The
Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections
is a vital resource for UMKC students, faculty, researchers, and visiting
scholars from throughout the United States and around the globe. Visitors
have an opportunity to enhance their research through the examination of a
range of original materials including rare books and manuscripts, photographs,
correspondence, pamphlets, broadsides, diaries, and music scores. Special
Collections houses the Snyder Collection of Americana, the Suzanne Statland
Collection on Holocaust Studies, the Richard W. Bolling Papers, the Truman
Library's Student Research File, and a number of other smaller collections.
The department also offers marvelous research opportunities in music history,
especially American music history and the history of American jazz.
The
Marr Sound Archives, a unit of Special Collections
located in Room G11 on the ground floor of the library, has extensive collections
of sound recordings documenting American social and cultural history. Consult
the unit Web page for hours and other collection information, or call (816)
235-2798.
Special Collections was dedicated on September 22, 2002 in honor of Dr. Kenneth
J. LaBudde (1920-2000), who served as Director of Libraries for 35 years,
from 1950 to 1985, as well as Professor of History. Dr. LaBudde was instrumental
in the building of the General Library, dedicated in 1969, and its completion
as the Miller Nichols Library, dedicated in 1991. His comprehensive knowledge
of history and Americana helped shape the department's Snyder Collection and
he selected materials for the Z Collection covering fine printing and the book arts,
literature, architecture, and landscape design.
The Department is located in Room
411 on the fourth floor of the UMKC Miller Nichols Library building at
800 E. 51st Street. Phone: (816) 235-1532. The Marr Sound
Archives, a unit of Special Collections, is located in Room G11 on the
ground floor of the Library.
Special
Collections houses the Snyder Collection of Americana; the
"Z" Collection of rare and limited edition books,
featuring the Kelmscott Press books of William Morris; music special material;
the Richard W. Bolling Papers; the Truman Library's Student
Research File, the L. Perry Cookingham Papers; and
a number of other collections (including the La Societe Chouteau Collection,
the "Cactus" Charlie Menees Collection, the Paul
Creston Collection, and the Suzanne Statland Collection on
Holocaust Studies). The music material includes the Midwest Center
for the Study of American Music manuscripts and other collections. For more
information about these and other collections housed in Special Collections,
consult the Collection Descriptions.
To promote preservation and enhance access to Special Collections' materials,
the department has been and continues to be involved in a number of digitization
projects as well as the creation of online exhibits. Specific digitization projects and online exhibits are listed below, or use the dropdown box above for quick links to projects and exhibits. Additional audio digitization projects and exhibits have been completed
by the Marr Sound Archives, a division
of Special Collections.
The Voices And Music Of World War I
A web project conceived in cooperation with the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Featuring sheet music housed in Special Collections and original sound recordings from the Marr Sound Archives, the website chronicles the American WWI experience through printed music and audio discs of the day. In addition, there is a small section dedicated to spoken word recordings.
The sheet music on this website is part of Special Collections' World War I Sheet Music Collection, which contains over 250 unique titles published primarily from 1914 to 1919. The World War I Sheet Music Collection is hosted online by the Missouri Digital Library.
Photographs from the L. Perry Cookingham Collection (http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=umkccookic)
L.P. Cookingham was city manager of Kansas City, Missouri, from 1940-1959 - the longest tenure for a city manager in any American city. He was hired to clean up the political patronage
system that had prevailed under Tom Pendergast, whose rule ended with the
campaign of 1940. Cookingham accepted the challenge and inherited one of the
worst situations in the history of American city government. After seven years,
Kansas City's government was rated one of the best in the nation. The images in the collection date from the late 19th century to the early 1990s and document personal and professional aspects of Cookingham's life, including family members as well as local, national and international celebrities and political figures. The collection consists of black and white and color prints, as well as 563 stereoscopic slides and 24 35-mm slides which have also been scanned and included in this digital resource. The digital collection of 1821 scanned images is hosted by the Missouri Digital Library.
