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:

 

2007

The Tom C. Taylor Kansas City History Collection. This initial donation includes a selection of china once used in the Hotel President, as described on the Deed of Gift inventory.

Henry I. Marder Kansas City Area Matchbook Cover Collection, consisting of hundreds of matchbook covers from various establishments in and around the Kansas City, Missouri, area.

Photograph of William "Bill" Hudspeth.

Lobb Cemetery Association. History and Burials of Lobb Cemetery, The. (Independence, Missouri: Lobb Cemetery Association, January 10, 2007).

Townsend, Chuck. George C. Carson & Sons "Blue Ridge [Funeral Home] Chapel" Alphabetical Listing of Burials from 11 Jul. 1966 [when it opened] to 8 Oct. 2000 [when it closed].

Townsend, Chuck, and Lee Ward. George C. Carson & Sons Funeral Home: Alphabetical Listing of Burials from 16 Jan. 1934 to 28 Dec. 2002. (As of July 20, 2006)

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

Original Land Owners, Jackson County, Missouri: Record of Original Entries to Lands in Jackson County, as compiled, abstracted and indexed by Roberta Bonnewitz, January 2007. This donation includes oversized township maps created by Bonnewitz (and an accompanying index) in her attempt over 20+ years to prepare a more readable version to the Original Entries to Lands in Jackson County (donated separately as Accession No. 2006.102).

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, November 2006).

Simmons, Leslie S. Michael and Ulysses Grant Sechler; five-page, typed manuscript detailing the Sechler family of Buckner, Missouri. A photograph of an unidentified men's group in Buckner, Missouri, in which Ulysses Grant Sechler is pictured. A commencement program from the 1916 class of Hall's Memorial High School, Buckner, Missouri, is included.

Johnson, Judy. History of Buckner Schools: Taken from The (Buckner, Mo.) Gazette Weekly, 27 Nov. 1996. Also, a one-page, typed manuscript by Judy Johnson, part of author's profiles of past residents of Buckner titled: Gone But Not Forgotten: James William Graham (1856-1948). These two items form the genesis of a permanent, local history research collection that the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society Archives hopes to one day establish in the donor’s name, should she accept the Society’s invitation.

Simmons, Leslie S. The Ralph Simmons Family [of Buckner, Jackson County, Missouri]. Three-page typed manuscript.

Abstract of Title for Englewood Highlands, a subdivision of property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Black and white photograph of "The Evolution of the Relief Map," a 13’ x 14’ scaled model (horizontal scale of 1 inch = 1320 feet; and a vertical scale of 1 inch = 160 feet) from the 1930s that was propped up at an angle on a sturdy, steel frame, and exhibited as late as the late 1980s at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex at 308 West Kansas, in Independence, Missouri. The photo shows in four steps how the relief map was constructed based on U.S. Geological Surveys, in cooperation with the Jackson County Highway Department. This photo was published on the cover of the Autumn 2006 Jackson County Historical Society JOURNAL in an attempt to recover the relief model.

National Association of Parliamentarians, Inc. Collection, organized 23 June 1930, consisting of a complete serial of the Kansas City-based organization's newsletter, The National Parliamentarian (which debuted in January 1938 as "Parliamentary Pickles"); and, Yearbooks/Blue Books, 1949-2001. Included are materials from the Missouri State Association of Parliamentarians, Inc., organized 6 Dec. 1944, consisting of selected issues of its newsletter, Missouri Parliamentarian; yearbooks; and annual convention booklets. Also, selected yearbooks of three local units of the National Association of Parliamentarians, Inc., namely: The Parliamentary Club (which is the predecessor of the National Association, founded on 14 June 1898 by Mrs. George B. (Emma Lard) Longan; incorporated in 1909; and, re-incorporated in 1935); the Ruth M. Crane Unit; and, the Heart of America Registered Parliamentarians Unit.

Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Pioneers Chapter Records, including yearbooks, programs, and selected publicity materials

Church Women United-Kansas City Chapter Records, 2005-2006, including: executive meetings, assembly meetings, celebrations, and treasurer's reports.

Black and white photograph of Susannah "Sue" Gentry, William "Bill" Randall, and Arthur W. Lamb standing in front of a statue of Blair in Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

World War II Navy blue dress uniform of Emil Shay, Jr. (1921-2007), including shirt, pants and cap. A photograph of the veteran and one of his ship is also included, in addition to copies of his personnel and medical records acquired from the National Personnel Records Center.

Manuscripts researched and written by the donor: The Walter and Beatrice Bryan Family (November 2006); and The Smiths of Chapel Hill, Missouri: A History of the Jacob Birdsall Smith Family (Fourth Edition, January 2007).

Six red and green plastic "mill" tokens used in the 1950s as one-tenth of a cent each for purposes of sales tax payments. The donor recalled these being used to shop in Brookside before the Prairie Village Shops were constructed.

Two bound volumes of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner: Volume 48 (January 19, 1948 to May 14, 1948); and Volume 49 (January 19, 1949 to May 14, 1949).

Paseo High School yearbook, the Paseon, 1937.

