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Gordon Spencer Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0385
Scope and Contents
The Gordon Spencer Collection was a gift of Hannelore Rogers in September 2019. It contains personal card, correspondence, a curriculum vitae with letters of recommendation, notes, planners, other documents, and theater programs. Writings include novels, short stories, radio scripts, sketches, and poems. Of note are Spencer’s interviews in Note Book with Louis Armstrong in the May 1983 issue; his interview with Phillip Glass in the June 1983 issue; an interview with Billie Holiday;...
Dates:
1933 - 2018
Grand Emporium Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0038
Scope and Contents
The Grand Emporium Collection was donated to Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City, in Summer 2004 by Roger Naber and C. Herb Palmer, co-owners of the Grand Emporium (along with George Myers).Housed in LaBudde Special Collections, the manuscript collection primarily chronicles from 1985-2004 the venerable Kansas City nightclub at 3832 Main Street and consists of approximately 15,000 flyers, handbills, and posters; 4,000 photographs, negatives, and slides;...
Dates:
1969 - 2007
Greater Kansas City Women’s Political Caucus Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0337
Scope and Contents
The Greater Kansas City Women’s Political Caucus (GKCWPC) Collection was donated to the LaBudde Special Collections in October 2017 and June 2021 by Rebecca Richardson. The collection, covering the GKCWPC’s internal operations from 1973 through 2019, consists of financial and tax data, campaign materials from endorsed candidates, event documentation, materials on associated organizations, membership documentation, photographs, newspaper articles, and political ephemera. Political campaign...
Dates:
1973 - 2019
Gregory Hermon Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0409
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 45 RPM discs and audiocassette tapes of country music collected by Gregory Hermon.
Dates:
1960s-2000
Hans Christian Feil Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0122
Scope and Contents
Recordings of Hans Christian Feil, a Kansas City composer, director, and organists.
Dates:
1942 - 1951
Harold Ashby Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0055
Scope and Contents
The Harold Ashby Collection was acquired in December 2005 by the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections and the Marr Sound Archives through Gary White and his sister Margaret. The collection consists of personal and professional documents, awards and certificates, correspondence, promotional/publicity material, audio recordings, videos, and other miscellanea related to Harold Ashby’s life and career. Also in the collection are roughly 200 photographs and dozens of...
Dates:
1937 - 2003
Harry Trotman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0206
Scope and Contents
The Harry Trotman Collection was gifted to the UMKC Libraries in February 2012 by Beth (daughter) and Bob Behrens.Housed in LaBudde Special Collections, the manuscript collection contains for the most part handwritten scores and parts of jazz combo and jazz big band tunes, presumably for performance by the Harry Trotman Orchestra. The music manuscripts represent various stages of completion in the arranging process, and are a valuable insight into what sort of thought goes into...
Dates:
1926 - 2016
Heart of America Federation of Square & Round Dance Clubs Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0405
Scope and Contents
The Heart of America Federation of Square and Round Dance Clubs Collection consists of flags, club badges, ribbons, convention programs, display cases, photographs, and other items related to the Heart of America Federation of Square Dance Clubs and its constituent clubs, especially the Ramblers club of Liberty, Missouri. It was a gift of the organization in March 2020.
Dates:
1952 - 2015
Heartland Men’s Chorus Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0191
Scope and Contents
The Heartland Men’s Chorus Collection was a gift of Rick Fisher, Executive Director of the HMC, in March 2011. The collection is primarily comprised of concert programs and promotional materials. A nearly complete set of Heartland Men’s Chorus concert programs is contained in the collection, from the first concert in 1986 to June 2012. Along with these are invitations and programs for garden parties, and Dinners of Note, which were benefits for the Chorus. Also, a nearly complete set of...
Dates:
1986 - 2020
Helen Werr (Ellen White) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0354
Scope and Contents
The Helen Werr collection was anonymously donated to the Department of Special Collections in May 2017. It is dedicated to Werr’s career as a singer during the 1940s under the pseudonym, Ellen White. There are photos of a young Werr, as well as photos of her on tour in the 1940s. Additionally there are newspaper clippings, contracts, scripts from shows, a scrapbook of her performing career, and recordings.
Dates:
1944 - 1949
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0118
Scope and Contents
The Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection was acquired from Shirley Gipson, niece of Mrs. DePasco. It contains letters and photographs related to World War II. There are other personal items, but the focus remains on the war and the daily lives of family members waiting in Kansas City. It should be noted that during the period of time the correspondence in this collection took place, Helen Xarhis was using the pseudonym Helen Grey, although the reason is unknown.
