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Missouri Valley Special Collections
The Local History and Genealogy Department
The Missouri Valley Special Collections (MVSC) consist of the non-circulating local history and genealogy resources of the Kansas City Public Library as well as the Library’s archives. Its mission is to preserve our area’s heritage and provide access in meaningful ways to the collections and materials. More...
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The Local History Index collection in the Digital Gallery—with more than 36,000 entries—provides information and references to articles in magazines, newspapers, and books on topics of interest from the Missouri Valley area.
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Students in Unidentified Classroom
Kansas City, Missouri
School District Records (SC23)
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Building Exterior
Exterior of unidentified building, possibly a school, with flagpole and two parked cars in front driveway from the Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs (P34-4).
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Wilkins Rising
August 30, 1901: Roy O. Wilkins, who will spend eight years as reporter and editor of the Kansas City Call before moving on to lead the NAACP, is born in St. Louis, Missouri.