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:
Skillman, Joanne S. A study of MAPS Test signs for adequately functioning children / by Joanne Sweeney Skillman. MA thesis, 1951
Item — Location 032103, Box: 004
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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:
1951
Smith, Richard B. Biliary excretion of C14-labled codeine by normal and necrotic rat livers during hydrocholeresis / by Richard B Smith. MS thesis, 1958
Item — Location 032108, Box: 011
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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
Smith, Richard T. Dentistry : a study in social organization / by Richard T Smith. MA thesis, 1957
Item — Location 032106, Box: 010
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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
Sorg, Leonard V. The Measurement of Surface Tension by the Pendant Drop Method: The Aliphatic Alcohols. MA thesis, 1940
Item — Location 032092, Box: 001
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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
Stamps, Norman LB. Freedom of Assembly. MA thesis, 1942
Item — Location 032092, Box: 001
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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
Stark, Jerome B. The German Lutheran resistance in the Nazi era / by Jerome Bernard Stark. MA thesis, 1962
Item — Location 032129, Box: 017
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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:
1962
Sterling, Theodore R. Changes in authoritarian personality as a result of social climate / by Theodore R Sterling. MA thesis, 1956
Item — Location 032107, Box: 008
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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
Stickler, Jack W. Cree Indians (The). MA thesis, 1952
Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
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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
Stigall, John OH. The fourteenth century church of England / by John O H Stigall. MA thesis, 1953
Item — Location 032104, Box: 006
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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
Stimson, David H. The demand for petroleum in the United States in 1960 / by David Hudson Stimson. MA thesis, 1955
Item — Location 032105, Box: 007
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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
Stubbs, Roy Manning. English Travelers in Western America, 1865 - 1900. MA thesis, 1948
Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
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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:
1948
Stubbs, Sue E. The Robert Owens & American Religious Controversy, 1825-1831. MA thesis, 1949
Item — Location 032092, Box: 001
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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
Swank, Lee R. An attempt to discover idiosyncratic and common phenomenal fields by use of the sentence completion method as a projective technique / by Lee Richard Swank. MA thesis, 1951
Item — Location 032103, Box: 004
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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:
1951
Sweeny, John D. Proposal to Form a New Greater Kansas City Area Government (A). MA thesis, 1953
Item — Location OOR Range 26, Section 6, Shelf 3
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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
The Kangaroo Humor Magazine
Series
Identifier: KC-23-8-00
Scope and Contents
Students debuted The Kangaroo humor magazine in April 1937, the same year the University of Kansas City's student council moved to adopt the kangaroo as the university's official mascot. The kangaroo did not appear on the magazine's cover until the second issue in May 1937. By Fall 1937, Kasey Kangaroo was born as the official mascot. The following year, magazine staff contacted Walt Disney for a drawing of Kasey Kangaroo in his style. Disney's artwork appears on...
Dates:
1937-1940
Turner, Ida G. No title given., 1956
Item — Location 032107, Box: 008
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2 copies
Dates:
1956
Tuttle, Warren W. Hydrocholeresis in the isolated perfused rat liver / by Warren W Tuttle. MS thesis, 1960
Item — Location 032126, Box: 013
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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
Tyman, Joseph P. No title given., 1961
Item — Location 032128, Box: 015
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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
UMKC University Archives Artifacts, Ephemera, and Memorabilia
Series
Identifier: KC-25-8
Scope and Contents
The UMKC University Archives Artifacts, Ephemera, and Memorabilia is an artificial collection of paper materials and objects that were originally produced to only have short-term use. However, they have since been kept at the University Archives as historical artifacts and memorabilia because they have historical research interest. This collection includes news articles about the University of Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dates:
1936-1972, undated
UMKC University Archives Subject Files
Series
Identifier: KC-25-6
Scope and Contents
The UMKC University Archives Subject Files is an artificial collection of documents related to the University of Missouri-Kansas City's history and operations. The files contain articles, internal university documents, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to university offices, departments, centers, and institutes; academic programs; university personnel; student activities; and major campus events.
Dates:
1895-1992, undated
Unell, Earl . Concept formation in normal and feebleminded children as a function of Reinforcement / by Earl Unell. MA thesis, 1959
Item — Location 032125, Box: 012
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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:
1959
University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City Alumni Bulletins
Series
Identifier: KC-1-112-00
Scope and Contents
This record group sub-series includes Alumni News, Alumnus, and Alumni News Editions of the University of Kansas City Bulletin and the University of Missouri--Kansas City Bulletin. These Alumni Bulletins date between 1947 and 1973.
Dates:
1947-1973
University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City Commencement Programs
Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-1-91-00-003
Scope and Contents
This record group sub-series contains programs and invitations to commencement ceremonies held at the University of Kansas City and the University of Missouri--Kansas City dated from 1936 to the present. Later years include programs for mid-year commencements held in December in addition to commencements held in May. Each program lists information on the event's orders of ceremonies, speaker names, and the names of graduates and their earned degrees under their corresponding schools and...
Dates:
1936-2023
University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City Convocation Programs
Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-1-91-00-002
Scope and Contents
This record group sub-series includes programs from University of Kansas City and University of Missouri—Kansas City convocations dating back to the first convocation held on October 1, 1933. Convocations over the years were held to commemorate the beginning of the academic year or for awards and honors ceremonies. For example, the university held a convocation ceremony to bestow an honorary degree to former U.S. President Harry S. Truman in 1945; an honorary degree to the President of the...
Dates:
1933-2004
University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City Schedules of Classes
Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-1-91-00-004
Scope and Contents
This record group sub-series contains the Schedule of Classes for each semester for an academic year, dating between 1944 and 2005. The schedules list all classes for each department slated to be held for Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters and Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. The schedules show the times in the week at which particular classes will take place, along with classroom locations and instructors' names. Departments published correction sheets when there were changes to the...
Dates:
1944-2005
