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Committee FOR Annexation Records, 1963-1964 (K0086)
0.3 c.f.
Materials in support of the annexation of the Hickman Mills school district to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District. Also campaign information of an earlier school levy increase is included, as well as research materials related to the advantages of annexation, campaign literature distributed, and news clippings
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Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) Records, 1976-2012 (K0914)
22.2 c.f.
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.
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Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) Records, 1999-2001 (K0913)
2.5 c.f.
COMBAT was a Jackson County supported anti-drug program. Includes administrative records, grant materials, notes, reports, printed and published materials, and newspapers clippings.
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Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols Collection, 2005-2007 (K0915)
3 c.f.
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.
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Community Children's Theatre Records, 1947-1999 (K1255)
19 c.f.
Organizational records of Kansas City area Children's Theatre group made up of a number of local theater companies: presidents files, committee notebooks, minutes, rosters, financial records, programs, publications, newsletters, and photographs. Also plays/scripts and performance photographs. scrapbooks, various books, catalogues, and professional publications.
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Community Survey for Kansas City Foundations Report, 1948 (K0196)
0.2 c.f.
Report of Community Surveys, Inc.'s study evaluating the social, health, recreational, and educational needs of Kansas City and to develop a prioritized blueprint for philanthropic support in the community anticipating creation of Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations (KCATF).
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Community Video Advisory Board (CVAB) Records, 1969-1992 (K0403)
1 c.f.
Administrative materials of the Board which oversaw operation of American Cablevision's public access channel. Also information from Ecumedia, an interfaith, nonprofit television show on Channel 30 of American Cablevision, and the Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency (MICA), a council of churches that brought the Christian community together.
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Congregation B'nai Jehudah Collection, 1950-2011 (K0649)
1 c.f.
The Congregation is the oldest reform temple in Kansas City, MO. includes newsletters and publication from the Congregation.
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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner (BIAV) Collection, 1969 (K0916)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
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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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner Collection, 1915-2003 (K1303)
0.3 c.f.
he collection contains a scrapbook documenting the activities of the Giborim
Chapter of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth and other miscellaneous
materials related to local Jewish synagogues and organizations.
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Congregation Beth Shalom Records, 1917-2002 (K0602)
37.12 c.f.
Organizational records including minutes, financial records, correspondence, commemorative booklets, brochures, speeches, photographs, VHS cassettes of rabbinical lectures, religious activities, and various school programs.
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Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood Records, 1961-2006 (K0603)
12 c.f.
Organizational records of the Sisterhood including by-laws, committee reports, financial documents, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the year's activities including meetings, conferences, and social gatherings.
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Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection, no date (KA2607)
8 c.f.
The Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection contains eight cubic feet of VHS videotapes, primarily focused on the lectures of Rabbi Morris Margolies, who served the congregation in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Congregation Ohev Shalom Collection, 1977-2007 (K0682)
0.1 c.f.
Books commemorating the 100th and 130th anniversaries of Congregation Ohev Shalom, and video recording of program honoring Rabbi Daniel Horowitz.
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Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, 1994-2008 (K1385)
0.49 c.f. (15 folders)
Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, The Briefer, 1994-2008
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Congregation Shir Chadash Collection, 1980 (K1327)
0.1 c.f.
The Congregation Shir Chadash Collection consists of newsletters and member directories from the now inactive Kansas City synagogue.
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William Elsey Connelly Letters, 1900-1911 (K0203)
0.01 c.f.
Letters written by Connelley, noted Kansas historian, to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, journalist, author, and reformer, relating to Connelley's research into the life of John Brown and other projects. Gives his candid opinions about prominent political and literary personalities in Kansas, and some insight into Connelley's personal life.
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Conservatory of Music Collection, 1918-1976 (K0917)
0.3 c.f.
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.
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Consolidated Copper Creek Mining Company Records, 1906-1909 (R1030)
(1 folder)
This is material concerning the Consolidated Copper Creek Mining Company, which owned mines in Arizona and Colorado but had corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri. Included are promotional materials and receipts for shares of stock from the company's financial agent, Isaac W. Dumm.
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Construction and General Laborers Local Union No. 264 Photograph Collection, 1957-1958 (K0684)
0.25 c.f.
Photographs of construction and demolition activities, both residential and commercial, presumably by union members of Local #264. Includes Longview Farm, Municipal Auditorium, and other buildings and grain elevators in the general Kansas City area. Also a small amount of correspondence from Theodore L. Irving, President of the Local.
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Laurie Perry Cookingham Papers, 1932-1980 (K0057)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, autobiography drafts, and other materials pertaining to Cookingham's period of service as city manager of Kansas City and other cities
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Kenneth E. Coombs Papers, 1960s-1970s (CA5865)
5 cubic feet
Project files of a Kansas City architect related to historic restoration projects in Missouri. Includes correspondence, photographs, survey material, planning documents, financial records, and architectural drawings.
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Cooperative Consumers of St. Louis Records, 1933-1941 (S0157)
0.25 cubic foot, 11 folders
The records of the Cooperative Consumers of St. Louis contains bylaws, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, co-op catalogs, and descriptive literature documenting this Depression-era consumers' cooperative's efforts to volume purchases from wholesalers and offered merchandise for sale to members at a reduced cost.
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The Council fostered inter-institutional outreach and collaboration between Jewish and non-Jewish women's religious organizations. Includes a scrapbook documenting the Council's activities.
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Albert Copaken Collection, 1917 (K0862)
0.2 c.f.
