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William James Ryan Papers, 1914-1996 (K0457)
10 c.f.
Research material, draft manuscripts, and oral history interviews and transcripts related to Ryan's book and other writings on the history of radio and television broadcasting in the Kansas City region.
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Elaine Baum Ryder Papers, 1908-2006 (K0701)
1 c.f.
National Register of Historic Places forms written by Ryder while a researcher for the Kansas City Landmarks Commission, booklets, books, newspaper clippings and magazines, and photographs.
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S. Patti Construction Company Records, 1916-1976 (K0021)
114 c.f.
Progress photographs of construction jobs in Missouri, Kansas and Alaska done by S. Patti Construction Company and associates. Also included are architectural drawings of structures for which they were the contractor
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Howard Frederic Sachs Papers, 1960-1981 (K0550)
4 c.f.
Personal, family and professional papers of Federal Judge with the Western Missouri District Court. Also research and writings on the history of the Jewish community in Kansas City, MO.
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Eugene Sackin Papers, 1918-1940 (K0705)
0.5 c.f.
A scrapbook kept by Sackin while overseas during World War II. Also World War I letters from Isadore Levin to his family dated 1918.
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Saint David's Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City Records, 1966-2015 (K1201)
2 c.f.
Organizational records including minutes, newsletters, memorabilia, rosters, photographs and two bound volumes. Also files for the 61st Annual Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, held in Kansas City, MO.
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Saint Mary's Hospital of Kansas City Photographic Documentation, 2004 (K1202)
0.1 c.f.
Photographs documenting the Hospital prior to its demolition.
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Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.
Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.
Rhea Silverbery Salasche-Kaseff Papers, 1952 (K1144)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Rhea Salasche-Kaseff Papers contain a May 1952 edition of the Beth Shalom Sunday School newsletter, "The Comet."
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John K. Samuel Collection, 1839-1981 (K0081)
0.3 c.f. (12 folders)
Photocopied scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper clippings, reminiscences and some copies of original material related to the history of Barry, Clay County, Missouri, the Chevis-Samuel Tavern, and Missouri Town-1855. Also material related to the Chevis and Samuel families of Barry, Missouri.
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Harold David "Hal" Sandy and Wilda Barmore Sandy Collection, 1974-1995 (K0718)
3 c.f.
Research notes, photographs, draft manuscripts for various local history writings by the Sandys. Includes Articles, promotional materials, working drafts, photographs, slides and talks concerning their book, "Here Lies Kansas City," articles, correspondence, taskforce report, notes, and resolutions relating to various historic preservation projects.
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Santa Fe Place Historic District Collection, 2004-2005 (K0456)
0.3 c.f.
The District National Register Nomination Update #2, 2005, including the Santa Fe Place Historic District Design Guidelines and the Memorandum of Agreements relating to the District. Also files on the Lovett Place Apartments Demolition Project.
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Marshall Bryan Saper Collection, 1984-1991 (K1065)
16 c.f.
Saper was a clinical psychologist in private practice an author, lecturer and radio talk show host on KCMO. Includes audio recording of his popular call-in radio program.
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Saunders Family Papers, 1877-1973 (C4248)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders)
The Saunders family papers contains family photographs, correspondence to and from Eva Pearl and Ed Saunders and other documents related to the Saunders, Danner, and Barker, families of Cass County, Missouri.
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Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1879-1999 (K1180)
7 c.f.
Organizational records pertaining to the Swedish in Kansas City. Includes meeting minutes, by-laws, and member rosters. Also programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and research files for the Association's 50th Anniversary History book.
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Charles W. Scarritt Papers, 1870-1937 (K0675)
0.5 c.f.
Scarritt, of the prominent Kansas City Scarritt family, was a Methodist pastor, businessman, realtor, and civic leader. Includes letters written to Charles by members of his family, Mrs. Calvin (Grace) Coolidge, and poet Grace Noll Crowell. Also family photographs and other family memorabilia and papers.
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Nathan Scarritt Family Papers, 1839-1962 (K0248)
1 c.f.
Newspaper clippings, articles, announcements, correspondence, and publication relating to the Scarritt and Chick families, two early families in Kansas City. Deeds and leases concerning the property owned by Scarritt and his estate. Also are family histories and a diary and autobiography of Nathan Scarritt, Methodist minister and missionary and early city builder.
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Scarritt-Royster-Swinney Family Papers, 1818-1989 (K0632)
71 c.f.
