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John B. Moritz Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MGC-1128

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of personal items and photographs from John B. Moritz. The personal items include correspondence and memorial books for John and his mother, Nora. The rest of the collection is photographs; both loose and photo album pages.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920 - 1979

Creator

Biographical / Historical

John B. Moritz was born in Malta Bend, Missouri on July 11, 1909 to John B. Moritz, Sr. and Nora Mae [Saunders] Moritz. John attended Shawnee Mission High School in Shawnee Mission, Kansas and graduated in 1927. On March 15, 1935, John married Mary West in Jackson County, Missouri. They lived in the Kansas City area where John was a lawyer. John died on April 27, 1978 and was buried at East Slope Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Missouri.

Full Extent

2 Boxes (1 archival document and 1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Title
John B. Moritz Collection
Subtitle
A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
Author
Nicole Schlagel
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository

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