Photographs from the Joseph Redmond Collection (http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=umkcredic) Joseph K. Redmond was a theater manager for the Uptown and Tower theaters in Kansas City, Missouri. He collected material about theaters, both movie and stage, primarily in Kansas City. The photographs in the collection consist of 148 black & white and color images from 1900 to 1982, with the majority dating from 1930 to 1945. The collection is arranged into seven series of images: Kansas City theater images, Fox Theater Group figures and staff, celebrities visiting Kansas City, Kansas City personalities, Kansas City images, film stills and promotional images, and miscellaneous photographs.
The digital collection of 148 scanned images is hosted by the Missouri Digital Library.
The Diary of Nancy Holmes Corse On March 27, 1858, her eighteenth birthday, Nancy Holmes Corse of Enosburg Township, Franklin County, Vermont began keeping a diary. She continued writing until May 4, 1859 - 91 pages later. This resource consists of digitized versions of the original diary pages with corresponding transcriptions of the text, enabling users to view and search both the original hand-written page alongside a typed text alternative. The Diary of Nancy Holmes Corse is housed in the Department of Special Collections. The project was initiated in 2004 by a UMKC student, Lauren Petrillo, the UMKC English Department and the Department of Special Collections.
The Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection (http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=umkcportic)
Captured from life, the Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection is comprised of 229 Victorian and vintage original photographic prints dating from the mid 19th Century to the early 20th Century. Formats include Cartes-de-Visite, Cabinet Cards, Tintypes, etc. The bulk of the collection comes from studios in Missouri and Kansas, but studios throughout the United States and even a few in Europe are represented. Within the Missouri studios, the majority represent Kansas City photographers.
This collection holds an eclectic selection of images for the researcher or anyone interested in 19th and early 20th Century photography.
The digital collection consists of 339 scanned images and is hosted by the Missouri Digital Library.
The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection (virtuallymissouri.umsystem.edu/umic/scoresic)
The Kansas City Sheet Music Collection contains over 660 titles published from 1874 to 1966. The collection includes prominent works such as Euday L. Bowman's "Twelfth Street Rag," (shown left) published by J.W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company, the most significant Kansas City publisher of sheet music. Other notable compositions include Scott Joplin's "Original Rags," published by the Carl Hoffman Music Company in 1899. Highlights of the collection are several compositions that celebrate Kansas City itself. Of particular historical relevance are pieces about the Kansas City A's baseball team, Fairyland Park, the Plaza lights, Electric Park, and the city in general, such as "Kansas City Blues," "Kansas City High School Cadet March," "Kansas City My Home Town," "Kansas City Pep," and "Kansas City's Triumphal March." The collection also includes works by important local composers such as Charles L. Johnson and Lucien Denni, who formed their own publishing companies in order to publish sheet music. Hosted by the Missouri Digital Library, the 660+ titles in the collection comprise over 4600 scanned images.
The collection is also made available via Virtually Missouri (virtuallymissouri.umsystem.edu/ic/scoresic)
Musicians Local No. 627 and the Mutual Musicians Foundation: The Cradle of Kansas City Jazz
An Internet Web exhibit on the history of Kansas City’s Local 627, the African-American Musicians Union founded in 1917 and now known as the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The exhibit presents photographs, sound recordings and other historic information documenting union functions, social events and the bands and members of Local 627 who created the internationally recognized Kansas City style of jazz. The exhibit is based upon the 700-piece Mutual Musicians Foundation Photograph Collection held in the Department of Special Collections.
The Richard W. Bolling Photograph Collection (digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=bollingic)
Richard W. Bolling (1916-1991) served with eight different presidents and through several crucial events in U.S. history as a Missouri Democratic Representative to Congress from 1949 to 1983. His long tenure gave him a unique perspective as a witness to such historical events as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the assassination of a president. Bolling served on several House committees including the Select Committee on Committees, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Committee on Rules. The collection contains over 2,100 photographs documenting his life and career.
R.A. Long's City and Country Homes Photograph Album (umkcspecialcollections.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/browseresults.exe?CISOROOT=%2Fp4027coll4)
An album of 72 photographs of the city and country homes of Kansas City lumber baron and philanthropist, R.A. Long (1850-1934). Longview Farm was Long's country estate and Long's city home was Corinthian Hall, now the Kansas City Museum. Designed and planned by Kansas City architect Henry Hoit, Longview Farm was to be a model for farm beauty and harmony as well as improved agricultural and livestock management. The farm was constructed in just 18 months and consisted of a mansion and 50 additional structures when it was finished in June of 1914.
