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LaBudde Special Collections
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Dennis Giangreco Westport Trucker Collection
The Dennis Giangreco Westport Trucker Collection includes a comprehensive run of the underground newspaper The Westport Trucker, published in Kansas City from 1970 to 1976. The Westport Trucker was a voice for local counterculture, social activism and commentary, rock music reviews, advertisements for local concerts, festivals, and other events at Cowtown Ballroom, Freedom Palace, and Volker (Theis) Park, among others.
1968 Riot Collection
The 1968 Riot Collection includes over 200 powerful images of the riots in Kansas City after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Allan Bell Collection
This collection features photographs from 1961 to 1976, that chronicle Bell's theatrical and music agency America's Best Attractions (ABA), situated in North Kansas City.
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
This collection relates to KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City and its owner and operator, Arthur B. Church, dating primarily between the 1920s and the early 1950s.
Brian Thurn Collection
The Brian Thurn collection is comprised of photographs of objects and memorabilia that reflect aspects of the African-American cultural experience during the 20th century, particularly in and around Kansas City.
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
Claude "Fiddler" Williams (22 February 1908 - 25 April 2004), violinist and guitarist, was born Claude Gabriel Williams in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Williams enjoyed a great deal of well-deserved acclaim in the twilight of his long jazz career.
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
This collection features numerous publicity and promotional shots issued by Capitol Records, and is especially valuable for the research of the early history of the record industry during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the development of jazz and popular music.
Dolores Hobley Collection
The Dolores Hobley Collection was formed by various purchases from her business at Waldo Antiques of Kansas City. The collection consists of photographs that primarily reflect aspects of the African-American cultural experience during the late 19th century and into the 20th century, including in and around Kansas City.
Don Tiff Collection
Don Tiff was born September 7, 1910, and was a pianist, composer and arranger who performed in the orchestras of Jan Garber, Raymond Scott and others; as well as led his own bands.
Ed Dix Collection
Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and financial planner, Ed Dix was born in Kansas City on May 5, 1929. This collection provides an invaluable perspective on the life and work of Bob Brookmeyer as recorded through his friendship with Dix.
Evie Quarles Collection
This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the photographs, identifying people, place, date, and event, rendering the collection highly discoverable to researchers.
GLAMA Periodicals
A selection of Kansas City LGBTQ periodicals drawn from various GLAMA collections.
Baron Missakian Collection
The Missakian Collection was donated by Nadine Missakian, widow of Baron Siroon Missakian. This collection serves as historical documentation of Laugh-O-Gram Films, a production company established by Walt Disney, a friend of Missakian's whose office was located across the hall in the same building. Disney's personal secretary was Nadine, who later married Baron Missakian.
Betty Crow Collection
Betty Crow was a board member of the Mutual Musicians Foundation captured Kansas City's jazz scene primarily during the 1990s.