Two "Farm Photo" files from the County Agricultural Consevation Association from September 27, 1940, showing miniature aerial photographic representations of two farms in Jackson County, Missouri. One 28-acre farm owned then by Ruth Malernee was located 10 miles southeast from Independence on Velie Road in Blue Township. The second 23-acre farm owned then by John R. and Ethel Stallcup, was located 5 miles south and 2 miles east from Independence on Lee's Summit Road in Blue Township. A portion of the latter property was acquired by the donors in 1979, when they purchased from the Stallcups a one bedroom farm house and five acres at 4815 Lee's Summit Road. This property today is adjacent on the south to the Stephenson's Restaurant property, located on the southeast corner of 40 Highway and Lee’s Summit Road.

World War I documents and photographs of Private Clark Mauer Ensminger (1888-1953), who served in Company A, 117th Field Signal Battalion, between 17 April 1917 and 7 May 1919, with active duty in various battles, engagements, skirmishes, and expeditions in France.

Research data collected by Joe Klein, Jr., and Barbara Allison Cook, 1997-2002, outlining the memories of neighbors who lived and/or grew up in the Englewood District of Independence, Missouri, between 1925 and 1970. Included is a history of Bristol Teen Town written by Joe Klein. A DVD slide show of color slides taken by the donor's father at Bristol Teen Town functions in the 1950s was offered, but the donor declined our invitation and opted to retain the original slides.

Personal letter written April 2, 1914, by "Maude," who resided at and served as office secretary for the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.), 1020 McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri, to the donor's mother, Pauline Zetta Grafton-Thomas, who lived on Park Street in Wichita, Kansas. Grafton-Thomas was a 1910 graduate of Fairmont College (now Wichita State University) in Wichita. It is possible that "Maude" was a fellow Fairmount College alum. In addition to providing a brief glimpse into Kansas City's Y.W.C.A., the letter also mentions an interesting interaction with Queen Eleanora of Bulgaria.

Souvenir medallion of the "New Convention Hall," Kansas City, Missouri, produced by the George H. Bowman Company (possibly in Cleveland, Ohio). The medallion is a zinc or copper alloy measuring 3.5" in diameter. It dates to 1900 when the Convention Hall was constructed, and might have been a souvenir acquired at the Democratic Convention that summer.

The Art Digest (combined with the Argus of San Francisco): the News Magazine of Art. Vol. VIII. No. 5. Nelson Gallery of Art Special Number, December 1, 1933. Commemorating the opening of the Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art.

Berke, Arnold. Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest. (New York, Ny.: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002).

Civilian Conservation Corps materials of Oran Griffith, who enlisted in the C.C.C. at Ava, Missouri, on 3 April 1934. Oran worked in forestry and soil erosion prevention projects for Company 3757. He also was a cook in connection with Company 737 at Brownbranch, Missouri, as Oran was photographed in a panoramic shot of that company on June 21,1934. There is also a set of silverware engraved with that company's number, plus two wool lapel patches with the cook's insignia, and a, "Menu and Recipe Suggestions for U.S. C.C.C." distributed by Kellogg's of Battle Creek, Michigan. Other  recipes--perhaps Oran's favorites--are typewritten in another small journal. Oran spent a couple of weeks, including Christmas 1935, as a patient at the Station Hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. While there, a fellow enlistee wrote to Griffith about his belongings, and mentioned others, including: Scott; Conley Harrelson; Cox; Schneider; Yates; and, Watkins. Oran's his father, D. B. Griffith, wrote a letter from Pomona, Missouri, to "Dear Boy" with promise of a job if Oran could "get a discharge;" an event that took place at Bowling Green, Missouri, 6 Jan. 1936. Oran's footlocker, plus correspondence surrounding its shipment round off this collection.

Yearbook of Palmer Junior High School, Independence, Missouri, The Patriot, 1982.

World War II materials about Private First Class Robert Wray "Bob" Fox, United States Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. and Virginia Fox, who was killed in action in the battle of Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on 20 November 1943, including: a newspaper clipping and a Western Union telegram (dated 23 December 1943), notifying the parents of their son's death; the silk Gold Star that was displayed in the window of the Fox home at 504 West 14th Street, Kansas City, Missouri; a United States Marine Corps Citation; an American Legion Gold Star Citation; Purple Heart Citation; memorial from Franklin D. Roosevelt; photograph of Fox, and one with the 728th Platoon; plus, correspondence (including V-mail) sent home from Fox to "Dear Mom and C.W." Additionally, a silk pillow cover with a poem about "U.S. Marines Mother," which Fox sent home as a gift to his mother; a book, "Follow Me! The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II (New York: Random House, 1948); and, pages pertaining to Fox copied from the book compiled and edited by Ray D. and Susan M. Jackson, "America's Youngest Warriors, Volume II: More stories about the young men and women who served in the armed forces of the United States of America before attaining legal age (Tempe, Az.: Veterans of Underage Military Service, 2002).

