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:

2006

Description of Gift

Truman High School yearbook, Heritage, 1980; Raytown High School yearbook, Ramizzou, 1970.

Composite photograph of Kansas City, Missouri High School, 1896.

Souvenir pennant of the Memorial Hall [currently called the Truman Memorial Building; formerly the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall], Independence, Missouri.

Reproduction photograph of a carriage decorated for the 1896 Priests of Pallas parade. The carriage is in front of the William J. Smith family home at 912 Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured are donor's great grandfather, William J. Smith, with his long, white beard, in knightly costume, holding the reins to two horses. Donors' grandmother, Serena Smith (later the wife of prominent Kansas City attorney, Ellison A. Neel) seated in the carriage, is dressed up like a princess, with a tiara in her dark, curly hair and flowers in her arms. William J. Smith was one of the officers of the Kansas City Cable Railway, the first cable car line in Kansas City, as one of its principal investors. Robert Gillham, the designer of the cable car line and chief engineer after its incorporation, was greatly indented to Mr. Smith’s loyalty as he was one of the few investors who continued his support when many others dropped out. The source for this information is from an interview with Mr. Gillham that appeared in the May 20, 1899, edition of the Kansas City Star. The donor has been invited and may consider donating the original photograph for permanent preservation.

Chanute, O. and G. Morrison. Kansas City Bridge, The: With an Account of the Regimen of the Missouri River and a Description of Methods Used for Founding in that River. (New York, N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand, 1870.)

Three photographs of the Rev. Alexander Proctor estate on Winner Road in Independence, Missouri. Two images are of Proctor's two-story, brick home that his daughter, Mrs. J. Harrison (Stella) Montague, inherited upon his death. The home has since been replaced by a newer structure at present-day 638 Proctor. The third image is of a smaller, frame house on the lot just to the west, which Proctor's daughter, Mrs. Clifton (Mary or Mamie) Thomson inherited (this home also having been replaced). The Thomsons later moved to Columbia, Missouri. [A third daughter, Mrs. William (Emma) Southern inherited another a third parcel.] These were given to the donor by Mr. Bill Carnes when she lived at 638 Proctor in the 1980s.

Items relating to the 1954 founding and 1994 40th anniversary of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Independence, Missouri.

50th Year, Golden Reunion, Bristol School, Class of 1930, June 5, 1980. Independence, Missouri.

Photograph of the home at 1416 South Dodgion Street, Independence, Missouri. Photo has the dates 1949-1964.

Photograph of the DeMolay Class Honoring Gorman A. McBride, 184th Reunion, October 14, 1972.

Church Women United-Independence records, 2001, comprising of history, meeting minutes, financial reports, programs, and newspaper clippings.

Independence Music Club, 2001-2002, including: newsclippings, programs, forms, by-laws, program booklets, notices and secretary's notes.

Missouri Public Service streetcar fare token, Kansas City, Missouri

Selective Service System presidential certificate of appreciation issued to C. C. Bundschu. This document was found years ago in the Bundschu Store building on Independence Square, Independence, Missouri.

World War II, War Ration Book for John F. Herbst, Jr., with un-used stamps.

Transitions, Chancellor Dr. Jackie I. Snyder Report, Celebrating 90 Years of Educating Kansas City, Metropolitan Community College, 2005.

Black & Veatch, 90 Years of Building a World of Difference

A small selection of homes tour booklets for historic homes tours in Kansas City, including Historic Old Northeast, Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood, Sunset Hill Neighborhood, and Rockhill Historic District.

Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Historic and Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City, February 1987.

Graham, Robert Albert. Three Families in the Westward Expansion: Graham, Hicklin and Edmundson Families, 1730-1930. Documenting families that were among the earliest settlers in the Western Booneslick Country and paid a prominent role in the early history of Lafayette, Jackson, Cass and Saline Counties in Missouri.

Heart of America Prisoners of War. Former Prisoners of War Tell Their Stories. (Leawood, Ks.: Leathers Publishing, 2001).

Pitcock, Cynthia Dehaven and Bill J. Gurley, eds. I Acted From Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi. (Fayetteville, Ar.: University of Arkansas Press, 2002).

Scheibach, Michael. Atomic Narratives and American Youth: Coming of Age with the Atom, 1945-1955. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003).

Brant, Marley, ed. The Story of Cole Younger, By Himself: Being an Autobiography of the Missouri Guerrilla Captain and Outlaw, His Capture and Prison Life, and the Only Authentic Account of the Northfield Raid Ever Published. (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2000).

Two photographs of Stroud's Restaurant, Home of Pan Fried Chicken, before their closing in December 2005.

A nearly complete set of covers from the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Greater Kansas City Yellow Pages with line art by Norman Baxter, 1979-1987. Kansas City, an oversized City Character Print produced and published by Archar, Inc., Toronto, Canada. Kansas City Trivia (Trivial Pursuit) Game, 1984 ed.

