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:

2005

Description of Gift

Kansas City Urban-East Jackson County Telephone Directory, 1989-1990.

Two high school yearbooks for Jackson County, Missouri Schools: Central Junior High School, The CeeJay, 1925 and 1926.

Aaron, Marvin R. The Higher Education of African Americans in Kansas City, Missouri: A History of Lincoln Junior College, 1936-1954. Doctor Dissertation. (Kansas City, Mo.: University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1999).

Photograph of the Circuit Court and Deputies of Jackson County, Missouri, October 1, 1934.

Fern dish (without metal liner) from the 1904 Priests of Pallas fall festival.

City Pocket Directory of Independence, Missouri, undated.

Richards, William R, ed. George Berkemeier: The Man, His Life and Legacy. (William R. Richards, 2004).

Dunn, Kevin and Troupe Noonan. The J. E. Dunn Story: Building from the Heart (Kansas City, Mo.: Dunn Industries, Inc., 2004).

J. E. Dunn Construction Company Records, 1920s to 1980, including scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, company publications, documents, and related textual items.

Books for the Society's Research Library: Shifra Stein. Kansas City: A Unique Guide to the Metro Area. (Kansas City, Mo.: Shifra Stein Productions, Quality Publications, 1986); Pace, Patricia Ewing. Kansas City: The Spirit, The People, The Promise (Northridge, Ca.: Windsor Publications, Inc.); Hudson, David S., ed. The Plaza: Kansas City's World-Famous Shopping District. (Prairie Village, Ks.: Harrow Books, 1989); Thomas, Tracy and Walt Bodine. Right Here in River City: A Portrait of Kansas City (Garden City, Ny.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1976); Snider, W. Ray, M.D. and Robert Major Mathews, M.D. Those Indomitable Surgeons of Hospital Hill: A History of Surgeons at the Kansas City General Hospitals and Truman Medical Center, 1908-1989 (Kansas City, Mo.: Office of Educational Resources, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, 1989); Campbell, David L. and edited by Louis P. Hancock. Script for Restoration Heritage. (Independence, Mo.: David L. Campbell, 1974); Business, Manufacturers, Merchants, and Tradesman Financial Condition for Independence, Missouri, 1933 [as abstracted from the R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency Reference Book] and published by Carl E. Millison, Jr., August 2004.

Kodachrome Stereo Transparencies of the Ruskin Heights tornado aftermath.

1833-1868 Jackson County, Missouri, ledger detailing monetary collections from various county officials.

Records of the Independence Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) AND Records of the Auxiliary of the Independence Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) detailing activities including, but not limited to: International Relations; Public Relations; Civic Improvement; Inter-Club Relations and Extensions; Americanism, Governmental Affairs and Public Affairs; Chapter Development; Membership, Personnel and Leadership Training; Religious and Christmas Activities; Giessenbier Memorial Entry; Youth and Sports; Civic Activities; State Activities; and Community Health and Safety). The initial donation includes Jaycee President's notebooks for 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and Jaycee Auxiliary President's notebooks for 1967-1968. The Jaycee's 50th Anniversary booklet (1946-1996) was also included in the initial transfer of records.The donors are working with past presidents of both entities to assemble all possible non-current, historical records that may still be available for preservation in the Society's archives.

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

Vest belonging to donor when she was in Camp Fire Girls from 1949-1951 (camp leader Mrs. Hoy), while at Border Star School.

Fourteen books for the Society's Research Library: Blackman, Paul. Kansas City Trivia Quiz, Vol. 1 (Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1983); Miller, Richard Lawrence. Truman: The Rise to Power (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1986); Larsen, Lawrence H. Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, the Cases, the Times. (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1994); Kimball, Charles N. Midwest Research Institute: Some Recollections of the First 30 Years, 1945-1975 (Kansas City, Mo.: Lowell Press, 1985); Manual for Subscription Salesmen of the Kansas City Journal-Post, 1927; Willis, Mrs. T. F. and Mrs. W. S. Bird. Housekeeping and Diner Giving in Kansas City. (Kansas City, Mo.: Press of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, 1887.); Masonic Directory of Kansas City, Missouri, 1920. Rockhill [pictorial of the Rockhill neighborhood and homes of the Rockhill subdivision] (n.p.: n.d); Garden Homes Planned and Executed by J. C. Nichols: The Country Club District "1000 Acres Restricted" [pictorial of the neighborhood and homes built "in the last two years" by the Country Club Building Service in the Country Club district] (Kansas City, Mo: The Miller Press, n.d.); Sunset Hill School yearbooks, 1959-1961, 1964, 1973.

Copy of Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Missouri Compiled from the United States Surveys and Other Authentic Sources. Reprint of 1869 original. (Fort Worth, Tx.: VKM Publishing Co., 1979).

Papers of the Kansas City Chapter of Church Women United-Kansas City, 2003-2004, including: executive meetings, assembly meetings, celebrations, and treasurer's reports.

