Missouri -- Jackson County -- Kansas City

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This collection contains 18 register books from the Kansas City Board of Public Works regarding the construction of sewers, sidewalks, and streets, as well as curbing, paving, and grading. Some of these register books also contain corporate records for Sumtra Corporation, Fifteen Hundred St. Louis Company, Alrick, Inc., and Enterprise Syndicated Productions, Inc.

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This collection consists of a bound edition of The Booster magazine. This edition contains all volume published in 1924.

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The collection consists of family photos and postcards belonging to the Lawson family from the 1920s to the 1950s. Many of the photos have been organized into albums but others are loose. Some photos have names, location and date recorded. Many of the photos are from trips. Others are taken in the Kansas City area where the family resided.

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The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a part of the photo collection. Many photos have identifiable information with the photos or on the backs of the photos while others are unidentified. Many photos have come from estate sales or from donors who have no connection to the family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains materials primarily collected by, created by, and about the Betz Family in Kansas City, Missouri. This includes original deeds from Kansas City, as well as family correspondences in both English and German. The collection also contains a number of photographic negatives, including many taken by Carl Egmont Betz, a family tree in French of the Garrigues family, and a folder of materials related specifically to Carl Betz. Also contained in the collection is a Poll Book...

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This collection contains issues of The Researcher, an in-house publication provided for employees at Research Medical Hospital. As a monthly publication, The Researcher provided hospital news, events, and humor. Also found within the collection is brief history of Research Medical Hospital.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of material collected by Robert Courtright related to his family history and his own life. In addition to research correspondences to gather information about his genealogy, the collection also contains many original documents, such as family correspondences, poetry, photographs, vital records, and other ephemera and documents such as those relating to the C.A. Burton Machinery Company, postcards, and materials related to vacations and entertainment, such...

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This collection contains correspondence of Carl Busch and family obituary information. Included are: letters; cards; funeral transcripts; postcards; funeral program; and obituaries.

Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, negatives and scrapbook pages documenting the history of Southside Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. The majority of the material is photographic in nature and documents various church activities including celebrations, services, marriages, and youth groups, as well as church history. The scrapbooks also contain documents such as programs and flyers related to church services and activities. There are also a few flyers and a map related to...