Joelouis Mattox Papers, a representative selection of documents pertaining to Mattox's caseload when he served as a relocation specialist for the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Independence, Missouri. Included are lists of residents affected during the Northwest Parkway urban renewal area, with specific reference to an African-American neighborhood known as "The Neck," between 1965 and 1968. (See also Mattox's article in the Autumn 2005 issue of the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society JOURNAL.)

Powell, Virgil S. Notable Black Americans. (Cedar Rapids, Ia.: WMT Stations, 1971). Powell was a brother of Mr. Jessie Powell, of Independence, Missouri. Jessie and his wife, Hortense, were one of the most respected African-American families in Independence in the 1960s when the donor lived with them for a time.

Kansas City Black Pages: Business Directory and Information Guide, 2005.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Branch of the N.A.A.C.P., 38th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, November 5, 2005. Includes a tribute to Rosa Parks, and a brief history of the local branch, which was organized in 1913.

Ledger record book of the Church of Christ, Lone Jack, Missouri, March 1886-1907. Includes board minutes, financial contributions, listings of congregants that includes some vital statistics and remarks about their status and residence.

Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers. (Norman, Ok.: University of Oklahoma Press). Softcover reprint of 1965 edition.

Our First 40 Years: History of Leeds Community Park, Inc., 1990.

Kansas City-based TransWorld Airlines (TWA) uniforms issued to and used by the donor as an air hostess/inflight hostess, as described in the inventory attached to this Deed of Gift.

Books published by Kansas City-based TransWorld Airlines (TWA), including: Wings of Pride: TWA Cabin Attendants, A Pictorial History, 1935-1985 (Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1985); Legacy of Leadership: A Pictorial History of Trans World Airlines (n.p., n.d.); and, The Making of An Airline: The History of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (n.p., n.d.). Sterling, Robert. Howard Hughes' Airline: An Informal History of TWA (New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1983. Also, a series of items by the Kansas City Star titled, TWA: Hometown Airline for inclusion in the Society's subject files.

Robert McClure Snyder, 1852-1906: His Life manuscript prepared by Suzee SoldanEls Oberg. See also the Spring 2005 Jackson County Historical Society JOURNAL.

Vernon, Ann. 75th Diamond Anniversary: South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, 1931-2006.

Certificate issued to Mrs. Angus F. Barry by the Kansas City War Chest and United Community Funds, appointing her as General for Division 13 in the 1943 War Chest Campaign Organization.

Seven postcards of scenes in and around the Kansas City area, postmarked from 1909-1911.

Two yearbooks, the Pedagogue, for the Teachers College of Kansas City, Missouri, 1937 and 1938.

Old photograph of the "Wager famaly, Kanses City," undated.

Books for inclusion in the Society's Research Library, including: Davis, William C. Battlefields of the Civil War, Rebels and Yankees Series. (New York: Salamander Books Limited, 1991); Owen, Richard and James Owen. Generals at Rest: The Grave Sites of the 425 Official Confederate Generals. (Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing Co., Inc., 1997); Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers (Norman, Ok.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967); Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. (Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1995); Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.  (Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978)

Melton, David. Images of Greatness: A Special Tribute to the Wit and Wisdom of Senior Citizens. (Independence, Mo.: Independence Press in Association with the International Images of Greatness Commission, 1977), containing images and quotations of a few personalities with local connections, including Harry S Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, Satchel Paige, Dick Millard, and Casey Stengel. Also included in this donation is a full-sized poster of local photographer Dick Millard, and a full-sized poster of U.S. President Harry S Truman.

Two photographs, including one original close-up aerial view of the Blue Ridge Mall dated December 5, 1959; and, a different aerial view (reproduction) taken at a vantage point showing the area surrounding the mall.

The Larry and Sandi Faria Collection containing photocopies of R. R. Rees's 1840 plat (sans legal description) of approximately eight acres of land at Ducker's Ferry (near site of present-day Wayne City Landing) along the banks of the Missouri River (this property belonged to the Everett family, and when he drowned in the Missouri River, Ducker married Everett's widow). Also included is a photocopy of a 360-page day book, or account ledger, of C. N. Thomas & Co., mercantilist of Independence, Missouri, with entries dating from January 1, 1854 to January 22, 1855. The donors might one day consider donating the originals for preservation and access in the Society's archives.

Braby, Carol Freeman. Letters from Jerusalem, 1913-1914: Correspondence of H. Arthur and Edna Howland Koehler (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 2006).

Abstracts of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri, including North Evanston, Elmbrook, and Rosenthal's Re-Survey of Bloomfield Addition.

Jackson County Sports Complex Authority Records, 1969-1998, comprising the non-current, historical records of the facility including: Board minutes, resolutions, capital improvement project proposals and associated files, architectural plans, annual reports, photographs of the site and Authority commissioners, scrapbooks of clippings. Also included is a three dimensional scale model of the facility, accepted under the proviso that the Society retains the right to deaccession the object under conditions stated forth in its "Deaccessioning Policy and Procedures."

O'Malley, Terence Michael. Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time. Companion to the film by the same title. (Kansas City, Mo.: The Covington Group, 2006).