Bound Independence Examiner newspaper, Volume 42, May 15, 1946 to September 14, 1946.

Photocopy of History of the Kansas City, Missouri, Post Office, 1845-1983.

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

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

Blueprints relating to the Blue Ridge Shopping Mall. Specifically, a set of 1969 renderings for "Building 7," and one page describing the 7th floor of the Blue Ridge Tower. Also, a 1968 newspaper clipping about the Mall. Copies of selected Mall-related images were made from a scrapbook in the donor's possession, which was obtained at the 2004 auction at Blue Ridge Shopping Mall.

Westport High School yearbook, 1920. Plus, a 1931-33 scrapbook kept by Mr. Emory "Scotty" Scott (associated with the Dickinson Theater in Osawatomie, Kansas, and Varsity Theater in Lawrence, Kansas) with many items (tickets, passes, photographs, motion picture film play bills and programs, letters from motion picture corporations, and related newspaper clippings) pertaining to Kansas City, Missouri, theaters. Of particular note were three theater bombings (Admiral Theater; National Theater; and, Bijou Theater), and highlights of Kansas City actress/dancer Geneva Hall.

Two books for the Society's Research Library, as follows: Christian, Shirley. Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier. (New York, Ny: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004); Rogers, Ginger. Ginger: My Story (New York, Ny: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991).

One original photograph of Levasy School, 1915 and four reproduced images of Fort Osage High School class photos, 1956-1959. A small selection of newspaper articles about Levasy, Missouri, were also included and added to vertical subject files.

Independence Music Club, 2000-2001, including: newsclippings, programs, forms, by-laws, program booklets, notices and secretary's notes.

Historical documentation for the MoDOT Job No. J4P1191, Historical Documentation of the Powell-Brownfield Farmstead, Route 50, Route 291 East Junction to Relocated Route 7, including correspondence and photographs. 

Plat Book of Jackson County, Missouri [circa 1926-1929]. Published by W. W. Hixson and Company, Rockford, Illinois. [Listing names of land owners and subdivisions outside Kansas City.] Maps appear to be duplicative of item located at 132.5F17, but without extensive advertising.

Photocopies of scaled drawings for constructing a replica of a conestoga wagon. These plans were drawn to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States in 1976, using an authentic 1830s wagon in the American Museum in England. The wagon had been owned by the Stuckey family who lived on the Philadelphia-Pittsburg Road (now U. S. Route 30) a few miles west of Bedford, Pennsylvania. Also included is a 1977 Catalogue of Horse Drawn Vehicle Plans by John Thompson.

Simpson, Henry Clay, Jr. Josephine Clay: Pioneer Horsewoman of the Bluegrass (Louisville, Ky.: Harmony House Publishers, 2005).

Photocopy of The "Orphan Battery" and Operations, 128th U.S. Field Artillery (1st Missouri F.A.) compiled by Leslie L. Bucklew (Cleveland, Oh.: Howard M. White, publisher, 1921). Donor's grandfather, Elmer Lewis Rafiner, served in France with the 128th. He accidentally drank mustard gas-tainted water and died from the effects in 1929. Another member of the 128th, Claude J. Bilyeu, introduced Elmer to his future wife--the donor's grandmother--Olive Marie Bowers.

Photocopies of nine Jackson County Highway Maps for years which we currently lack originals: 1881, 1920, 1922, 1931, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1957; plus a CD of scans of the most complete set of highway maps from 1881-2004.

Copies of photographs and genealogical material of the John Wiedenmann family who emigrated from Westenberg, Heidenheim, Germany to Westport in 1855. Also included are three Abstracts of Title for Westport-area property in Jackson County, Missouri, including the lot at 500 Westport Road (the northwest corner at Pennsylvania) where the Weidenmann Brothers Grocery Store was located from 1901 to 1927 (the former outfitting store of Albert G. Boone, grandson of Daniel Boone; and, today Kelly's Westport Inn).

Four high school yearbooks for Jackson County, Missouri, schools.

Two high school yearbooks for Westport High School, 1903 and 1933.

Twenty special supplemental publications to Ingram's Magazine, 1995-2004, compiling various business, development, economic, investment and trends-related realities for the Kansas City region.

Cushman, Helen M. (Baker), ed. Walter's World: Memoirs of Walter Edward Atkinson, 1856-1944. (Monroe Township, NJ: Ministry Press, 2004). A portion of this memoir details Atkinson's family's Missouri River journey from St. Louis to Westport Landing, and life in Westport from about 1871 to 1875.

Copies of Jackson County Highway Department 1936 Road District Maps, updated through 1956 (with one map updated through 1963). This is a different set of Road District Maps than Accession No. 76.073, which date through 1958.

Nagel, Paul C. Missouri: A History (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1977); and Nagel, Paul C. Missouri: A History (Lawrence, Ks.: University Press of Kansas, 1988).

