This collection contains funeral records for the Mrs. J.W. Jones Memorial Chapel, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, including volumes of funeral records with microfilm copies. The collection also includes miscellaneous financial and administrative records taken from funeral volumes and a photograph of the storefront for the Kansas City Embalming and Casket Company, circa 1901-1921.

The Thatcher Family Papers are those of a Kansas City, Kansas family who, beginning in 1912, owned and operated the Thatcher Funeral Home.