The Jewish community and
persons of the Jewish faith have played significant roles in the Kansas City
community for many generations. In individual contributions to business and
culture, and collective contributions to welfare, education, and social
concerns, the Jewish community has been innovative and inspiring. It is
impossible to understand this city’s history, or the history of the nation,
without understanding how Jews have interacted among themselves, and in the
broader society. The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City
(SHSMO-KC) is
tasked to collect and make available a range of stories that compose our
region’s history. Without the Jewish materials SHSMO-KC has already gathered and
the wealth of material we might collect in a Jewish Community Archives
partnership, our collection would be incomplete at best.
An organization composed of individuals and
organizations in the Kansas City community, The Jewish Community Archives of Greater Kansas City,
supports and cooperates with The SHSMO-KC in establishing the Jewish Community Archives. This special emphasis in
collecting and programming will gather primary documents and promote an
understanding and appreciation of the Jews in the Kansas City region. Among the
current SHSMO-KC holdings relating to the Jewish experience are below.
Of course not all family
records come in an archives. The Jewish Community Archives encourages the best
care of personal materials to ensure they are available to future generations.
the guide, Saving Family History,
provides simple and useful information to help keep documents protected.
Self Guided Automobile Tour of
Contemporary and Historic Jewish Sites in Greater Kansas City
highlights the past history and ongoing life of the greater Kansas City Jewish
Community. The tour consists of 29 stops
starting and ending at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas.
The trip is designed to take about a half day to complete if one just
spends only a few minutes observing each stop.
The guide identifies each stop, its location, driving directions between
each stop, and a few interesting facts about the stop.
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B
C
D
E
F
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Leo and Ida Rose Feingold Photograph Collection (1580kc) [JCA]
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Janice Finkelston Collection (1525kc) [JCA]
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Bea Firestone Flam (1932-2008) Collection (1659kc) [JCA]
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Paul and Doris Flam Collection (1685kc) [JCA]
- Bernard
Fremerman Family Papers (1394kc) [JCA]
G
H
I
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Irari Club Foundation Records (1263kc)
[JCA]
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Isaacs and Company Records (1230kc) [JCA]
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K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
- Tenenbaum
Family Papers (1478kc) [JCA]
- Benjamin Terte (1891-1964) Papers
(1491kc) [JCA]
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Donald H. Tranin (1927-2007) Papers (1635kc) [JCA]
U
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Uri Seiden and Associates Records (1627kc) [JCA]
V
- Hy Vile (1902-1984) Papers (1265kc) [JCA]
W
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Mary Weiner Papers (1558kc) [JCA]
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Shirley Copaken White Papers (1393kc) [JCA]
- Sidney L.
Willens (1926- ) Papers (1170kc) [JCA]
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Wollman Family Collection (1595kc) [JCA]
- Woolf Brothers Company Records (KC0282) [JCA]
Z
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David Zeff Papers (1646kc) [JCA]
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Michael Zuk, Jr. Papers (1602kc) [JCA]
We welcome additional
collections of organizational and business records and personal papers. A
document that answers many of the common questions about the work of the Western
Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City and how donations are handled may
be found at
http://www.umkc.edu/WHMCKC/Forms/Questions.pdf or you may call David Boutros
at (816) 235-1543.
State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City
302 Newcomb Hall, University of Missouri-Kansas City
5123 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
(816) 235-1543 WHMCKC@umkc.edu
Last revised:
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
© State Historical Society of Missouri