Griffin, Ernest N. The Wyandotte, Kansas City & Northwestern Railway: Then and Now (Baldwin City, Ks: Champion Publishing, 2006).

Photograph taken from the dashboard of a car showing the "road leading into Kansas City, Missouri," taken in June 1932, and developed June 27, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. City skyline is distantly visible, as are what appear to be agricultural silos. We have not yet determined which road into Kansas City this might have been. Both 40 and 50 Highways are possibilities.

Photograph of the Missouri Pacific Railroad train wreck in Swope Park, July 12, 1922. Photo "compliments of Combe's," by "G.R. Ramsey."

Postcard of the Kansas City Workhouse (sometimes called The Castle).

Programs, clipping and history of the Grand Avenue Temple, United Methodist Church, east of Grand Avenue on 9th Street

Booklet, "Organs at the RLDS Auditorium and Temple, Independence, Missouri."

Three black-and-white aerial photographs taken in 1923, two of which  depict the Reserved Officers Camp at Richard's Flying Field (later Ong Airport) in Raytown, Missouri; and one that shows the entrance and main shelter house of Swope Park and surrounding, undeveloped countryside along Meyer Boulevard. Two additional aerial photographs taken in 1924 depict two, DH-4M aircraft flying from Richard's Field in Raytown, Missouri; the undeveloped land below is of the Raytown and south Kansas City area, but precise locations are not discernable.

Aerial photograph taken in 1927 from Fort Riley, Kansas, showing the 13th Kansas Calvary on the march on horseback and in covered wagons along a country road. Although this is not a Jackson County-related scene, this image might be useful for future publication when discussing wagon trains, or trails west.

Letters to Miss Stella M. Shepherd, a student at Woodland College in Independence, Missouri, between 1886-1887, from her mother, Nan B. Shepherd. Also, letters to Mrs. A. H. (Stella M. (Shepherd)) Warren, Kansas City, Missouri, from Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia, where her son, Hugh Warren, was attending between 1916-1917.

Bundschu, William B. How City Employee Unions Gained Control of Independence Politics. With a letter of transmittal describing the need for Independence Charter restrictions of the political activities of City employees.

Souvenir booklet, "Kansas City Fencibles," published in connection with their Military Carnival held at their armory, 117-19 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 1894.

1923 diary or notebook of William H. Wallace, Independence, Missouri, who years earlier was the prosecuting attorney at the Frank James trial in Jackson County, Missouri.

Series of oversized United States Geological Survey topographical maps covering Jackson County, Missouri, including the Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Kansas City and Harrisonville, Missouri, quadrangles for 1885-1887.

Oversized color reproduction of the Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri, January 1869, by A. Ruger.

Abstract of Title for McCauley Park, a subdivision in Jackson County, Missouri.

Photograph of the Srader Family Reunion, Swope Park, August 22, 1926, with complete identification. Also included and filed with this photograph is the identification sheet for a 1928 reunion, but the donor could not locate the photograph at the time of this donation. Additional images of the Srader, Cooper and Brothersen families of Independence, Missouri, donated in June 2006.

Items from the John P. Strode family, of Grandview, Missouri, including, but not limited to: a saddle belonging to John P. Strode; an oversized World War II photograph of John J. Strode, in company with Battery A, 55th A.A. Training Batallion, Camp Callan, California, February 5, 1944; photocopies for the Society's vertical files including, a biography and obituary for John P. Strode, who died January 11, 1911; the Postmasters of Grandview, Missouri (listing Strode's two appointments in the 1950s and 1960s); and, the Post Office Department's establishment of a Post Office in Grandview, Missouri, October 10, 1889. Also included is an 1896 edition of the "Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri;" an 1866 edition of "The Life of Stonewall Jackson" by Charles B. Richardson; family history items from the Francis H. and Hannah (Clements) Montgomery families; and, a 1948 political campaign poster announcing Harry S Truman for President.

Stock Note of Clay County for the Kansas City, Galveston & Lake Superior Railroad Company, for the construction of the railroad line that crossed the Missouri River over the Hannibal Bridge, designed by Octave Chanute. Bond No. 96, dated November 8, 1860, and signed by Presiding Judge of the Clay County Court, Thomas M. Chevis.

Typescript of Franklin and Hugh Morgan Price 1849 record book of their overland journey to California as '49ers; they traveled from Cincinnati, Ohio, through Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. An attempt to acquire the original record book, or diary, was made, but the location of the item was unknown to the donor at the time of this donation.

Laminated display copy of a section of the Kansas City Star, September 20, 1942, commemorating the "largest crowd in Kansas City's history" that attended the 1921 dedication of the Liberty Memorial, once belonging to donor's mother, Jessie R. Hill.

Approximately 40 Abstracts of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Junior Women's Symphony Alliance Designer Showhouse official program books XXXVI (36) and XXXVII (37), 2005-2006.  These 4-color program guide books are special or bonus issues of the Kansas City Homes and Gardens magazine, and serve as a personal guide through each of the Designer Showhouses.  Designer Showhouse booklets from previous years (1970-1992) were delivered previously to the Jackson County Historical Society.