Hudspeth, Thomas B. Fox and Wolf Hounds: History of Breeding and Prices (Sibley, Mo.: Thomas B. Hudspeth, 1914). Marketing publication covering Hudspeth's history with dog breeding, some Hudspeth family history, and photographs of his home, dogs, and their trophies. Pricing information, references and endorsements from bankers and satisfied customers are also included in this 16 page booklet. This is a perfect complement to the "record book of dogs shipped, 1899-1907" available at L29F21.

Brant, Marley. Jesse James: The Man and the Myth. (New York: Berkely Books, 1998). Brant, Marley. The Outlaw Youngers: A Confederate Brotherhood. (Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1992.)

Breihan, Carl W., Killer Legions of Quantrill; Houts, Joseph K., Jr., Quantrill's Theives; Schultz, Duane, Quantrill's War; Litteer, Loren K., William Clarke Quantrill: The Man Who Burned Lawrence.

A quilt with the initials "K.M." and date of 1889 embroidered in the middle of one end.

Two yearbooks for Independence Junior High School, Echo, 1942 and 1943.

Reproduction of the Kansas City Evening Star, Volume 1, Number 1, Saturday, September 18, 1880.

Donor's recollection of her family's connection to the site of the Twin Oaks Apartments on the University of Missouri-Kansas City Volker Campus (formerly the site of the City Ice Company, where her grandfather, George Kiser, worked), which were razed April-May, 2007.

Photocopy of the Abstract of Title for the Joseph Gibson, later Albert G. Williams homestead (W2, SW4, Section 17, Township 49, Range 30). Photocopies of a small account book found in the walls of the dog trot cabin, which includes among other details the recording of vital statistics for Albert G. and Amanda A. Williams and their family. Also included are photocopies of a ca. 1870s photograph of the Williams family in front of their log cabin, which was set ablaze during the Civil War's Order No. 11 but saved. The donors live in and have faithfully restored this historic home on Pink Hill Road in Blue Springs, Missouri. The Society hopes to attract original historical photographs of the Gibson-Williams homestead, in addition to recent photographs of its restoration.

71-page manuscript compiled by Ruth A. (Hardison) Curtis titled, "Us," detailing life stories of her and her husband, Colby Albert Curtis, with particular emphasis on his World War II and Korean War memories. Separately, a 4-page manuscript, "A Wife Remembers the Forgotten War," and a 1-page tribute to her children, including a poem, "And That About Sums it Up." These manuscripts and associated material are submitted for the Veterans History Project.

Yearbook for the Metropolitan Junior College, Kansas City, Sunburst, 1969.

Bible of Edna L. Kershaw, 2609 Montgall Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, November 15, 1891. Kershaw, age 5, died on January 15, 1892, of diptheria.

Postcard of the lake on the Vaile Mansion estate, Independence, Missouri. Postcard of the Methodist Church South, Oak Grove, Missouri, showing the wreckage from a gas explosion on February 16, 1913.

Three shorthand lessons, as distributed by the Central Business College, 1312-1314 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, ca. 1897-1898

Brewer, Carolyn Glenn. Caught in the Path: A Tornado's Fury, A Community's Rebirth: The Ruskin Heights Tornado, May 20, 1957. (Kansas City, Mo.: Prairie Fugue Books, Leathers Publishing, 2007).

Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman, presented at the Kansas City Art Institute, 3500 Warwick Boulevard, September, 1927.

Fulton, Mildred, ed. Bridge to the Past: A Personal History of North Kansas City; Bruce, Mrs. Bessie Lee. Reaching for a Dream (Lawrence Collins Darden, Sr., publisher, 1979); and, Flanagan, James. Blight Study, Ten Oak Center Project, West Side of Oak Street to East Side of Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri, for Ten Oak Center Redevelopment Corporation, November 6, 1984.

Several Kansas City-related postcards belonging to and donated in the memory of the donor's mother.

Dellinger, Harold, ed. Jesse James: The Best Writings on the Notorious Outlaw and His Gang (Guilford, Con.: The Globe Pequot Press, 2007).

Smith, Maurice, ed. A Brief History of Manufacturing [outlining the history of the World War II-era Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Plant in Kansas City, Missouri, and later Westinghouse, Bendix Aviation Corp., Allied, AlliedSignal, and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC.], 2000 and 2002.

Photocopy of an 1833 Plat purportedly sketching Joseph Smith's City of Zion.

Photographic portraits of the Independence Sanitarium (later Independence Regional Health Center) physicians.

One bound volume of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner: Volume 49 (May 15, 1949 to September May 14, 1949).

Independence Music Club, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, including: newsclippings, programs, forms, by-laws, program booklets, notices and secretary's notes.

Church Women United-Independence records, 2002 and 2003, comprising of history, meeting minutes, financial reports, programs, and newspaper clippings.

