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A gift of Dr. Robert Minor in August 2012, this collection largely comprises issues of the Kansas and Kansas City editions of The Liberty Press, most of them featuring Minor’s syndicated column “Minor Details.” A few other periodicals, along with videotapes and a large poster, round out the collection.

Scope and Contents The Chloe Wagner Collection was a gift of Chloe Wagner in July 2011. The collection contains many periodicals relating to LGBT matters, including an extensive run of Gay and Lesbian News-Telegraph issues. Various newspaper clippings, articles, publications, flyers, pamphlets and booklets are also here, representing a broad range of issues and events in the Kansas City area. A few representative items from Phoenix Books are included throughout this collection as well. Rounding out the...

Scope and Contents Westport Trucker Newspapers in UMKC Digital Special CollectionsThe Dennis Giangreco Westport Trucker Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections starting with the initial donation in June 2019 from editor and publisher Dennis Giangreco. Additional gifts have come in over the years from Giangreco and other donors: Janet Moss Awaken, Tom Barlow, Bill Beaumont, Bruce Burton, Mallory Edson, Peggy...

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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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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 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 record group sub-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 1940-1941; 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.

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...

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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 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.

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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 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.

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This record group sub-series includes Alumni News, Alumnus, and Alumni News Editions of the University of Kansas City Bulletin and the University of Missouri--Kansas City Bulletin. These Alumni Bulletins date between 1947 and 1973.

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This record group series includes annual reports, financial reports, "state of the university" reports, presidents' reports, and chancellors' reports dated between 1936 and 1986. These reports were issued by the University of Kansas City Board of Trustees; the University of Kansas City Office of the University President; and the University of Missouri--Kansas City Office of the University Chancellor.

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 dating 1930 to the present. Each catalog contains information about the university, schools and colleges, academic programs, and course offerings. There are instances when catalogs are split into two volumes for specific years: an undergraduate catalog and a graduate and professional catalog.The university began to publish the catalog...

Scope and Contents This series contains directories listing faculty, staff, and/or students with their contact information. The University of Kansas City began publishing directories in 1937. The University of Missouri—Kansas City ended the practice of publishing physical directories in 2002 when the university moved to providing the information in an online searchable database. Many issues include a listed individual’s phone number and local and/or home address. Some issues also include faculty...

Scope and Contents This record group sub-series contains the Schedule of Classes for each semester for an academic year, dating between 1944 and 2005. The schedules list all classes for each department slated to be held for Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters and Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. The schedules show the times in the week at which particular classes will take place, along with classroom locations and instructors' names. Departments published correction sheets when there were changes to the...

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains directories listing only students' contact information, rather than of all faculty, staff, and students attending or working at the university. The University of Kansas City began publishing directories in 1937. The University of Missouri—Kansas City ended the practice of publishing physical directories in 2002 when the university moved to providing the information in an online searchable database. Many issues include a listed individual’s phone number and local...

Scope and Contents This record group series contains copies of the University of Kansas City and the University of Missouri--Kansas City student handbook, the annual publication for students designed to assist them in becoming acquainted with the university community and its policies and procedures. The copies in this collection date from 1945 to 2006. The current student handbook can be found on the UMKC Division of Student Affairs ...