Family papers of three prominent families of Kansas City and Glasgow, MO. Includes a wide variety of materials including letters, postcards, speeches, newspaper articles, poetry, photographs, family items, business and personal papers, tributes to various individuals and historical papers and recollections.
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William H. Schlosberg and Marjorie E. Schlosberg Papers, 1985 (K0810)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 2 photographs)
This collection consists of two photographs of David Schlosberg and friends in preschool and as teenagers.
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Harold S. and Linda Donowitz Schlozman Papers, 1971 (K1051)
0.04 c.f.
Program of service entitled Weekday Evening Service, a service honoring Rabbi Gershon Hadas on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
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Morris Schlozman Papers, 1953-2004 (K1092)
0.2 c.f.
Schlozman was Business Manager and General Manager of Box Office, an international film trade journal. Includes materials pertaining to Congregation Beth Shalom (commemoration books, memories of Rabbi Gershon Hadas) and a articles and other materials from renowned Jewish scholar Irving Levitas.
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Vera Moore Schmitt Papers, 1970-1988 (K0450)
2 c.f.
Genealogical research of extensive correspondence and information gathered by Schmitt on various Missouri families. Also clippings, pamphlets, books, and photographs.
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Albert Schoenberg Records, 1915-1940 (K0793)
2 c.f.
Schoenberg was owner of Schoenberg Realty and Investment Company active in the downtown real estate business. Includes architectural drawings and photographs of buildings in downtown Kansas City, MO as proposed or built.
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George Carl Schowengerdt Papers, 1921-1922 (K0978)
0.3
Photographs of students and/or faculty of Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kansas.
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David Schuster Papers, 1915-1918 (K0926)
1 c.f.
Handwritten musical scores transcribed by Schuster, an early member of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra. Also includes published classical music.
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Sara Gibson Schwake Postcard Collection, 1904-1919 (P0040)
46 postcards
Missouri postcards, including views of Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Independence, ice flows on the Mississippi River, and the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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Clara Theresa Schweiger Trial Records, 1915-1917 (K0242)
0.2 c.f.
Trial transcripts and documents relating to a murder committed by Schweiger. She was defended by Mary Tiera Farrow, one of the first woman lawyers in Kansas City, MO.
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Scotford Stereographs, 1878-1881 (P0671)
6 photographs
Stereographs of Kansas City, MO, ca. 1878-1881.
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James W. Scott Papers, 1930-2007 (K0554)
4.5 c.f.
Correspondence, paperwork, political cartoons, various notes and booklets written and/or collected by Scott, reporter, editor, and later vice president of the Kansas City Star Company.
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Fred Lee Seevers Papers, 1931-1957 (K0714)
0.19 cubic foot (4 folders, 5 oversize photographs, 3 oversize items)
The Fred Lee Seevers Papers includes photographs, diplomas, directories, programs, membership cards, and constitution and by-laws relating to the Kansas City College of Veterinary Medicine and veterinary associations in the area.
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Shirley Kenis Seigle and Sidney M. Seigle Papers, 1950-1987 (K1186)
0.1 c.f.
Seigle was an educator, actress, and playwright who produced various events for Temple B'nai Jehudah Sisterhood Incudes bulletins, education/administration papers, programs, scripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Seigle's activities at the Temple.
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Theodore H. Seligson Architectural Collection, 1950-1995 (K0545)
235 c.f.
Administrative and financial records, correspondence, notes and other documents, and architectural drawings, by Seligson, and prominent Kansas City architect and educator, and his various firms.
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Senior Leadership of Johnson County, KS Records, 1996-2007 (K1181)
2 c.f.
Organizational records of a steering committee to coordinate a leadership program with Leadership Northeast for seniors in Johnson County. Includes minutes, committee reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, newsletters, photographs, floppy disks, and CDs.
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Daniel Serda Papers, 1976-2011 (K0687)
21 c.f.
Research materials gathered by Serda, a local historian, city planner, and faculty in the Department of Urban Planning, University of Kansas. Includes Kansas City bibliographic research, the Kansas City Stock Yards, the 1951 Flood, and other topics of his research and writing.
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SFS Architects Records, 1966-1988 (K1341)
2 c.f.
Archtitectural drawings (c. 1966-1988) for projects in the KC, MO, area including National Frontier Trails Visitor Center (1988)
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Leo Shalinsky and Arlene Shalinsky Papers, 1982-2010 (K1046)
0.09 c.f.
