Recent donations to the Jackson County, Missouri, Historical Society

The Jackson County Historical Society is grateful to the people who support its mission to collect, preserve and make available to the public, materials that document Jackson County, Missouri’s rich history. Some donations consist of one folder and others are several boxes. This is a list of the most recent items that we have accepted into the Society's two-and three-dimensional collections:

2004

Description of Gift

Approximately 143 rolls of 16mm microfilm of Jackson County Recorded Deeds, 1964-1985, plus 7 rolls of Real Estate Taxes Billed, 1983-1988, which were released in years past by the Kansas City Water Department when they moved to a new location.

Three high school annuals for Jackson County schools, as follows: Lee's Summit High School, The Reflector, 1945, 1947 and 1968.

Abstract of Title for Section 7, Township 49, Range 33; Conover & Fosters subdivison, Block 4, Lot 16.

Abstract of Title for Section 32, Township 50, Range 33; Old Town Block 15, Lot 148 and 149 (including Bidwell's subdivision, Lot 4).

Halaas, David Fridtjof and Andrew E. Masich. Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent, Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man (Da Cappo Press, 2004).

Six cabinet card photographs taken by various Kansas City photographers for inclusion in the Society's Kansas City Photographers Collection initiated by James T. Tharp in 2003.

Photo of classroom of unidentified 2nd or 3rd grade students sitting at their desks. "Columbian School, Independence, Mo." is written on the chalkboard behind the teacher. ca. early 1900s.

Journal of Columbus Hornsby, 21-year-old school teacher in the Blue Mills area of Jackson County, Missouri, 1849 and 1850.Transcription and preservation copy included. Hornsby was born February 11, 1829, and later owned a store in Lawrence, Kansas. He was an interested party founding Emporia, Kanasa; was a founding member of the Lawrence, Kansas, Masonic Lodge in 1855; and, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1856. Hornsby was a stepson of Attelia Hornsby, the donor's great great grandmother. His brother, Leonidas Hornsby, was involved in the "Old Drumm Trial" (Burden vs. Hornsby) in Warrensburg, Missouri, after he shot the dog Charles Burden owned.

Promotional packet with floor plans, maps and elevations of Gillham Row Lofts-Townhomes-Flats: A New Urban Coeur Community in a Boulevard Park Setting, being renovated and marketed in 2003 and 2004.

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of Joe W. Cannon conducted by Luann Reese.

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of James L. Robinson, Jr., conducted by Luann Reese.

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of Peggy J. Smith (nee Ray-Maney) conducted by Ona Gieschen.

12 booklets released as duplicates from the vertical files of the Missouri Valley Room (Special Collections Department) at the Kansas City Public Library.

Thirty (30) book titles authored/published by Joanne Chiles Eakin for the Historical Society's Research Library, as described on the Inventory attached to the Deed of Gift.

One photo of Harriet Eleanore Sheley, October 1933.

One high school annual, The Builder, for Manual High and Vocational School, 1940.

Jackson County, Missouri, Marriage Record, American Citizens of African Descent, 1865-1881: An Abstract with Indexes and Commentary, by Annette W. Curtis, for the Society's Research Library.

Duncan, John T. History of [Kansas City, Missouri,]School Names for vertical file.

Copies of materials relating to noted archaeologist George Hull Squier, who attended Harvard University and gained notoriety from his discoveries of Mississippian Culture in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, and other areas. Squire ended up dying at the Jackson County Home for the Aged and Infirm in 1933.The donor is interested in trying to locate the papers and archaeological specimens once owned by Squire.

Tharp, James A., MA, MLIS. Kansas City, Missouri, Clergy, 18XX-19XX. (Lee's Summit, December 2003). A composite listing of the clergy from entries that appeared in Kansas City city directories. Research materials (i.e., U.S. Census schedules, printed biographies, and classified advertisements) are also included.

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of Lloyd V. Campbell conducted by David W. Jackson

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of Reginald W. Jackson conducted by David W. Jackson

Veteran's History Project oral history interview of Roy W. Jackson conducted by David W. Jackson

A Celebration of Women,presented by the Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City, May 2003.

Three books for the Society's Research Library as follows: Wilson, William H. The City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City (Kansas City, Mo.: Lowell Press, Inc., 1990). Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City. (Kansas City, Mo.: Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, 1987). Mobley, Jane and Nancy Whitnell Harris. A City Within A Park: One Hundred Years of Parks and Boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kansas City, Mo.: American Society of Landscape Architects and The Kansas City, Missouri Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, 1991).