Civil War-era physician's surgical instrument kit with 28 surgical, obstetric and post-mortem utensils (yet to be individually identified and tagged) contained in a leather folding case. Also, a copy of, "An Analytical Compendium of the Various Branches of Medical Science for the Use and Examination of Students," by John Neill, M.D., and Francis Gurney Smith, M.D. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Blanchard and Lea, 1858). These artifacts were found by the donors in the attic while packing to move from their home at 650 West 67th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. A relative of the former owners, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave and Bertha Nottberg, was contacted, but Barbara Nottberg had no recollection of a physician in her genealogy. Mr. Nottberg, who was Vice President at U.S. Engineering, lived in the home from at least 1945. Prior to that, Kansas City city directories reveal that Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. and Leonor Jenkins, were the first to live at that address (likely when the house was constructed) by 1931 to 1942. Jenkins was a lawyer with Jenkins & Vance (at 816 Bryant Building, 1102 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri).

Yearbook for Benton Elementary School (K-8), Independence, Missouri, 1915

University of Kansas City yearbook, Kangaroo, 1969

Walker, Mike and Vicki. Cinemental Journeys: An Uncommon Guide to Classic Movie Theaters, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. (Kansas City, Mo.: How High the Moon Publishing, LLC, 2007)

Kansas City Zoo: Polar Bear Exhibit Master Plan, 1980

Kansas City and Jackson County Facts (12th Annual Edition), 1953-1954

Davis, Mary Bronaugh. Kansas City Music Teachers Association, 75th Anniversary, 1915-1990: Highlights of KCMTA Events Through the Years, May 11, 1990

Two Abstract of Title for section land once owned by the donor's father- and mother-in-law, William John and Effie L. (James) Brewster, to wit: the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 49 Range 33, in Jackson County, Missouri. The property was at 59th and Prospect adjacent to land that was platted in 1910 as the Timberland subdivision.

Frank and Janann Adams Collection of Lynchburg and Elizabeth (Drake) Adams Family Papers, including: Holy Bible of Lynchburg and Elizabeth (Drake) Adams, recording their family's births, marriages, and deaths; tax receipts of Lynchburg Adams (1869) and his son William Carroll Adams (1881); a photocopy of the original 1834 land patent for Lynchburg Adams describing land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 51, Range 31; and an undated, unattributed newspaper clipping  describes, "Among the very first of the adventurers who pushed their way into this 'land of promise,' came Lynchburg Adams. At the time of his death, which occurred on the 6th of December last..." Future donation of additional items (including portraits of the Adams's) have been pledged so that these important Jackson County family materials may be preserved and made available to the public.

Art Study Club 80th Anniversary Celebration and History, April 9, 2002. The program celebrating the club's 85th anniversary, June 5, 2007, is also included.

Kansas City-related items belonging to and donated in the memory of the donor's mother. This donation includes  two postcards and three archival documents from Kansas City's Priests of Pallas ball (two copies of the program and dance card for the October 5, 1893 event; and, one copy of an undated program and dance card, ca. 1890s). Also of interest, is a placard titled "A Tribute to Missouri," which was "broadcast by General Motors to the Nation, March 28th 1932," and describes the importance of transportation to Missouri's legacy.

Unidentified photograph of a woman taken by the Fromhart & Benson photographic studio at 805 Main, Kansas City, Missouri.

O'Brien, William Patrick. "Olam Katan (Small World): Jewish Traders on the Santa Fe Trail." 48:2 (Summer 2006) Journal of the Southwest.

O'Brien, William Patrick. Independence, Missouri's Trade with Mexico, 1827-1860: A Study in International Consensus and Cooperation. Thesis. University of Colorado, 1994.

Kansas City's Manual Training High School yearbooks, The Nautilus, 1927, 1928, 1929, donated in memory of Nadine (Standley) Anderson, 1929 Manual graduate, who became the first female vice-president of Security Pacific Bank (later Bank of America) in Riverside, California. She died 6 July 1997, at age 86.

Abstract of Title for section land comprising the south 10 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Township 49, Range 31, which includes the historic home at 17800 R. D. Mize Road, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.

Infanger, E. J. To "Mormanise" Kansas: A Comparative Study of Bleeding Kansas and the Missourian-Mormon Conflicts. Thesis. Dr. Patrick Bass, professor of history and political science, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 7 May 2007. For an understanding of the Latter Day Saints, Free Soil Kansans, proslavery Kansans, and Western Missourians. This thesis contains answers to many of the controversies concerning the 1830s and 1850s in Kansas and Missouri.

McCarty, Richard Justin. Work and Play: The Ancestry and Experience of Richard Justin McCarty. (Kansas City, Mo.: Joseph D. Havens Co., 1925).

Yearbook for Cler-Mont Elementary School, Independence, Missouri, 2005.

Three lantern slides of real photographs made by E. J. Davis, Kansas City, Missouri, to wit: Blue River, Swope Park, showing a man sitting on a log with a fishing pole in the water; Rock Outcrop and Stream, Swope Park; and, Entrance, Swope Park.

Selected items relating to the World War II service of the donor's father, William Gilman "Gil" Anderson. Includes photographs of the veteran, his discharge papers, and war rationing and defense savings bond-related documents for him and his wife, Esther May (Thomas) Anderson [and those of her brother, Emmett F. Thomas, who worked for North American Aviation (the new Sunflower plant)].

