Jackson County
(Mo.) Historical Society
Jacomo Bookmark:
Online History, Heritage, Cultural & Educational
Resources
In and Around Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Compiled by David W. Jackson and Les Simmons
(Current as of 18 September 2009)
Thank you for your reciprocal link to our site (jchs.org)
Welcome to the most comprehensive listing of Kansas City regional
history, heritage, cultural, and educational-related entities prepared by your
Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society. Let
us know if you encounter a broken link. We link directly to the
institution described whenever possible. In other cases, we have tried to find
something useful about organizations without their own known web sites.
Included here are alphabetical links to:
historic sites and districts;
history and house museums;
archives and libraries;
businesses and government agencies;
historical and genealogical societies;
arts and cultural sites and organizations;
and
historical associations.
1827
Log Courthouse (City of Independence; scroll down)
1859
Jail, Marshals Home and Museum
African
American Military Historical Association
Agricultural National
Center and Hall of Fame
Airline
History Museum at Kansas City (AKA Save A Connie)
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
Alexander
Majors Historical House (Alexander Majors Historical Association)
Amelia
Earhart Birthplace Museum
American
Family Records Association
American Institute of
Architects, Kansas City (AIA)
American Royal Museum
and Visitor Center
Anderson
House Museum (Lexington, Missouri)
Anthony
Sauer Residence/Sauer Castle
Archives
& Research Library of the Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Society
Arts and Humanities
Association of Johnson County (Kansas)
The Arts Council of
Metropolitan Kansas City
Atchison County
Historical Society Museum
Baker
University's East Conference of the United Methodist Archives
Bates
County (Missouri) Museum of Pioneer History
Battle
of Lexington State Historic Site/Anderson House
Battle of Westport
Visitors Center and Museum
Belton, Grandview &
Kansas City Railroad Company
Belton
Historical Society Museum of History
Ben
Ferrel Platte County 1882 Museum and Library
Black
Archives of St. Joseph/Knea-Von Black Archive and
Museum
Blue Springs (Missouri)
Historical Society
Bonnell Museum (Weston, Missouri)
Brown
vs. Board of Education National Historic Site/Monroe Elementary School
Bruce
R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center
Cass
County (Missouri) Historical Society
Cave Spring
Interpretive Center
Cedar
Crest (Home of the Governor of Kansas)
Center for the Study of
the Korean War
Center for
Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE)
Chappels Restaurant and Sports Museum
Chicago
Alton Hotel (Blue Springs Historical Society)
Chicago
and Alton Railroad Depot
Children's Museum of
Kansas City (Wonderscope)
Church
of Christ Temple and Visitors Center
Church
of the Nazarene Archives
City
Hall Observation Deck (Kansas City, Missouri)
City Market
(Kansas City, Missouri)
Civil War Round Table
of Kansas City (Missouri)
Civil
War Round Table of Western Missouri
Clay
County (Missouri) Archives and Historical Library
Clay County (Missouri)
Museum and Historical Society
Clendenning
Library for the History of Medicine
Clintons
Soda Fountain and Gifts (site of Harry S Trumans
first boyhood job)
Concordia Missouri
Historical Institute (History of the Lutheran Church, Missouri
Synod)
Confederate
Memorial State Historic Site
CUBE (see Center for
Understanding the Built Environment)
Daughters of the
American Revolution-Sarah Lewis Boone Chapter (Kansas City,
Missouri)
Daughters
of the American Revolution-Blue Springs Chapter (Blue Springs,
Missouri)
Daughters of the
American Revolution-Independence Pioneers Chapter (Independence,
Missouri)
Daughters of the
British Empire
Deanna
Rose Children's Farmstead
Dilingham-Lewis
Museum (Blue Springs Historical Society)
Doll Museum and
Research Library (The United Federation of Doll Clubs)
Episcopal Diocese of
West Missouri, Archives
Evah C. Cray Historical Home Museum
Excelsior
Springs (Missouri) Museum and Archives
Excelsior
Springs (Missouri) Historical Museum
The Film Society of
Greater Kansas City
First City Museum (
First
Street Trolley (historically interpreted trolley tours of St.
