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Author : Carrie Westlake Whitney
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Total Pages : 708 pages
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Download or read book Kansas City, Missouri written by Carrie Westlake Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ella Lydia Wiberg
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Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book The History of the Development of Public Education in Kansas City, Missouri written by Ella Lydia Wiberg and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carrie Westlake Whitney
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294482352
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Kansas City, Missouri written by Carrie Westlake Whitney and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Kansas City, Missouri: Its History And Its People 1808-1908, Volume 3; Kansas City, Missouri: Its History And Its People 1808-1908; Carrie Westlake Whitney Carrie Westlake Whitney The S. J. Clarke publishing co., 1908 Kansas City (Mo.)
Author : Jane Little Botkin
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806157917
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Frank Little and the IWW written by Jane Little Botkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franklin Henry Little (1878–1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century’s most contentious labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte, Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family secrets. In Frank Little and the IWW, author Jane Little Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle’s fascinating life and reveals its connections to the history of American labor and the first Red Scare. Beginning with Little’s childhood in Missouri and territorial Oklahoma, Botkin recounts his evolution as a renowned organizer and agitator on behalf of workers in corporate agriculture, oil, logging, and mining. Frank Little traveled the West and Midwest to gather workers beneath the banner of the Wobblies (as IWW members were known), making soapbox speeches on city street corners, organizing strikes, and writing polemics against unfair labor practices. His brother and sister-in-law also joined the fight for labor, but it was Frank who led the charge—and who was regularly threatened, incarcerated, and assaulted for his efforts. In his final battles in Arizona and Montana, Botkin shows, Little and the IWW leadership faced their strongest opponent yet as powerful copper magnates countered union efforts with deep-laid networks of spies and gunmen, an antilabor press, and local vigilantes. For a time, Frank Little’s murder became a rallying cry for the IWW. But after the United States entered the Great War and Congress passed the Sedition Act (1918) to ensure support for the war effort, many politicians and corporations used the act to target labor “radicals,” squelch dissent, and inspire vigilantism. Like other wage-working families smeared with the traitor label, the Little family endured raids, arrests, and indictments in IWW trials. Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, Botkin melds the personal narrative of an American family with the story of the labor movements that once shook the nation to its core. In doing so, she throws into sharp relief the lingering consequences of political repression.
Author : Ellen Roberts Young
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462876935
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book John Emerson Roberts: Kansas City's ''Up-To-Date'' Freethought Preacher written by Ellen Roberts Young and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Emerson Roberts (1853 - 1942) was a Kansas City, Missouri, success story. Arriving in 1881 as a Baptist minister, his developing ideas led him to abandon the idea of hell and become a Unitarian. Soon that became too limited for him and he decided to preach on his own as a freethinker. The local press eagerly followed his progress. While his intellectual journey was common in his generation, he was unique in creating a Church of freethought. His sermons and lectures show a mixture of original thinking and conventional ideas typical of his time. As an admirer of Robert Ingersoll, the nineteenth century agnostic, and a friend of Clarence Darrow, the twentieth century atheist, Robertss career spans an era of significant change in both cultural and intellectual history. This pioneering study restores to memory the life and work of a once noted and popular religious leader, who went from Baptist pastor to Unitarian minister, and finally to an independent role in the Freethought movement. Informed by profound scholarship and a warmly humanist style, this book is a major contribution to the intellectual history of the Midwest. Fred Whitehead, author of Freethought on the American Frontier. This biography of the authors great-grandfather evokes vividly the now largely forgotten world of the heyday of liberal religion, free thought, and the urban lecture hall in an age when religion was fiercely competitive in the burgeoning cities of the Midwest. Peter Williams, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and American Studies, Miami University.
Author : Jason Roe
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (816 download)
Download or read book Kansas City’s Public Library: Empowering the Community for 150 Years written by Jason Roe and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the humble beginnings of a single bookcase in 1873, the Kansas City Public Library grew into a bedrock cultural institution with an ambitious mission of bolstering the people’s welfare, inspiring lifelong learning, and empowering citizens through knowledge. Across one and a half centuries, Kansas Citians ranging from Walt Disney to entrepreneur Ewing Kauffman, civil rights activist Alvin Sykes, Mayor Kay Barnes, and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, have sought out the Kansas City Public Library’s resources for professional inspiration, personal respite, and community uplift. Kansas City’s public library is an indispensable agent of community empowerment. On its 150th anniversary, its continuity of purpose—and its place at the heart of the city’s civic culture—is clearer than ever. Ever since its formative years in a wild western setting, and spanning decades of urbanization and social upheaval, the spectrum of the Library’s history is inseparable from that of Kansas City. Generations of patrons have sought out its resources for self-improvement, community uplift, or as a safe space to exist without obligation or payment. This meticulously researched book explores the Library’s record of achievement, the challenges it has weathered, the diverse backgrounds of its supporters, and, in some cases, its historical shortcomings. Today the Library enriches its community with innovative programming (recognized with a National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services), cutting-edge technology, and a commitment to serve all members of the community.
