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Journeymen Tailors' Union of America Local No. 64, Kansas City Records, 1892-1914 (K1276)
0.1 c.f.

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Meeting minutes, issues of "The Tailor," the official journal of the union, a bill of prices, and an advertisement for the Custom Tailors Union Label.

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Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri Records, 1914-2000 (K0365)
35 c.f.

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Organizational records of this philanthropic and service organization. Includes minutes, newsletters, directories, yearbooks, information on various community agencies supported by the organization through the work of its members.

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Junior League of St. Louis Records, 1914-2005 (S0628)
25 cubic feet, 616 folders, 2 phonograph records, 1 audio tape, 1 16mm film, 2406 photographs

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The Junior League of St. Louis is an educational, charitable organization that started in 1915, evolving out of the Junior Equal Suffrage League. Their mission is to promote volunteerism, develop the potential of women, and improve the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The collection contains board minutes and committee minutes; material relating to the many programs and projects the League has sponsored over the years; the League's publications, including "Topics," "League Letter," and membership directories. Also included are a small artifact collection and an extensive photograph collection depicting all aspects of the organization.

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Kaiser-Pilgrim Family Papers, 1880s-1930s (C4339)
0.3 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Assorted photographs of the Kaiser-Pilgrim families, also including genealogical notes and artistic sketches by Martin Kaiser.

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Kalb Family Papers, 1909-1985 (S0272)
1 cubic foot

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The Kalb Family Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, patents, and financial reports pertaining to the Kalb family and Kalb Electric Company’s establishment and operation. Founded in 1909 by Ralph Tennent Kalb, Sr., the Kalb Electric Company is a Maplewood-area business dedicated to lighting installation, chandelier and lamp restoration, and custom lighting designs. Kalb, Sr. also served as a City of Maplewood Councilman for nearly 14 years.

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Louis and Bernita Anna (Quick) Kallenbach Family Papers, 1897-1960 (S1216)
1 cubic foot

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The collection contains correspondence that Louis and Bernita Kallenbach and their sons, Maurice and Travis, sent to or received from relatives, friends, and business associates. The collection also contains photographs, school report cards, and a bank book.

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Kane County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1838-1926 (C2360)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Inscriptions from four cemeteries: Garfield Cemetery, Wasco, 1845-1962; Little Wood Cemetery, Dunham Woods, 1838-1962; Thatcher Cemetery, Maple Park, 1842-1962; and Whitney Cemetery, Wasco, 1837-1962.

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Kansas City Academy of Medicine Records, 1890-1924 (K0187)
0.1 c.f.

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A history and minutes of the Academy, a competitor to the Jackson County Medical Society. Photographs, a calendar and a program are also included.

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Kansas City Aero Club Scrapbook, 1909-1914 (K0497)
0.3 c.f.

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Clippings from Kansas City newspapers concerning balloon racing. Also brochures.

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Scrapbook, 1908-1996 (K1033)
0.20 c.f. (3 folders)

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Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the history of Kansas City.

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Kansas City Slide Manufacturing Company Records, 1914-1967 (K0637)
30 c.f.

Advertisements, catalogs, original art, artifacts, and photographic negatives used to produce glass slides.

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Kansas City Southern Railway Company Collection, 1894-1968 (R1314)
1.5 cubic foot (13 folders, 322 photographs)

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The Kansas City Southern Railway Company Collection contains materials related to the careers of father and son, Frank M. Switzer and George M. Switzer who combined worked for the line for over 80 years. The collection includes photographs, promotional material, travel passes, timetables, company publications, equipment diagrams, and advertisements.

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Kansas City Star Collection, 1868-1954 (P0116)

A limited collection of images sourced from the photographic collections of the Kansas City Star newspaper.

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Kansas City Structural Steel Company Records, 1909-1980 (K0770)
0.5 c.f.

Bound annual reports of the Company. Also the book, "The First 60 Years: The American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. 1921-1980" by Leslie H Gillette.

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Kansas City Ten-Year Plan Records, 1870-1938 (K0272)
2 c.f.

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Records relating to the depression era bond issue that resulted in the construction of a number of civic buildings and community improvement projects in Kansas City MO. Includes research, drafts, and photographs for the book, Where the Rocky Bluffs Meet: The Story of the Kansas City Ten-Year Plan.

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Kansas City Turner Society (Socialer Turnverein) Records, 1867-1988 (K0771)
11 c.f.

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Organizational records of the primary German social club in Kansas City. Includes minute books, ledgers, correspondence, photographs, and membership records, and national and local printed material and publications, programs, and songbooks Also records of the Turner Development Company and the administration of Turner Park.

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Kansas City Typographical Union (ITU) #80 Records, 1880-1994 (K0208)
44 c.f.

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Minutes for regular and executive board meetings including financial statements, contracts the original Local 80 charter, dues-earnings ledgers, photographs, and a few artifacts Also the records of the Kansas City Mailers Union #7 and the Communication Workers of America #6325, which merged with the ITU.

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Kansas City University Extension Center Records, 1905-1930 (K1035)
0.2 c.f.

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The Extension Center was an adult education program sponsoring national speakers on contemporary political and social issues. Includes the financial secretary's reports and programs.

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"Kansas City's Memorable Dates and Events, 1803-1920," George Fuller Green, 1803-1920 (C2905)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief descriptions of significant dates in the history of Kansas City, 1803-1920.