Postcard sets (15 different designs from the early 1900s to the 1960s) of Greater Kansas City scenes. Also, a selection of individual postcards of Kansas City area scenes (buildings; businesses; Country Club Plaza district; hotels; downtown Kansas City; schools; etc.), including three, old trifold panoramic scenes.

Information about The Walnuts, Kansas City, Missouri.

Historical document pertaining to the opening of Union Station, Kansas City, 1914. Also included is a copy of the Fall 2000 issue of Inspired Giving produced by the Kansas City Community Foundation discussing Mary Ford Maurer's philanthropic efforts to save and restore Union Station.

Bradley, Lenore K. Robert Alexander Long: A Lumberman of the Gilded Age. (Durham, Sc.: Forest Historical Society, 1989).

Voigts, Madelyn. Mission Hills: Reflections on the Past and Present. (Kansas City, Mo.: Mission Hills Homes Company and the Lowell Press, 1987).

Kansas City Landmarks Commission. Historic Kansas City Architecture. (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Landmarks Commission, 1975).

Ehrlich, George. Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural History, 1826-1990. Revised and Enlarged Edition. (Columbia, Mo.: Univ. of Mo., 1979)

Simpson, Clarence W. A History of the Founding and First Forty years of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. (Kansas City, Mo.: University Trustees, W.R. Nelson Trust, 1976). Also, a 2007 invitation to the opening of the Bloch Building, a glass paperweight, and commemorative plate of the Gallery made exclusively for T. M. James & Sons (founded in 1863) and made by Spode's Mansard, Copeland, England.

Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City Records, 1891-2006, as described on the inventory attached to the Deed of Gift. Also, the Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City Alliance (formerly Women's Auxiliary) Records, 1924-1982[1995], as described on the inventory attached to the Deed of Gift.

Elizabeth W. Matheson Scrapbook of American War Mothers, Kansas City Chapter No. 7, 1959-1961. The scrapbook was passed down to Elizabeth's daughter, Alphie N. Steinheider, and then her two sons Richard and James. Also included is a copy of Bridge to the Past: A Personal History of North Kansas City.

Abstract of Title for Evanston Place, a subdivision of Jackson County, Missouri, from the estate of Wilbur E. and Dorothy J. Cole.

Cole, Redmond S. The Story of Captain Jesse Cole of Johnson County, Tennessee: His Ancestry and Related Families. (Tulsa, Ok.: Mrs. Redmond S. Cole, 1962). Traces the genealogy of Jesse Cole who migrated with his parents, Alfred and Harriet (Blevins) Cole, to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1842. Also included is genealogical information about the Cole, Cassell and Rhoades families; plus two Abstracts of Title for property in Jackson County, Missouri.

Gariety, John. Six Carity Brothers of Shelby County, Ohio. Traces the Carity [Gariety, sic.] genealogy of six brothers who immigrated Frahier, France, to Ohio. Some descendants settled in Jackson County, Missouri.

Collection of "The Original Dickens Dolls," or sometimes called "The Four Sisters Dolls," or "The Dolls by Hannah," that were "individually and lovingly handcrafted by generations of one family dating back to the next door neighbor and first illustrator for Charles Dickens in London, England." Also included are promotional sales flyers and prices lists of the various dolls created by Aileen Marie Franklin (1905-1985), that Hannah Aileen (Franklin) Gillett Mendus continued to produce through 1999.

Alderman, B. J. The Secret Life of the Lawman's Wife. (Westport, Ct.: Praeger Publishing, 2007).

Two quilt patterns created and or based on designs by Ruby Short McKim, for inclusion in the Ruby Short McKim Papers. One photocopy, and one original design of the Iris Garden Quilt, as printed in the May 1983 Quilter's Newsletter Magazine.

Schnetzer, Wayne H. More Forgotten Men: The Missouri State Guard (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 2003).

Petersen, Paul R. Quantrill in Texas: The Forgotten Campaign. (Nashville, Tn.: Cumberland House, 2007).

Independence Young Matrons yearbook, Children's Theater program, Holly & Mistletoe tour ticket, and The Mirror for the organizations 2006-2007 fiscal year. Also included this year is a picture yearbook.

Three Abstracts of Title to property in Jackson County, Missouri, including these subdivisions: Englewood Plaza (Lots 16-20); Englewood Plaza (Lot 15); and, Erwin's Addition to the City of Independence (Block 3, Lot 1).

Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph: Celebrating 50 Years, August 29, 1956-August 29, 2006. Catholic Key, August 29, 2006.

Pearson, Robert and Brad Pearson. The J. C. Nichols Chronicle: The Authorized Story of the Man, His Company, and His Legacy, 1880-1994. (Lawrence, Ks.: Country Club Plaza Press, 1994).

Photograph of the construction of Westport Junior High School, Kansas City, Missouri, 21 Sept. 1924. Later, this building served as the Kansas City Junior College (The College later became Metropolitan Community College. The College moved in 1959 to 560 Westport Road. Then, in 1972 Penn Valley Community College opened).

