Missouri -- Jackson County -- Independence

Scope and Contents The Jackson County Deeds Collection is a large collection of deeds, trusts, bills of sale, wills, and other documents, primarily from Jackson County, Missouri. These deeds date back to the earlies days of the county in the 1820s up until c.1950s. The collection is organized into two series: an index and the deeds. The deeds are organized by numbers found in the index, and the index is organized by name. To access the Jackson County Deeds, it is recommended to search the index first in order...

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This collection contains items relating to Jackson County, Missouri history. These items cover a wide range of the county with the cities of Independence, Kansas City, and Raytown separated into series. Included within this collection are ephemera from these cities’ school districts and events/programs. Items include commencement programs, reproductions of images, graduation invitations, performance brochures, reunion packet, student directory, football program, and school publications.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of newspapers printed, published, and created by students at various Jackson County, Missouri junior high, high schools and colleges or universities. The schools within this collection include Manual High and Vocation School, Paseo High School, Northeast Junior High School, Northeast High School, Southeast High School all of Kansas City. Truman High School published a monthly school magazine title,The Spirit. Colleges included in the collection are Junior College of...

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The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a part of the photo collection. Many photos have identifiable information with the photos or on the backs of the photos while others are unidentified. Many photos have come from estate sales or from donors who have no connection to the family.

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This collection primary covers the history of the genealogy branch of Mid-Continent Public Library, which has been located in several buildings in Independence, Missouri over the years. Included in this collection are photographs of staff, events, customers, and buildings. Many of the photographs have been scrapbooked. Other items in the collection are representative of the work done at the library including programs, newsletters, sign-in sheets, and thank you cards.

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This collection contains various newspapers published in the United States. The newspapers found within this collection are original items and were published in the 19th and 20th century. Titles include the Daily News, Rosecrans Flyer, Sweet Springs Herald, Baker Orange, The Northeast News, and the Northeast Shopper, The Confederate, Young America, and The Centennial Record.

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This collection contains the pages of scrapbooks about New Hope Baptist Church from 1967 to 2013. These pages include materials related to church services and events, and include materials such as photographs, letters, cards, programs, and flyers.

Scope and Contents All the items in the collection were donated together, but relate to the Guthrie, Sherman, and Grindley families. All are from the Kansas City area, but the connection between the families is not clear from the items. Some of the photographs in the collection are identified. Several school photographs from Ravenwood Elementary in North Kansas City School District and Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri have the names of those in the group photographs identified. One folder...

Scope and Contents This collection contains records for the Steinhauser and related families. Records include family Bible pages, funeral books, vital records, newspaper articles, genealogy, correspondence, probate records, wills, and photographs. The funeral books contain such items as obituaries, funeral programs, flower cards, condolences, and burial information. Originally, many of the photographs were in albums, but many of the photographs were removed, sorted by families, and labeled. Although some...

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This collection consists of yearbooks distributed by the Women’s Civic Club. These books provide details on club members, activities, past and current presidents, constitutions and bylaws, and achievements. Each book also states the club collect and flower.