Ganis, Ralph P., Julie Hampton, Mike Little and John Walsh. Uncommon Men: A Secret Network of Jesse James Revealed (St. Petersburg, Fl.: Southern Heritage Press, 2000).

Crenshaw, Chester E. Old Lobb Cemetery (Independence, Mo.: Chester E. Crenshaw, 1983).

Scofield, Carleton F. A History of the University of Kansas City: Prologue to a Public Urban University. (Kansas City, Mo.: The Lowell Press, 1976).

Nagel, Paul C. George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Politician. (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2005).

Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri, namely Block 1 Lot 2 of Twyman Estate in Section 5, Township 49, Range 32.

Brief recollection, military file and copies of selected photographs and letters of donor's husband, a Prisoner of War during World War II, for the Veterans History Project. Originals may be donated at another time.

Gettino, Nicholas A. A World War II True Story: 15th Air Force, 376 Bomb Group, 515 Squadron, Satan's Kids. (The Floating Gallery, 2004). For the Veterans History Project.

Raytown South High School annual, 1965.

Six issues of Doll Talk magazine for inclusion in the Papers of Ruby Short McKim. Plus, five books for the Society's Research Library: Cataneo, David. Casey Stengel: Baseball's "Old Professor." (Nashville, Tn.: Cumberland House, 2003); Hatten, Homer. Westport Landing. (New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1951); Nowlin, Clifford Hiram. Apples of Gold: Lyrics by a Missouri Schoolmaster. (Kansas City, Mo.: Martin Printing Co., 1949); Lester, Larry and Sammy J. Miller. Black Baseball in Kansas City: Black America Series. (Chicago, Il.: Arcadia Publishing, 2000); Bak, Richard. Casey Stengel: A Splendid Baseball Life: The Illustrated Biography. (Dallas, Tx.: Taylor Publishing, 1997).

Eleven manuscript documents written and compiled by the donor, including: Before Electric: A History of Kansas City's First Amusement Parks (2001 & 2004); Electric Park: Kansas City's Coney Island, 1900-1925 (1997 & 2004); Kansas City Broadcast [Radio and Television] Histories (2004); Priests of Pallas Parade & Ball, Kansas City, Missouri, 1887-1924 (1995 & 2003); Kansas City Neighborhood Theaters: A Preliminary History (1997 & 2003); WRW, The Radio Station of the Kansas City Post (2002); KCTY-TV, Channel 25, Kansas City, Missouri: A History of the Pioneer UHF Television Station (December 2004); Chapel Hill, [Lafayette County] Missouri: A History of the Community and Chapel Hill College [with connections to Jackson Countians] (2003); The McDonalds of Olive Street and The McDonald Family Album, 1887-1905: A History of the John W. and Wilhelmina (Sied) McDonald Family (2005); Early Photographers of West-Central Missouri (1994 & 2003); and They Never Laid a Rail: A History of the Lexington, Chillicothe & Gulf Railroad, Later Called the Lexington, Lake & Gulf Railroad (1993, 1998 & 2004).

Wallace, Jerry L. Calvin Coolidge and the Liberty Memorial, "An Altar High Erected in the Skies:" Remembering Those Who Had Served in the Great War. (Plymouth Notch, Vt.: The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2005).

Program booklet of the First Annual Commencement, Hiawatha Branch of the Western Conservatory of Music of Kansas City, Missouri, June 29, 1897, held at the First Methodist Church, E. H. Scott, President. Among the nine graduates were Miss Nora Rogers, of whom a photograph accompanies the donation.

Wiener, Tom, ed. Voices of War: Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines. (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2004).

Brass-plated clock, a souvenir of the 1900 Priests of Pallas fall festival.

First Christian Church, Independence, Missouri,  program, March 7, 1909, L. J. Marshall, Minister.

Unit Value Land Maps for Assessment Districts in Jackson County, Missouri, prepared under the supervision of J. L. Jacobs and Company, Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, November 1940. This manual furnishes complete information on the assessment procedures, classifications and standards for the guidance of the county and city assessing officials and for property owners and tax payers, as a means of determining and maintaining sounda nd equitable property assessments in Jackson County. With these maps are several individual folders for one district comprising property in and around Grandview, Missouri.

Neighborhood Assessment Reports, 1998-2002, as part of FOCUS (Forging Our Comprehensive Urban Strategy) Kansas City's strategic and comprehensive planning. These reports were the result of self-evaluations neighborhood groups developed to evaluate their strengths and needs.

Independence Chamber of Commerce. Independence, Missouri, The Hub of the World, (Independence, Mo.: Independence Chamber of Commerce, n.d.). ca. 1980s.

Tetirick, James. Kansas City: Deluxe Picture Book[let], A Pictorial Guide - 101 full color photos. (Kansas City, Mo: James Tetirick, n.d.) ca. 1980s.

One black-and-white photograph of the Bingham Waggoner Estate, Independence, Missouri.

Greater Kansas City Telephone Directory, Winter 1927-1928.