View a Gallery of World War II-era Sheet Music (umkcspecialcollections.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/browseresults.exe?CISOROOT=%2Fp4027coll16)
This gallery of digital images includes 355 scanned reproductions of the covers of hundreds of sheet music titles popular during World War II, including works by both prominent and obscure composers. The song titles have been drawn from the Popular American and Kansas City Sheet Music Collections held in the Department of Special Collections.
All of the song titles have been cataloged and appear in the Libraries' online Merlin catalog. Most of the titles can be found using the subject heading -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Songs and music .
Photographs from the Baron Missakian Collection (digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=missakianic;)
Baron Missakian captured the images of Kansas City's resident and visiting performers during the Jazz Age, a time when Kansas City was one of the most dynamic arts centers in America. His camera documented the worlds of classical music and dance, but also the new popular entertainments, vaudeville and the movies. The collection contains over 350 photographic portraits of great beauty and creativity. The photographs were digitized by the Special Collections Department and are made available at the Missouri Digital Library, where the collection can be browsed and searched.
Photographs from the Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=claytonic;)
A seminal figure in the evolution of jazz, Buck Clayton (1911-1991) distinguished himself as an arranger, composer, trumpeter and band leader. There are over 1500 photographs in the collection, documenting his career from 1928-1991. In addition to portraits of Clayton and other musicians, the photos document musical performances, tours and venues, and Clayton's experience as a music educator. The photographs were digitized by the Special Collections Department and are made available at the Missouri Digital Library, where the collection can be browsed and searched.
Native
Americans & Their Shadow Catchers
A new exhibit showcasing several 19th-Century photographs of Navajo and
Apache Indians as well as the photographers who captured their images.
The Brush Creek Follies: Photos, Sound
& Video from the Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection. For nearly
20 years in Kansas City and across the Midwest, Saturday nights meant a
date with KMBC's "Brush Creek Follies." Whether in the audience
or in the living room, fans made the weekly broadcasts an area favorite.
For 14 years the "Brush Creek Follies" held the number-two spot
in the nation among rural music radio programs.
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Listen to a KCUR-FM program
about the Brush Creek Follies, broadcast Feb. 25, 2002. Prepared by
reporter Steve Bell, this KCUR production won a first prize at the Public
Radio News Directors International (PRNDI) conference in Montreal on
July 19, 2003. A PRNDI award is considered among the highest honors
in broadcast news. The program was also honored at the annual Missouri
Broadcasters Association awards banquet on June 7, 2003, where it won
second place for "Best Feature Broadcast."
Visit the Jazz Age in Kansas City at the Kansas
City: Paris of the Plains Web Exhibit. Kansas City: Paris of the Plains chronicles life in Kansas City during the Jazz Age, a time when the city was one of the most dynamic arts centers in America. The exhibit examines the social, cultural, literary, and political heritage of Jazz Age Kansas City and highlights personalities of the era.
Liturgical Music from the Middle Ages: UMKC's
Book of Gregorian Chant.
Special Collections holds a book of Gregorian chant from the Middle Ages. Compiled from several sources and bound together in a single volume, the manuscript contains plainchant dating from the 10th to the 16th centuries. It was fashioned in its present form probably during the 16th century when the Medieval Latin church switched to the use of large choirbooks in its liturgy, but the book also contains original chants written by scribes centuries earlier.
Excerpts of Presidential
Speeches of William H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.
President Harry S. Truman's Acceptance
Speech at the 1948 Democratic National
Convention, and his Radio
Address on National Democratic Women's Day, September 27th, 1949.
These speeches by President Truman were digitized in the Marr Sound Archives of the Department of Special Collections and made available at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library as part of the Presidential Studies Collection at UMKC, a partnership between UMKC and the Truman Museum and Library.
Paul Creston - A Self-Taught Master of Rhythm: Photographs
from the Collection.
