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Terence W. Cassidy Collection, 1879-1991 (K0302)
95 c.f.

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Collected materials of Cassidy, librarian and historian, concerning the history of street railway systems, interurbans, and buses in the Midwest, particularly the Kansas City area. Includes Cassidy's personal and research files: printed materials, publications, articles, and photographs. Also administrative records of the Kansas City Street Railway Company, the Kansas City Public Service Company, and the Kansas City Area Transit Authority.

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Cave Spring Association Records, 1975-1984 (K0668)
6 c.f.

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Organizational records for an urban nature center and historic overland trails site, includes minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, and research and informational files.

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Center for Aging Resource Library, 1970-1990 (K0906)
38 c.f.

Research materials donated by the Center on Aging Studies at UMKC, collected materials gathered from other universities and programs deal with aging issues

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Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) Records, 1986-1998 (K0907)
0.11 c.f.

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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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Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) Records, 1880-2009 (K0670)
7 c.f.

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Organizational records and other research materials relating to the activities of CAJE and the history of the Jewish Community in Kansas City, particularly in preparation of the book, Mid-America's Promise: A Profile of Kansas City Jewry. (includes oral history cassettes and VHS recordings)

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Central High School Yearbook, 1924 (K1382)
.1 c.f.

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The collection contains a single yearbook, The Centralian, for Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, dated 1924.

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Central Industrial District Records, 1920-2000 (K0671)
17 c.f.

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Organizational records of the business association for Kansas City's industrial district in the West Bottoms. Includes minutes, membership information, studies, reports, and research data relating to the District and Kansas City generally. Also included are documents relating to historic preservation.

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Mrs. Henry Certain Collection, 1915-1953 (P0526)
1 folder

Postcards of Cooper County schools, including Kemper Military School, and Kansas City. Photographic postcard of Conley & Myers Bank, Columbia. Photo of the Parade of Masons in Carthage.

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Octave Chanute Papers, 1860-1890 (K0292)
0.2 c.f.

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Selected microfilm of the Papers of Octave Chanute from the Library of Congress covering the periods when Chanute, renowned engineer and bridge builder, was active in Kansas City. Correspondence, family papers, articles, patents, photographs, sketches, kite diagrams, plans for Chanute's railroad bridge across the Missouri River (Kansas City Bridge), and clippings.

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Alan Jay Chapman Papers, 1953-1969 (K0859)
0.1 c.f.

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The Alan Jay Chapman Papers contains issues of the Milgram "Hi Neighbor! News," newspaper clippings featuring Milgram ads, and a guestbook for the All American Food Fair.

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Harriett F. Charno Papers, 1939-1989 (K1266)
0.25 c.f.

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family photos including: Women's Athletic Club at JCC (WAC's), and Busy Bees

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Theodore H. "Ted" Charno Papers, 1935-1065 (K1294)
0.02 c.f.

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Photographs of Ted Charno, Missouri Valley Welterweight Boxing Champion, 1932, boxing instructor, American Youth club director, includes interior photograph of Charno Book Binding Co. ,

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George M. Chase Papers, 1862-1940 (K0536)
0.01 c.f.

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Letter and document ["passport"] identifying Chase, a Kansas City merchant from Maine, interstate travel Maine to Kansas City during the Civil War.

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Eugene Payne Chatman Records, 1932-1948 (K0318)
0.07 c.f.

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Delivery Room Record book of an African-American physican, listing names of patients; the attending nurse; and the date, time, and clinical details about the delivery. All of the patients appear to have been African-American.

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Joseph Chew Commission, 1855 (C1489)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commission as a curator of the University of Missouri, by Governor Sterling Price. Commission bears impression of the Missouri State Seal.

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Joseph Chew Orders, 1863 (C1490)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Orders, September 1863, forbidding Dr. Chew of Kansas City, MO, to reside in Platte, Clay, or Carroll Counties during the Civil War. Orders, October 1863, partially revoking September orders.