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Kansas City, Clinton, and Springfield Railway Company Records, 1892-1918 (R0091)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Kansas City, Clinton, and Springfield Railway Company Records contains a microfilm copy of a cash book and journal. The Kansas City, Clinton, and Springfield Railway was an independent line with close ties to the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis system. The Clinton line came under control of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company in 1898.

Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad Company Records, 1917-1946 (R0098)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad Company Records contain a microfilm copy of a ledger with records of lease and income payments made by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company. The Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad operated between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama. It was created by consolidation in 1887, and was leased to the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad in 1903.

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Kansas City, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1871-1985 (P1116)

An artificial collection of photographs of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City, Missouri, Tornado Aftermath Collection, 1886-1950 (K1374)
.1 c.f.

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The Kansas City, Missouri, Tornado Aftermath Collection contains photographs of Kansas City and a book of etchings by Lyman Byxbe donated by Wayne Hepler.

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Kansas Town Company Records, 1839-1957 (K0352)
0.27 c.f.

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Original records of the Town Company which was the origin of Kansas City, MO. Includes minutes and financial accounts of the corporation: lists of lots sold, notes receivable, distribution of proceeds, holdings, and minutes of the proprietors' meetings. Also research on the town site, the Town Company, its Founders, and the Town of Kansas from its origin until 1850.

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Marjorie R. Kantor Collection, 1881-1988 (K1062)
0.5 c.f.

Genealogical research and records gathered by Kantor, former Genealogy Chairman of the Heart of America Jewish Historical Society. Includes correspondence, original documents, genealogical data, and some photographs pertaining to the Gross, Rosenblum, White, Glatt, and Goodson families. also constitution, preamble, photographs and membership card of Julius Peltzman for the Irari Club.

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Joseph Van Clief Karnes Papers, 1868-1937 (K0287)
0.2 c.f.

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Autobiography of Karnes, an attorney prominent and influential member in the civic and legal community of Kansas City, MO. contains information on his family history and education, people he knew, the Kansas City public school and library system, and city charter reform. Also a small scrapbook comprised of clippings and writings.

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Kaskaskia Commons Collection, 1911 (R1377)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Kaskaskia Commons Collection contains information about the efforts of the people of Kaskaskia, Illinois to sell the commons to provide a school fund for their children. The collection contains a pamphlet detailing the history and qualities of the land as well as the plan and reasons for its sale. An abstract of title of the land is also included in the collection.

Kauffman Family Papers, 1917-2009 (K1011)
0.28 c.f.

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The collection consists of birth and death certificates, enlistment and discharge papers from the United States Army and Navy, and genealogical and historical information on the Kauffman family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Jim Richard Kauffman and his father Clarence Elmer Kauffman.

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William H. Kavanaugh Papers, 1861-1939 (C4251)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The Civil War memoir written by William H. Kavanaugh describes battles and events he witnessed or participated in with Company E, 1st Regiment, Infantry and Company D, 2nd Regiment, Infantry Volunteers, C.S.A., in addition to descriptions of his time in military prisons. Also includes genealogical material on the Kavanaugh family.

Ara Kaye Postcard Collection, 1896-1943 (P0395)
3 postcards

Postcards of Union Station, St. Louis, and Santa Fe Depot, Marceline, MO

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Wesley Kaylor Papers, 1857-1963 (C0349)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters of a Union soldier in Missouri to his family in Newark, MO. Also letter telling of his death in Ironton, MO, of improper vaccination.

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Kearney Family Papers, 1890-1969, bulk 1918 (C4605)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Material from a Holt County (Mo.) family, including letters from Harold Leslie Kearney who served in France during WWI.

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Bill Kearns Collection, 1886-2009 (C4140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection of a fiddle player and musician from Saline County, Missouri.

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Clarence Keathley Photograph Collection, 1905-1976 (P0177)
0.125 linear feet

Photos of mining from Ken magazine (1939), the Berryman CCC Camp No. 3733, agriculture, the Palmer Project, and the University of Missouri (ca. 1932-1934).

Mary Paxton Keeley Papers, 1830-1986 (C0848)
13.8 cubic feet (622 folders), 1 audio tape, 4 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items

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Papers of the first woman graduate of the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, in 1910.  She was active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, and photographer.  Material includes correspondence; diaries; manuscripts for Keeley’s articles, fiction, and poetry; clippings; audio cassettes; and photographs.

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Keifner Lumber Company Records, 1908-1973 (R1198)
27 cubic feet (66 Volumes, 7 folders)

These are records of the Kiefner Lumber Company and a predecessor firm, the J. Tlapek Lumber Company, at Perryville in Perry county, Missouri. Included are journals, daybooks, cash books, and miscellaneous papers.

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Carol Dobkins Keith Papers, 1859-1936 (C4122)
0.5 cubic feet

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The papers of Carol Dobkins Keith contain a variety of photographs, correspondences, legal papers, and souvenirs. The majority of the collection consists of photographs depicting several colleges, schools, churches, and religious leaders in Missouri. The correspondences and legal papers date from 1863 to 1876 and primarily discuss the requests of soldiers serving in the military. There is an assortment of souvenir items, particularly from Fulton, Missouri, and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado in the early 1900s.