law, Isaac McCoy; an account book by Lykins and Brent; and clippings of material written by Mrs. Lykins, Lykins, and others.

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Duane Evans Lyon Scrapbooks, 1913-1958 (C4319)
0.75 cubic feet (3 oversize volumes)

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The scrapbooks of a Missouri graphic artist contain original art, programs, exhibit announcements, correspondence, photographs, clippings, souvenir menu art, architectural home designs, contest ribbons, and other miscellaneous artwork.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Records, 1958-2013 (K0646)
39 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Opera and Opera Guild including scrapbooks, photographs, printed materials, public relations files, financial records, minutes, bylaws, and newspaper clipping.

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LeRoy Daniel MacMorris Papers, 1893-1980 (K0107)
9 c.f.

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Correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs of work, and some original art by MacMorris, nationally known portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer from Kansas City.

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Arthur Mag Papers, 1921-1981 (K0092)
9 c.f.

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Personal and civic papers of a prominent attorney and civic leader in Kansas City

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Sidney Magazine Papers, 1920-1990 (K1192)
0.2 c.f.

Magazine owned Magazine, Lerner and Minda CPA and a civic leader in the Jewish Community in Kansas City, MO. Includes family photographs depicting life events and his Westport High School report cards.

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Barbara Ann Magerl Papers, 1978-1993 (K0559)
1 c.f.

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Programs, printed materials, public relations related to Kansas City area historical and cultural activities collection by Magerl, a writer and local historian.

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Mallin Family Papers, 1916-2009 (K1055)
0.25 c.f.

Includes articles, photographs, newspaper clippings, interviews on DVDs, and correspondence relating to the family, with particular emphasis on Mel Mallen's business in loft conversion in Kansas City, MO.

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Joseph John Maloney Papers, 1924-1992 (K0423)
13 c.f.

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Personal papers, research and background materials, writings and other documents from an investigative reporter for the Kansas City Star and an author and poet.

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Man of the Month Fraternity Records, 1947-1985 (K0189)
0.16 c.f. (8 folders)

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Listing of members of the Man of the Month Fraternity, including biographical statements on many club members and articles on members which appeared in WHB's Swing magazine.

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