Special Collections and Archives Finding Aids

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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.

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The Zine Collection was established with the first donation to LaBudde Special Collections in December 2015, after the Kansas City Zine Convention 2015. Comprising multiple individually-named series, the Zine Collection contains hundreds of magazines representing local and national underground/DIY culture, dating 1970s-2020s.

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 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...

Scope and Contents The University of Kansas City and University of Missouri-Kansas City Yearbooks collection consists of each yearbook from 1936-1967, 1976-1978, 1982-1985, and 1990. From 1936 to 1938, the yearbook published under the title “Kangaroo and Crataegus,” with the “Kangaroo” being a student published humor magazine and the “Crataegus” being the yearbook. From 1939 to 1967, the yearbook merged with the humor magazine to become “Kangaroo,” “The Kangaroo,” or “UKC Kangaroo.” Efforts to restart the...

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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.

Scope and Contents This record group sub-series includes programs from University of Kansas City and University of Missouri—Kansas City convocations dating back to the first convocation held on October 1, 1933. Convocations over the years were held to commemorate the beginning of the academic year or for awards and honors ceremonies. For example, the university held a convocation ceremony to bestow an honorary degree to former U.S. President Harry S. Truman in 1945; an honorary degree to the President of the...

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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.