Kansas City History: General Resources
Archives, Libraries & Museums
LaBudde Special Collections Department, UMKC University Libraries
The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library
Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library
The National Archives, Central Plains Region
Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Kansas City
Organizations, Societies & Associations
Historic Kansas City Foundation
Jackson County Historical Society
National Frontier Trails Museum and Archives
National Park Service, Delineation of Kansas City Santa Fe Trail Sites
Oregon-California Trails Association
Kansas City Architecture: Buildings and Bridges
Ehrlich, George. (1992). Kansas City Missouri: an architectural history, 1826-1990. University of Missouri Press.
Garbus, Kelly. (April 26, 1996). ASB Bridge honored as landmark Engineering society dedicates old gateway to North Kansas City. Kansas City Star.
Kessler Society of Kansas City
Millstein, C. (n.d.). An Historical Perspective of Kansas City's Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct 1911-1915. Architectural & Historical Research, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri.
Nationmaster.com (2005). ASB Bridge.
Riverfront Heritage Trail ASB Bridge Underpass Ribbon Cutting (Jan. 15, 2010). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/marckc/sets/72157623243178950/.
Kansas City Parks and Boulevards
Lee, J., Boutros, D., White, C., & Wolfenbarger, D. (1995). A Legacy of Design: An Historical Survey of the Kansas City, Missouri, Parks & Boulevards System, 1893-1940. Columbia, MO: Kansas City Center For Design Education & Res.
Mobley, Jane. (1991). A City within a Park: one hundred years of parks and boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, MO: American Society of Landscape Architects and the Kansas City Board of Parks & Recreation.
Riverwalk to provide help with flood control. (2000, March 1). American City & Country.
Completing a Link in KC’s Trail Network. (Jan. 15, 2010). Kansas City Star.
Cliff Drive Scenic Byways Kansas City. Website. Retrieved April 21, 2010 from http://cliffdrive.org/home
Wilson, William H. The City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1964.
Brush Creek Completion. (n.d.). Kansas City District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/pa/articles/brushcreekcompletion.htm
Swope Park. (2009). The City of Kansas City, MO. Retrieved May 2, 2010 from http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/ParksandRecreation/SwopePark/index.htm
Kansas City Transportation: Rivers and Rails
The Kansas City Southern Historical Society
A Shared Dream: Treasures from a Sunken Boat (Jan. 3, 1992). The New York Times.
Conrad, E. A. (2006). Heartland Traction; The Interurban Lines of Kansas City. Blue Springs: Heartland Rails Publishing Co.
Dodd, M. (2002). A Splendid Ride: The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957. Kansas City: Kansas City Star Books.
Kelly, J. (2000). Roadways & Rail Lines [Television series episode]. In Sunflower Journey. Topeka, Kansas: KTWU. http://ktwu.washburn.edu/journeys/scripts/1303b.html
Treasures from the Steamboat Arabia. (n.d.) Museum Website. Retrieved from http://www.1856.com/
