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1968 Oral Histories Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0124
Scope and Contents
The oral history recordings in this collection are a result of a collaboration between UMKC Libraries and KCUR. The project was intended to preserve the history of unrest in Kansas City in 1968 following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The oral histories were conducted at the Kansas City Public Library’s Southeast Branch, and at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch. The recordings are of Kansas City community members and documents their memories and thoughts about...
Dates:
2018
1968 Riot Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0235
Scope and Contents
The 1968 Riot Collection was a gift of Dr. Joseph Hughey in January 2013. The collection contains the results of a large grant-funded research project on the social history of the civil disturbance in Kansas City after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This includes a complete manuscript of The Social History of a Riot: Kansas City, Missouri, April 9-13, 1968 by Robert Bechtel and Charles Wilkinson and transcripts from 51 of the interviews conducted for that book-length study. In...
Dates:
1965 - 1973
A. W. Perry’s Sons Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0011
Scope and Contents
The A.W. Perry's Sons Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by Cory Helms, great-grandson of A.W. Perry, in 1991. The collection, housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, consists of material related to A.W. Perry's Sons Publishing, including material of Philip B. Perry (one of A.W.'s sons), who was a composer. Included in the collection are issues of Perry's Musical Magazine, sheet music, manuscript music scores, catalogs,...
Dates:
1880 - 1972
Advertising/Promotional Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0159
Scope and Contents
The Advertising/Promotional Ephemera Collection contains materials which have been collected from multiple donors over a number of years. Included are ads, promotional booklets, postcards, business cards, flyers and ribbons. The collection is divided into four series with the bulk of the collection holding recipe booklets from various food companies. There is material from Kansas City, other Missouri and Kansas towns, as well as national and international locations. ...
Dates:
1882 - 1946
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0205
Scope and Contents
The Ahmad Alaadeen Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections and Marr Sound Archives, UMKC Miller Nichols Library, by his widow, Victoria “Fanny” Dunfee, in February 2012. The collection consists of personal and professional material, contracts, correspondence, grants and awards, programs and event ephemera, publications and news clippings, music and teaching material, photographs, audio recordings, videos, and other miscellaneous items. Collection highlights include rare images...
Dates:
1950 - 2011
Alice Carolyn Skelton Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0120
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 7 lacquer discs of songs composed by Alice Carolyn Skelton, including "America, We're Proud of You" and "'Tis Springtime" from 1949.
Dates:
1949
Allan Bell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0138
Scope and Contents
The Allan Bell Collection was purchased by LaBudde Special Collections from Nancy Rooks in September 2008. The collection originally was acquired from Allan Bell by Ron Rooks, Nancy’s late husband and owner of Music Exchange record store in Kansas City, Missouri. Material chronicles from 1961 to 1976 Bell’s theatrical and music agency America’s Best Attractions (ABA) situated in North Kansas City, with the majority of material concentrated between 1965 and 1973. Divided into five series...
Dates:
1950 - 1998
Alliance Francaise de Kansas City Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0257
Scope and Contents
The collection was a gift of Ann Sunderland on behalf of the organization in July 2020. It consists of board meeting minutes and financial reports, correspondence, event calendars, guest books, marketing materials, material relating to the national and international Alliances Françaises, material about the chapter’s history, information about the Jeune Alliance, material on French classes and events, material about theater productions, membership lists and information, photographs,...
Dates:
1937 - 2012
Alpha Music Productions Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0047
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 10 multitrack studio sessions on 1/2 in. open reel tape from Alpha Music Productions, which was operated in Lenexa, Kansas, in the mid-1980s to early-1990s.
Dates:
1985 - 1983
Alvin Joslin Papers
Collection
Identifier: KC-19-4
Scope and Contents
This material was donated by Mrs. Alvin Joslin in August 1984. The Alvin Joslin Papers consist of one letter written to Alvin Joslin by Edgar Snow while "stow-away" to Yokahama, June 21, 1928, and one folder of contextual materials.
Dates:
1928-1929, 1972
Alwyne Camble Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0260
Scope and Contents
The Alwyne Camble Collection consists of a scrapbook circa 1950s. Inside the scrapbook are photographs, newspaper clippings, advertisements, autographs, and illustrations related to fashion and design.
Dates:
1950s
American Association of University Women – Kansas City (AAUW-KC) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0173
Scope and Contents
The American Association of University Women – Kansas City (AAUW-KC) Collection was transferred from the UMKC Women’s Center to LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC Libraries, in summer 2010. The collection dates from 1909-1985 and consists of 12 scrapbooks and 11 photographs. The collection contains the chronicled years of civic and social events and achievements garnered by the AAUW-KC. These materials provide insight into the organization and exhibit their efforts toward the betterment of...
Dates:
1909 - 1985
American Composers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0078
Scope and Contents
The American Composers Collection includes material related to over 150 composers, including manuscript music scores, programs, correspondence, news clippings, and other items. Material varies with composer, from a single item to several folders. The collection was amassed from various donations to the University of Missouri-Kansas City before being given to the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections. Provenance is noted when known.
