Special Collections and Archives Finding Aids

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This material was donated by John Snow, Edgar Snow's nephew, to Mary Clark Dimond and was removed from her papers in July 1985.

These three folders contain correspondence from Edgar Snow to his nephew John Snow and to Edgar Snow from a Senate subcommittee, as well as notes for a speech Edgar Snow delivered to the Council for World Affairs in Cleveland, Ohio on March 28, 1955.

Scope and Contents These materials were donated by Kuan-Mien Lu and removed from the Mary Clark Dimond Papers in July 1985.This folder contains correspondence from Kuan-Mien Lu to Mary Clark Dimond concerning the UMKC commencement honoring Edgar Snow, and Lu's visit to the United States. The folder also includes a typed manuscript article by Edgar Snow, "Indusco Pioneers of the Northwest," written in 1939, concerning Lu's leadership role in Indusco; and an article concerning UMKC's commencement...

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This material was donated by Lois Wheeler Snow, widow of Edgar Snow, in April 1988.

The major portion of Lois Wheeler Snow's papers relate to the 1982 symposium held in China commemorating the tenth anniversary of Edgar Snow's death. It consists primarily of printed material.

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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.

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This material was given to Dr. William Woodward by his mother's cousin, Malcolm W. Lyon, and donated to E. Grey Dimond.

This material consists of photographs of China taken by Malcolm Lyon from 1925 to approximately 1927 when he was in the U.S. Navy. These photographs predate when Edgar Snow arrived in China for the first time in 1928. The photographs were originally stored in photo albums and disbound for easier preservation and access.

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The Mary Clark Dimond Papers are divided into divisions and sections which reflect her personal life and her many civic activities. Her papers include correspondence; personal, academic, and professional documents; diaries and writings; condolence papers; and audiovisual materials. Additional information on China and the Dimonds’ associations there can be found in the China Files (KC-19-10).

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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.

Scope and Contents The Nym Wales papers document American journalist Helen Foster Snow's activities when she reported from China in the 1930s under the name Nym Wales. She reported on the developing Chinese Civil War, the Korean independence movement, and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The materials include her reminiscences of her time reporting in China between 1933 through 1937. Helen married Edgar Snow in 1932 and interviewed Chinese Communist leaders in Yan'an alongside her husband in 1937. The couple...

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 ...

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This material consists of correspondence between New Zealand-born writer and political activist Rewi Alley and Edgar Snow, and includes discussions of personal matters, trips, mutual acquaintances, publications, and world and Chinese conditions. The papers also include Rewi Alley's poetry and photographs.

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This material was donated by Robert E. Rosenwald, a classmate of Edgar Snow's in grade school and high school, in May 1987.

This collection contains a 1923 yearbook and the thirty-first annual commencement program for Westport High School of Kansas City, Missouri. Edgar Snow was a 1923 graduate from the high school and is listed in the commencement program.

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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.

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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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.

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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.

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...

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...

Scope and Contents This copy of a letter was sent to E. Grey Dimond by Kenneth Krakauer, whose father was a business acquaintance of Edgar Snow's father.The letter is from Edgar Snow, dated August 22, 1932, to his father, James Edgar Snow. It describes the Chinese commemorative stamps Edgar sent to his father, an avid stamp collector. It also tells of the current political situation in China, such as Japan controlling Manchuria and the potential for Communists in the country to start a...

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...

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 ...

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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.

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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.