Joseph, Missouri)
Fort Leavenworth
(US Army Combined Arms Center)
Fort
Osage National Historic Landmark
Freedom Frontier
National Heritage Area
Friends of the Atkins
Johnson Farm
Friends
of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot
Friends of the Jesse
James Farm
Friends
of the Kansas City Museum
Friends of the Truman
Courthouse
Friends of the Truman
Farm Home (National Park Service)
Glore Psychiatric Museum/St. Joseph State
Psychiatric Hospital
Grain
Valley (Missouri) Historical Society
Granada
Theater (Independence, Missouri)
Grandview
(Missouri) Historical Depot Museum
Greater
Kansas City National Hispanic Heritage Committee (Scroll to the
organization’s name)
Grinter Place State Historic Site
Hallmark
Visitors Center and Archives
Harkey House (William C. Harkey)
Harry
S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
Harry S Truman Depot (Whistle Stop depot in Independence,
Missouri)
Harry S Truman Office
and Courtroom (operated by Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society)
Harry S Truman Farm
Home (National Park Service)
Harry
S Truman Independence 76 Fire Company Historical Society
Harry S Truman National
Historic Site (National Parks Service)
Harry S Truman
Presidential Museum and Library (National Archives and Records Administration)
Harvey
J. Higgins Historical Society
Haskell
Cultural Center and Museum
Heart of America Indian
Center
Heartland
Orthodox Christian Museum
Herbert
Bonnell Museum (Weston, Missouri)
Heritage
Commission of Independence
Heritage League of
Greater Kansas City
Historic
Garment District Museum (Kansas City, Missouri)
Historic Kansas City
Foundation
Historic
Preservation Commission of Blue Springs
Historic
Preservation Directory
Hyde Park Neighborhood
Association
Independence,
Missouri, Historic Square
International
Boilermakers Archives
Irish Museum and
Cultural Heritage Center
Italo-American Cultural Foundation
Jackson County (Missouri) Assessor
(click on tax search)
Jackson County (Missouri) Genealogical
Society
Jackson
County (Missouri) Historical Society Archives & Research Library
Jackson
County (Missouri) Parks & Recreation Heritage Museums and Programs
Jackson
County (Missouri) Probate Index
Jackson
County (Missouri) Recorder of Deeds (marriages and deeds)
Jesse James Home (St. Joseph, Missouri)
Jewish
Community Archives of Greater Kansas City
Johnson County (Kansas)
Archives and Records Management
Johnson
County (Kansas) Genealogical Society
Johnson
County (Kansas) Library, Kansas Room
Johnson County (Kansas)
Museum of History
Kansas
City Adventures (Tailor-made tour guiding of a fascinating city)
Kansas City Fire
Brigade Museum
Kansas City Historic
Trails Association
Kansas City Museum
(and Science City at Union Station)
Kansas
City (Missouri) Parks and Recreation and Boulevard Archives
Kansas City Police
Historical Society
Kansas City Posse of the Westerners
Kansas
City (Kansas) Public Library Kansas Collection
Kansas City (Missouri)
Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections Department
Kansas City Renaissance
Festival
Kansas City Southern
Historical Society
Kansas Geological
Survey Library
Kansas State Historical
Society
Kansas
State University Archives
Kansas
State University Museum of Anthropology
Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Art
Lafayette
County (Missouri) Historical Society
Landmarks
Commission of Kansas City, Kansas
Landmarks
Commission of Kansas City, Missouri
Landmarks
Commission of Overland Park, Kansas
Lanesfield School Historic Site
Leavenworth
County (Kansas) Historical Society and Museum
Leavenworth
(Kansas) Historical Museum Association
Lees
Summit Historic Preservation Commission
Lees
Summit (Missouri) Historical Society & Depot Museum
Lenexa
(Kansas) Historical Society
Lexington (Missouri)
Historical Museum
Lexington
(Missouri) Library and Historical Association
National World War I
Museum at Liberty Memorial
Liberty
Preservation and Development Commission
Linda Hall Library of
Science, Engineering and Technology
Lohoefner House (Concordia Area Heritage Society)
Lone Jack Civil War
Battlefield Museum and Soldiers Cemetery
Longview
Farm National Historic District
Mahaffie Stagecoach
Stop and Farm Historic Site
Margaret
Wade Archives (Cass County Historical Society)
Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary
Metropolitan Medical
Society of Greater Kansas City
Miami
County (Kansas) Swan River Museum
Midland Railway
Historical Association
Midwest
Afro-American Genealogy Interest Coalition
(M.A.G.I.C.)
