Kansas City (Mo.) -- History

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In this 1886-1887 journal and in later memoirs, begun in 1944, Colwell Orson Spalding describes his Spalding family ancestry, his life in Bates County, Missouri from the late 1860s to 1880, and his married years in Kansas and Missouri.

Overview Katherine Goldsmith was a teacher, writer, and historian in Kansas City, Missouri. Her papers comprise materials spanning the mid-19th century through the 20th century relating to her key areas of research interest: Kansas City metropolitan area history, industry, railroads, urban planning, and city development. These materials include significant collections of newspaper clippings, essays, publications, maps, photographs, and correspondence that provide both contemporary and retrospective...

Overview These two documents by ex-convict and evangelist Mattie Howard, include her published autobiography, The Pathway of Mattie Howard (c1937), and a 1921 journal in which she asserted her innocence of crimes in Kansas City, Missouri for which she served seven years in the Missouri State Prison before entering a career in evangelism. Inscribed in her journal are the names of J. P. Mullane, a Kansas City criminal attorney, and L. C. Talbott, who served as Miss...

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The papers of Kenneth A. Spencer, Kansas City-based business executive and industrialist, date from 1918 to 1960 and reflect Spencer's professional activities, as well as some aspects of his personal life and hobbies.

Overview The Robinson-Clapp Family archive contains the papers of Betty Clapp Robinson, whose husband Kip Robinson was a surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri; and the papers of her daughter Judy Robinson, a writer who settled in San Francisco, California. Both women collected family history and carried on a family interest in flower gardens. Some of the papers relate to the Robinson family endeavors in the military and medical fields from the 1890s-1940s. The collection includes correspondence,...

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The Robinson-Cofield Commission Company was a Missouri-based livestock commission company working with the Kansas City-based stockyards. This letter, written by [Hothchild?] of the Commission Company to W.E. Faris of the Bauer Bank of Mancos, Colorado, discusses the specifics of a cattle loan.