State Historical Society of Missouri Collection

COLLECTIONS

The State Historical Society of Missouri Collection is home to more than 9,000 manuscript collections, more than 8,000 maps, over 56,000 rolls of newspapers on microfilm, over 4,800 oral history interviews, and over 100,000 original photographs, postcards, and other graphic materials. The reference collection of books, pamphlets, and official state publications total more than 165,000 items. SHSMO also boasts the nation's best collection of Missouri regional and westward expansion art.

  • Preliminary Inventory K0983 (KA11852)

    The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association records consist of homes tour files and posters, newsletters, and one abstract of title, covering the period 1973-2010.

  • Collection Number: K0739

    Abstract: The Janssen Place Collection consists of title for lots 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 25, 26, and 31; a building specification for the residence of Glasner-Strauss; and two sets of architectural drawings pertaining to the residences of H. F. Gleason and Mr. E. L. Foutch at Janssen Place in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Preliminary Inventory K0050 (KA0076) Lyle Kennedy Papers

    The Lyle Kennedy Papers consists of research papers, maps, books, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and slides related to Kennedy’s studies of Kansas City history.

    Lyle Kennedy was born in 1903. As a child, Kennedy spent much of his time with an uncle in Westport, Kennedy had been interested in the history of that area. In 1922, after graduating from Harrisonville High School, he moved to Kansas City where he practiced engineering from 1933 until 1943. Later, he worked as a business manager of the Conservatory of Music. Kennedy served as academic advisor, and dean of men, then dean of students, and in 1959 became associate dean during the merger of the Conservatory with the University of Missouri System.

    From the time of his retirement in 1969 until his death in 1983, Lyle Kennedy was the historian for the Westport Historical Society. His extensive research covers the 19th and 20th century history of the Kansas City area.