Dates:
1813 - 2006
American Dance Band Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0194
Scope and Contents
American Dance Band Music Collection Finding Aid (PDF).The American Dance Band Music Collection consists of commercially published stock arrangements and instrument charts for thousands of popular titles, 1800s-1960s. The collection contains music charts for various instruments for a given song. While several titles contain a complete set of parts, most are incomplete but...
Dates:
1800s - 1960s
American Red Cross of Greater Kansas City Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0380
Scope and Contents
The audiovisual materials in this collection consists of audio, video, and films from the Red Cross in Kansas City. Many of the recordings come from the national Red Cross headquarters, including recordings of public service announcements, training and safety films, and promotion and recruitment films. Some of the materials were recorded in the Kansas City region and document local disasters, including the Avondale flood of 1982, Ruskin Heights tornado, and the Kansas City Flood of 1951.
Dates:
1940 - 1999
Amy Cheney Beach Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0089
Scope and Contents
The Amy Cheney Beach Collection, housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, was purchased from the MacDowell Colony by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the early 1970s. The collection consists of over 30 manuscript scores and over 60 published scores of original compositions by Beach. Also included is a handwritten correspondence from Beach to the Toledo Times Company.The manuscript scores include dated (1872-1933) and undated works. Many of...
Dates:
1872 - 1943
Anne Winter 45 RPM Discs Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0412
Scope and Contents
The collection contains recording from Anne Winter's personal collection, which consists of rock and punk recordings from the Kansas City region, as well as more popular recordings.
Dates:
1960s - 2000s
Arch Martin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0356
Scope and Contents
The Arch Martin Collection was donated to the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections by Gene Martin in October 2016. The collection consists of items acquired during Martin’s career as a Kansas City jazz musician. Included is sheet music for big bands and combos of various instrumentation and music festival flyers and programs from Martin’s time serving as a guest clinician at many festival and summer programs in the Missouri area. News clippings and magazines make up a...
Dates:
1944 - 2009
Arthur B. Church – KMBC Radio Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0012
Scope and Contents
The Arthur B. Church – KMBC Radio Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1996 by Arthur B. Church, Jr. The collection relates to KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City and its owner and operator, Arthur B. Church, dating primarily between the 1920s and the early 1950s.The collection is broken down into seven series. A timeline provides day-to-day and year-to-year information about the operation of the station. Business correspondence, ledgers...
Dates:
1914 - 1987
B. Blaine Pennington Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0104
Scope and Contents
The B. Blaine Pennington Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections by Pennington in 2003.The collection provides insight into the world of children’s literature and examples of the process of publishing such work. Included are original manuscripts by Pennington; correspondence with several authors, publishers and even U.S. Presidents; signed posters, prints and other artwork from authors and illustrators; and miscellaneous ephemera of the literary and publishing world.In addition,...
Dates:
1940 - 1999
Barney Kessel Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0295
Scope and Contents
The Barney Kessel Collection was donated to LaBudde Special Collections in May 2016 by Phyllis Kessel.The manuscript collection contains a vast array of manuscripts and other materials spanning the length of Kessel's life and career. Materials contained in the collection range in date from the early 1920s to the mid-2010s. Content includes correspondence, business and personal documents, notes, interview transcripts, posters, promotional material, full scores, parts and...
Dates:
1910 - 2016
Baron Missakian Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0024
Scope and Contents
The Missakian Collection was donated by Nadine Missakian, widow of Baron Siroon Missakian. Inclusive dates are circa 1915-1972, with the bulk dates being the 1920s and 1930s. There is some manuscript material and miscellaneous ephemera but the richness of the collection lies within hundreds of magnificent photographs created by Missakian. Some of the photographs are black and white and some are in color, hand tinted by the photographer himself. Included are many famous personalities such as...
Dates:
1922 - 1976
Bary Porter Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0207
Scope and Contents
The Bary Porter Collection was a gift of Bary Porter on behalf of the Kansas City Heartland Chapter of The NAMES Project Foundation in March 2012. Contained in the collection are documents, publications, programs and articles pertaining to the business workings and events and displays of the Kansas City Chapter, as well as HIV/AIDS awareness issues. Newsletters of the Kansas City Chapter of The NAMES Project Foundation are present, along with meeting minutes, and general Chapter information...
Dates:
1996 - 2000
Beijing Museum Collection of Edgar Snow Papers
Collection
Identifier: KC-19-29
Scope and Contents
This material was donated by the Beijing Museum and presented by Liu Liqun in 1986.
This collection includes inscriptions by Snow for various public buildings in China, articles by Snow, correspondence to and from Snow, and Chinese articles and photographs. Correspondence includes letters from Snow to George Hatem (Ma Haide), Rewi Alley, Chou-en Lai, Mao Tse-tung, and Israel Epstein.
Dates:
1937-1960, undated
Bernard G. Farrar Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0101
Scope and Contents
The Bernard G. Farrar, Jr. Collection was purchased from Charles Agvent Rare Books and Autographs in 2005. The collection consists of eight letters, all written during the Civil War by Bernard Gaines Farrar, Jr., and addressed to his wife Isabel. Most of the letters were written or appear to have been written during 1864, although they are not all dated completely. One letter in particular, dated July 1 (no year given), could possibly have been written in 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg....
Dates:
1864
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