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Chicago and Alton Railroad Plat Map, 1880-1890 (K0195)
1 MR

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Plat maps of towns and cities in Illinois and Missouri through which the Chicago and Alton Railroad ran. They are mostly hand drawn and show the area of the community where the tracks and depots were located.

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company Promotional Booklet Collection, 1916 (R0815)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is "A Good Dairy Country: Central Missouri, Along Rock Island Lines, a booklet published by the "Rock Island" railroad to promote dairy farming and other agricultural pursuits along its route between Kansas City and St. Louis in Missouri.

Childbirth and Parent Education, Inc. of Kansas City Records, 1968-1980 (K0911)
1 c.f.

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

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Childbirth Education Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1966-1985 (K0676)
2 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Association including minutes, correspondence, public relations files, photographs, clippings, financial records, teaching manuals, and publications.

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Martha Patton Childers Collection, 1957-2011 (K0590)
13 c.f.

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Family papers of Childers, her mother Louise Childers, and sister, Virginia Childers containing correspondence, memorabilia, personal diaries, and other papers documenting the lives of these women.

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Chiles/Huston/Kearny Family Papers, 1850-1992 (K0677)
4 c.f.

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Newspaper clippings, U.S. maps, magazines, books, and event programs, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, cards, notebooks and diaries pertaining to the families in Kentucky, New England, and Jackson County, MO.

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Donald H. Chisholm Papers, 1972-1980 (C3708)
1.0 cubic foot (65 folders)

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Consisting primarily of correspondence relating to Donald Chisholm's chairmanship of the board of trustees of Park College, these papers contain information relating to the administration of a small liberal arts college in the Kansas City area during a period of financial crisis.

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Cyprian Chouteau Land Deed, 1835 (K0799)
0.01 c.f.

Land registrar procurement for 80 acres in T50 R33, s.w. corner of Sect.27, dated 4 Nov. 1835.

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Adrienne Tinker Christopher Papers, 1965 (C2906)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Three short articles concerning incidents, activities and people in early Westport, MO.

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City Movie Center Records, 1981-1987 (K0239)
0.2 c.f.

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Correspondence, programs, flyers, and newspaper articles related to the Center, an alternative film theater in Kansas City.

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City of Kansas Auditors Land Tax Register, 1880-1881 (K0372)
0.13 c.f.

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Register listing names and amounts of tax on land transactions in Kansas City, MO.

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City of Kansas Public Works Account Journal, 1872-1874 (K0369)
0.1 c.f.

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Account book for Kansas City, MO Public Works including the Engineers, Public Repairs, Public Improvements and Sewer Departments.

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Civil Research Institute Records, 1920-1966 (K0071)
15 c.f.

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Working papers for the Institute, whose purpose was to study problems in the Kansas City area with regard to politics, health, police, city budgets, charters, and state reorganization, independent of influences of local governments. The work involved preparing in-depth studies of the specific problem, its causes and possible solutions. These records contain much of the raw data collected during the research process.

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Civil War Regimental Histories, no date (C3500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Organization, orders, campaigns, mustering out, and casualties of ten Missouri regiments in the Civil War.

Charles Edward Clark Papers, 1930-2006 (K0673)
6 c.f.

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Research materials of a former Regional Director of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Includes newspaper clippings, journals, magazines, brochures, flyers, newsletters, and audio cassettes.

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Clear Boggy Oil and Gas Company Record, 1892-1930 (K0311)
0.25 c.f.

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Minutes, contacts/leases, correspondence, and maps for an oil and coal company which operated in Coal County, OK. Kansas City realtor Newton Booth Childs (1849-1925) was an officer of the company.

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Clearinghouse for Midcontinent Foundations (CMF) Records, 1973-1993 (K0680)
30 c.f.

The Clearinghouse was established for use by foundations and other funding institutions to exchange information and research requests for money. Includes correspondence and other planning materials for CMF conferences and meetings, publications and printed materials used by attendees, and photographs.

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Edwin McKaig Clendening Papers, 1887-1929 (K0262)
8 c.f.