Carmelita S. (Hurst) Marsh Kinchle Papers, including items relative to her military service during World War II and compiled genealogical records  of her ancestors, the Webb family of Jackson County, Missouri.

Rubel, Peggy Boice. Boice Hereford History and My Life. Manuscript, August 2005, relaying information about the author's ancestor Joseph Gudgell, who was in partnership with Thomas A. Simpson.

1904 Priests of Pallas fern dish.

Civil War-era cannon ball excavated in the yard at 11220 East Kentucky Road, Independence, Missouri (across from Sugar Creek City Hall).

Cotton work shirt/uniform of Emery D. Thompson (born 12 March 1920), who, at the age of about 15-16 in 1935, began working at the J. L. Craig Grocery Store at 23rd and Noland Rd, and remained there until 1942. Thompson's nickname, "Sunshine," is embroidered on the shirt.

Wooden quilt frame.

Medal Award of the Architectural League of Kansas City to the Kansas City Athletic Club Building (designed by Hoit, Price and Barnes, Architects), as the best example of architecture created in Kansas City in the year 1923.

Two plastic thimbles, one advertising Blue Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, 310 West Lexington Avenue, Independence, Missouri; the second advertising Todd Sermon for Democratic Committeeman.

Winston Churchill: The Painter: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill (Kansas City, Mo.: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1958).

Magazine and newspaper clippings relating to Mary Rockwell Hook, plus a photocopy of Hook's 1970 autobiography titled, This and That.

Harris, Charles. Under the Black Flag (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing Press, 2001)

Eakin, Joanne Chiles. Pioneering in Jackson County Before the Civil War Years. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing Press, 2004)

Bartels, Carloyn M., transcribed. Missouri Civil War Engagements, 1861-1865. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing Press, 2001)

Jackson County: It's Opportunities and Resources.

Independence Young Matrons Records, including: Board of Directors minutes, 5 August 1970 to 9 July 2006; Membership Minutes, September 1968 to 21 May 1996; Audits, 1952-1984 (incomplete); President's Notebooks, 1994-1995, (1995-1996 missing), 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003. Added separately were the organization's files for 2005-2006, including the yearbook, Children's Theater program, Holly & Mistletoe tour ticket, and The Mirror newsletter.

Savoy News, Volume 21, Winter, n.d. Small newsletter depicting murals by Edward Holslag, at the Savoy Grill at 9th and Central, Kansas City, Missouri.

Views of Kansas City, Mo. Published for S. H. Knox & Co., Kansas City, Mo. (Buffalo, Ny.: Hausauer-Jones Co., 1903)

Copper printing blocks on wood for the Central Storage Company, warehouse at 2004-2008 Grand Avenue and central office at 1427 West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Pages 45-56 from a three-ring binder of the minutes of the stockholders of the Ozark Cooperative Home Colony Company, 19 November 1916 through 20 May 1917, describing the colony grounds 9.5 miles southeast of Neosho, Missouri. These documents were found about 1992 in a folder on the railroad tracks at 35th and Noland Road, Independence, Missouri. Since the folder had the name "Mike Todd" in a child's handwriting, it was presumed that this might have been a show and tell item at school that got lost enroute.

Ross, Dana Fuller. Independence! Wagons West, Volume 1. (New York: Bantam Books, 1979); Finch, Christopher. The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to The Magic Kingdoms. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975); Five Time Life Books: The Old West series, including: The Scouts; The Trailblazers; The Expressmen; The Rivermen; The Railroaders.

Genealogical information and portraits of William Rufus Wilson and family. Wilson built the Wilson Opera House on Independence Courthouse Square between 1873 and 1874. Original documents and photographs were requested at the time of donation; donor may decide at a later date to properly preserve them in the Society's collections.

Original photograph of the Pupils of the Alma Nash School of Fretted Instruments and the K[ansas] C[ity] Plecetral Orchestra, Kansas City, Missouri, 2 May 1926.

Two engravings from a mural by Hildreth Meiere, Arrival at Westport Landing and Outfitting at Westport Landing.

Three-page manuscript of Jackson County resident, John Gerard Smiley (1843-1910), who fought in the 1862 Civil War Battle of Independence and after becoming a Baptist preacher of the Mills Creek Baptist Church located on Smiley's Jackson County farm, later moved to Stafford, Kansas. Also included was a small selection of newspaper clippings for the Society's subject files.

Books for inclusion in the Society's Research Library, including: Mobley, Jane. Heart of America: Kansas City (Montgomery, Al.: Community Communications, 1994); Pfeffer, Sally. Kansas City: A Portrait of Progress (Montgomery, Al.: Community Communications, 2002); and, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City: A Celebration of the Heartland (Kansas City, Mo.: Lowell Press, 1991).

Giffen, Lawrence E. Walks in Water: The Impact of Steamboating on the Lower Missouri River. (Jefferson City, Mo.: Giffen Enterprises, 2001). Donated in celebration of the 2006 bicentennial of the return of Lewis and Clark's expedition to Missouri.

