LaBudde Special Collections Dept. | Collections: Government & Politics

Richard W. Bolling Collection
Missouri Democratic Representative to U.S. Congress, serving from 1949-1983

L. Perry Cookingham Collection
Distinguished city manager of Kansas City, Missouri, serving from 1940-1959

Leon M. Jordan Collection
African-American police detective and political leader from Kansas City, and trainer of Liberia's (Africa) post-WWII national police force, 1938-1970

Justin McCarthy Collection
Irish Nationalist, politician and writer, 1830-1912

Judge Reuben F. Roy Collection
Personal and professional correspondence related to politics, women's rights, the Temperance Movement, education, small town life, and other social and cultural issues; collected by the Missouri Judge, 1863-1922

Truman Library's Student Research File
Photocopies of 40,000+ pages of historic documents involving 50+ topics relating to Harry S. Truman and his presidency, 1945-1953 (courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum)