Kansas City Manuscript Collections

The collection contains a book detailing the life of Golda Svea Rosen. The book is a compilation of family pictures, documents, and information pertaining to Golda's life as she raised a family, worked as a social worker, and became a leading figure in various social work and Jewish community groups in Kansas City, Missouri.

Papers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Superintendent. Includes histories of TWA, speeches and manuscripts by employees, policy and procedure information, clippings and photographs.

Reports and studies researched and collected by the Institute, a Kansas City research "think tank" focused on social welfare and education issues. Also correspondence, research data, and other administrative files.

Personal correspondence, research materials, lecture notes, photographs, audiotapes, travel materials, ephemera and journals containing Warren's observations of China during her work as an editor and writer and her travels to China.

Diaries, notebooks, some correspondence, and financial records of Knox, a physician in Kansas City, MO.

Administrative records, board minutes, legislation on federal and state levels, community contact and involvement, funding and programs offered and administered by Rediscover and its predecessors.

Administrative records of an arts education organization. Includes minutes, correspondence, program announcements, performance information, financial records, fundraising efforts, and scrapbooks.

Administrative records of a social service agency which operated in Kansas City, KS. Includes correspondence, financial records, board of directors' materials, personnel files, program files, and related material.

Formal bids for public works construction in Kansas City, MO.

The collection contains administrative records for the Kansas City regional office relating to the effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in Missouri. It includes minutes, bylaws, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, financial documents, speeches, reports, and other materials, dated between 1972 and 1982.

Personal papers of Brennan, a civic leader and former City Council member of Kansas City, MO.

Research notes, computer printouts, and drafts of Martin's UMKC MA Thesis, "the Hidden Community: The Black Community of Kansas City, Missouri, During the 1870s and 1880s."

Business and organization records of this Library network group within the Greater Kansas City area.

Interviews, surveys and research notes pertaining to a series of studies carried out by the Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago. Included are case files, organizational files, reports, blank forms and study samples.

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning Kansas City history.

Scrapbook of clippings concerning Jackson County and Independence, MO history.

Scrapbook of clippings concerning Western American history.

Photographs, newspaper articles concerning the works of the German-born, Kansas City area sculptor.

Jewelers' trade journal published in Kansas City, MO.

Research notes and papers of Porter and his wife Mae Reed Porter, regarding families engaged in the fur trade in the Kansas City area, and the American West. Included are files on the Chouteau Family of Kansas City, the Charbonneau Family, Moses "Black" Harris, and the Thomas Vasquez Family.

Organization records of the Commerce including general files of clippings, brochures, and correspondence; photographs; and slides, motion picture film, videotape, and audiotape.

An artificial collection of photographs from various sources collected by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.

Notes, photographs, negatives, and publications of a regional Jewish newspaper.

Records of a Swedish society established in Kansas City, MO. Includes ledgers, treasurers' records, correspondence, membership files, and photographs.

Minute book and other documents relating to an association of men and women who had crossed the American Plains. Also includes "old settlers", early settlers in Jackson County, MO.

Letter from Artenstine, member of the Kansas Militia to acquaintance Oscar Braecklein, a Kansas City druggist, concerning the militias deployment to the Battle of Westport.

Letter from a private in the Illinois 7th Cavalry from Camp Butler, IL and camp live and news.

Humorous letter concerning events in Kansas City, including a dance.

Souper, treasurer of the Missouri State Board of Immigration, writing to insurance firm, Getty & Liebing of Philadelphia, PA concerning a missing draft. More interesting is the letterhead of the Board on which the letter is written.

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

Certificate for land purchase from the United State Land Office in Lexington, MO for property in Johnson County, MO.

Check payable from C.R. Taylor to Warfield, just prior to his coming to Westport, MO where he becomes a prominent merchant, land owner, and one-time mayor.

Letter to attorney John C. Gage soliciting assistance in obtaining restitution for his farm and property destroyed by Federal troops carrying out Order #11 in Jackson County, MO during the Civil War.

Documents relating to City financial transactions of debt bonds made by Weston, treasurer of City of Kansas.

Letterpress volume of personal and professional correspondence of a prominent attorney in Kansas City, MO.

Photograph portraits of prominent Kansas City, MO businessmen removed from the first Convention Hall Cornerstone (1897).

Research and business records related to Ms. Millstein's work as an architectural historian. Includes notes, clippings, surveys, maps, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Organizational records and sound recordings of a not-for-profit which produces concerts, plays and community events.

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.

Personal papers of former Senior Vice President of J.C. Nichols Company. Includes publications, photographs, slides, clippings, speeches.

Printed material chiefly concerned with merchandising and promotions of products in electrical and hardware departments in his particular departments, but also relating to the chain as a whole. Also speeches, reports, other items

Personal and financial papers, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs of Mitchell, nephew of real estate developer J.C. Nichols, and onetime vice-president of the J.C. Nichols Company, and his wife and daughters. Also information on their parents, William Ansel and Maude Nichols Mitchell and Robert P. and Bertha Dicken Woods; and documents and photographs relating to J. C. Nichols and his family.

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.

Organizational records and research materials of a historical society in south Kansas City, MO. Also includes information on neighboring regions, and Watts Mill.

Correspondence, publications, membership information, financial records, event information, photographs, audio recordings, and educational materials for an organization devoted to interfaith cooperation and peace.

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.

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.

The Christopher Jackson Clark Papers consist of correspondence, training and operation materials, publications, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to his career with Trans World Airlines, his contribution redefining retirement within the organization, and his involvement with Save-A-Connie.

Organizational documents, including programs, contracts, sound recordings, public relations and advertising, and various administrative files of the Kansas City Philharmonic and its successor, the Kansas City Symphony.

Daily diary with entries on the weather; business activity; unusual events in the city such as runaway horses, Cholera, or the circus; record of visitors, letters written and received, and his travels during that year. Records was a merchant/farmer in Blue Springs, MO.

Personal and business papers of Paxton, former president of Paxton Lumber Company and civic leader in Kansas City, MO. Includes material on the lumber business, and his interest in education and the Guadalupe Center. Also extensive genealogical research on the Paxton family.

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

Vile was a civic leader and founder and chairman of the board of Vile-Goller/Fine Arts Printing and Lithographing Co. Personal and professional correspondence of Vile including newspaper columns and manuscripts he wrote; materials related to his various community and civic activities; honors, awards and recognitions received; family history; and travel literature.

Records and video tape of first court case in Missouri and the country permitting testimony by video.

Personal professional files and collected materials of former TWA hostess, supervisor and director of customer service, and historian of TWA. Also articles written by the Gieschen, histories and recollections by former employees, and correspondence between two pioneers of TWA, Hal Blackburn and Gordon "Parky" Parkinson. And research materials, photographs, and correspondence concerning Watts Mill and Dallas, MO.

Publications and records related to retired pilots of Trans World Airlines. Includes labor agreements, photographs of pilots, and seniority list.

Papers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. Includes TWA pilot training guides, operations manuals, handbooks, TWA Ambassador Magazine and various publications.

Articles, announcements, memoranda, newsletters, agreements, reports, and newspaper clippings on Flight Engineers' International Association's (FEIA) labor disputes from a flight engineer for Trans World Airlines (TWA).

Papers of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. Includes correspondence, invitations, pilot newsletters, newspaper clippings, card decks, photographs, and a TWA booklet.

Technical training materials of Trans World Airlines (TWA) mechanic and maintenance instructor. Includes technical training materials related to various aircraft and technical training guides, handbooks, service guides, base maintenance manuals, operations training, electrical/mechanical handbooks, refueling guides, customer training, and system schematics.

Lithographs of TWA airplanes collected by 40 year employee of Trans World Airlines (TWA).

The papers of Charles H. Horstmann contain collected information about Trans World Airlines (TWA) and Horstmann's career with TWA. In addition to Horstmann's biographical material, there are training manuals for new employees and management, correspondence between TWA and various employees, as well as newspaper clippings and other documents chronicling moments of TWA's history.

Papers of TWA flight engineer R.L. Proctor include training manuals, a flight engineers handbook, Far East Survey Flight notebooks, a few photographs and biographical information.

Scrapbook of Kansas City Star clippings collected by Bing, a former Trans World Airlines (TWA) employee.

Davis was a flight engineer with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Includes newsletters, publications, clippings, handbooks, and reports, and employee agreements, an employee grievance pamphlet, a retirement handbook, and a copy of a legal Motion for Intervention filed by Flight Engineers

Uniforms and training materials of flight attendant with Trans World Airlines (TWA).

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

The Sara Lees Mason Papers contain correspondence, photographs, and training materials related to Mason's career as an airline hostess, in-flight supervisor, and director of customer service with Trans World Airlines.