Midwest Center for
Holocaust Education
Midwest
Genealogy Center (Mid-Continent Public Library)
Mine Creek
Battlefield and Museum
Missouri
Birth and Death Records
Missouri Department of
Natural Resources Historic Preservation
Missouri Historical
Society (St. Louis)
Missouri
Mormon Frontier Foundation
Missouri River
Outfitters Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association
Monticello
Community Historical Society
National
Archives in Kansas City
National
Archives-National Military Personnel Records Center St. Louis,
Missouri
National
Frontier Trails Museum
National
Military Heritage Museum
Native
Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City
New Santa Fe Historical
Society
Oak Grove (Mo.)
Historical Society
Olathe
(Kansas) Historical Society
Old St.
Patrick Oratory (Kansas City, Missouri)
One
Room School House (Smithville (Missouri) Historical Society)
Oregon-California
Trails Association Headquarters
Oregon-California
Trails Association--Trails Head Chapter
Overland
Park (Kansas) Historical Society
Park
College Historical Society (Parkville, Missouri)
Pioneer Trails
Adventures (historically interpreted wagon rides around old Independence,
Missouri)
Platte
County (Missouri) Historical and Genealogical Society
Pleasant
Hill Historical Society Museum
Pony
Express Historical Association
Pony
Express National Memorial
Potawatomi Trail of Death (trail
progresses through Jackson County, Missouri)
Preservation Renaissance of Independence, Inc.
Quindaro Ruins/Underground Railroad
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Ray
County (Missouri) Historical Society and Museum
Raymore
(Missouri) Historical Museum
Raytown
(Missouri) Historical Society & Museum
Restoration
Heritage Plaza in Independence (F.M. Smith Study and Flournoy House)
Richard
Allen cultural Center of Bethel A.M.E. Church (underground railroad)
St. David's Welsh
Society of Greater Kansas City
St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church (Kansas City, Missouri)
St. Marys
Church Pioneer Historical Society
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Archives
Save a Connie, Inc. (see Airline History Museum of Kansas City)
Shawnee
(Kansas) Historical Society
Shawnee
Indian Mission State Historic Site
Shawnee
Mission Indian Historical Society
Shirleys Family History Center
Shoal
Creek Living History Museum
Smithville
(Missouri) Historical Society
Smoky
Hill Railway Museum and Historical Society
Society
of Architectural Historians (Missouri Valley Chapter)
Society
of Memories Doll Museum
Sons
of the American Revolution-Alexander Majors Chapter
Sons of the Revolution
(General Society National Headquarters, Independence, Missouri)
Sons of the American
Revolution-Harry S Truman Chapter
Spring
Hill (Kansas) Historical Society
State Historical
Society of Missouri (Columbia)
Strawberry
Hill Museum and Cultural Center
Svadlenak
and Associates Museum Consultants
Territorial
Capital at Lecompton, Kansas
Thomas
Hart Benton Home and Studio
Tonganoxie
Community Historical Society
Toy and Miniature
Museum of Kansas City
Trailside Center
(see also New Santa Fe Historical
Society)
Trowbridge
Archaeological Site
Twin
Spires Religious History Museum
Union
Cemetery Historical Society
University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research
Library (Kansas Collection)
University
of Missouri-Kansas City, University Archives
University of
Missouri-Kansas City, Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City
Village
Museum (Pleasant Hill, Missouri)
Virtually Missouri (see Missouri Digital Heritage)
Watkins Community
Museum of History
Watkins
Woolen Mill State Historic Site
Waverly (Mo.) Arts
Council (and General Jo Shelby Memorial)
William
Clarke Quantrill Society
William
Jewell College, Partee Center for Baptist Historical
Studies
William
Marra Museum-Kansas State School for the Deaf
World
Affairs Organizations in the Greater Kansas City Area
Wyandotte
County (Kansas) Historical Society and Museum
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