Miscellaneous papers of Arthur Michael and Anna Mary Sharon, including four Abstract of Title and other real estate-related papers that include items of the Jesse Thomas and John Seckinger families. A selection of other items include, but not limited to: doctor’s receipts for what appear to be the delivery of two of John Seckinger’s children; 1857 receipt of John Seckinger for items purchased from West, James & Shouse who operated a wholesale, hardware and grocery warehouse (and manufactures of €œKansas City Flour€�) on Front Street in Kansas City, Missouri; business cards for various Kansas City saloons and lunch rooms; motor vehicle license registrations (1911-1955) and Teamsters and Truck Chauffeurs' buttons; Kansas City Street Guides; Kansas City Railway Company postcard from June 1917 advertising "'Hitching On' is Dangerous"; Information to Tax Payers as prepared by the City Treasurer of Kansas City, Missouri (1909 and 1921 editions); and Kansas City, Missouri, City Hall: Where, What When prepared by the Research and Budget Department, 1950-1951.

Raymond Edward and Myrtle Irene Blake collection. Photographic slides of Independence urban renewal, 1960s to 1980s. Additional items may follow at a later date.

Photocopy of "A Jackson County Ranch Associated with William B. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell: An on Site Visit and Interview with James S. Noel," by Jim D. Feagins, May 2005. Archaeological Survey of Missouri Site No. 23JA640 located in Township 47 Range 30, Sections 15 and 12.

Atlas of Jackson County, Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.: Gallup Map & Supply Co., 1931); The Geology of Jackson County, Missouri (Rolla, Mo.: Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, 1917); Soil Map, Jackson County, Missouri (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 1910).

Undated silverplated souvenir spoon of the Kansas City Priests of Pallas. Also, 38 postcards of the Union Station/Liberty Memorial complex; copy of poem titled, "The Kansas City Spirit" by Clara Virginia Townsend (part of a cantata for solo and mixed voices for which she wrote the words; music by Carl Busch); Van Buren, Deborah E. The Story of Union Station: A Pictorial History (Kansas City, Mo.: Terrell Publishing Co., 2001); Campbell, Matt, Eric Adler and Mark Adams. A New Life for Liberty: A Supplement to Lest the Ages Forget, Kansas City's Liberty Memorial (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Star, May 26, 2002); Two books by DeAngelo, Dory: Voices Across Time and Passages Through Time (Kansas City, Mo. Tapestry Publications, 1987 and 1992); Sandy, Wilda, and Larry K. Hancks. Stalking Louis Curtiss. (Kansas City, Mo.: Ward Parkway Press, 1991).

Collins, Robert. General James G. Blunt: Tarnished Glory. (Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 2005). Blunt commanded a division in the "Army of the Border" during the Battle of Westport, October 1864.

Lobb Cemetery Association. The History and Burials of Lobb Cemetery as of June 14, 2005.

Rabideau, Clyde M. Joseph Robidoux: The Family Patriarch. (Plattsburgh, NY: Heartnut Publishing, 2005).

Art/Source: The Guide to Kansas City Artists. (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Artists Coalition, Inc., 2002).

SBC Yellow Pages for Raytown, Missouri, May 2005 issue

Independence Young Matrons yearbook, Children's Theater program, Holly & Mistletoe tour ticket, and The Mirror for the organizations 2004-2005 fiscal year.

Fulbright, Jim. Trails to Old Pond Creek: The Early Days of Trade and Travel in Northwestern Oklahoma. (Goodlettsville, Tn.: Mid-South Publications, 2005). This book includes information involving the Southwestern Stage Company and owners/partners Lambert (sometimes Lampert) Williamson and Harvey M. Vaile, of Independence, Missouri.

Bruns, Gabrielle. Daughters and Sisters: The Civil War on the Western Missouri Border and the Disruption of the Sacred Victorian Home. Undergraduate Senior Capstone. (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, Columbia, May 12, 2005).

A small selection of photographs of the A. H. Cole family homestead in Eastwood Hills sudvision of Kansas City, Missouri. These were gathered for possible inclusion--but not used--in the donor's book on the Eastwood Hills community.

Two yearbooks for Jackson County, Missouri, schools: Westport High School, Herald, 1921; and, Independence Junior High School, Cub, 1956.

Seven yearbooks for Jackson County, Missouri, schools: Southwest High School, Sachem, 1943, 1944; Paseo High School, Paseon, 1938, 1941; Rockhurst College, 1948; Central High School, Centralian, 1948, 1953. Plus, The First Mile: A Rapid Transit System for Metropolitan Kansas City, a 1984 Civil Engineering Systems Design course study for a Kansas City area rapid transit system presented by Richard D. Herrick who led his fellow students through the simulated senior design project. (Independence, Mo: University of Missouri-Kansas City Truman Campus, May 11, 1984).