Leather-bound Bible presented to Y.M.H.A. and Y.W.H.A. by the young Women's Hebrew Association in memory of Alfred Benjamin (1859-1923)
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Arnold Lester Coppaken and Helen Glass Coppaken Papers, 1943-1975 (K0884)
0.04 c.f.
The Arnold Lester and Helen Glass Coppaken collection contains graduation programs, a certificate of Mr. Coppaken's, newspaper clippings, and photographs of Mrs. Coppaken and friends.
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Phyllis Miller Copus Collection, 1950s-1970s (CA6286)
4 cubic feet
Genealogy and other family history materials, both printed and video, from the Howell, Holden, Shutt, and Sandifer families, of Dallas, Jackson, Cass, and Lafayette Counties, Missouri. The collection also includes the Margie Ellis Howell Papers, a collection acquired by Copus after Howell's death. These papers include information on the Ellis, Howell, Parkes, Perry, and Hammonds families of Missouri.
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Raymond E. Corey Photograph Collection, 1965-1995 (K1311)
8.45 c.f.
Photograph collection of former staff photographer for the Kansas City Star, ca 1965-1979. Corey photographed events and news of the day, fashion, political and notable figures, social unrest and feature stories.
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Frank Morgan Cortelyou Papers, 1855-1976 (K0042)
1 c.f.
Personal, family, and business papers of civil engineer Frank M. Cortelyou, co-founded the firm of Harrington and Cortelyou, including financial notes and records, some correspondence, photographs, and field notes.
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Council of Clubs of Kansas City, Missouri, Records, 1901-2005 (K0686)
2 c.f.
Organizational records of the Council including minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, programs, printed materials, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks. Also yearbooks/directories of member organizations.
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Robert A. Cowling Architectural Records, 1947-1993 (K1153)
27 c.f.
Architectural drawings of buildings designed by Cowling and his associates, locally in Kansas City and nationally. He specialized in industrial facilities, particularly transportation related industries: Beechcraft, BMW, Mack Truck, and U-Haul.
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Henley Lafayette Cox Papers, 1906-1925 (K0579)
0.06 c.f.
Diplomas and transcripts relating to the educator of a Kansas City African-American educator.
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Cramer Minstrel Collection, 1934 (K0919)
0.03 c.f. (4 folders)
Scripts and programs for the Co-operative Club's 22nd birthday dinner.
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Creager Family Papers, 1871-1938 (R1501)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)
The Creager Family Papers contain personal documents of the Creager family of Shannon County, Missouri. These materials include photographs, land records, wills, tax and insurance information.
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Thomas Francis Creamer Papers, 1910-1941 (K1220)
1 c.f.
Creamer was a railroad fireman. Includes family photographs, correspondence, and papers relating to the Creamer family in Illinois and Missouri. Also materials related to his work with the Baltimore and Ohio/Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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"Crime and Punishment: The Kansas City Municipal Workhouse", 1999 (CA5836)
1 video cassette
A 1999 program produced by a Kansas City television station.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers of Thomas T. Crittenden, governor of Missouri, 1881-1885, and U.S. consul general in Mexico City, 1893-1897. Letter book kept while he was consul general in Mexico.
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Asa Beebe Cross Papers, 1855-1940 (K0082)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, financial and business records of Cross, an early Kansas City architect, and his immediate family
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CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records, 1977-1998 (KA2612)
2 c.f.
The addition contains audio cassettes, posters, flyers, performance schedules, newspaper clippings, and membership lists related to the CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records.
CrossCurrents is a non-profit corporation in Kansas City, Missouri, dedicated to people creating their own culture.
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CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records, 1980-2009 (K0544)
10 c.f.
Organizational records and sound recordings of a not-for-profit which produces concerts, plays and community events.
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William Lee Crotty Papers, 1913-1919 (K0293)
0.5 c.f.
Research notes and writings of a local historian focused on the southern part of Kansas City and Jackson County, MO.
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Carl Crow Papers, 1913-1945 (C0041)
6 cubic feet (354 folders, 22 volumes), 6 oversize volumes
Bills, accounts, speeches, notes, correspondence and book and article manuscripts on a wide range of subjects. Crow was a resident of China for a number of years and most of his writing was about China or related subjects. The collection includes a diary of a trip over the Burma Road, the diary of a Japanese soldier, and notes and articles on the Japanese opium trade.
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Cruise Palmer Papers, 1909-1977 (K0240)
1 c.f.
Palmer was a prominent journalist and a Executive Editor at the Kansas City Star. Contains news articles, photographs, and other documents related to the history and stockholders of the Kansas City Star Company; the professional journalist society, Sigma Delta Chi, for which Palmer was Kansas City chapter president; and the everyday work of a newspaper journalist.
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George W. Crum Memorial Service, 1971 (C3418)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a summary of the memorial service for a Kansas City businessman and brother-in-law of William Bradshaw of Columbia, Missouri.
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Peter K. Cullins Postcard Collection, 1900-1918 (P0249)
32 postcards
Postcards of Columbia, Kansas City, St. Louis, and the 1904 World's Fair.
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Louis Ardie Cumonow Papers, 1961-2005 (K1054)
1 c.f.
Photographs, clippings, certificates, awards and albums of Cumonow, founder of Gateway Sporting Goods Company.
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Conrad J. Curtis Architectural Records Collection, 1950-1992 (K0683)
34 c.f.
Architectural drawings, job files, and business records for an architect who specialized in schools and small business buildings.
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Sandra F. Czarlinsky Papers, 1945-2006 (K1319)
0.25 c.f.
photographs, Center High School yearbook, Temple B'nai Jehudah Sisterhood "Gaslight" publications 1961-1970