Papers of Captain Alex J. Connolly, including a 1903 invitation to the Commercial Club's reception for President Theodore Roosevelt at the Kansas City Convention Hall and three photographs of Connolly in his military uniform (he served about 10 years in Company M, 3rd Missouri Infantry). Connolly enrolled 3,200 volunteers as chair of the Kansas City unit of Theodore Roosevelt's committee to join the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; the War Department failed to recognize the "Teddy" expedition. Also included is a detailed 1923 pamphlet titled, "Regulations for the Corner Stone Laying of the Home of Little Sisters of the Poor," where Connolly was Grand Marshal for the marching parade.

Two manuscripts written by Byron C. Shutz, including: The Marcus Gill Farm: Boundaries and Ownership, written July 1998 (replaced with revised 2004 document in August 2004); and, Voter Fraud in Kansas Terriorty: The Elections of March 30, 1855, and the Report of the Special Committee of the United States House of Representatives Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas, 1856, written 2001/2004. Also included are nearly 60 original relevant documents and 11 original photographs that were used by Shutz to write A Lady Revealed: The Last Years of a Woman of Uncertain Reputation-The Story of Louise Heorath [aka. Louise Campbell and Cora Totty], 1866-1938, (JCHS donation 2003.109). These items were kept by the donors' father, Byron T. Shutz, who was one of two executors and trustees of Mrs. Heorath's estate. PROVISO: This information is not to be used in any other publication of any kind without the donor's written consent or the written consent of his wife or one of his children.

Terror at the Door: A Story of the Missouri-Kansas Border Conflict, 1859-1861. (Tucson, Az.: Patrice Press, 1998; plus two reviews from the Kansas City Star). Kansas City Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Vital Historical Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1826-1876. (Kansas City, 1934). Hale, Donald R. The History of Lee's Summit Missouri, Vol. 1., 1830-1945 (with separate index); and, Vol. 2., 1946-1965.

Photographs of the construction of Kansas City streetcar lines, ca. 1920s, and photographs of the annual dinners of the Joseph A. Harder Club, ca. 1940s and 1950s.

Matheny, Edward T., Jr. The Presence of Care: The History of Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (Kansas City, Mo.: Saint Lukes Hospital Press, 2003).

One cubic foot of miscellaneous papers retrieved from vaults left behind by the Bank of Indepenencence (established in August 1886 and later renamed Charterbank Independence then Boatmen's Bank of Independence) and Independence Investment Company, Inc. (incorporated April 19, 1930), including sharholder certificates, articles of incorporation, various records and minutes. Also included were three Abstract of Title files for property in Jackson County, and military-related papers for William B. Fullerton, Jr.

Artifacts from the Priests of Pallas fall festivals, as follows: jewel box with replacement liner (1901); round mirror on an easel (1902); candlestick (1903); fern dish with original metal liner (1904); urn vase (1905); 3 oval cloisonne trays (green, light blue, dark blue)(1906); ceramic pencil holder (1907); oval picture frame on an easel (1910); and a silver plated bud vase (1924). Two postcards are also included. One is of a Priests of Pallas float and the other is a postcard of the Convention Hall with the "P O P" advertisement published by Hall Brothers of Kansas City.

Two cubic feet of Papers of Jane Fifield Flynn relating to her involvement in several local historic preservation organizations and initiatives.

Unframed, matted (by the artist), full-color print of ,"The Kansas City Connection: People, Personalities, Art and Architecture with a Kansas City Connection," by artist Bob Price Holloway, measuring apx. 30" x 31" and including a key to the people highlighted.

Two book titles authored/published by Joanne Chiles Eakin for the Historical Society's Research Library, as follows: The Battle of Rock Creek. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Eakin, Joanne Chiles. The Battle of Rock Creek. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 1995), and Chiles & Garrison Ledger Book, Sibley, Jackson County, Missouri, 1854-1888. (Independence, Mo.: n.p., 1986). Also, a sign bill posted "To the Citizens of Jackson County” calling for a meeting Saturday, April 19, 1862, to restore peace and quietness to a county in disorder and confusion, signed and dated by many Jackson County, Missouri, citizens. Copied from Provost Marshall files on microfilm at the National Archives.

Three books by Ivan Slaughter containing first-hand stories of the Great Depression and World War II: The Way We Were (Independence, Mo.: Blue and Grey Book Shoppe, 2000); Seems Like Old Times (Independence, Mo.: Blue and Grey Book Shoppe, 2000); How Dear to My Heart (Independence, Mo.: Blue and Grey Book Shoppe, 2001).