Over 120 photographic portraits of American composer Paul Creston, as well as signed portraits of other conductors and performers. Highlights of the collection include the signed portraits of Leopold Stokowski and Arturo Toscanini, and photos of Creston with other major composers such as Virgil Thompson, Alan Hovhaness, and Hector Villa-Lobos.
Demonstrating Digital Access and Preservation: The
Kansas City Journal-Post.
View the Diamond Jubilee Section of the Dec. 31, 1929 Journal-Post.
"The Kansas City Journal-Post in 1929 rounded out seventy-five years of continuous publication. In that three-quarters of a century this great city has grown from a babe in the cradle to its present stature. It is with the idea of depicting the astonishing development of this city and to give its fellow businesses a chance to make known the parts they have played in this growth, that the Journal-Post presents its Diamond Jubilee section." - Kansas City Journal-Post, December 31, 1929 (page 3).
Resurrecting a 20th Century Musical Giant: The
Electronic Music of Raymond Scott.
Raymond Scott (1908-1994) was a pioneer in the field of electronic music, designing several electronic instruments including the Clavivox, Circle Machine, Karloff, and Electronium. Scott's electronic compositions included songs, commercial jingles, and scores for film shorts.
Scott was also a pianist and band leader and is noted for his eccentric compositions written in the late 1930s for his six piece Quintette.
Baptist minister, Indian missionary, and printer Jothan Meeker devised a phonetic printing system which enabled him to print in an Indian language as easily and cheaply as in English. Among items he produced were a newspaper,
the Shawnee Sun (left), and a code of tribal laws of the Ottawa Indians.
ROBERT M. SNYDER, JR. COLLECTION OF AMERICANA: Missouri History The following items from the Robert M. Snyder, Jr. Collection of Americana pertain to Missouri history and are available full-text and online
at the University of Missouri Digital Library: [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/].
They were digitized as part of the initial scanning of items from several
UM libraries as a way to investigate the issues involved in building the University
of Missouri Digital Library. The digital versions feature quick links to all
the pages of a book, and the full text itself of each item is searchable in
a number of ways. The items below are arranged alphabetically by author, with
author links to the digitized versions as well as links to the MERLIN catalog
record for the work.
Bryan,
William Smith, 1846-1940. A history of the pioneer families
of Missouri : with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc.,
relating to early days in Missouri--Also the lives of Daniel Boone and the
celebrated Indian chief, Black Hawk, with numerous biographies and histories
of primitive institutions / by Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose.
St. Louis : Bryan Brand & Co., 1876.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Floyd,
Charles, d. 1804. The new found journal of Charles Floyd
: a sergeant under Captains Lewis and Clark / by James Davie Butler.
Worcester, Mass. : Press of Charles Hamilton, 1894.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Missouri
Immigration Society. Hand-book of Missouri : embracing
exhibits of the agricultural, commercial, industrial, mineral, financial,
educational, religious and social interests of the state ; together with
its topographical features, transportation facilities, health, climate,
etc. ; and a complete description of the size and location, soils, towns
and productive capacity of each county / issued by the Missouri Immigration
Society.
St. Louis, Mo. : Times Print. House, 1880 [i.e. 1881].
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
North
Missouri Railroad Company. Facts for emigrants. Northern
Missouri. A new and important region! ... Description of the counties and
towns along the line of the North Missouri railroad and branches.
St. Louis, North Missouri Railroad Company, 1870.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Schoolcraft,
Henry Rowe, 1793-1864. Scenes and adventures in the semi-alpine
region of the Ozark mountains of Missouri and Arkansas : which
were first traversed by De Soto, in 1541 / by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo, 1853.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Stevens,
Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939. Missourians one hundred
years ago : in commemoration of Missouri's first centennial observance,
January 8, 1918 / by Walter B. Stevens.
Columbia, Mo. : State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri Centennial Committee of One Thousand,
1917.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Van
Zandt, Nicholas Biddle. A full description of the soil, water,
timber, and prairies of each lot, or quarter section of the military lands
between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
Washington City, Printed by P. Force, 1818.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
Zimmermann,
Eduard. Travel into Missouri in October 1838 (i.e. 1833).
Missouri historical review. Columbia, Mo., State Historical Society of Missouri,
1914. v. 9, no. 1, October 1914, p. 33-43.