Missouri Cemetery Records, Volume I: Reprinted from Twenty Years of the Kansas City Genealogist. (Kansas City, Mo.: Heart of America Genealogical Society & Library, Inc., 1981). Includes transcriptions of three Jackson County, Missouri, cemeteries: Chapel Hill, Pleasant Gardens, and Yoachim-Westport. Separately, a small selection of newspaper clippings relating to the second "Swope Murder Trial," (State of Missouri vs Clark Bennett Hyde), together with a bibliography of articles dating from 1902 to 1929.

Kansas City (Mo.) Journal newspaper clippings from December 12-16, 1911, describing the second murder trial of Dr. Bennett Clark Hyde, where a juror, Harry Waldron, mysteriously disappeared from his Centropolis Hotel room, compromising the trial that resulted in a mistrial. Additional clippings and a bibliography are to follow.

Seventeen (17) cultural resource investigations and reports by Jim D. Feagins for properties in Jackson County, Missouri, dating from 1986 to 2006. These will be added to the existing collection of investigations and reports already on file.

Jackson County Medical Society Weekly Bulletin: Golden Anniversary Diamond Jubillee Commemorative Edition, June 30, 1956; Kansas City's Housing Market and the Market for Commercial and Industrial Land, Community Renewal Program Technical Reports 5 & 6, May 1967 by the City Planning Department, Kansas City, Missouri.

"Record of Original Entries to Lands in Jackson County, Missouri," photocopied from Missouri State Archives Plat Map (microfilm C2915).

Stillwell, Ted W. Portraits of the Past, Volumes 1-4 (Independence, Mo.: Blue & Grey Book Shoppe, 2001-2004); Blue Country, Volume 1 (Independence, Mo.: Blue & Grey Book Shoppe, 2005)

Bound volume of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner, September 16, 1947 to January 17, 1948.

Ong, Bill. Ride The High Wind: An Adventure Story of Flying in the 1920's (Kansas City, Mo.: Pilot News Press, A Division of the Suburban Pilot, Inc., 1979). Includes information about Richards Field in Raytown, Missouri, which served as Kansas City's first municipal airport.

Reproduction photograph of the chain gang of prisoners from the 1859 Jackson County Jail, Independence, Missouri, ca. 1910, where Luke Albert Sebolt (1875-1946), the donor's father, was a guard. The prisoners were used to construct roads in eastern Jackson County. Some of the prisoners are hiding their faces or have turned away from the photographer's camera. The donor may consider donating the original for preservation at some point in the future.

Abstract of Title for Grandview Acres, a subdivision in Jackson County, Missouri.

Kansas City Club. The Kansas City Club, 1882-1982.

Kansas City School of Law yearbook, Pandex, 1907.

Abstract of Title for Lot 53 in Hill Park, a subdivision of property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Pen Portraits: Biographies of 32 Men of Kansas City, Missouri, as compiled from the Kansas City (Mo.) Star, 21 October 1880-10 May 1880 by James A. Tharp.

Kiwanis Club of Raytown, Missouri, 1946-2006. A compiled history celebrating 60 years of service to the Raytown community, individually inscribed to the Jackson County Historical Society.

Seven, black-and-white photographs from the Donnelly Garment Company files, including two images of the Company's first factory in the Coca Cola Building (today the Western Auto Building), dating from 1918. Other images show various departments at work through the 1950s and early 1960s, including one of "the men of Nelly Don," dated 1966. One portrait of the Company's founder appears to have been a publicity shot sent to department stores for their use. An accompanying caption reads: "Nelly Don-Mrs. James A. Reed-founder of the Donnelly Garment Company, Kansas City, Missouri, oftne referred to as the first lady of the dress industry. Her slogan, JUST TRY ONE ON, is based on the famous fit of her dresses and her creed is style, quality, fit and fine workmanship at moderate prices."

Two miniaturized Nelly Don dresses used by sales staff when marketing the Donnelly Garment Company to potential buyers. Also included are several snapshots from a Donnelly Garment Company Department 532 Christmas party, one featuring the donor's grandmother, Mrs. Susan Winters, who was a hemmer on the manufacturing line.

Photocopy of the field notes and road surveys conducted by E. A. Hickman in 1874, in preparation for the publication of, Hickman's Property Atlas of Jackson County, Missouri, Compiled from Personal Surveys and Records (Kansas City, Mo.: E. A. Hickman and A. L. Thornton), 1876.