Two scrapbooks created by Mrs. Gerald Pryor, a long time teacher at Oldham School. The first is of "Photographs of School Activities," from 1934-1940, including "pictures of the children mounted side by side according to the ages and grades to show how the children change in appearance from year to year." A few group photographs are also included. The second scrapbook is a 110-page (with several missing pages) "History of Jackson County," primarily with handwritten text and pasted newspaper clippings.

Manuscript written by Byron C. Shutz: April Bride, November Groom: The Marriage of Susan Bruton Gill McGee (1848-1901) to Allen B. H. McGee (1815-1903)--A Story of Two Pioneer Families and of the Land They Owned.(Kansas City, Mo., 1996; revised 1999, 2004). Also, an oversized set of zoning maps for Kansas City, Missouri, ca. 1964 (with a separate "zoning index" of the Kansas City, Missouri, Plan Commission, 1951.)

Miscellaneous materials including photographs taken by the donor of the Country Club Plaza, Westport and downtown Kansas City and Paseo High School annuals.

Photograph of Bill Sermon

George Fuller Green Collection of reports, booklets, flyers and directories relating to Kansas City government and history, ca. 1940s to 1970s, as described on donation inventory. Also included in this donation are similar items separated as duplicates from other Union Station Kansas City archival collections.

Kinnaman, James Kenneth. The Kinnaman Family of Daviess County, Indiana. 2003.

Three 5" x 7" photographs of students and teachers at the Ruhl-Hartman Elementary School, 82nd and State Line Road, ca. 1943-1944.

Metcalf, Deborah Kerr. Mama's Book: Memories of Her Life on the Farm--Lucy Whitney Kerr (from the files of Frances Willard Kerr, including the original loose leaved notebook "Farms Stories by Lucy W. Kerr," from which this compilation is based.) Lucy Kerr's personal stories are about growing up and living in rural, eastern Jackson County, Missouri, in the late 1800s with her siblings and parents, John Bryant and Martha Jane (Childs) Whitney.

Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri. Section 6, Township 49, Range 33 (w1/2 of the se1/4)

Black-and-white engraving of the Town of Kansas by Herrmann J. Meyer as printed in his book, Universum, c. 1854.

5 books for the Research Library: Truman, Harry S. Memoirs. Vols. 1 & 2; special Kansas City edition; First Volume inscribed by President Truman to Mr. and Mrs. E. G. O'Flaherty. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1955 and 1956); Bundschu, William B. Abuse and Murder on the Frontier. (Independence, Mo.: Little Blue Valley Publishing, 2003); McCullough, David. Truman. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992); National Geographic Society. Visiting Our Past: American's Historylands. (Washington, D.C., 1986); Sandler, Martin W. American Image: Photogrpahing One Hundred Fifty years in the Life of a Nation. (Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., 1989).

Collection of more than 100 WWII-era letters the donor purchased at auction that were written primarily by Stephen J. Fracul (Private in the Medical Detachment with the 157th U.S. Army Infantry) to his brother Nicholas J. Fracul in Kansas City, Kansas. Fracul was in Italy between August 1942 and August 1944. Included with the collection is one photograph of Steve, his original draft notice, or "Order to Report for Induction," and a partial log he recorded on a sample of V-Mail Service letterhead of nearly 125 letters he wrote to various people between May 23 and July 25, 1944.

Copy of the instructions and questionnaire given out at Lincoln Junior High (Lincoln Academy) by those selecting prospective faculty members, ca. 1950s. The donor worked at Lincoln for a number of years and said that even though the questionnaire stressed that it was designed to keep the applicant's identity confidential from the selection committee, each teacher had a unique number which they were required to place on the form.

Video: America's Castles: The Pioneers (A&E Home Video, 1996). Two greetings printed by the Siegrist Engraving Company (1946-1947 of Wornall Bridge and 1962 of J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain). Two 8.5" x 11.5" black-and-white watercolor prints of the Country Club Plaza, 1965. The artist's signature was unidentifiable at the time of the donation.

25 postcards of Kansas City views, various dates.

Three books compiled and published by William W. Richards about Andrew Drumm Institute, as follows: Andrew Drumm Institute managed by the Evangelical Children's Home, September 1, 1983 to November 11, 1991; Monthly Cash Statements, May 1974 to December 1980; and Andrew Drumm Institute: The New Drumm, A Program for Renewal.

23-page typescript of the personal manuscript written by Arno L. Roach, December 1940, transcribed and edited by his great great grandson Michael-Lee O'Brien Brockhouse in 2004.

