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Welcome to Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri Genealogy A Member of MOGenWeb Project |
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Update - 23 Dec 2024. My name is Kimberly Morgan and I'm the new County Coordinator for Kansas City. Please check back soon - this site is under construction and previous links might not work. Comments and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged. Kansas City History - Books How You Can Help Volunteering your time and talents by submitting obits, news articles that you clipped, transcribing census, submitting Family Group Sheets or by providing your favorite stories, recipes or photos. |
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| Kansas City History - Books |
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Books can be rented from your
local library or intralibrary loan. Local historian
Monroe Dodd and Missouri Valley Special Collections Manager
provide recommendations of the best books on Kansas City
history. Links to websites that are not part of the USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the websites or their contents by the USGenWeb Project. A City Divided, the Racial Landscape of Kansas City, 1900-1960. Schirmer, Sherry Lamb Action Before Westport, 1864. Monnett, Howard N. Architecture A to Z: An Elemental, Alphabetical Guide to Kansas City's Built environment. Paul, Steve Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri, the Long Civil War on the Border City of the Future, a Narrative History of Kansas City, 1850-1950. Haskell, Henry C. Deaths on Pleasant Street, the Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Doctor Hyde. Fowler, Giles I Was Right on Time. O'Neil, Buck Kansas City, An American Story. Montgomery, Rick Kansas City and How it Grew - 1822. Shortridge, James R. Kansas City Style, a Social and Cultural History of Kansas City as Seen Through its Lost Architecture. DeAngelo, Dory Kansas City Then & Now. Isaacson, Darlene Mrs. Bridge. Connell, Evan S. Pendergast! Larsen, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Harold) "Take Up the Black Man's Burden," Kansas City's African American Communities, 1865-1939. Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward) The City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City. Wilson, William H. (William Henry) The Kansa Indians, a History of the Wind People, 1673-1873. Unrau, William F. (The Kansa, also known as the Kaw people, are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and Kansas). More on the Kansa Indians, Britannica, Legends of Kansas Tom's Town, Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend. Reddig, William M. Truman. McCullough,David G. Truman and Pendergast. Ferrell, Robert H. Walt Disney's Missouri, the Roots of a Creative Genius. Burnes, Brian A People's History of Kansas City, NPR Podcast (plus many other podcasts) |
| The Kansas City Public Library |
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3440 S. Lee's Summit
Road, Independence, MO 64055 816-252-7228 M-Th 11-7 pm, F-S 10-6 pm; Su Closed |
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Please respect Copyright! Please ask first, but Cite Your Source if you
borrow Copyright © 1997-2024, All Rights Reserved by MOGenWeb Project Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator. If any person who donates material in the future and wishes to have it returned to them, it will be accomplished upon request. The material on Kansas City, Missouri webpages are available for the free use of individuals in furtherance of researching their personal genealogy. Any commercial use where money is asked for, for any reason is strictly prohibited. This page is maintained by Kimberly Morgan and updates are in process. Our sincere THANKS to the former Kansas City, Jackson County Coordinators Last Updated 28 Dec 2024 |