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Correspondence, speeches, programs and brochures, meeting minutes, clippings, and photographs, of Edwin Clendening, businessman and Secretary of the Commercial Club, forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Correspondence deals with a wide range of topics, both personal and relating to the work of the Chamber.

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Lloyd H. Coale, Sr. Collection, no date (K0615)
0.07 c.f.

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Photographs relating to Coale's service in WWII as a doctor and his family in Kansas City, KS.

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Coates House Management Company Records, 1890-1900 (K0197)
0.1 c.f.

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Articles of Incorporation for the capital stock company, as well as the minutes of the annual meetings of the stockholders for the purpose of operating the Coates House as a hotel.

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Coates House Restoration Records, 1886-1982 (K0214)
0.3 c.f.

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Relate to the purchase and subsequent resale of the Coates House, a historic hotel in Kansas City, MO by The Historic Kansas City Foundation. includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, Coates House Task Force minutes, contracts, fundraising efforts, and handwritten notes.

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Jerome S. Cohen Papers, 1953-1996 (K0741)
20 c.f.

Personal and professional papers of the civic and business leader, including materials related to the American Humanics Foundation; H. Roe Bartle; the Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund; and the Kansas City Zoo. Also includes Ray Morgan's notes and drafts for Cohen's biography.

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Myrl A. Cohen and Florence W. Cohen Papers, 1967-1977 (K1272)
0.1 c.f.

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The papers consist of newspaper clippings and articles, programs, publications, and other items relating to Congregation Beth Shalom. The papers also include materials relating to the Shifra Gabra Fund, i.e. trust agreement, financial notes, correspondence, and articles covering the period ca. 1967-ca. 1977.

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Leslie D. Cohn Collection, 1985-2005 (K1053)
0.2 c.f.

Newspaper clippings, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle commemorative issues, and a Jewish Community Campus program

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Elbert C. Cole Papers, 1970-2000 (K0703)
2.5 c.f.

videotapes, scrapbook, film, manuscript material

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Richard Patrick Coleman Papers, no date (K1150)
5.2 c.f.

manuscript materials of book "A Midlands Establishment", not completed, also research notecards

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Collapse of the Women's Prison at 15th and Grand Collection, 1863-1956 (K0349)
0.12 c.f.

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Research correspondence and typed transcripts of historical documents, and Photostats of original documents from the National Archives concerning the event in Kansas City, MO on August 13, 1863.

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College Club of Kansas City Records, 1950-1996 (K0323)
3 c.f.

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Minutes, dues records, yearbooks, calendars of events, scrapbooks, and publicity files of the Club formed by American Association of University Women (AAUW) members who wished to have more control at the local level: to be a "non-profit group whose purpose would be to foster good fellowship among college women and to support local projects of a non-controversial civic, educational, and social service nature."

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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Kansas City Records, 1894-1905 (K0188)
0.25 c.f.

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The College of Physcians and Surgeons of Kansas City Records contain a bound volume of minutes from the Board of Trustees meetings, a diploma, and a photograph. There are some miscellaneous financial papers also included in the collection.

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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938 (C1392)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Newspaper and magazine articles on the history of Missouri: Champ Clark, Kansas City in 1830, Westport in 1855, John J. Pershing, Platte City, Santa Fe Trail, John Mason Peck, Civil War Battle of Westport, land grant to Evan B. Blair in 1844.

Elise Guignon Collins Collection, 1861-1986 (K0704)
0.25 cf

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Clippings, correspondence, photographs, and papers concerning the history of Kansas City, the area around Visitation Church at 52nd and Main, researched by Collins; and pamphlets, newspaper clippings, regarding the Guignon and Boussier families.

Tom Collins Papers, 1908-1985 (K0830)
0.5 c.f.

Collins was a noted humorist and author. Includes newspaper clippings, brochures, magazines, photographs and a phonograph record relating to Collins career.

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Commercial Club of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1886-1913 (K0264)
0.2 c.f.

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Scrapbooks of media coverage for the activities of the Club (forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce), as well as many of Kansas City's civic events.

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