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.UMKCUA. UMKC University Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: .UMKCUA
The University Archives is the official repository for records of permanent administrative value created by the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, and for materials of historical value related to university functions. The University Archives supports UMKC’s teaching, research, service, and administrative activities by collecting and managing archival, manuscript, audiovisual, electronic, print, and object collections related to the university’s history and traditions. The archives also document prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters’ careers and activities. Records in University Archives date from 1895, beginning with the Lincoln and Lee University movement to establish a university in Kansas City, to the present. The archives’ mission is to ensure both current and future researchers will have access to UMKC historical resources to understand and interpret the university’s history and campus experiences.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. E. Grey Dimond Papers

 Series
Identifier: KC-11-1-4
Scope and Contents

The E. Grey Dimond Papers contain correspondence, general office files, publications, and audiovisual materials related to Dimond's professional activities at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's School of Medicine, the University of Kansas School of Medicine, the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, and the American College of Cardiology. His personal papers include files related to his early life, his family and household, and his China trips.

Dates: 1913-1995, undated

Ernest H. Newcomb, Executive Secretary Papers

 Series
Identifier: KC-1-1
Scope and Contents

This record group series contains Ernest H. Newcomb's personal papers, general office files, correspondence, scrapbooks, administrative reports, bulletins, financial documents, and diaries from when he served as the executive secretary to the University of Kansas City's Board of Trustees, dated 1919-1937. Items included in the collection after Newcomb's death in 1979 are related to the University of Missouri--Kansas City dedicating a campus building in his honor in the 1980s.

Dates: 1919-1937, 1977, 1984, undated

Lucerna Undergraduate Research Journal

 Series
Identifier: KC-29-00-001
Scope and Contents

The Lucerna Undergraduate Research Journal collection contains volumes of the UMKC Honors Program's interdisciplinary research journal. It has published 152 undergraduates' scholarship since the Honors Program introduced the journal in 2006. The collection includes volumes dated between 2009 to the present.

Dates: 2006-2023

New Letters Records

 Series
Identifier: KC-1-262
Scope and Contents

The New Letters Records contain administrative documents related to creating, editing, and publishing the literary magazine.

Of note are published volumes dating between Winter 1971 up to the present. Select volumes from the 1970s and the present are available to view on-site at Miller Nichols Library's Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Dates: 1971-2023

RES IPSA - UMKC School of Law Alumni Magazine

 Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-9-00-003
Scope and Contents RES IPSA (Latin for "It Speaks for Itself") is a school and alumni news magazine published by the UMKC School of Law with financial support from the Law Foundation. This record group sub-series includes issues dated between 2017 to the present. Please note that historical materials are available to view via the UMKC School of Law Digital Collection at ...
Dates: 2017-2022

School of Dentistry Catalogs

 Series
Identifier: KC-6-00-001
Scope and Contents

This series contains course catalogs for what is now the School of Dentistry prior to its merger with the University of Kansas City in 1941. Catalogs include ones for the Western Dental College for 1890-1891 through 1918-1919; the Kansas City Dental College for 1894 through 1917-1918; the Kansas City Western Dental College for 1919-1920 through 1940; and the University of Kansas City School of Dentistry for 1941-1959 and 1978-1979.

Dates: 1890-1959, 1977-1978

School of Dentistry Registrar Records

 Series
Identifier: KC-6-7
Scope and Contents

The School of Dentistry Registrar Records series contains alumni lists dating between 1859 and 1980.

Dates: 1859-1980

School of Law Catalogs and Bulletins

 Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-9-00-001
Scope and Contents This record group sub-series includes course catalogs and bulletins for the University of Kansas City and the University of Missouri--Kansas City School of Law. The 1930-1937 catalogs date prior to the School of Law's merger with the University of Kansas City in 1938. The 1956-1958 catalogs date prior to when the University of Kansas City merged with the University of Missouri System in 1963. UMKC alternated between publishing School of Law information and course listings in the General...
Dates: 1930-1937, 1956-1958, 1971-1978, 1980-1986, 1991-1993, 1997-1998

School of Law Commencement Programs

 Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-9-00-002
Scope and Contents This record group sub-series contains commencement programs dating prior to the School of Law's merger with the University of Kansas City, 1901-1916, 1921.Please note that historical materials are available to view via the UMKC School of Law Digital Collection at dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umkclaw/. There may be overlap between materials in this record group series and the...
Dates: 1901-1916, 1921

School of Law - Dean's Office Records

 Series
Identifier: KC-9-1
Scope and Contents This record group series contains administrative documents created by the Dean of the School of Law and Office of the Dean employees. These materials include historical files, general office files, reports, correspondence, memoranda, and other official records meeting permanent retention per University of Missouri System and UMKC policy.Please note that historical materials are available to view via the UMKC School of Law Digital Collection at ...
Dates: 1895-1979

School of Law Yearbooks

 Series
Identifier: KC-23-2
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of student published yearbooks for the Kansas City School of Law. All of the yearbooks in this collection were published prior to the K.C. School of Law's merger with the University of Kansas City in 1938. The 1912-1913, 1915 and 1922 yearbooks are restricted for use due to physical condition. Contact UMKC University Archives for assistance.