[Link
to MERLIN catalog record.]
ROBERT M. SNYDER, JR. COLLECTION OF AMERICANA: The Civil War In Missouri
The following items from the Robert M. Snyder, Jr. Collection of Americana pertain to the Civil War in Missouri and are available full-text and online
at the University of Missouri Digital Library: [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/]. It is the hope of the Department of Special Collections and the University of Missouri Digital Library that making these items more accessible will prove of value to those interested in this period of Missouri history. The digital versions feature quick links to all the pages of a book, and the full text itself of each item is searchable in a number of ways. The items below are arranged alphabetically by author, with author links to the digitized versions as well as links to the MERLIN catalog record for the work.
Brackett, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1829-1896. History of the United States cavalry : from the formation of the federal government to the 1st of June, 1863 ; to which is added a list of all the cavalry regiments, with the names of their commanders, which have been in the United States service since the breaking out of the rebellion / by Albert G. Brackett.
New York : Harper & Bros., 1865.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Brown, B. Gratz (Benjamin Gratz), 1826-1885. Oration by Hon. B. Gratz Brown before the General Assembly of Missouri at the inauguration of the Lyon Monument Association in Jefferson City, Missouri, January 11, 1866.
City of Washington, [D.C. : s.n.], 1866.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885. Fremont's hundred days in Missouri : speech of Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, in reply to Mr. Blair, of Missouri, delivered in the House of Representatives, March 7, 1862.
Washington : Scammell, 1862.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Hinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah), 1830-1901. Rebel invasion of Missouri and Kansas : and the campaign of the army of the border against General Sterling Price in October and November, 1864 / [R.J. Hinton].
Chicago : Church & Goodman ; Leavenworth, Kansas : T.W. Marshall, 1865.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Monks, William, 1830-1913. A history of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas : being an account of the early settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and times of peace / by William Monks.
West Plains, Mo. : West Plains Journal Co., 1907.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Noble, John W. (John Willcock), 1831-1912. The battle of Pea Ridge, or Elk Horn tavern. A paper read before the Missouri Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, at St. Louis, December 1st, 1888.
Washington, Geo. R. Gray, 1889.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Painter, Henry M. Brief narrative of incidents in the war in Missouri, and of the personal experience of one who has suffered.
Boston, Press of the Daily courier, 1863.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Peacock, Thomas Brower, 1852-1919. The rhyme of the border war. A historical poem of the Kansas-Missouri guerrilla war, before and during the late rebellion, the principal character being the famous guerrilla, Charles William Quantrell / by Thomas Brower Peacock.
New York, G. W. Carleton & co., 1880.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Shoemaker, F. C. (Floyd Calvin), b. 1886. The story of the Civil War in northeast Missouri. Second paper. The campaign of General Harris and Colonel Green.
Missouri historical review. Columbia, Mo., State Historical Society of Missouri, 1913. v. 7, no. 3, April 1913. p. [113]-131.
[Link to MERLIN catalog record.]
Books, periodicals and other materials held in Special Collections
are listed in the University of Missouri's MERLIN
Library Catalog. Portions of the Snyder Collection
of Americana may also be accessed through the National Union Catalog Pre-1956
(NUC). Manuscript and uncataloged collections are accessible through finding
aids available in the reading room. For brief descriptions of the contents
of specific collections, please see Collection Descriptions.
Music material can be accessed through the MERLIN Library Catalog and through
finding aids in the department.
Special
Collections is a non-circulating, non-browsing research center. Materials
are housed in a specially-controlled environment to ensure security and preservation.
Researchers are invited to consult materials on-site in the Reading Room.
Patrons are asked to request items in writing for retrieval by departmental
staff. On-site listening facilities are available in the Marr
Sound Archives for items retrieved for patron use.
Appointments are not required during regular hours, but are
strongly recommended, particularly for large research projects. In addition
to reference inquiries, the Special Collections Department and the Marr Sound
Archives offer library instruction sessions for classes, which must be arranged
in advance. Groups are welcome to visit Special Collections for general tours
or specialized presentations. Please call Teresa Gipson or Kelly McEniry at (816)
235-1532 to schedule a session. For assistance with the Marr Sound Archives,
please call Chuck Haddix at (816) 235-2798.