Junior Women's Symphony Alliance Designer Showhouse official program book XXXV (35) 2004. This 4-color program guide book is a special or bonus issue of the Kansas City Homes and Gardens magazine, and serves as a personal guide through each of the Designer Showhouse.

1951 Ledger from the Kansas City Fire Department (the headquarters of which was the former occupant of the Central Exchange building), detailing the operations of
Truck No. 1, including Personnel-related information, maintenance and cleaning functions, shift duties and responsibilites, and daily runs and rescues.

Photographs, newsclippings, postcards, etc. from a scrapbook once belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Georgia Twiss, who were cousins of Effie Mae Hassett, the donor's grandmother. (Hassett's daughter, Margaret Hassett Spaulding was the donor's mother. Another of Hassett's daughters, Wilda Hassett, worked at Union National Bank and Trust for many years and died at the age of 93.) Images relate to the Twiss' friends, namely: Mr. and Mrs. (Mary Virginia) Jessie A. Lyle, who were godparents of Eloise Lyle Twiss; Mr. Warren E. Brandenburg, who with Mr. Lyle founded the Photographic and View Company in Kansas City in 1895 (Mrs. Lyle married Brandenburg after Mr. Lyle's death; the three had shared homes together over the years); Mr. and Mrs. Sid J. and Mathilda A. Hare and their home, Harecliff; Irby D. and Mr. and Mrs. (Rose C.) John Claiton Simmons; and Dr. Richard L. Sutton and family. Photographs primarily document the Lyle/Brandenburg studio and homes in Kansas City and country home named "Rosehaven" in Grandview, Missouri, but also include Harecliff and various Kansas City scenes.

Curran, Joan Ferris. Descendants of Salomon Bloch, of Janowitz, Bohemia and Baruch Wollman of Kempen-in-Posen, Prussia. (Kansas City, Mo.: H&R Block, Inc., 1996)

Typewritten diary by Mr. Milton B. Gold regarding the Gold family and the Gold Foundry on South Spring Stree in Independence, Missouri, January 1978 to December 1979. Three photographs of the machine shop at the Gold Foundry are also included.

One bound volume of the Independence Examiner, Vol. 42, September 16, 1946 to January 17, 1947.

Two ledgers from the Elm Grove School in Oak Grove, Missouri: District No. 47 Record Book of Meetings, etc., 1935-1940; and Journal of accounts, 1925-1936.

Miscellaneous materials, including: a photograph of Lucy Boyd Gordon Ewing; an engraving of Frank Askew; military-related papers of Clyde A. Rich, ca. 1917; the program to the "Ceremony Dedicating the site of the Kansas City Liberty Memorial;" one issue of Independence Junior High School's Echo for April 25, 1947;and, a "Manual and Directory of the Public Schools of Kansas City, Missouri, 1922-23."

Souvenir Edition of The Kings and Queens of the Range for the opening of Kansas City's Convention Hall, February 22, 1899. Kings and Queens of the Range was a monthly publication devoted to the interests of the stockmen and their families. It was published by The Kings and Queens of the Range in the Live Stock Exchange Building in the Kansas City Stockyards.

Five certificates and one photograph relating to Clay Cushwa's work in Independence, Missouri, as a local board member for the Selective Service System, 1942 to 1947.

Smith, Jeffrey E. Seeking a Newer World: The Fort Osage Journals and Letters of George Sibley, 1808-1811. (St. Charles, Mo.: Lindenwood University Press, 2003).

The Wasp Nestemployee newsletter of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation of Missouri (Vol. 2, No. 3), and a special publication "Announcing the Production of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's R-2800-C Double Wasp Engine," April 13, 1944.

Approximately 50 postcards of Kansas City, Missouri, scenes and structures, including one set of 20 titled, "Scenic Colored Miniatures," and another "Folding Post Card" set. Also included is the publication, "Sallie Casey Thayer and Her Collection," By Carol Shankel describing her connection to the famed Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co., and the fine art collection she donated to the University of Kansas in 1917.

Three black and white photographs of the O'Keefe Car Exchange at 4932 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 1946; plus, a narrative of the author's childhood memories of living in Kansas City in the late 1940s through the 1950s--including one about O'Keef's--titled, "My Friend Beverly [Clark]." Separately are three small photographs of family friends, Mike and Wilma "Babe" Berbiglia, with commentary.