Letter dated "Sunday Eve., '90," briefly mentioning Kansas City's Priests of Pallas Parade. The letter was written home to "Dear Father," from his daughter Lillie [last name not available], who was working for Mrs. L. W. [Azubah (Skinner)] Georgen, who then lived at 1025 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Georgens's children living in the home at the time were: Frederick Carr Georgens (1871-1895) (a bookkeeper at the American National Bank; he died on 4 January 1895) and John P. Georgen (sic.) (1867-1958) (a lawyer for Ess, Block & Georgen at 328 Sheidley Building; according to Jackson County marriage records, he married Miss. Mary Adele "Dell" Bryant, daughter of William and Amanda Bryant of Independence, in 1894; and, in the 1900 Census they are living with John's mother and Aunt Jane Skinner in Mrs. Georgen's bording house at 536 Olive Street). The Georgens are all buried in Elmwood Cemetery, and the Society maintains a collection of original materials relating to the Georgen and allied families. In the letter, Lillie asks her father, "are you all coming down to the Priests of Palace parade the 18th and 21st?" Actually, the fourth annual Priests of Pallas Trades and Businessmen's Parades were on Monday, September 22, 1890, and the Priests of Pallas Parade with the "American History" theme was on Tuesday, October 22.

A children's doll given to Donna Ruth Manford (1929-2005) (Mrs. Billy C. Hilton as of 25 February 1950) in 1940 on her 11th birthday by Mrs. Nell Reed, owner of the  Donnelly Garment Company, at the dress factory's Christmas party in Kansas City, Missouri.

Abstract of Title for Lot 10, Block 4, in Golden Acres, a subdivision in Jackson County, Missouri. Donor responded to the Society's 12 & 15 July 2006 Kansas City Star article mentioning the Independence firm of Gudgell and Simpson. According to this abstract, Charles Gudgell (and wife L. Belle Gudgell)  and James R. Simpson (and wife Lettie Rochester Simpson), purchased 173 1/3 acres from Cornelius C. and Anna Chiles, on 21 March 1883.

Swanstrom, David. The Great Enigma: Joseph Smith's Anti-Mormon Book of Mormon (Swanstrom, 2006).

Map and Street Guide of Raytown, Missouri, 2006.

Rosters: Adverettes of Kansas City, Inc. (a ladies' auxiliary to the Advertising and Sales Executives Club of Kansas City), 1954-1961;  Friends of Art of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc. (and its Guild), 1964; and, the Pembroke Country Day School, 1960-1961.

Central High School yearbook, Centralian, 1947; 75th Anniversary Edition.

Copy of an aerial photograph of the estate of Thomas H. Swope, son of Logan Swope, which he called Esperanza. Later, the 300-acre farm located on Section 19, Township 50, Range 31 (at 17510 E. Kentucky Rd, Independence). Swope lost the farm in the Great Depression, and it became the Cedarcrest Farms for dairying activities. Some newspaper clippings and one page of Cedarcrest Farms letterhead are also included. Donor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watson owned and operated Cedarcrest for many years.

Gage, John B. Kelly's Missouri Probate Law and Practice, or A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Powers, Duties, Rights, and Liabilities of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Fifth Edition. (Kansas City, Mo.: Vernon Law Book Company, 1926).

Approximately 100 black-and-white original, historical photographs of the Helping Hand Institute, ca. 1900-1940s. Also included is a scrapbook of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Goodwill Industries, 1951-1980, and miscellaneous two-dimensional ephemera relating to The Helping Hand of Goodwill Industries, and its predecessors.

Storey, Eleanor. Fort Osage: Gateway to the West. Undated manuscript presented to the Fort Osage Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, plus 25 Kodachrome transparencies to accompany the text.

Abstract of Title for Lots 1 & 2, McCoy Place, a subdivision of Jackson County, Missouri.

Roy W. Jackson Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Collection, including a recollection, "I Found a Home and Honest Work in the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)," describing his two, 6-month enlistments with the Great Depression-era relief program. Also included are Jackson's original CCC footlocker, duffle bag, and Army-issue blanket; a pair of roller skates purchased with his allotment money and used for fun on weekend leaves in Sebastopol, California; a Kodak Six-16 Brownie camera; and, approximately 100 identified, black-and-white photographs taken with this camera during his year in the "3 C's." Jackson's first enlistment was with Co. 733 at Camp S.C.S.-4, Sebastopol, California. He re-enlisted and traveled to Camp Bradford, Camp No. 4762, near Herrick, Idaho. A small selection of C.C.C.-related printed matter includes an original issue of the Fifth CCC Anniversary Edition of "Happy Days" dated 16 Mar. 1938, the national weekly newspaper for the Civilian Conservation Corps, written by the C.C.C. for the C.C.C. This was printed the week that Jackson was discharged from his second enlistment in the C.C.C.

Missouri Valley 1952 Flood Disaster: An Illustrated Review (Kansas City, Mo.: Litman-Bremson and Associates, Inc., 1952); East High yearbook, Eastonian, 1936; and, 50th Reunion book of the East High School Class of 1936, with reunion class portrait.

Illustrated envelope inviting Charles A. Lentz to the Priests of Pallas events in Kansas City the first week of October, 1899. The envelope's return address was the Askew Saddlery Company in Kansas City. Charles A. and Maud Lentz lived at 2307 Jarboe when the 1900 U.S. Census was conducted. They had three children: Leota A., Florence A., and Elizabeth, who, with Gust Nistas, applied for a marriage license in Jackson County on 21 October 1913.

Thomas, Sue. A Second Home: Missouri's Early Schools. (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2006).