Set of five (5) small, commemorative spoons of Kansas City. One has a cut-out of the Kansas City Scout statue; another has an engraving of the Kansas City Public Library on 9th Street; one features an engraving of the "New Union Station;" another commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the G. Bernheimer Brothers & Co., 1902, with an engraving of the Convention Hall in Kansas City. The last sterling commemorative "Kansas City, Mo." spoon features a stem resembling two long rifles (no other identification is provided as to its origin or significance).

Souvenir paperweight and small china vase commemorating the Kansas City Public Library when it was located on 9th Street. Today (2007) the building serves as the Ozark National Life Insurance headquarters.

Souvenir plate of the Kansas City Central High School. This building later served as the Kansas City Junior College before it moved to the former Westport Junior High School building on 39th Street.

Two Jackson County ledger books, to wit: Judges Docket, Circuit Court No. 4, Jackson County, Missouri, October Term 1901; and Chattel Mortgage with Power of Sale, 17 Sept. 1886 to Mar. 1887, Book No. 42. These volumes were given to the donor ca. 1975 by a friend who had been on the County staff. They were culled from a large selection of Jackson County records that were discarded by at that time.

William Franklin and Fannie (Ware) Smith Collection of Family Papers. The Smith family emigrated from Pennsylvania to Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri. This collection of original archival materials contain approximately 100 items, primarily correspondence, between the Smith and allied families, ca. 1800-1900. Of particular interest are the Civil War-era letters of William Franklin Smith's brother, Richard Merritt Smith, who was attached at a young age to the 130th Pennsylvania Volunteers and was killed in action at Antietam in September, 1862. He is buried in the Slateville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 308 Slateville Rd, Delta (near Peach Bottom), York County, Pennsylvania.

Two bud vases from the 1924 Priests of Pallas festival in Kansas City, Missouri.

28 high school yearbooks, the Centralian, for Central High School, Kansas City, Missouri: 1901; 1949-1952; 1954-1957; 1972; 1974; 1976; 1978-1985; 1987; 1990-1994; 1997; 1999.

Brady, Mrs. Pearl O. History of The Little Red School House Shiloh-Knotts, 1864-1957.

Archival material regarding Yolanda (Prosperi) Latham, who worked for the Donnelly Garment Company as a designer of Nelly Don fashions. Latham was born in Rialo, Italy (Tuscany) on 29 August 1901, and was raised in Boone, Iowa, having graduated from the University of Iowa in Ames, Iowa, with a B.S. in Home Economics. While with the Donnelly Garment Company, she was traveled to New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and was the "Paris Representative" of the Company from 1943 to 1948, when she left and moved to Florida with her husband, Carl Latham. Latham returned to Kansas City and Nelly Don in 1953, and remained there until she retired. Latham died in Boone, Iowa, 25 December 1997. This collection of tear sheets; photographs; and, one note on Donnelly Garment Company letterhead (from its 1828 Walnut Street address) from Nell Quinlan Reed to Latham congratulating her on her, "smock and Handy-Dandy which won the contest," is donated by the Ray Prosperi and Ermeneguildo Prosperi children and grandchildren in memory of Yolanda Prsoperi Latham.

Ward, Lee. Coffins, Kits, and More! Stories of the Civil War Embalmer. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 2007).

Blue line map of Kansas City's "East District" showing the eastern boundaries of Kansas City, Missouri, to its 1909 annexations. Agnes Avenue borders the left, or west edge of this map; the Big Blue River to the east. Some attractions and additions to the east are also identified in this three-panel map.

Abstract of Title for Fairmount, a subdivision of Jackson County, Missouri.

Two black-and-white photographs of Kansas City, ca. 1900-1910. One is of the sunken gardens at 12th and The Paseo showing the commemorative cannon at the far end. The second is of downtown Kansas City looking south on Grand from 8th Street.

Quilt of unknown origin embroidered with the names of about 50 women with dates ranging from 1951-1960. The donor's research reveals that the one thing they have in common, is that at some point they all lived in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. The names are: Ethel Mabry; Ruth Conz; Lynn Kellogg; Hazel Mae Barber; Gladys Carstensen; Louise Weiss; Valera Horn; Iva Lee Crow; Mary Pasciarello; Hazel & Wallie Aurand; Mary Culverhouse; Marie Juengling; June Hurley; Ethel Herrin; Anna Udey; Virginia Bacon; Goldie Wolf; Aletha Smith; Myrtle Duncan; Myrtle Irene Malmfeldt; Marie Taylor; Maybelle Noble; Rosa Lee; Gladys Land; Mary Foster; Lucy Newill; Pauline & Rush Harper; Merle Gover; Alva Brewer; Myrtle Potter; Willa Bowels; Elna Wilkerson; Jeanne Line; Elma Buch; Grace Johnston; Verna Montgomery; Harriet Speer; Gladys Dowell; Ora Colton; Bessie Wilcox; Etta Humphrey; Esther Swartz; Bertha Sowers; and, Dorothy Young.

Auxiliary of the Medical Center of Independence Records, 1952-2007, including minutes, rosters, programs and project records, and photographs. The Auxiliary supported the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital (later the Independence Regional Health Center).