Submission for the Veterans History Project: Quinn, William H., 1st Lt. The Sky Was Our Battlefield. 73-page typescript by the author dated ca. 1945, describing thirty-five missions in Germany, Poland, and France when the author was a bomber flyer with the 8th Air Force, 390th Bomb Group. Quinn was born in Blue Springs, Missouri, November 19, 1919, graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1936 and from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1940. He died in Kansas City April 27, 1974. Quinn's great grandfather was Richard Stanley, a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge.

Taylor, Jon E. When A Presidential Neighborhood Enters History: Community Change, Competing Histories, and Creative Tension in Independence, Missouri. Dissertation. (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, May 2004.)

Restuccia, B. S. "Rusty", E. Edward "Sonny" Gibson and Geraldlyn "Geri" Sanders. An Extraordinary Man: Homer B. Roberts, 1885-1952, The First African American Car Dealer. (Kansas City, Mo.: The Mecca Group, 2001.) The 194-page book also has a chapter about Sarah Rector (Campbell), who is purported to be Kansas City's first black millionairess.

Forty-one books for the Society's Research Library, as described on Deed of Gift.

Two books for the Society's Research Library: Heart of America Genealogical Society. Record of Deaths, Kansas City, Missouri, Book B, August 18, 1889 to December 21, 1898; and, Record of Deaths, Kansas City, Missouri, Book B Supplement: Persons Who Died Outside of Kansas City But Were Interred Within Kansas City, April 9, 1890 to December 31, 1898.

Two publications relating to the 1951 Kansas City flood: Flood Disaster, Kansas City, 1951: The Complete Pictorial Story of the Flood, Mo. & Kans., 2nd Edition (Kansas City, Mo.: Warner Studio, 1951); Newspaper Coverage, Kansas City Flood, 1951. [Pictures and articles from the Kansas City Star and Times between July 10 and August 10, 1951.] (Kansas City, Mo.: Research and Budget Department, City of Kansas City, Missouri, August 1951); and, one Liberty Memorial Rededication program, 1961.

Ten high school annuals for Jackson County schools, as follows: Raytown South High School, 1967-1973; 1975; 1979; 1983.

Moulton, Gary E., ed. The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Volume 13, Comprehensive Index (Lincoln, Ne.: University of Nebraska Press, 2001).

Pitcher School (1860-May 25, 1961) historical materials assembled for the 2004 reunion at which 237 former students attended. Included are photographs, lists of students and alumni, reunion committee reports, and compiled histories from various sources.

Periodicals from local organizations to complement existing collections, including: Kansas City Genealogist (Heart of America Genealogical Society), 1977-2002; Pioneer Trails (Jackson County Genealogical Society), 1979-1990; Jackson County Historical Society JOURNAL, 1982-2001; Heartlines (Heart of America Genealogical Society), 1967-2004.

Seven Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri, including: SE4 Section 4, Township 47, Range 33; Fairmount Highlands, Lot 54; McGee's Addition, Lots 1046 and 1047; NW4 NW4 Section 14, Township 48, Range 31 and NE4 NE4 Section 15; E2 NW4 SW4 Section 14, Township 48, Range 31; W2 NE4 Section 4, Township 47, Range 33; and, McGee's Addition, Block 73, Lots H, I, and K.

Nine photographs of the Srader, Hedges, and Chrisman families of Jackson County, Missouri.

Letter from E. M. Cunningham in Sacramento, California, to J. E. Jinkins (Jenkins) in Huntsville, Randolph County, Misouria (Missouri), November 1849. Four page letter describing overland migration to California gold fields after "jumping off" nine miles above St. Joseph. The donor inherited this letter through his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Isaac (Frances) (nee Jenkins) Turner, who likely acquired it from her father. [Mr. Turner, born ca. 1873, operated a general store and was also Postmaster of Excello, Missouri. Their daughter Hazel Ara Turner married Charlie Iverson Alverson, the donor's parents.] The exact connection between Cunningham and the Jenkins family was not known at the time of the donation.

Independence Young Matrons yearbook, Children's Theater program, Holly & Mistletoe tour ticket, and The Mirror for the organizations 2003-2004 fiscal year.

Photocopy of church history for Immanuel Lutheran Church, 4205 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 1885-1960.

Scrapbook of the Woman's Civic Club of Independence, Missouri, compiled in 1962 with Mrs. Lee L. (Leona) (nee Vaughn) Williams as president. Williams, the daughter of Michael and Martha Ellen (Aid) Vaughn, was a lifelong resident of Independence, Missouri, and was neighbor of donor's grandmother Ruth Hunter; both lived on North Liberty Avenue. Additional materials pertaining to the Williams and Vaughn families are included separately.

One high school annual, Pandex, for Kansas City School of Law, 1932.