Two photographs: One taken by the Photographic and View Company of Kansas City ca. 1890 shows the cattle pens and surrounding buildings of the Kansas City Stockyards in the Kansas City, Mo. West Bottoms. On the right-hand side of the photograph across the hay-bailed wagons in the street separating the cattle pens is the Transit House. Looming in the background is the original Stockyard Exchange building. The second photograph, ca. 1910s,  is of the interior of an unidentified manufacturing building after a snow or ice storm collapsed the roof. Workers stand around the machinery, belts and pulleys that are covered with four-to six inches of snow. Since these two photographs were found together, it is possible the latter is of a manufacturer in the West Bottoms.

Mary Paxton Study Class Records, 2001-2002 through 2004-2005 including yearbooks, minutes, class outlines, historian's reports, and spring luncheon programs.

Copy of an oral history interview transcript of Joseph Harold Akers by Gary Steven Akers, August 27, 1986, regarding his family's association with the pre-Civil War and Missouri-Kansas border conflicts, including mention of Quantrill and Order No. 11. In addition to Akers and Hindle ancestors, "Aunt Jane Miller" and "Aunt Melvina A. Parsons" are mentioned in connection with the Border War.

Jimmie R. H. Evans Christian poetry collection.

Gray, Annette. Journey of the Heart: The True Story of Mamie Aguirre (1844-1906) A Southern Belle in the "Wild West." (Markerville, Alberta, Canada: Graywest Books, 2001).

Materials assembled by the donor's parents, E. C. "Chet" Rhoads and Ruthie Ransom Rhoads relating to their family's connection to Hickman Mills, Missouri, history, including, but not limited to: The Grist, Hickman Mills' weekly newspaper published by the Rhoads Press, 1954-1961 [nearly complete]; "A History of Washington Township and Your School District" by Harvey H. Kemper; research about Order No. 11 gathered from Western Historical Manuscript Collection at University of Missouri-Columbia and Command and Staff College Library in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas by Mr. Charles T. Kemper, Deputy Clerk, Jackson County, Missouri, July 1948; three documents about the organization, architecture and history of the Hickman Mills Community Christian Church, 1845-1959, (plus a copy of the 1965 published church history).

Abstract of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri, namely Block 1 Lot 3 of Laurel Slopes, in Section 8, Township 48, Range 32.

Nearly a complete serial of Eastwood Hills Community Association Newsletters, 1964-present. Donor is working with the community association to assemble missing issues, which will be added to this collection as they are discovered and transferred.

Yearbook for Lee's Summit Elementary School, Cougars, Vol. XIV, 1990-1991.

Abstract of Title for property at 17200 East 23rd Street, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, described as the west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter, Section 7, Township 49, Range 31.

Curtis, Bill. The Truman Neighborhood, From Elegant Mansions to the Neck, Independence, Missouri: The McCoy Neighborhood in Story and Photographs. (Independence, Mo.: McCoy Neighborhood Council 15 and Bill Curtis, 2005).

Curtis, William J. "Bill" and Annette W. St. Paul AME Church, Independence, Missouri, 1866-2005: The Church and the People. (Independence, Mo.: St. Paul AME Church, 2005).

Photograph of an unidentified man photographed by the Mitchell photo studio on the southwest corner of 10th and Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Atlas of Kansas City, Missouri, and Environs (Kansas City, Mo.: Tuttle, Ayres, Woodward, 1925).

Descendants of Philip and Lydia (Asper) Bysel, Abraham and Margaret Fisher, and John and Hannah (Bysel) Fisher by John Gariety. Includes Stark, Rickman, Nelson, Esser, Gilmore, Weber, Pace, Feller, Sturman, Magargee, Goad, Gariety, Pritchett, Davis, O'Brien, Broe, Coppage, Gunn, Smith, Calltharp, Miller, and Thomas families of Jackson County, Missouri.

Small, rectangular, iron key used by a jailor in the late 1800s at the Jackson County Jail in Independence, Missouri (today the 1859 Jail, Marshal's Home and Museum).

One Abstract of Title for property in Fairmount Highlands, a subdivision in Jackson County, Missouri. Five photographs of the Gariety family-owned open air produce stand (called "Van Horn Fruit Market," and later "Farmer John's Market") at the corner of Winner Road and Van Horn Road (today called Truman Road) in the Fairmount district of Independence, Missouri. Two photographs relating to the Ice Cream Soda Shop, Sugar Creek, Missouri, ca. 1920s, including a portrait of shop owner Julia Pearl (Rickman) Fisher and her sister, Jesse Maude Rickman.

Newspaper clippings relating to donor's father, Rex V. Hedrick, former Republican member of the Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners, who was kidnapped (and later returned) on his way to the commissioner's office on the day of the November 4, 1930, election.

Background material and copies of historical documentation for the July 1998 "Retrial of Frank James" (including re-enactment outlined overview), the December 1998 "Frank James Outlaw Christmas at the 1859 Jail," and the December 15, 2001 (Jackson County Sesquicentennial), "Frank James Arraignment at the Jackson County Courthouse at Kansas City," sponsored by the Jackson County Historical Society, for placement in the Society's permanent administrative records.