Scrapbook of donor's mother, Mrs. Bernard W. (Mildred V. Smith) Nelson, long-time Independence resident, containing World War II-era clippings/obituaries relating primarily to Independence veterans and civilians. Mrs. Mr. Nelson was a tool setter for Remington Arms at the Lake City Arsenal. His brother, Woody Nelson, was a veteran noted in the scrapbook.

Beauregard, Nettie H. Decorations and Trophies, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh [aka. Illustrations of Colonel Lindbergh's Decorations and Some of His Trophies Received Within the Year Following His Trans-Atlantic Flight of May 20-21, 1927. (St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Historical Society, 1928).

High School Yearbooks for Grandview High School, Bulldog, 1974 and 1977.

Flader, Susan. Exploring Missouri's Legacy State Parks and Historic Sites (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1992); Gillespie, Michael L. The Battle of Lexington, 1861. (Michael L. Gillespie, 1995); Castel, Albert. A Frontier State at War: Kansas 1861-1865 (Lawrence, Ks.: Kansas Heritage Press, 1958); Pearson, Nathan W., Jr. Goin' to Kansas City. (Chicago, Il.: University of Chicago Press, 1987); and, Poling-Kempes, Lesley. The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West. (New York, Ny.: Paragon House, 1991)

Typewritten histories relating to Jackson County families: Bierbaum, Hedrick, Henthorn, Mershon, and Stoenner. Also included is a copy of an undated manuscript, "A Glimpse into the History of Lake City, Missouri," by Louisa Stephens.

Copies of material relating to the Cassell and Rhoades families of Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri.

Johnson, Niel M. Power, Money, and Women: Words to the Wise from Harry S. Truman. Second printing. (Indepenence, Mo.: Leather's Publishing, 2007).

Schnetzer, Wayne H. Suitable Subjects for Shooting: Jackson County, Missouir Civil War Years, November and December, 1861. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 2001).

Four high school yearbooks for East High School, The Eastonian, 1963-1966; and, one for the Metropolitan Junior College, The Sunburst, 1968.

One bound volume of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner: Volume 44 (September 16, 1948 to January 18, 1949)

Diorama of, "The Waylaying of Bruz and Mary Jane Chiles, ca. 1862," created by Jerry L. Hines and presented to the donor in June, 2005. A family history story accompanies the diorama that depicts the Chiles' carriage being hijacked by Quantrill's men. The carriage had just crossed the covered bridge over the Little Blue River. A copy of this historical sketch is kept with the donation paperwork, and may also be used as interpretation when exhibiting the diorama.

Polk's City Directory for Raytown, 1986; and, one bound volume of the Independence (Mo.) Examiner: Volume 45 (January 19, 1950 to May 15, 1950).

Eakin, Joanne Chiles. Five Years of the Blue & Grey Chronicle, 2002-2007. (Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing, 2007).

Order No. 11 full color reproduction from the State Historical Society of Missouri.

Set of approximately 100 blue line maps measuring 30" x 17" dating from the 1920s (and updated through the 1940s) that appear to all relate to railroad and/or streetcar rail lines running through Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri.

American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art (AIA, 2000); Carl W. Breihan, Ride the Razor’s Edge (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1992); Wiley Britton, The Civil War on the Border, Vol. II 1863-1865, reprint ed. (Ottawa, Kansas: Kansas Heritage Press, 1994); Albert Castel, William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times, reprint ed. with new preface by author (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999); Merle Clayton, Union Station Massacre: The Shootout That Started the F.B.I.’s War on Crime (Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975); Homer Croy, Jesse James Was My Neighbor (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949); Robert L. Dyer, Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1994); Wayne Erbsen, Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings (Asheville, North Carolina: Native Ground Music, Inc. 2001); Robert H. Ferrell, Truman: A Centenary Remembrance (New York: Viking Press, 1984); Kevin Fox Gotham, Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2000 (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002); Curators of the University of Missouri, Images of Kansas City, selected and intr. by William Mills (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1996) [numerous inscriptions inside front and back covers; apparently a presentation copy to a summer employee/intern/volunteer at Showme Regional Service Office/Regional Service Committee, St. Louis, of Missouri Narcotics Anonymous]; Kent Politsch, Legends and Legacy (Overland Park, Kansas: Yellow Corporation, 1999); Phillip W. Steele and Steve Cottrell, Civil War in the Ozarks (Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1993); T.J. Stiles, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002); Daniel E. Sutherland, Guerrillas, Unionists and Violence on the Confederate Home Front (Fayetteville” University of Arkansas Press, 1999); Carla Waal and Barbara Oliver Korner, eds., Hardship and Hope (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997); and, Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992 [1994 printing].

Photograph of Nellie Elizabeth Walrond Davis, as taken in 1890 by the Star Gallery, 618 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Tharp, Annabelle (Roth), ed. Memoirs of Bertha A. Roth, Summer 1966. Annotated, Supplements and Reformatted by James Alan Tharp, Summer 2006.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Telephone Directory, Independence, Mo., May 1932.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Telephone Directory, Greater Kansas City, Mo., August 1934.