Johnson, SaBrina. Mary Rockwell Hook: Residential Design in the Kansas City Area. Term Paper, University of Kansas, Arch 800: Special Topics in Architecture, January 2001.

Blue Springs Junior High School yearbook, Wildcat, 1987.

Two Abstracts of Title for lots in Dr. Frank B. Wilson's Addition, a subdivision of Jackson County, Missouri.

Frazier, Harriet C. Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2004).

Midwest Afro American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.). Lincoln Cemetery, Inc., Vol. I, 1934-1950. (Kansas City, Mo.: Midwest Afro American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.), December 2002).

St. James Catholic Church: Centennial Stories, 1906-2006. (Kansas City, Mo.: St. James Catholic Church, 2006).

Greater Federation of Women's Clubs Independence Study Club yearbooks for the years 1992-1993 through 2004-2005.

Sorkins' Directory of Business & Government, Kansas City Edition, 1988 (Chesterfield, Mo: Sorkins' Directories, Inc., 1988).

Priests of Pallas souvenir frame, 1910 [oval insert and easel stand missing]

Pembroke Country Day School yearbook, Raiders, 1947 and 1954.

SuEllen Fried Papers documenting her long time quest to advocate for child abuse and bullying (peer abuse), including her work to found in 1976 the Kansas Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, which served as the model chapter for the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse (now known as Prevent Child Abuse America); her website www.bullysafeuse.com; two books she co-authored with her daughter, Paula Fried, Ph.D. Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Through the Schoolyard Battlefield (New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1996), and Bullies, Targets & Witnesses: Helping Children Break the Pain Chain (New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 2003); and a third book co-authored with Lynne Lang, 30 Activities for Getting Better at Getting Along (St. Louis, Mo.: Imagine That Enterprises, LLC., 2005). Other interest areas covered in Fried's papers include her work in dance therapy, her commitment to reducing violence in prisons, and her active involvement in mental health organizations at the local, state and national levels.

City of Independence Finance Department Special Assessment Record Books No. 1-11 for all benefit assessments from February 1900 through June 21, 1976; Special Assessment Index Books for Special Assessments (by subdivision); and Special Assessment for Condemnation of U.S. 24 Highway dated August 23, 1930. Plus, City of Independence Mayor's Office newsletters for 1981 and 1982.

Van Deusen, Glyndon G. The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1848 (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1959).

Ingenthron, Elmo. Borderland Rebellion: A History of the Civil War on the Missouri-Arkansas Border (Branson, Mo.: The Ozarks Mountaineer, 1980)

Benson, Robert Bronaugh. The Old Town of Pleasant Hill and Its Early Westport Connections.

Alexander Majors and the Pony Express by the Alexander Majors Historical Trust, n.d.

Several published materials for inclusion in the Society's Archives and non-circulating Research Library, as described in the Archives' accession paperwork.

Grandview High School yearbook, Ga-Vue, 1950

Two scrapbooks prepared by Adrienne Tinker Christopher, which her daughter presented to the donor for proper disposition. One scrapbook represents Ms. Christopher's compilation of original and photocopied materials relating to Mary Bell "Mamie" Bernard Aguirre. Another scrapbook documents Ms. Christopher's great grandmother, Susan Yoacham Dillon. Each of these files were created in the early 1960s in preparation for Ms. Christopher's essay contest entries with the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society.

Correspondence pertaining to the Hereford cattle breeding pursuits of the Edward L. Young, Sr., and Harold Willoughby Makin families of Grandview, Missouri, with specific references to Young's veterinary work and their patented M-Y hornweight endeavor.

Black-and-white photograph of the Border Star School, Class of 1934.

History of the 1905 Joseph M. Robinson House at 11328 East Winner Road, as prepared by the donor. Also included is a small selection of Robinson family-related materials that the donor had when she owned the property.

Three letters written between 1922-1926 to the Simms family, formerly of Kansas City. A 30 April 1922 letter is written to "John" by S. Jeannette P. Simms, widow of James M. Simms (who lived at 406 South Denver Avenue, Kansas City). The other two are from Mrs. [Samuel B.] Allee (348 South Hardesty, Kansas City) (presumably former neighbors). Of these, a 16 December 1923 letter mentions Kansas City's Priests of Pallas [fall festival and parade.]

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

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

Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City showing street car, trolley bus and motor bus lines serving greater Kansas City produced by the Kansas City Public Service Company, ca. 1950s.

Five issues of Doll Talk magazine for inclusion in the Papers of Ruby Short McKim. This donation completes the ENTIRE RUN of McKim's Doll Talk magazine from 1938-1985.

Copies of images of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Harvey. Harvey was a son of Fred and Barbara Sarah (Mattas) Harvey. These images were from the estate of Wilfred Sitter, 6323 Morningside Drive, who was brought from Germany to be the Harvey's chauffeur. Sitter "came with the order" for the automobile.

Abstract of Title for property to the Resurvey of Payne's Addition, as subdivision of Jackson County, Missouri.

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

Bound volume of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner, May 15, 1948 to September 15, 1948.