The Papers of Richard A. €œDick€� King, documenting primarily his tenure as Mayor of the City of Independence, Missouri, 1974 to 1978; his role as Executive Assistant to the Governor of Missouri, 1981 to 1982; and, as Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, 1982 to 1985; a founding member of The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees in Washington, D.C.; and, as a commissioner on the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. A selection of papers highlight King’s personal and civic life that includes his education; his career as Captain in the United States Army from 1969 through 1972 where he served as a Military Police Station Commander in West Germany; his family life; his association and recognition from various public service organizations; and, his law practice at King Hershey, a Kansas City law firm specializing in development and commercial law where he currently serves as Chairman and CEO.

Various Jackson County record ledgers procured as one lot at an estate sale on Kentucky Road between September 20-22, 2005, containing Circuit Court records, Jackson County Jail arrest records, and Recorder of Deeds land records.

Items published by Fred Harvey relative to the company's service to the southwest, including nine individual postcards, two postcard sized, accordion souvenir booklets, and one souvenir publication titled, "The Great Southwest Along the Santa Fe," published by Fred Harvey in Kansas City in 1923.

Invitation to the "new" Wolferman Store at Brookside Boulevard and 59th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Betty Rose Coat and Suits: The First Twenty Five Years of Stern, Slegman, Prins Company.

Churchman, Michael, and Scott Erbes. High Ideals and Aspirations: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1933-1993. (Kansas City, Mo.: The Nelson Gallery Foundation, 1993).

Small, nickel-plated brass metal flask produced as a "Souvenir of Kansas City" with text and images identifying the "Public Library and Art Gallery," "New Convention Hall," "Kansas City Stock Yards Exchange, the Largest in the World, "Population in 1850=4000; Population in 1900= 200,000," "The Post Office," and, "Kansas City is the largest agricultural implement market in the world." Imprinted on the bottom "copyrighted, 1901, Ges. Geech."

Edwards, E. Maxine. Genealogy of a Rebel: An Autobiography and Documentary. (Bend, Or.: Maverick Publications, 1999).

Jones, Paul E. The Forgotten Boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps Who Enlisted as Boys and Were Discharged as Men. (Eldorado, Il.: Rocky's Printing, 2004). Although no Jackson County men were included in this compilation, the stories printed are akin to those who served from Jackson County, Missouri. The author was contacted to see if any Kansas City or Jackson County-area men had responded to his call for submissions, but our inquiry as of yet has gone unanswered.

25 Abstracts of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri, including: One for sectional land in Section 1, Township 48, Range 31; One for sectional land in Section 14, Township 48, Range 31; One for sectional land in Section 22, Township 50, Range 31; One for sectional land in Section 26, Township 50, Range 32; One for sectional land in Section 2, Township 48 Range 31; One for sectional land in Section 10, Township 49, Range 32; Two for sectional land in Section 25, Township 49, Range 32; Two for sectional land in Section 24, Township 48, Range 32 (W1/2 NE1/4); Clover Hill; Conover's and Fosters; Fairmount Highlands (3); Glenwood Park; McGee's Addition (4); Mellier Place; Niagara Place; Old Town Independence; Pate's Addition; Vineyard's Second Addition.

25 Abstracts of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Papers of Roberta Bonnewitz, including manuscripts authored by the donor: "Early Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri, Based on First Hand Documentation;" "Locating Trails Through Raytown" [extracts of Jackson County Court Minutes and Original Land Entries]; "Archibald Rice Plantation Campground Eight Miles from Independence on the Santa Fe, California, Oregon Pioneer Trails in the Spring of 1849;" and,  "Raytown: Its Origin." Five books authored by the donor: With Good Intentions: United States Census of Brooking Township, Jackson County, Missouri: 1880, 1900, 1910; Index, Names Found in Oregon Donation Land Claims Books I and II with Missouri Connections (authored with Nancy L. Ferguson); Susan Ann Rhoades: A Story of Early Raytown, Missouri; and, Fragments of the Santa Fe Road Through Raytown 1849; and, The Rice-Tremonti Home: Old Stories with New Answers. Plus, an undated genealogical outline of the descendants of William and Rhoda Effaniah (Burnett) Harris by Everett Harris; and, an original oversized, "Edward's Map of Jackson County, Missouri," compiled and published by John P. Edwards, Quincy, Illinois, 1887; and, Camera-ready art and one, four-part reproduction of the 1887 Edward's map, plus an index to map prepared by Arthur and Roberta Bonnewitz.

5 photographs taken in 1947. Three are of SantaCaliGon and a street scene in Independence, Missouri; two are of the John Taylor's store front at Christmas time (Taylor's later became Macy's) at 11th and Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Photograph of Ruby (Leap) Smith [Mrs. H. Tupper Smith] dressed in costume for the first SantaCaliGo in Independence, Missouri, 1940.