Chroninger, Richard D. The Chroningers of Missouri (Johnson, Cass and Jackson Counties from 1868). (Maryville, Mo.: 1998).

Celebrate 88 in 98. Covenant Presbyterian Church (originally known as Presbyterian Church of the Covenant), June 14, 1998.

Four photographs relating to Battery C, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division of Independence, Missouri, ca. 1917. One photograph is of the unit at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma; two are of the unit sitting on a sidewalk on the Square in Idependence; one is an unidentified photo of two men (Ed Burnham is written on the back).

Two books for the Society's Research Library: Will Noland-Anna Kramer: Their Descendants and Ancestors with some Allied Familes by Alice Noland Land (Hillsboro, Or.: 1988); and The Stephen-Daniel Line of the Noland Family by Edward J. Ronsheim, Sr. (Anderson, Indiana, 1954)

Tharp, James. A. Criss Cross Index to the 1859/1860 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory. (Lee's Summit, Mo.: 2004)

Two photographs: one of Eisenhower in a motorcade, ca. 1950s; the second of the Lewis Theater Building at the corner of Maple and Spring in Independence, ca. 1910; and, a photocopy of a 1923 bill of sale for property in Old Town Independence, Lot 61.

One bound volume of the Independence Examiner, Vol. 40, May 15, 1944 through September 14, 1944.

Twelve Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Twenty-four Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Two books for the Society's Research Library: Kite, Mrs. (H. H.) Phyllis Edwards. Golden Threads of Memories: History of Wesport Methodist Church (1964); Paxton, Heather N. The Jewel Ball. (Kansas City, Mo.: Creel Publishing for The Independent, 2004).

Five architectural renderings (elevations) of local buildings designed by architect Robert E. Jenks, ca. 1940s.

Antique rug measuring roughly 3' x 4' for use in exhibits and room decorations.

Two items from the W. H. Chick family of Jackson County, Missouri: Eastlake chair with needlepoint seat cushion and back; and, one photograph of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chick with young child taken by Kansas City photographer, D. P. Thomson.

Tompkins, Blanche. The Johnsons and McGees, Pioneer Settlers of Kansas City. (Bountiful, Ut.: Family History Publishers, Inc., 2004)

Documents written and/or compiled by the donor, including: John Calhoun Breckenridge Hargis, 1857-1922: An Inquiry; A Divorce Confirmed: A Look at the Divorce of Louella Gill Hargis (1860-1942) and John C. B. Hargis (1857-1922); Clues of Disclosure in the Hargis Family History; New Santa Fe, Jackson County, Missouri: An Account of the Early History of the Village of New Santa Fe, Missouri, Located at Present-Day State Line Road and Santa Fe Trail (123rd Street), by Sue Hargis Christopher, 1933; New Santa Fe, Missouri, and the Marcus Gill Family; The Conquest of the Wilderness: Part III--New Santa Fe--An Almost Forgotte Village of Pioneers (Kansas City Star Magazine, Sunday, July 26, 1925); New Santa Fe Cemetery (formerly the New Santa Fe Christian Church Cemetery); The Marcus Gill Farm: Monument and Plaques in Migliazzo Park, Kansas City, Missouri; and 1863 Civil War Diary of Turner Anderson Gill, 1841-1919, of New Santa Fe, Jackson County, Missouri.

Materials relating to the novelist and writer Evan S. Connell, Jr., including: Evan S. Connell, Jr.: A Recollection; correspondence between Connell and Byron Christopher Shutz; correspondence about Connell between Byron C. Shutz and others; clippings about Connell and his writings; 1991 obituary for Connell's step-mother, Mrs. Evan S. Connell; The Bitter Bird magazine, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-3 listing Connell as Art Editor and including artwork; Diary Notes of a Movie Extra by donor's sister Susanne Shutz Kemper (formerly Mrs. James M. Kemper, Jr.), who participated as a paid extra for the Kansas City filming of the motion picture, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, based on novels by Evan S. Connell (Manuscript dated October 17, 1989); Mr. Bridge (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969). Mrs. Bridge to be added separately.

Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri (Collings Homestead Subdivision, Lot 5).

Composite class photographs from White Oak Elementary (1962-1963; 1963-1964; and 1964-1965) and McCoy School (1960-1961; 1962-1963; 1963-1964; 1964-1965; 1965-1966; 1966-1967; 1967-1968), and Fifty Years, McCoy School, 1914-1964.