Dates:
1930s - 1940s
Herman Johnson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0316
Scope and Contents
The Herman Johnson Collection was donated to LaBudde Special Collections in February of 2017 by Tara Johnson. It includes documents, correspondence, news clippings, awards, photographs, and other materials related to Johnson’s professional and political careers, including his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Missouri House of Representatives. Of note are the documents related to the Missouri House of...
Dates:
1914 - 2007
Higginson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0155
Scope and Contents
The Higginson Collection was gifted to the LaBudde Special Collections Department in August 2009 by Marcia Higginson and Charles Higginson, daughter and son of Fred Higginson. The collection consists of two handwritten documents of great value and historic significance. These one-of-a-kind documents survived from the first recording dates for Kansas City jazz pianist Jay McShann and his band, which included alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, then only 20 years old. The recording session...
Dates:
1940
Houston "Tony" Gray Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0239
Scope and Contents
The Houston "Tony" Gray Collection was a transfer from Kansas City Kansas Community College in July 2013. The collection is comprised almost entirely of movie memorabilia, including Periodicals, Promotional Materials, Photographs, and a wide array of other film-related items, spanning decades from the 1910s to the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the collection was Gray’s, though some of the items were acquired by Gray from Reed Porter, a columnist for the Hollywood Reporter.The...
Dates:
1910 - 1988
Howard Rittmaster Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0105
Scope and Contents
Recordings from the Reno Club and of comedian Lenny Bruce.
Dates:
1967
Howard W. Walrath Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0064
Scope and Contents
Recordings of US Armed Forces radio in Rome, recorded to lacquer disc.
Dates:
1947
Institute for Studies in American Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0277
Scope and Contents
Institute for Studies in American Music Collection contains correspondence from various
prominent personalities in the field of American Music & Musicians. Dates range from 1967 to 1977 with the bulk of the dates in the year 1967 during the inception of the institute. The majority of the letters are address to Dr. Archie N. Jones at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri. One letter from Aaron Copeland, Composer is addressed to Jack L, Ralston, October, 1971 who followed Dr....
Dates:
1967 - 1977
International Association of Square Dance Callers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0416
Scope and Contents
The collection contains recordings of square dance music, mostly on 78 RPM discs.
Dates:
1920-1960
J. C. Nichols Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0099
Scope and Contents
Recordings of Kansas City Real Estate Developer J.C. Nichols. They include "Dramatic Story of the Country Club District," "Fireside Show," Man of the Month dedication, a speech by J.C. Nichols, and others.
Dates:
1938 - 1948
J. David Goldin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0016
Scope and Contents
The collection is searchable in the UMKC Libraries catalog. Cataloged Sound Recordings from the J. David Goldin CollectionThe collection includes nearly 15,000 radio programs on lacquer and vinyl transcription discs that were broadcast from the 1930s through the 1950s. The programs include variety shows, radio plays, political...
Dates:
1926 - 1962
J. E. Lynn Railroad Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0098
Scope and Contents
The J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection contains material related to railroading, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) line in particular. Inclusive dates are 1896 to 1960; however, the bulk of the material is concentrated during the period of 1930 to 1954, a time when the streamlining of railroad transportation was on the rise. In addition to promotional packets, there are postcards, photographs, tickets and railroad timetables. Much emphasis is placed on the newly...
Dates:
1867 - 1969
J. W. Jenkins’ Sons Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0142
Scope and Contents
The J.W. Jenkins’ Sons Collection primarily consists of instructional booklets published by the Jenkins Music Company, dating from the late 1800s to 1970. The collection is divided into four categories. The first group contains instructional materials for beginning piano. The next group is band and orchestra books for beginning to advanced instruction. The third category consists of catalogs of music materials by Jenkins. The final category contains miscellaneous items related to the...
Dates:
1916 - 1970
Jack Ralston Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0039
Scope and Contents
Recordings from Jack Ralston, graduate of the UMKC Conservatory.
Dates:
1967 - 1973
James B. Gantt Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0386
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Gantt’s personal and professional life as well as his love of jazz music including newspaper clippings, correspondence, radio transcripts, cue sheets, sheet music, music publications, and photographs related to Kansas City jazz. The collection also contains material related to Gantt’s work as an artist including original sketches, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Art Institute and Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition memorabilia, art exhibition...
Dates:
1728 - 2017
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