umkc - All Collections

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Lucile H. Bluford Collection
Photographs from the collection of Kansas City-based journalist, owner and editor of the Kansas City Call, and crusader of African-American and women's rights. Lucile Bluford was posthumously inducted into the Starr Women's Hall of Fame in 2017, between 1940s and 1970s
MANA de Kansas City Collection
Photographs related to the Kansas City chapter of the Mexican American Women's National Association, mostly between 1990s and 2008
Martha Jane Starr Collection
Photographs from the collection of Kansas City philanthropist and trailblazer in the area of family planning and women’s health issues. Martha Jane Phillips Starr was posthumously inducted into the Starr Women's Hall of Fame in 2015. The Hall of Fame bears her name, between 1920 and 2005
McLean Family Collection
Photographs and postcards from the collection of the family who owned McLean Band Shop in downtown Kansas City, between 1840s and 1950s
Patricia Huyett Collection
Photographs from the collection of writer, poet and educator (including at UMKC) from Lenexa, Kansas, between 1950s and 2000s
Patricia Stevens Collection
Photographs related to longtime Kansas City modeling agency and finishing school, between 1940s and 2000s
Paul Creston Collection
Photographs from the collection of prolific American composer, pianist and organist, especially recognized for his contributions to the literature of neglected instruments such as marimba, trombone, harp, accordion, and saxophone, between 1943 and 1981
Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection
Photographs related to the storied entertainment complex at Linwood and Main Streets in Kansas City, between 1920 and 1940
Priscilla Bowman Collection
Photographs from the collection of Kansas City jazz and rhythm-and-blues singer best known for her 1955 hit record, Hands Off, between 1948 and 1984
R.A. Long's City and Country Homes Photo Album
Photographs of Corinthian Hall and Longview Farm, residences of Kansas City-based lumber baron, land developer and founder of Longview, Washington, and Longville, Louisiana, 1916
Richard W. Bolling Collection
Photographs from the collection of Missouri Democratic Representative to U.S. Congress, serving from 1949-1983, between 1940 and 1995
Robert F. Barrett Collection
Photographs from the collection of prolific commercial photographer based in Kansas City, between 1970 and 1990
Sheet Music Collection
World War I, World War II, and Kansas City imprints covering a variety of musical styles, visual artistry, and thematic subjects, between 1874 and 1966
Ted Malone Collection
Photographs from the collection of Colorado-born radio and television personality, war reporter, storyteller, poetry reader and early broadcast "interpretationist," working at one time for KMBC in Kansas City, between 1930s and 1950s
U.S. Epperson Collection
Photographs from the collection of Kansas City businessman, philanthropist and original owner of UMKC's Epperson House, between 1899 and 1924
Vic Damon Collection
Photographs from the collection of recording engineer and owner of Damon Recording Studios in Kansas City, between 1939 and 1967
Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection
Photographic portraits from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, the bulk representing studios in Missouri and Kansas, particularly Kansas City, between 1860s and 1910s
Walt Bodine Collection
Photographs from the collection of Kansas City reporter, broadcaster and talk show host on KMBZ, WDAF and KCUR, between 1920s and 2000s
Warren Durrett Collection
Photographs from the collection of big band leader, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Kansas City, between 1932 and 1982
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Photographs from the collection of jazz arranger, composer, trumpeter, band leader, and influential Count Basie band member, between 1911 and 1991

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