Papers of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Hostess, line and new hire instructor. Includes instructional materials, manuals, brochures, and flight information.

Papers from former member of Board of Directors of Trans World Airlines (TWA). Includes stockholder meeting reports, minutes, bankruptcy reports, annual reports, and miscellaneous reports.

Papers and artifacts of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostess. Includes hostess pins and name tags, public relations photographs, promotional items, an emergency procedures handbook, a framed award, model airplanes.

Diplomas and transcripts relating to the educator of a Kansas City African-American educator.

Organizational records of a professional engineering auxiliary. Includes by-laws, annual reports, president's papers and reports, officer's reports, financial reports, rosters, publicity and photographs.

Audio broadcast newscasts made by Vaughan dealing with major news events in the metropolitan Kansas City, and Lawrence, Kansas areas.

Personal and professional papers including correspondence, letters, and cards to Margolies, Rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom, and his wife Ruth, who was active in Hadassah, the Beth Shalom Sisterhood, and the Women's League for Conservative Judaism. Also lectures (VHS) Rabbi Margolies gave at Beth Shalom during and after his tenure as Rabbi.

Articles, correspondence, photographs, and other items relating to Solomon, Rabbi at Kehilath Israel Synagogue, and to his wife, Betty Mallin Solomon.

Organizational records of the Club. Includes minutes, financial and membership records, and photographs.

Personal papers of Kansas City area resident, businessman and World War II veteran. Includes correspondence, publications and printed materials, and World War II military training materials, maps, and photographs.

Kinslow was technical expert in aircraft systems and procedures, and former Flight Instructor for Trans World Airlines and Federal Express. Includes flight and maintenance training materials, transparencies, wiring diagrams; also collected materials concerning Braniff, and Air Canada.

Personal papers of Wanger of St. Joseph, MO who served as Company Clerk of Company "A", 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division in World War I. Includes letters, photographs, a manuscript and printed history of Company "A, artifacts and other documents relation to Company "A", its service in the War and after, its reunions, and the American Legion.

Personal papers of Wanger, a Police Judge in St. Joseph, MO including photographs, letters, and family other documents.

Architectural drawings, office files including specifications, correspondence, financial records, photographs of a prominent Kansas City area architectural firm that designed such buildings as the Philtower Building in Tulsa, the Scottish Rite Temple and Jackson County Courthouses in Kansas City and Independence, MO.

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.

Organizational records of the regional art history society. Includes minutes, membership information, correspondence, financial records, planning materials for meetings and conferences, and newsletters

Architectural drawings, maps, photographs and aerial photos, and job specifications, primarily concerned with the Muehlebach Hotel, the Empire Theater, Gayety Theater, and other buildings in Kansas City, MO area.

Organizational records of a Jewish women's organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the United States and Israel.

Research files of Wilson, Professor Emerita and former curator of the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection-University of Missouri-Columbia, concerning the history of the Kansas City Garment Industry.

A near complete set of the short-lived art and culture magazine published by the Kansas City Star newspaper.

Architectural drawings and other records for Kansas City architect Oshiver, as well as research and other materials relating to Sacred Structures, the Jewish Community in the Kansas City area, and other personal and professional activities.

Business records including architectural drawings, property abstracts, surveys, correspondence, and photographs of properties in the Waldo area of Kansas City,

One of the partners is the premier Kansas City architectural firm, Kivett and Myers. Includes scrapbook of Myers career, a CD history of Kivett and Myers, slides of buildings and places, and the slides and audio tape for the production of Architecture USA and DVD of the film produced by Myers.

Records of an organization created to educate citizens and lawyers about the "Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan", an amendment to the Missouri Constitution approved in 1940. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, and financial records. Also project files for the Law Student Ordinance Revision Program and film footage for an educational series entitled, "Your Day in Court".

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.

Organizational records including minutes, financial records, programs, rosters, photographs, slides, films, scrapbooks, and architectural records.

Organizational records including minutes, financial records, correspondence, commemorative booklets, brochures, speeches, photographs, VHS cassettes of rabbinical lectures, religious activities, and various school programs.

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.

Organizational records of a women's educational and philanthropic club including minutes, a history of P.E.O., lists of presidents and officers, membership directories, state convention programs, and slides and program notes of Cottey College.

Organizational records including scrapbooks, minutes, membership records, and printed and published materials, programs, clippings, and photographs.