Dates: 1905-1936

School of Medicine Yearbooks

 Series
Identifier: KC-23-6-00
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of the University of Missouri - Kansas City's School of Medicine yearbooks from 1977-1984. Most of the books in this collection were once owned by Dr. Edmunds Grey Dimond Jr.

Dates: 1977-1984

School of Pharmacy Catalogs

 Series
Identifier: KC-10-00-001
Scope and Contents This series contains course catalogs for the Kansas City College of Pharmacy and Natural Sciences dated between 1908 and 1942, prior to its merger with the University of Kansas City and it becoming what is now the School of Pharmacy. The series also includes course catalogs for the School of Pharmacy dated between 1959 and 1961. Of note are course catalogs for when the Kansas City College of Pharmacy and Natural Sciences was affiliated with Lincoln and Lee University between 1927 and...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1908-1959 [ 1908-1942, 1959-1961]

School of Pharmacy Yearbooks

 Series
Identifier: KC-23-3
Scope and Contents This collection contains yearbooks published by the Kansas City College of Pharmacy and the University of Missouri - Kansas City's School of Pharmacy. The Kansas City College of Pharmacy merged with the University of Kansas City in 1943, forming the School of Pharmacy. The collection is divided into two series: yearbooks that are stored onsite at Miller Nichols Library, and yearbooks that are stored offsite at the University of Missouri System’s Records Management Center in...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1924-1997 ( 1924-1928, 1970-1976, 1995-1997)

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

The Sosland Journal

 Series
Identifier: KC-3-13-00-001
Scope and Contents This record group series contains print issues of The Sosland Journal dating between 2020 and 2023. It is an annual publication funded by Rheta Sosland-Hurwitt that features essays by student winners and runners-up of the Ilus W. Davis Writing Competition. The publication originally began in 1989, and past issues dated 1989 through 2013 are available to view in ...
Dates: 2020-2023

The University Review Records

 Series
Identifier: KC-1-261
Scope and Contents

The University Review Records contain administrative documents related to creating, editing, and publishing the literary magazine.

Of note are published volumes dating between Spring 1935 up to Summer 1971. Select volumes from the 1940s are available to view on-site at Miller Nichols Library's Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Dates: 1934-1971

UMKC Conservatory Catalogs and Bulletins

 Series
Identifier: KC-4-00-001
Scope and Contents

This series contains course catalogues and bulletins from the previous iterations of the UMKC Conservatory: The Kansas City Conservatory of Music (or the Conservatory of Music of Kansas City); the Horner Institute of Fine Arts; the Cranston School of Music; the Horner Institute-Kansas City Conservatory; and the Kansas City-Horner Conservatory of Music. The publications date from 1906 to 1957, from before the institution merged with the University of Kansas City in 1959.

Dates: 1906-1957

UMKC Conservatory Yearbooks

 Series
Identifier: KC-23-5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains yearbooks from the Kansas City Conservatory of Music dating from before and after the institution merged with the University of Kansas City. Most of the yearbooks date from before the merge.

Dates: 1942-1943, 1947, 1954-1959,1969

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

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 Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: KC-1-00-3
Scope and Contents

This record group series includes annual reports, financial reports, "state of the university" reports, presidents' reports, and chancellors' reports dated between 1936 and 1986. These reports were issued by the University of Kansas City Board of Trustees; the University of Kansas City Office of the University President; and the University of Missouri--Kansas City Office of the University Chancellor.

Dates: 1935-1986

University of Kansas City and University of Missouri--Kansas City Catalogs and Bulletins

 Sub-Series
Identifier: KC-1-91-00-001
Scope and Contents This record group sub-series includes course catalogs and bulletins for the University of Kansas City and the University of Missouri--Kansas City dating 1930 to the present. Each catalog contains information about the university, schools and colleges, academic programs, and course offerings. There are instances when catalogs are split into two volumes for specific years: an undergraduate catalog and a graduate and professional catalog.The university began to publish the catalog...
Dates: 1930-2022

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