Author : J. Michael Cronan
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532043759
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book James A. Reed: Legendary Lawyer; Marplot in the United States Senate written by J. Michael Cronan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of little-known Missouri senator James A. Reed, who was in the running for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination in 1928 and 1932. While in the United States Senate, Reed was the leading opponent to president Woodrow Wilsons effort to have the United States join the League of Nations. During the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Reed was a critic of Roosevelts Neal Deal policies and gave his support to Republican presidential candidates in 1936 and 1940. The book also presents the story of Reed, the outstanding trial lawyer in cases where he obtains remarkable results in civil damage claims, as well as various criminal cases in which he acted as prosecuting attorney or defense counsel.
Author : Leigh Ann Little
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738590967
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Early Kansas City, Missouri written by Leigh Ann Little and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1821, François Chouteau set up a fur-trading outpost along the Missouri River, bringing the first settlement of Europeans to what would become Kansas City, named after the Kansa tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the area. At the center of a growing nation, the "City on the Bluff" would build and thrive as a river town, a gateway to the West, and a railroad hub, absorbing the influences of pioneers and immigrants traveling through or making it their home. Striving to become "A City Beautiful," its parks and boulevards drew attention from around the world. These are the beginnings of a town carved out of a hillside in the wilderness, transformed into an exciting metropolis that would eventually be called home by Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, Jesse James, and many others who left a lasting mark on history.
Author : Carrie Westlake Whitney
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781295799411
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Kansas City, Missouri written by Carrie Westlake Whitney and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : John W. Leonard
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Total Pages : 2504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Who's who in America written by John W. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 2504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
Author : St. Louis Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Author : St. Louis Public Library
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Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book Monthly Bulletin. New Series written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Mo.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Download or read book The Kansas City Public Library Quarterly written by Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Mo.) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margie Carr
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700634673
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Kansas City's Montgall Avenue written by Margie Carr and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few blocks southeast of the famed intersection of 18th and Vine in Kansas City, Missouri, just a stone’s throw from Charlie Parker’s old stomping grounds and the current home of the vaulted American Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, sits Montgall Avenue. This single block was home to some of the most important and influential leaders the city has ever known. Margie Carr’s Kansas City’s Montgall Avenue: Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home is the extraordinary, century-old history of one city block whose residents shaped the changing status of Black people in Kansas City and built the social and economic institutions that supported the city’s Black community during the first half of the twentieth century. The community included, among others, Chester Franklin, founder of the city’s Black newspaper, The Call; Lucile Bluford, a University of Kansas alumna who worked at The Call for sixty-nine years; and Dr. John Edward Perry, founder of Wheatley-Provident Hospital, Kansas City’s first hospital for Black people. The principal and four teachers from Lincoln High School, Kanas City’s only high school for African American students, also lived on the block. While introducing the reader to the remarkable individuals who lived on Montgall Avenue, Carr also uses this neighborhood as a microcosm of the changing nature of discrimination in twentieth-century America. The city’s white leadership had little interest in supporting the Black community and instead used its resources to separate and isolate them. The state of Missouri enforced segregation statues until the 1960s and the federal government created housing policies that erased any assets Black homeowners accumulated, robbing them of their ability to transfer that wealth to the next generation. Today, the 2400 block of Montgall Avenue is situated in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kansas City. The attitudes and policies that contributed to the neighborhood’s changing environment paint a more complete—and disturbing—picture of the role that race continues to play in America’s story.
Author : Margaret R. O’Leary MD
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532062303
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Kansas City Meningitis Epidemic, 1911–1913 written by Margaret R. O’Leary MD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Kansas City Meningitis Epidemic, 1911–1913: Violent and Not Imagined, two physician authors present the dramatic medical history of a monstrous midwestern disease epidemic. The authors bring the events to startling life by skillfully drawing on original texts that evoke the resolute efforts of the Kansas City medical, nursing, and health department communities to care for the horribly stricken while inoculating the still well to prevent spread of the epidemic.
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Download or read book Woman's Who's who of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joan Ferris Curran
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Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book Descendants of Salomon Bloch of Janowitz, Bohemia, and Baruch Wollman of Kempen-in-Posen, Prussia written by Joan Ferris Curran and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salomon/Simon Bloch/Block (1819-1896) was born in Janowitz, Bohemia (now Janovice nad Uhlanvou, Czech Repubic). He married Elisabeth Fleischer and later Güta Herz. The family immigrated to the U.S. between 1866 and 1874, settling in Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico, later moving to California, Missouri, and Washington. Baruch Wollman (1755-1837) lived in Kempen-in-Posen, Prussia. Several descendants immigrated to England and the United States, many settling in New York and Kansas. Also includes descendants of Lazarus Kohn who married Rachel Abeles in Pilsen, southwestern Bohemia in 1806 as well as the family of Simon Bienenstok (1822-1887) and his wife, Helena, who emigrated from Posen (Prussia/Poland) to St. Louis, Missouri by 1864.