In order to facilitate scholarly use of its collections,
the Miller Nichols Library Special Collections Department provides a range
of photoduplication services. Preservation concerns, however, dictate that
some methods of duplication are inappropriate for some types of material.
Final decisions as to whether or not an item is in a condition to be copied
are made by the Special Collections Librarian or other authorized agent. Sound reproduction and preservation
services available in the Marr Sound Archives are
described on the unit Web page.
Many of the rare items in Special Collections were donated
by generous individuals, beginning with William Volker's gift of the Robert
M. Snyder Collection in 1937. If you are interested in donating material
or funds to support Special Collections, please contact Elizabeth Henry, Assistant Director for Public Services (816-235-1530).
Any research questions regarding the contents of Special Collections and/or
any questions regarding access to the materials should be directed to Teresa
Gipson, Special Collections Library Assistant (816-235-1532), Kelly McEniry, Special Collections Library Assistant (816-235-1532), or Elizabeth Henry, Assistant Director for Public Services (816-235-1530).
Any questions regarding the Marr Sound Archives should be directed to Chuck Haddix, Director of the Marr Sound Archives and Sound Recording Specialist (816-235-2798); Kelley Martin, Library Information Specialist II (816-235-1031); or Charlie Stout, Library Information Specialist I (816-235-1031). Inquiries specific to studio operations and sound preservation also can be directed to Scott Middleton, Broadcast Engineer I (816-235-2798).
The
Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections
is a vital resource for UMKC students, faculty, researchers, and visiting
scholars from throughout the United States and around the globe. Visitors
have an opportunity to enhance their research through the examination of a
range of original materials including rare books and manuscripts, photographs,
correspondence, pamphlets, broadsides, diaries, and music scores. Special
Collections houses the Snyder Collection of Americana, the Suzanne Statland
Collection on Holocaust Studies, the Richard W. Bolling Papers, the Truman
Library's Student Research File, and a number of other smaller collections.
The department also offers marvelous research opportunities in music history,
especially American music history and the history of American jazz. 
The
Marr Sound Archives, a unit of Special Collections
located in Room G11 on the ground floor of the library, has extensive collections
of sound recordings documenting American social and cultural history. Consult
the unit Web page for hours and other collection information, or call (816)
235-2798.
Special
Collections houses the Snyder Collection of Americana; the
"Z" Collection of rare and limited edition books,
featuring the Kelmscott Press books of William Morris; music special material;
the Richard W. Bolling Papers; the Truman Library's Student
Research File, the L. Perry Cookingham Papers; 
and
a number of other collections (including the La Societe Chouteau Collection,
the "Cactus" Charlie Menees Collection, the Paul
Creston Collection, and the Suzanne Statland Collection on
Holocaust Studies). The music material includes the Midwest Center
for the Study of American Music manuscripts and other collections. For more
information about these and other collections housed in Special Collections,
consult the 
Joseph K. Redmond was a theater manager for the Uptown and Tower theaters in Kansas City, Missouri. He collected material about theaters, both movie and stage, primarily in Kansas City. The photographs in the collection consist of 148 black & white and color images from 1900 to 1982, with the majority dating from 1930 to 1945. The collection is arranged into seven series of images: Kansas City theater images, Fox Theater Group figures and staff, celebrities visiting Kansas City, Kansas City personalities, Kansas City images, film stills and promotional images, and miscellaneous photographs.
The digital collection of 148 scanned images is hosted by the Missouri Digital Library.
On March 27, 1858, her eighteenth birthday, Nancy Holmes Corse of Enosburg Township, Franklin County, Vermont began keeping a diary. She continued writing until May 4, 1859 - 91 pages later. This resource consists of digitized versions of the original diary pages with corresponding transcriptions of the text, enabling users to view and search both the original hand-written page alongside a typed text alternative. The Diary of Nancy Holmes Corse is housed in the Department of Special Collections. The project was initiated in 2004 by a UMKC student, Lauren Petrillo, the UMKC English Department and the Department of Special Collections. 
A website created to focus on World War II and how it was experienced in
Kansas City through the popular media - KMBC radio. The project demonstrates
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