Jackson County Historical Society

Archives & Research Library

SCHOOL YEARBOOKS (10 April 2008)

The Jackson County Historical Society collects, preserves, and makes available to researchers materials that provide a broad insight into Jackson County civic, social, cultural, economic, and educational development.

School yearbooks, or annuals, are generally produced at the end of each school year by the graduating class of junior high, senior high, college, university and trade schools. This is a list of school yearbooks that are currently available at the Jackson County Historical Society. The list includes only schools in Jackson County, Missouri. Arrangement of school yearbooks is alphabetical by school name, followed by the yearbook name, city, and inclusive dates.

Thank you for helping us to assemble a more complete collection. Donations are welcome.

Please contact us:

Jackson County Historical Society

112 West Lexington, Ste 103

Independence, MO 64050

816.252.7454; djackson@jchs.org.

Baptiste Junior High School, Leprechaun, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1960-1966; 1971-1976; 1980

Barstow School, Weathercock, Kansas City: 1932; Barstow School Through 80 Years (1965)

Benton Elementary School, Independence: 1915

Blue Springs Junior High School, Wildcat, Blue Springs: 1987

Bridger Junior High School, The Pioneer, Independence: 1976-1981

Buckner High School, Tatler, Buckner: 1941; 1943

Central High School, The Centralian, Kansas City: 1899-1905; 1909-1912; 1916-1943; 1945-1957; 1963; 1965-1966; 1972; 1974; 1976; 1978-1985; 1987 (Senior Directory only); 1990-1994; 1997; 1999

Central Junior High School, The Cee Jay, Kansas City: 1925-1926

Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City: 1968

R. T. Coles Vocational and Junior High School, Coleian, Kansas City: 1942 (photocopy)

East High School, The Eastonian, Kansas City: 1927-1937; 1938-1940; 1944; 1950; 1952-1955; 1963-1966; 1993; 1996

Ervin Junior High School, The Frontier, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1971-1986; 1992; 1994-1997

Grandview High School, The Ga-Vue, Grandview: 1950

Grandview High School, Bulldog, Grandview: 1974; 1977

Hickman Mills High School, Pride, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1973-1978; 1982-1986; 1988; 1990-1991; 1994-1997; 1999-2000

Independence Junior High School, The Cub, Independence: 1951; 1955-1957

Independence Junior High Schools William Penn Club, The Echo, Independence: 1931; 1942-1943; 1945-1946; 1956

Independence Sanitarium School of Nursing, The Sanilog, Independence: 1930; 1947-1957; 1971

Kansas City Junior College, The Cameo, Kansas City: 1920

Kansas City Junior College, The Kayseer, Kansas City: 1922-1923; 1926

Kansas City Law School, The Pandex, Kansas City: 1907; 1911; 1914-1919; 1923-1924; 1930-1932

Kansas City Teachers College, The Pedagogue, Kansas City: 1924; 1927-1928; 1933; 1936-1938

Lees Summit Elementary, Cougars, Lees Summit: 1991

Lees Summit High School, The Reflector, Lees Summit: 1945; 1947-1948; 1951-1953; 1968; 1983

Lincoln High School, Lincolnian, Kansas City: 1907 (photocopy); 1910-1912 (photocopy); 1914-1915 (photocopy); 1920 (photocopy); 1926-1927; 1936 (photocopy); 1948

Manual Training High School, The Nautilus, Kansas City: 1903; 1908; November 1908; 1911-1913; 1918-1919; 1922-1924; 1927-1929

Manual High and Vocational School, The Builder, Kansas City: 1940-1942

Metropolitan Junior College, Sunburst, Kansas City: 1966, 1968-1969

Northeast High School, The Noreaster, Kansas City: 1920; 1923-1928; 1930; 1943-1946

Oak Grove High School, The Saw, Oak Grove: 1903; 1910

Oak Grove High School, The Panther, Oak Grove: 1976

Palmer Junior High School, The Patriot, Independence: 1982

Paseo High School, The Paseon, Kansas City: 1927-1934; 1936-1942; 1946; 1951; 1957-61; 1963-1964

Pembroke Country Day School, The Raider, Kansas City: 1947; 1954

Pitcher Elementary Alumni

Raytown High School, Ramizzou, Raytown: 1951; 1962; 1970

Raytown Junior High School, Ramizzou Junior, Raytown: 1973-1975

Raytown South High School, Polaris, Raytown: 1963-1965; 1967-1973; 1975; 1979; 1983

Rockhurst College, Rock, Kansas City: 1948

Ruskin High School, Mirage, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1910; 1929; 1937-1938; 1942-1946; 1948-1951; 1959-1965; 1967-1981; 1983-1988; 1993-1997; 1999-2000

Ruskin Junior High School, Rajah, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1957

St. Marys Diocesan High School, Reflections, Independence: 1976

St. Marys High School, Lance, Independence: 1969

Smith-Hale Junior High School, Kiva, Hickman Mills/Kansas City: 1969-1989; 1992; 1994-1997

Southeast High School, The Crusader, Kansas City: 1939-1940; 1942; 1944-1946; 1949; 1952-1960; 1962; 1965; 1971

Southwest High School, The Sachem, Kansas City: 1926-1927; 1930; 1932-1933; 1937; 1940-1941; 1943-1947; 1955-1956; 1966; 1971; 1977; 1980-1987; 1997

Sunset Hill School, The Sundial, Kansas City: 1959-1961, 1964, 1973

Trinity Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, The Trinitarian, Kansas City: 1962

Truman High School, Heritage, Independence: 1968-1969; 1970; 1972; 1976-1977; 1980

University Medical College, The Scalpel, Kansas City: 1910

University of Kansas City, Kangaroo, Kansas City: 1969

Van Horn High School, Falcon, Independence: NO COPIES HAVE YET BEEN DONATED

Van Horn Alumni, click here.

Westport High School, The Herald, Kansas City: 1906-1910; 1920-1924; 1930; 1932

Westport Junior High School, The Iris, Kansas City: 1925

William Chrisman High School, The Gleam, Independence: 1901-1935; 1937-1938; 1943; 1946-1971; 1976; 1977; 1994; 2001

William Chrisman Alumni, click here.

Other institutions with large collections of these types of records are the Kansas City (Missouri) Public Library Missouri Valley Room Special Collections, and Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy and Local History Branch.