Photograph of Flournoy M. Barton's Barber Shop (advertised Hot and Cold Baths) at 125 West Lexington Avenue on Independence Square, Independence, Missouri, 1905.

Joe Liccar, Collector's Edition, 2004 Year in Review [A compilation of editorial cartoons appearing in The Examiner, Eastern Jackson County's Daily Newspaper] (Independence, Mo.: Old Blake Museum Publishing Company, 2005).

Little Blue Valley Area Plan 13 (Kansas City, Mo.: City Planning and Development Department, Planning, Preservation and Urban Design Division, August 1, 1991) [And updated with five ammendments through June 4, 2002.]

"School Friendship Book" of Miss Dorothy Lynam, 122 Keeney Street,  who graduated from Norman School in June 1919 (the June 5, 1918 issue of "Norman News" is included, which gives a short history of the school), then attended St. Vincent's Academy and Redemptorist. This 1916 scrapbook designed and illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson for The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, Illinois, includes photographs of Miss Lynman, her family, friends, classmates and schools. Other items of interest include Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Orpheum theater tickets and programs, a "tag" from the Kansas City Mayor's Christmas Tree from 1920, a couple of her father's World War I military photos; and, a flattened wheat penny that she and a friend put on the street car track on 31st Street "when [she] was young and foolish."

A complete set of Priests of Pallas postcards from the 1908 parade in Kansas City, Missouri, and a silver plated metal frame (with a cream background where an oval photo may be displayed) from the 1910 fall festival. These artifacts were acquired by the donor's mother, Edith Wilhelmina (Haslund) Ironsmith, who attended the Priests of Pallas events.

Photographs from the donor's cousin, Rebecca Cave, of Lone Jack, Missouri, whose mother descended from Mr. and Mrs. John W. and Lydia (Latham) Kreeger, of Lee's Summit, Missouri. Images identify Kreeger, Latham, Morris, Crawford, Brownell, Worthington, Martin, Green, Sears, Nichols, Denham, Ross and Gammon surnames. A small selection of unidentifed people are included as the artifacts  represent various Jackson County area photographers.

Fertig, Judith M. Prairie Home Cooking: 400 Recipes that Celebrate the Bountiful Harvests, Creative Cooks, and Comforting Foods of the American Heartland. (Boston, Ma.: The Harvard Common Press, 1999). [Has an historical vignette about "Anxiety IV," the Hereford owned by Thomas A. Simpson and Charles Gudgell, Independence, Missouri.]

1940 Cookbook of the Woman's Society of Christian Service  (Kansas City, Mo.: Blue Ridge Methodist Church, 1940)

Priests of Pallas thermometer from the 1911 event in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mehl, Ernest. Kansas City Athletics, The. (New York, Ny.: Henry Holt and Co., 1956). Autographed by Roger Maris.

Photograph of J. C. Nichols standing in front of and pointing to, "A Map of the Country Club District."

Four oral history interviews of Sue Gentry, Mrs. Maurice (Ethel) Hughes, Audrey Stubbart, and Eleanor Minor, conducted by students of the donor.

Ingenthron, Elmo. Indians of the Ozark Plateau. (Point Lookout, Mo.: School of the Ozarks Press, 1970).

The Epitaph: Union Cemetery Historical Society Newsletter, from May 1991 through Winter 2005 (in two bound volumes).

Priests of Pallas clothing brush from the 1909 event in Kansas City, Missouri.

Approximately 50 high school yearbooks for high schools in Kansas City, Missouri (including: Southwest; East, Southeast and Paseo High Schools); oversized History of Swope School by Victor Wellington Peters, n.d.; and, various documents--including research, studies and curriculum--relating to the cultural composition and diversity of Kansas City's west side, especially as it applied to West Side School and Switzer Elementary. A small selection of materials covers planning and events for the American Bicentennial through a special commission of the Kansas City School District.

Kansas City Stockyard rocking chair, ca. 1900, made by L. H. Wilson of Soldier, Kansas. It took Wilson two years to pick ten pairs of horns from steers that had been processed at the Kansas City Stockyards in the Kansas City's West Bottoms. The horns measure from 15 to 24 inches and form the basis of an unusual handmade rocking chair. The walnut used for the rockers and backrest had been harvested and sawn by John M. Funk at Ozawkie, Kansas, around 1859 or 1860. The original upholstered dark-tanned cowhide seat has been recovered; a vintage photograph accompanies the donation. Also included in this donation are two handmade quilts (one primarily cotton in a wedding ring pattern and one much older primarily of wool that belonged to the donor's maternal grandmother Hodge); one pair of women's leather dress shoes; a photograph of Albert "Billy" Lowry; and, a 1901 postcard addressed to Mrs. Marion Armstead Wilson [Carrie Lee (King) Wilson] of Ozawkie, Kansas, from her friend Carrie Nation.

Bound Independence Examiner newspaper, Volume 43, May 15, 1947 to September 14, 1947.

