Missouri -- Jackson County -- Kansas City

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials related to Northwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri. These materials include student newspapers from the school, as well as student registers, photographs of some of the early graduating classes, class rosters, and memorabilia collected by students over the years. The collection also contains two boxes of minutes books and registers from various student clubs, including various literary societies, the Shakespeare Club, Mathematics Club, Girls’ Club,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains materials primarily collected by, created by, and about the Betz Family in Kansas City, Missouri. This includes original deeds from Kansas City, as well as family correspondences in both English and German. The collection also contains a number of photographic negatives, including many taken by Carl Egmont Betz, a family tree in French of the Garrigues family, and a folder of materials related specifically to Carl Betz. Also contained in the collection is a Poll Book...

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This collection contains issues of The Researcher, an in-house publication provided for employees at Research Medical Hospital. As a monthly publication, The Researcher provided hospital news, events, and humor. Also found within the collection is brief history of Research Medical Hospital.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of material collected by Robert Courtright related to his family history and his own life. In addition to research correspondences to gather information about his genealogy, the collection also contains many original documents, such as family correspondences, poetry, photographs, vital records, and other ephemera and documents such as those relating to the C.A. Burton Machinery Company, postcards, and materials related to vacations and entertainment, such...

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This collection contains correspondence of Carl Busch and family obituary information. Included are: letters; cards; funeral transcripts; postcards; funeral program; and obituaries.

Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, negatives and scrapbook pages documenting the history of Southside Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. The majority of the material is photographic in nature and documents various church activities including celebrations, services, marriages, and youth groups, as well as church history. The scrapbooks also contain documents such as programs and flyers related to church services and activities. There are also a few flyers and a map related to...

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This collection contains historical documents pertaining to the telephone industry in Kansas City, including: history, photographs, and a map. In addition, there are administrative materials and newsletters from the Kansas City Long Lines Council-Charles S. Gleed Chapter. The newsletter titles are Pioneer Smoke Signals and News Around 811. There are significant gaps for which no records exist from 1919-1934 and 1952-1967.

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This collection contains photographs and other items related to the Westport Bank in Kansas City, Missouri. Black and white photographs from the Christmas parties in the 1940s and 1950s show bank employees. Other photographs from that time show the exterior and interior of the bank building. Color photographs include a ribbon cutting after the renovation of the bank in 1978 as well as well as another social event.

Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken by William Dale Parks and his daughter, Dorothy Parks. In addition to family photographs, these images include slides of various locations in Missouri, including the Kansas City Area, St. Louis, and locations in the Ozarks. The collection also contains photographs of various sporting events in Kansas City, including a Kansas City Royals baseball game, a Kansas City Blues hockey game, a Kansas City Chiefs football game, and several files of racing...