Aviation History in Greater Kansas City compiled by the editors of Historic Aviation Magazine.

Thomas Jefferson and Cyntha (Hambright) Hudspeth family Bible (The English Version of the Polyglott Bible, Boston, Ma.: Fessenden & Co. and Peck & Wood, 1834), including the names and dates of vital events in their lives and those of their descendants; Thomas Jefferson Hudspeth's siblings birth dates are also enumerated. William Hudspeth, patriarch of the family, was born in North Carolina in 1778. He married Tabitha Beal, born in 1786. They had 11 children before Tabitha died; she is buried in Franklin, Kentucky. The Hudspeths moved to Jackson County in 1828, two years after the County was formed on December 15, 1826. Five of William’s sons were “’49ers,” having rushed to California territory when gold was discovered at Sutter’s fort (Sutter was also a former Jackson Countian). One son, Benoni, is remembered for finding a “cut-off” route—Hudspeth Cut-Off—used by thousands of travelers for years to come. With California riches, the Hudspeth familiy ended up owning thousands of acres of farmland in Jackson County. Another son, Thomas Jefferson Hudspeth, died upon reaching California, leaving his wife, Cyntha (or Cynthia), behind in Jackson County. During the Civil War when Order No. 11 (or, Martial Law) was enforced, Cyntha’s home was burned by Kansas Red Legs. Her daughter, Sally Hudspeth (later Truitt), was at home at the time. She ran out to the barn and got the new saddle that her father had given her before he left for California. She ran with the saddle to the orchard on the north side of the house to hide. But, one of the soldiers saw her and ran after her. He caught her, took it back, and threw it onto the fire. [Sally hated Yankees her whole life thereafter. Sometimes when the Republican Kansas City Star would throw a paper in her yard as advertisement, Sally would throw it in the street and curse, "black Republican."] After the Hudspeth home was burned, Cyntha had one of her slaves, Sam, rake the embers and salvage any possessions that might have survived. The family Bible, which had been hidden in a barrel of beans, was found. Although the cover was charred, the pages were intact and readable. Samuel Jackson's 1903 obituary, "Death of an Old Slave," substantiated this "miracle." Cyntha Hudspeth built a brick home the foundations of this home, which survives today. Other items donated include photographs of William Hudspeth, James M. Hambright, and the William Hudspeth home, and a miniature Bible (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1849) inscribed to John M. Elliston from his grandfather, John H. Morell, November 4, 1854. The Ellistons and Hambrights of Jackson County intermarried. A typewritten manuscript with an overview of the Hudspeth and Hambright families of Jackson County is included. The donor has also included a formal statement in her estate planning expressing her desire to donate a walnut wardrobe from the Hambright family that survived Order No. 11.

Research materials about Fitzhugh, later Watts Mill; Jim Bridger, his family and descendants.

George E Crews Veterans History Project interview.

Jerry Russel Jameson Veterans History Project interview.

Gerald Eugene Dehoney Veterans History Project interview.

John Robert Angolia Veterans History Project interview.

George Milton Arnold Veterans History Project interview.

George Francis Bahorich Veterans History Project interview.

Russell Storr Blake Veterans History Project interview.

Billy Walter Brown Veterans History Project interview.

Neil Carter Buie Veterans History Project interview.

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Arthur Wallace Miller Veterans History Project interview.

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Paul L Stone Veterans History Project interview.

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Robert Marvin Keegan Veterans History Project interview.

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Wayne L Parker Veterans History Project interview.

Victor Howard Peters Veterans History Project interview.

Robert Eugene Rice Veterans History Project interview.

Thomas Malcolm Scott Veterans History Project interview.

Vernon L Smith Veterans History Project interview.

Rondell Farrell Stewart Veterans History Project interview.

Gary L Parlier Veterans History Project interview.

Harold W Rapp Veterans History Project interview.

Richard Joseph Clisso Veterans History Project interview.

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John Anthony Randazzo Veterans History Project interview.

Marie B Kimball Veterans History Project interview.

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Wallace McCutch Burger Veterans History Project interview.

Joseph Louis Butel Veterans History Project interview.

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Arthur Eugene Isaacson Veterans History Project interview.

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Robert Burton Langworthy Veterans History Project interview.

Joseph Lee Logan Veterans History Project interview.

Douglas Jacob Loganbill Veterans History Project interview.

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Charles Edward Marvel Veterans History Project interview.

Eric Eugene Matchette Veterans History Project interview.

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Justice Eugene Moseley Veterans History Project interview.

Rowland Paul Powell Veterans History Project interview.

Vincent Eugene Rawson Veterans History Project interview.

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Lauretta Marie Riley Veterans History Project interview.

Max Ronald Simpson Veterans History Project interview.

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Kenneth Bishop Tebow Veterans History Project interview.

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Robert Lockwood Woodbury Veterans History Project interview.

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Rosemary Sambor Kennedy Veterans History Project interview.

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Charles William Stephens Veterans History Project interview.

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Paul Guldberg Haigh Veterans History Project interview.

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Lowell Newton Nixon Veterans History Project interview.

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