Two blue lines showing general remodeling/recorating work at Phillips House, 1980-1981, by James K. Lynch Design Associates, Inc.

Photocopy of the December 14, 1939, General Plan for an Athletic Park along Alton Avenue (23rd Street) in Independence, Missouri, as proposed by the Cemetery Public Buildings Grounds Committee consisting of J. Renick Jones, I. R. Lynch and N. D. Jackson.

Two matchbooks donated in memory of B. W. McCormick: Katz Drug Company and the Jones Store Company's promotion of the Jubilesta: Official Inauguration of Kansas City's 6.5 Million Dollar Municipal Auditorium, September 26 to October 3, 1936.

St. Mark's [Catholic Church] Builds A New Home, 2004.

Bundschu, William B. The A. J. Bundschu Company: The Dominant Store of Independence. (Independence, Mo.: Little Blue Valley Publishing Co., 2005).

A selection of Kansas City postcards; photograph and program from Ivanhoe Park Christian Church, 37th and Michigan Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri; yearbooks from schools in Jackson County, including Westport and Central High Schools, and Kansas City Junior College; newspaper clippings about Kansas City people, places and events; Southwest High School theatrical performance, "Redskin Revels of 1947;" and a Horace Mann school pennant. Donated in memory of the donor's grandfather, George W. Gunn, Kansas City contractor, who built St. Vincent's Church.

Several boxes comprising approximately 100 Abstracts of Title to property in Jackson County, Missouri; and, 10 issues of the Westport Historical Society Quarterly to fill in missing issues in the Jackson County Historical Society Archives' periodical collection.

Items deaccessioned as duplicates from Special Collections, including but not limited to: Views of the Great Kansas City Flood. (Kansas City, Mo.: The Thompson and Slaughter Co., 1903); Plan for Parks, Boulevards and Parkways of Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.: Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, March 1983); Metropolitan Kansas City Living by J. C. Nichols Company; and, Final Report: Mayor's Commission on Civil Disorder (Kansas City, Mo.: Commission on Civil Disorder, August 15, 1968).

First Suburbs Coalition Idea Book, 2005; Kansas City Regional Bike Map, Summer 2004; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast, 2004; Transportation Outlook 2030: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long-Range Transportation Plan, Executive Summary and CD with the complete report, 2003; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast, 2003; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast, 2002; Growth in the Heartland: Challenges and Opportunities for Missouri by The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2002; Kansas City Region Commuter Rail Study Implementation Strategy, September 10, 2002;
Travel Time and Delay Study, 2000-2001; Metro Outlook: Measuring the Progress of Metropolitan Kansas City, August 2001; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast, 2001; Central Business District Map, Existing Development, Spring 2000; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast (Forecast of Champions), 2000; Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast, 1999; Travel Time and Delay Study, 1996-1997, November 1998;
Vehicle Occupancy Study for the Kansas City Metropolitan Region, 1997; An Overview of Transportation Trends in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, June 1997; Peremiter Transportation Needs Study Final Report, September 4, 1997; Transportation 2020: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long-Range Transportation Plan, 1995-2020, 1995; Metropolitan Kansas City's Urban Core : What's Occurring, Why It's Important, and What We Can Do, 1993; Kansas City Metropolitan Area Association Directory, 1992; What the Numbers Show: A First Look at the Results of the 1990 Census, May 1992; Kansas City Metropolitan Region Directory of Elderly Housing, January 1992; Kansas City Metropolitan Region Heliport System Planning Program and 2010 Plan, February 1990; Market Profile Report, Benchmark Report, Jackson County, April 6, 1989; What's Where? A Guide to Attractions in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, June 1989.

Commemorative plate of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show, Kansas City, Missouri, expressly made for the T. M. James and Sons China Company by Vernon Kline, U.S.A., undated

Collection of materials relating to Knoepker's Department Store on Independence Square, founded by Mr. and Mrs. Herman and Carrie Knoepker. Items include a sample business ledger of accounts payable,   Abstracts of Title to property in Jackson County, Missouri (particularly Lot 57 in Old Town Independence where Knoepker's Store was located); and, photographs of Independence Square and the Knoepker family and store on Maple Avenue.

Wood, Larry E. The Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson. (Austin, Tx.: Eakin Press, 2003). Wood, Larry E. The Civil War on the Lower Kansas-Missouri Border. Second Edition Completely Revised. (Joplin, Mo.: Hickory Press, 2003).

Hotel President sales catalog describing conventions, sales meetings, trade shows and group dining. Also included is one linen postcard of an aerial view of Kansas City with the Hotel President singled out.

Photographs of Mount Washington, Missouri, showing the devastation of the area from a cyclone that struck May 14, 1909. Donor's mother, Ruth Hedges was living in Mount Washington at the time and took the photographs with her box Kodak camera. Hedges married John Masters in 1910.

Amercian Association of University Women-Independence Chapter, Meeting Minutes, 1987-1999.