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Olene Crowley Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0229
Scope and Contents
The Olene Trust Crowley Collection was gifted in Fall 2012 to the Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America (GLAMA) by Crowley.The Crowley collection dates from the 1960s to 1980s, and includes photographs and printed materials printed by and/or relating to the establishments and performers at various Kansas City bars/night clubs, including: the Jewel Box, Cat Balleu, Yum Yum Club, Pink Garter, Trocadero Club, and Arabian Nights (aka “The Tent”). Included are photographs of Crowley...
Dates:
1959 - 1997
Olin James Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0100
Scope and Contents
The collection consist of audio recordings of classical music, swing music, home recordings, and Army calls.
Dates:
1939 - 1958
Parody Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0190
Scope and Contents
The Parody Hall Collection was a gift of David Sanger in February 2011. Contained in the collection is a wide assortment of promotional materials for events and concerts at Parody Hall, including flyers, posters and photographs of bands and other musical artists. A financial ledger chronicling the profits of Parody Hall concerts from 1982-1985 offers an interesting glimpse into the daily business of a performance venue. Posters and calendars, ranging from 1981-1988, paint a representative...
Dates:
1980 - 1988
Pat Billings Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0290
Scope and Contents
The Pat Billings Collection was a gift of Lea Hopkins in March 2022. It is largely comprised of visual aids, newspaper clippings, photographs, awards and certificate.
Dates:
1983-2009
Patricia Huyett Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0193
Scope and Contents
The Patricia Huyett Collection was gifted to the LaBudde Special Collections in April 2011 by Pat Huyett. Huyett, an alumnus of and English professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was a Renaissance woman in the truest sense of the word, and this collection reflects those broad identities. Among the jewels of this collection are her personal journals, which range in emotions from whimsical to compelling. As she documents the experience of a young girl’s journey into womanhood,...
Dates:
1953 - 2008
Patricia Stevens Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0204
Scope and Contents
The Patricia Stevens Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections in November 2011 by Melissa Stevens, doyenne of the Patricia Stevens Modeling Agency. Inclusive dates are 1940s-2010, with the bulk in the 1975-2000 range. The collection includes correspondence, contracts, promotional material, instructional booklets, audio/visual tapes and an abundance of ephemera. Also included are several scrapbooks and photo books, highlighted by five colossal white scrapbooks documenting the...
Dates:
1948 - 2012
Paul Creston Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0003
Scope and Contents
The Paul Creston Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by his wife, Louise Creston, in 1987. Organized into 18 series that occupy nearly 100 boxes, the manuscript collection is housed in LaBudde Special Collections and consists of published and unpublished scores; music and non-music related writings, including correspondence, diaries, and notebooks; reviews and concert programs; awards and honors; scrapbooks, photographs and other miscellaneous items. The earliest...
Dates:
1943 - 1986
Paul Elias Taylor Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0049
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of oral history recordings of Kansas City blues musicians conducted by Paul Elias Taylor in 1999.
Dates:
1999
Paul Jenkins Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0092
Scope and Contents
The collection contains lacquer disc recordings of Jenkins family recordings, events in Kansas City, radio broadcast recordings, advertisements for radio broadcast, and copies of classical and popular music.
Dates:
1931 - 1969
Paul Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0130
Scope and Contents
Contains recordings of of jazz performances, including Kerry Strayer, Kim Park, and Kansas City 7.
Dates:
1946 - 2008
PFLAG-KC Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0189
Scope and Contents
The PFLAG-KC Collection was a gift of Paul Hough on behalf of the Board of the Kansas City Chapter of PFLAG, in March 2011. The Collection contains a near-comprehensive set (spanning 1994-2009) of the Monthly Newsletters from the KC Chapter of PFLAG, as well as a few from other regional Chapters. There are also many Flyers, Brochures, Booklets, and other documents pertaining to Frequently Asked Questions and General Information regarding LGBT issues, as well as LGBT Resources and information...
Dates:
1977 - 2010
Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0065
Scope and Contents
Photos in UMKC Digital Special CollectionsThe collection consists of 65 black-and-white photographs related to the entertainment complex formerly at Linwood and Main in Kansas City, Missouri. Included are architectural renderings of the proposed development; interior and exterior shots; bandleaders and musicians, most notably Pla-Mor band director Chic Scoggin and his orchestra; as well as other...
Dates:
1920s - 1930s
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0211
Scope and Contents
The Priscilla Bowman Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections in May 2012 by her daughter, Marcia Bowman Hunt. Additional material was gifted in October 2012. The collection, broken down into four series, consists of material related to the Kansas City-born jazz and rhythm-and-blues singer. The first series, Print Music, contains manuscript and published sheet music, a songbook, and lyrics sheets and notebooks compiled by Bowman. The Publicity series houses event programs and...