Friends of Chicago and Alton Depot of Independence, Missouri, Records, 1997-2000

Two draft manuscripts researched and written by the donor. Ultimately, these writings are scheduled to be published in book form. Donor retains copyright. 1) Manuscript (with citations) titled, "O'Toole Family Saga: An American Success Story;" and, 2) Manuscript (unsourced) tentatively titled, "Irish Kansas City, 1850." Midwest Irish Focus magazine serially published an earlier version of this piece beginning in September, 2006. However, this manuscript represents a significantly enhanced version. A version of this manuscript that includes citations may follow at a later date.

Matchbook for the Jewel Box Lounge, 3219 Troost Avenue, "Kansas City's Most Unusual" and "Most Talked About Nite Club in the Mid-West Featuring America's Finest Femme-Mimics." Images of five transvestite performers are pictured.

Oval-shaped photograph showing the home, barn and outbuildings of the William Chrisman farm east of Independence, Missouri, on the north side of present-day 23rd Street (78 Highway), ca. 1880-1900.

Three items once belonging to Modenuia Floretta Avery, daughter of Floyd and Essie Avery, who lived at 410 West 43rd Terrace (formerly Steptoe Street) in the Steptoe neighborhood of Westport, Missouri, including: a photograph of the famous "Hanging Tree," that once stood at the corner of 42nd Terrace and Washington (it had to be cut down after an ice storm severely damaged it in the mid-1990s); commemoration program titled, "On the Santa Fe Trail, The Last Round Up," when Penn School closed on 26 May 1955, 4237 Penn; and, the "Eighty-second Church Anniversary Program," of the St. Luke A.M.E. Church, 20 Sept. 1964.

Connecting the Dots: Westport and Shawnee Indian Mission

Trans World Airline (TWA ) uniform, 1955. Donor was Superintendant Hostess in Kansas City in 1955 when TWA chose to replace the 11-year-old "cutout" uniform with a new look for their 900 hostesses  system-wide. Paris born American designer Oleg Cassini was chosen to design a uniform keyed for color harmony to the beautiful interior of the Super-G Connie. Cassini designed it, and Kansas City's Briney Marlin manufactured the uniform. The brown wool sharkskin jacket has the TWA embroidered on the right side, replacing the cutout of its predecessor, and is collarless, with five covered buttons. In addition to the jacket, a straight wool sharkskin skirt and two brown hats are included in this donation. A white blouseslip along with brown pumps, brown over shoulder purse and a brown fiberglass hostess kit completed the image (not included in this donation). The winter coat (not included in this donation) was brown wool, single breasted, round collar, cuffed sleeves and were complemented with brown leather gloves.

Manuscript researched and written by the donor: The Walter and Beatrice Bryan Family (November 2006).

Commemoration programs, literature, and "Princess Mary box," of the opening of the National World War I (WWI) Museum at Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri, December 1 and 2, 2006. The $1,000/seat "Gala to the Human Spirit," held on December 1, 2006, included the Princess Mary box with a box of Whitman's chocolates. The public unveiling was the next day, on December 2. The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memoria is, "America's only museum dedicated to the courage and spirit of the people who lived and died in "The Great War," and the timeless lessons of liberty encapsulated in their souls." (www.nww1.org). Also included is a Liberty Memorial desk paperweight.

Vinyl 33 1/2 RPM record produced by the National Municipal League (New York: National Municipal League, undated), presenting, "Citizens at Work," one of a series of true stories of all-American cities. The two sides of this record is "The Kansas City Story," parts 1 and 2.

Midwest Afro American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.). Fannie Meeks Funeral Records. (Kansas City, Mo.: Midwest Afro American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.), November 1, 2003).

Kivett and Myers Architects, Planners. Book highlighting the history and accomplishments of this Kansas City firm. Throughout are photographs and text about the major Kansas City, regional and national projects Kivett and Myers was involved with up to the time of publication. Included is the Jackson County Sports Complex, designed by Kivett and Myers as project architects with Charles Deaton, architect, design associate.

Coleman, Richard P. Kansas City Establishment, The: Leadership through Two Centuries in a Midwestern Metropolis. (Manhattan, Ks.: KS Publishing, Inc., 2006.)

Grandview Historical Society. History of Grandview, Missouri: 1844-1994 (Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1995).

Photographic scrapbook of Private First Class Salvador Aquino (2840 Bell, Kansas City, Mo., in 1957). Aquino, who had been a boyfriend of one of the donor's aunts [names not provided], was in the Marine's Weapons Company, Second Battalion, and appears to have been stationed in Japan during the Korean War. The photo album features a colorful, lacquered cover; photographs are largely unidentified. This item did not have any direct connection to the donor, who salvaged it from being destroyed when her grandmother's home [name not provided] was being cleaned out.

Forever Studios LifeStories oral history interview with Pansy "Pat" Isabelle Myers Hovis Mawby, including her recollection of working as a seamstress for "Nelly Don" at the Donnelly Garment Company, in Kansas City, Missouri.