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University of Kansas City

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1933 - 1963
  • Usage: 1933 - 1963

Parallel Names

  • University of Missouri--Kansas City

Biography

The University of Kansas City movement began when business leaders, civic leaders, and philanthropists secured a charter for the university in 1929. The movement's leaders began a fundraising campaign that year. This university movement merged with the Lincoln and Lee University movement in 1930 to combine efforts to open a private four-year university in Kansas City.

The university was built on a 40-acre plot southeast of the William Rockhill Nelson mansion, near Country Club Plaza and south of Brush Creek. William Volker purchased and donated the land for the university. Volker subsequently purchased the Walter S. Dickey property after Dickey's death in 1931, and donated the land to the university. The Dickey mansion became the university's first campus building.

The University of Kansas City opened in October 1933 with a faculty of 17 and a student enrollment of 264. The university grew to merge professional schools and colleges such as the Kansas City School of Law in 1938, the Kansas City-Western Dental College in 1941, and the Kansas City College of Pharmacy in 1943. It also acquired the Kansas City Conservatory of Music in 1959. The university opened the School of Administration in 1953, the School of Education in 1954, and the Division for Continuing Educaiton in 1958.

The university became part of the University of Missouri System on July 25, 1963. By this time, the University of Kansas City had 3,300 students and 175 full-time faculty. Its name changed to the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Information from the University of Missouri--Kansas City website.

Found in 296 Collections and/or Records:

Reid, Larry D. Some motivational aspects of brain stimulation / by Larry D Reid. MA thesis, 1961

 Item — Location 032127, Box: 014
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1961

Richart, Robert H. A study of intelligence test behavior of student nurses in Psychiatric affiliation / by Robert Howard Richart. MA thesis, 1958

 Item — Location 032108, Box: 011
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1958

Richey, Harold W. The prestige of university majors / by Harold W Richey. PhD dissertation, 1957

 Item — Location 032106, Box: 010
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1957

Rieke, Robert F. A search for molds in the city drinking water / by Robert F Rieke. MA thesis, 1952

 Item — Location 032102, Box: 005
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1952

Rinker, Clyde D. Stable fourth order processes for the numerical solution of differential equations / by Clyde Donald Rinker. MA thesis, 1961

 Item — Location 032127, Box: 014
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1961

Roebuck, Charles E. The topology of strategic spaces / by Charles Engel Roebuck. MA thesis, 1958

 Item — Location 032108, Box: 011
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1958

Rosen, Emanuel . The effect of Chlorpromazine hydrochloride on survival time during post-hemorrhagic hypotension / by Emanuel Rosen. MS thesis, 1956

 Item — Location 032107, Box: 008
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1956

Ruark, Albert E. A study of Congressional backgrounds / by Albert Eugene Ruark. MA thesis, 1955

 Item — Location 032105, Box: 007
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1955

Runyan, Harry M. Mathematics foundations of linear programming / by Harry M Runyan. MA thesis, 1956

 Item — Location 032107, Box: 008
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1956

Rushlau, Jr, Perry J. The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventor as a differential diagnostic instrument / by Perry J Rushlau, Jr. MA thesis, 1953

 Item — Location 032102, Box: 005
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1953

Sarachek, Alvin . The fungus Inhibiting activities of Cinnamaldehyde, Hydro cinnamaldehyde, Cinnamic Acid and Phenyl Propionate / by Alvin Sarachek. MA thesis, 1950

 Item — Location 032102, Box: 003
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1950

Sarachek, Bernard . Critique of the Schumpeterian system/ by Bernard Sarachek. MA thesis, 1955

 Item — Location 032105, Box: 007
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1955

Schaffe, Jr, John P. No title given., 1952

 Item — Location 032102, Box: 005
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1952

Schanker, Lewis S. The effect of sodium dehydrocholate upon the oxygen uptake of liver and cerebral cortex slices of the albino rat / by Lewis S Schanker. MS thesis, 1953

 Item — Location 032104, Box: 006
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1953

Schiller, Johannes A. An exploratory study in the occupational choice process of teachers of Sociology. MA thesis, 1958

 Item — Location 032108, Box: 011
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1958

Schuler, Martin N. the metabolism of Ashbya gossypii / by Martin N Schuler. MA thesis, 1952

 Item — Location 032102, Box: 005
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1952

Seaman, Richard H. the problem of air traffic control in the United States and the role of economic forecasts in the search for a solution to the problem / by Richard H Seaman. MA thesis, 1957

 Item — Location 032106, Box: 010
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1957

Senior, Clarence O. Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad (The). MA thesis, 1942

 Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1942

Shefrin, Jack Allen. The Chisholm Trail. MA thesis, 1940

 Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1940

Sheldon, Joseph G. The Holiness movement : a movement of social and religious protest / by Joseph G Sheldon Published 1961. MA thesis, 1961

 Item — Location 032127, Box: 014
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1961

Shover, Kenneth B. American Political Institutions as Viewed by British Travelers, 1790-1820. MA thesis, 1949

 Item — Location 032092, Box: 001
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1949

Shuster, Erma E. Oregon-California Experience, 1830 - 1860 (The). MA thesis, 1960

 Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1960

Sibley, Wilmer Howard. First Political Struggle for Control of Missouri in the Civil War (The). MA thesis, 1949

 Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1949

Simpson, Naomi . The Power of the President in Foreign Relations. MA thesis, 1945

 Item — Location 032092, Box: 001
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1945

Sinclair, Clarence B. The Physiological affects of "Red Leg" disease in frogs / by Jane Bucher Clarence B Sinclair. MA thesis, 1950

 Item — Location 032043, Box: 002
Scope and Contents From the Series: This record group series contains University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City theses and dissertations published between 1940 and 2019. Theses and dissertations stored onsite pertain to Kansas City and regional history, arts, and culture, and oversized volumes. The majority of theses and dissertations are stored offsite.Please note that there are theses and dissertations available to check out via the UMKC University Libraries online catalog at ...
Dates: 1950