Dates:
1948 - 2003
Profiles in Diversity Oral Histories Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0125
Scope and Contents
The collection is made up of oral history recordings from UMKC history professor, Rebecca Davis', 5585 graduate history class. The majority of the oral histories were conducted by Davis' students in the Fall of 2016 and 2019. The recordings are of individuals who were activists and much of the content in the recordings relates to their activism. Activists topics include civil rights, LGBTQ, Native Americans, Latinx, Jews, labor, and health care.
Dates:
2015 - 2019
Railroad Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0073
Scope and Contents
The Railroad Collection was assembled by LaBudde Special Collections at the Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City, from various donations over a number of years. The collection contains over 150 certificates from various railroad companies including Union Depot Horse Railroad Company; Canada Southern; Chicago & Canada Southern Railway Company; Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company; and Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad Company. Also held in the...
Dates:
1800 - 1940
Ray Still Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0242
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of one photograph and four award plaques. The photograph includes all the performers, and is autographed with their stage names. One of the plaques lists both the stage names and the given names of the troupe members.
Dates:
1990 - 1994
Raymond Scott Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0010
Scope and Contents
The Raymond Scott Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by Mitzi Scott, Raymond Scott’s widow, in 1993.Housed in LaBudde Special Collections, the original manuscript collection, which encompasses much of Scott’s career until 1980, is organized into 11 series: manuscript music scores; published music; correspondence; news clippings; journals, diaries and scrapbooks; production notes; personal; engineering and inventions; miscellaneous; oversized...
Dates:
1932 - 2009
Regional Clubs and Organizations Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0072
Scope and Contents
The Regional Clubs & Organizations Collection is housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections. Developed over the years from various donations, the collection consists of assorted material – booklets, programs, news clippings, tickets, ribbons, etc. – related to various clubs and organizations, primarily in Kansas City. Material is contained in two boxes and is organized alphabetically by club/organization name. An Addendum section includes later additions to...
Dates:
1840 - 1980
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
Reverend William Madison Mayfield Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0102
Scope and Contents
The Reverend William Madison Mayfield Collection is housed in LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC Miller Nichols Library. The collection consists of log books and other miscellaneous material related to Rev. Mayfield and his ministries in Kansas City, Missouri; Butler, Missouri; Soldier, Kansas; and Oneida, Kansas. Material is divided into two series to reflect two separate acquisitions: Series I, which was purchased from Dan Casavant Rare Books, and Series II, which was a gift of Rev....
Dates:
1911 - 1942
Rewi Alley Papers
Collection
Identifier: KC-19-7
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1930-1971
Richard and Mary Jane Miller (KWKI Radio) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0274
Scope and Contents
The Richard and Mary Jane Miller (KWKI Radio) Collection was transferred in May 2015 to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library from Frank Absher, executive director of the St. Louis Media History Foundation. The bulk of the collection consists of company memos related to KWKI 93.3 FM Kansas City during its stint as a soul music radio station from 1971-73. Most of the memos originate from Richard J. Miller, president of the St. Louis-based parent company Communications Fund Inc. (CFI), which at the...
Dates:
1971 - 1974
Richard “Colonel” Ware Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0223
Scope and Contents
The Richard “Colonel” Ware Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections in November 2012 by his son Bradley Ware. Materials date from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s. The collection reflects Ware’s years as a sales and promotion representative for RCA, Capitol and Columbia Records. There is an abundance of marketing ephemera, including, musical programs, promotional booklets, periodicals, album inserts, flyers, photographs, etc. There are also company orientation materials as...
Dates:
1963 - 1976
Richard Gray Film Studies Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0134
Scope and Contents
The Richard Gray Film Studies Collection was purchased from Gray by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1973. Housed in the LaBudde Special Collections at the Miller Nichols Library, the collection consists of photographic publicity stills from various films from the 1920s-1960s.Included are:An American in Paris, Breaking the Sound Barrier, Brief Encounter, The Five Thousand Fingers of Dr. T, Great Expectations, Hamlet, Helen of Troy, The Innocents, Les Liasons Dangereuses, The Little...
Dates:
undated
Richard Pirodsky Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0036
Scope and Contents
Radio producer and media manager, Richard Pirodsky donated his collection of radio broadcasts to the Marr Sound Archives in August 2012. The collection includes open reel audiotapes and cassettes that Pirodsky collected and produced.
Dates:
1927 - 1994
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