Includes materials of the Kansas City Jewish Marriage Encounter and the Retired Old Men's Eating Association (R.O.M.E.O) club.
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John Elliott Shamberg Papers, 1923-2001 (K0748)
9 c.f.
Correspondence between Shamberg, his family and friends, relating his college years, early career, World War II, and after the war. Shamberg was an attorney and personal counsel to Robert B. Docking, governor of Kansas,
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Patsy Dunn Shanberg Papers, 1963-2004 (K0801)
1 c.f.
Scrapbooks, photographs of Brandeis University National Women's Committee (BUNWC) events, family history and religious items. Of particular interest is a wooden, hand carved tzedakah box, model of Beth Shalom Synagogue.
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Lillian (Libby) Kodish Shankman and Philip Shankman Papers, 1919-1958 (K0779)
0.25 c.f.
The couple was the owners of Shankman's Oak Park Delicatessen, Kansas City, MO. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, a business cards, Sabbath schedules, wedding album, photo albums, their wedding certificate, and family scrapbooks.
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Sharp Family Papers, 1845-1994 (K0553)
26.5 c.f.
Personal correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, slides, photographs and records the Sharp family and the Wells family of Kansas City, MO and Johnson County, KS. Includes the papers of Hazel Wells Sharp (1910-2002) an educator for more than 40 years who taught school in Kansas City, MO and in the Wiesbaden American Schools in Germany.
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Mary Rose Shaughnessy Collection, 1930 (K0845)
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Photocopy of a brochure of photographs of houses designed by Clarence E. Shepard, Kansas City architect. Includes house owners' names and addresses.
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Barbara Rosa Barnett Shelley Papers, 1850-1980 (K0049)
3 c.f.
Personal, business, and legal documents pertaining to the Barnett, Williamson, and Shelley families.
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Shepherd's Center of America Records, 1972-2006 (K1183)
29 c.f.
The Center provided life-long learning and other services for older people so they could maintain independence. The organizational records of the national office of the Center includes history files, Board of Directors and committee files, newsletters and mailings, planning and program files, national and regional conference files, leadership training materials, photographs, cassette, floppy discs, and video tapes.
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Shepherd's Center-Central Kansas City, MO Records, 1972-2011 (K0600)
8 c.f.
Organizational records of the local chapter, the first for the life-long education and support services for the aging national organization. Includes board of directors' minutes, annual reports, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks.
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Sophie Beatrice ""Bee"" Kurs Sherman Papers, 1941-1986 (K0893)
0.07 cubic foot (7 folders, 1 photograph)
The Sophie Beatrice "Bee" Kurs Sherman Papers contain columns, scripts, and song lyrics written by Bee Sherman, a member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue, as well as a certified copy of Sherman's birth record, a photograph, and two newspaper clippings.
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William Henry Sherman Papers (collection removed by donor 7/2/2014), 1924-1992 (K1239)
5 c.f.
Sherman was a career officer with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and a World War II veteran. Includes slides, 8 mm film, and photographs taken during World War II in Germany, France, Belgium and North Africa. Also materials pertain to Sherman's responsibilities in the Philippines during the early 1950's: correspondence with Princess Tarhata Kiram of Jolo, Sulu, Philippines; and a journal kept by Sherman while in Jolo.
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Steven George and Judith Lyons Sherry Papers, 2011-2012 (K1020)
0.02 c.f.
Includes a list of people involved in the Kansas City area Garment Industry including a list of labels, manufacturers and wholesalers, other manufacturers and businesses relevant to the industry; designers, milliners, dry goods stores, retailers, restaurants, and other businesses. Also an autobiography written by Steve Sherry.
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SHIELD AMERICA (Kansas City, Mo.), 1941 (C2548)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Six issues of paper of the America First Committee, Kansas City, MO, August-November 1941.
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R. Edgar Shook Papers, 1937-1946 (K1133)
1 c.f.
Shook was an attorney in Kansas City, MO active in politics. Includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings chronicling Shook's tenure as a member of the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners and as president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners.
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Sylvia Minkin Shopmaker Oral History Transcription, 1985 (K1213)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
This collection includes a transcription of an oral history interview conducted by Lililan Kranitz with Sylvia Minkin Shopmaker, focusing on her life, her family history, and the Jewish community of Kansas City.