Scrapbook from the mid- to late-1960s covering Jackson County capital improvements. Most articles surround the construction of the Truman Sports Complex. Also covered are Jackson County road work, and Jackson County Hospital and Home for the Aged (which became Truman Medical Center-Lakewood).

Jackson, David W. Major Surgery Transformed Jackson County's Poor Farm into a Rich Healthcare Center. (This is the full article which was abbreviated for publication in the Spring 2004 Jackson County Historical Society JOURNAL

Tharp, James A. Some Residents of the Jackson County, Missouri, Poor Farm extracted from Federal Census Entries for 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930.

1968 Metropolitan Junior College-Kansas City yearbook, Sunburst.

16 Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Miniature wooden bow with five arrows (tip missing on one arrow) manufactured by the Woodcraft Equipment Company, Independence, Missouri. The donor's aunt, Josie Thompson, worked for Woodcraft and obtained these artifacts at some time during her employment. This "may" have been a promotional gift, or an item given to workers when the company ceased. Although a miniature replica of a full-size set of bows and arrow, the disproportional size of the arrows preclude them from actually being used by the bow.

Bryant Chart: Descendants of Sons of James Bryant and Elizabeth Lefevre of Virginia compiled by sons James Bryant, Jr. (1738-1807) and Isaac Bryant (1739-1800). My Husband's Families (Paternal), Volume II. Acid-free photocopies from a scrapbook compiled by Sue Hargis Christopher pertaining specifically to the Bryant surname.

Photograph of David Jensen and Anna Amelia (Schreiber) Arends. Mr. Arends was a painter by trade. In the 1929 Kansas City city directory, he is listed as a painter for Unity School [of Christianity] , living in Independence, Missouri. Among his other commissions, Arends painted the detailed, illuminated stenciling of the Fillmore Chapel in the Education Building of Unity School of Christianity at Unity Village, Missouri, between 1928 and 1930.

Wurth, Shirley. Raytown Schools, 1903-2003: Our First 100 Years (Raytown Consolidated School District No. 2, 2004).

Six Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Two typescript reproductions of secondary sources relating to the life and times of the donor's great grandfather, Rev. Abner Deane, who was at one time incarcerated in the 1859 Jackson County, Missouri, Jail.

Photocopies of several secondary sources relating to the life and times of the donor's great grandfather, Rev. Abner Deane, who was at one time incarcerated in the 1859 Jackson County, Missouri, Jail.

A small selection of papers and photographs relating to the Weeks, Bullard and Messinger families of Jackson County, Missouri. Included are items relating to "The Four Sisters," or local artists: Aileen (Bullard) Franklin who specialized in paintings, particularly murals; Ruth "Cecil" (Bullard) Weeks, who created character, or portrait dolls; Dorothy (Bullard) Carmichael, most known for her accomplished needlepoint; and Margaret (Bullard) Masters, who specialized in hooked rug design. Additional materials about these families are to follow.

Fiedler, David. The Enemy Among Us: POWs in Missouri During World War II (St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2004).

Tribute to Ula (Sharon) Bergfeldt by donor's step-mother. Sharon was a Kansas City ballet dancer who bacame famous on Broadway in the 1920s and later helped found the Kansas City Dance Theater. Included are black-and-white and color photocopies of items from her scrapbooks (originals donated to the New York Public Library) detailing her life as a dancer, teacher and director, and writer.

Non-current, historical materials of the Central Exchange, 1980-1995, including: By-laws; history; budgets; employee handbooks; committee meeting notes/minutes; task force notes; newsletters (1982-1987); Women's Employment Network notes; and, a small selection of photographs.

Two special issues of the Buckner Tribune: November 29,1902 and March 7, 1903.

Petersen, Paul R. Quantrill of Missouri: The Making of a Guerrilla Warrior: The Man, The Myth, the Soldier (Nashville, Tn.: Cumberland House, 2003).

Items relating to the Turner Music Company, Independence, Missouri, including: photographs; newspaper clippings about the Turner family of musicians and band leaders; and, a tribute by the donor about her friend Mrs. Elma (nee Lund) Turner, who worked with her husband, Kenneth, in the family business.

Four Abstract of Titles for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

One bound volume of the Independence Examiner, Vol. 42, January 18, 1947 to May 14, 1947.

Eight books for the Society's Research Library, plus a variety of other textual items relating to Jackson County, Missouri, history as described on Deed of Gift.

Architectural renderings for various buildings that made up Blue Ridge Mall, including: master plans, designs for courtyards, concourse and community areas, and department stores (such as J.C. Penny's, Putch's Tivoli, Fred Harvey Coffee Shop & Drive Inn; Montgomery Wards, etc.). Two photographs were also included: an artists rendering of the exterior of The Jones Store Co., and one of Mr. Raymond Loewy who designed the interiors of the Blue Ridge Jones Store Co. The donor indicated that the drawings for the Jones Store Co. were included when he viewed the lot at the time they were auctioned, but afterward he did not find them in the collection. The donor has also retained Hartzfeld's drawings for personal interest and may add these to the collection at a later date.

Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, including papers from past President and Board members concerning business of organization from 1993 to 1998.

Two items for inclusion in the Byron C. Shutz Collection, including: the Dedication of the newly relocated William Volker Memorial Fountain, Volker Boulevard at Oak Street, September 27, 1996, with photographs and narrative by Byron C. Shutz, plus additional materials relating to the original dedication ceremony and the contract for the design and construction of the sculpture by Carl Milles; and, George Elmer Shutz, 1868-1918, by Byron C. Shutz, 2004.

Lee's Summit High School annual, Reflector, 1983.

Primary source material relating to the Andrew Drumm Institute, including: Original, identified photographs from Mr. Berkemeier's three photograph albums (a digitized version was part of donation 2003.092); Official Future Farmers of America scrapbook of awards and certificates to Drumm Institute recipients, 1936-1958, with index (represented in section 4 of microfilm on file in the Society's Research Library); Mr. Nelson's 5 x 7 enrollment and chore book (represented in section 5 of microfilm); New Drumm scrapbook by Mr. Berkemeier; Mrs. Ringle's scrapbook about Drumm Institute, 1930-1934; Report to the Missouri State Department of Education of the Supervised Practice in Vocational Agriculture, 1936-1976; Vocational Agriculture Teacher's Monthly Report, July, 1941-June 1942; Vocational Agriculture Teacher's Annual Reprot of Reimbursable Travel, 1936-1942; Monthly Cash Statements, May, 1974-December 1980; Annual Reprot of the Future Farmers of America Chapter, 1938-1976; various issues of The Drumm Beat newsletters, 1955-1966; letters regarding annual picnic and reunion, 1960-1973; Some fo the Drumm Institute Employees Thru the Years, 1930s-1970s; Tenure of Personnel of Drumm Institute Employees, 1957-1962; Occupational Record, Drumm Institute Graduates in Vocational Agriculture, 1966-1968; Future Farmers of America Membership Roster, undated; and memos re: The New Drumm Institute, 1990-1991.

Brief history of the Dunn, Bruening, and Kauffman families of Kansas City, Missouri, as compiled by Rose M. Dunn, 1969.

Giffin, Donald W. From Scotland to America: The Giffin Pioneers (Prairie Village, Ks.: Joe Vaughan Associates Publishing, 2004).

Branton, Mary Shaw. Things I Didn't Know I Knew by "Gammy" (Kansas City, Mo.: Big Chair Publishing, 2003). Archival copies of selected documents and photographs from family albums prepared by Mrs. Branton for her children relating to their Harl, Robertson, Boatright, Henley, Gentry, and Shaw familes. Also, a "thank you" note from Mrs. Bess Truman to Mr. Coleman Branton for sending the Trumans their Jackson County Historical Society membership cards.

One Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri: King's Hickman Orchards, Block 5, Lot 2.

Cox, Jack C. Kansas City: The Way We Were (Kansas City, Mo.: Wilborn and Associates, 1981). Pembroke Hill School Alumni Association. In Pursuit of Greatness: A History of the Pembroke Country Day School and Listen to the Echoes Ring: A History of the Sunset Hill School (Kansas City, Mo.: Smith-Grieves, 1985).

Jewett, Tom, ed. Failed Ambition: The Civil War Journals and Letters of Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett. (College Station, Tx.: Virtual Book Worm Publishing, Inc., 2004).

Ledger (with index) of Jackson County, Missouri, political Candidate's Affidavits, 1898-1904, showing sums of money contributed, disbursed, expended or promised by them in connection with their nomination or election to public office.

Bradley, Lenore K. Corinthian Hall: An American Palace on Gladstone (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Museum, 1999).

Association of High School Women Records, 1918-1991.

Mattie Rhodes Center Records, 1895-1970.

15 postcards from the Priests of Pallas Parade of 1908.

League of Women Voters-Tri County Chapter, 1969-2004.

Fields, Kevin M. A Fair Deal for All Americans: President Harry Truman and Civil Rights in the Election of 1948. A condensed version appears in the Autumn 2004 Jackson County Historical Society JOURNAL.