Women’s History & Representation

The Missakian Collection was donated by Nadine Missakian, widow of Baron Siroon Missakian. This collection serves as historical documentation of Laugh...

Betty Crow was a board member of the Mutual Musicians Foundation captured Kansas City's jazz scene primarily during the 1990s.

This collection focuses on the time that Bettye Miller and Milt Abel spent together as musicians, and as husband and wife. The couple was nationally...

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...

The Dolores Hobley Collection was formed by various purchases from her business at Waldo Antiques of Kansas City. The collection consists of...

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...

Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and financial planner, Ed Dix was born in Kansas City on May 5, 1929. This collection provides an invaluable...

This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the...

The Lavender Ladies Collection features images from activities that took place at the Lavender Umbrella. In the late 1980s, the Lavender Umbrella...

The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) was organized in 1993 and lasted through 2010. The Collection features a wide range of...

Linda Wilson was long affiliated with Willow Productions, a company that produced a variety of community-oriented music and other entertainment events...

Comprised of 119 photographs scanned from 35mm slides, this collection portrays many rare solo and group portraits of club-goers and drag queens in...

With 49 images scanned from 35mm slides, this collection features images of queer nightlife in Kansas City, from 1959-1967. Clubs featured include the...

Helen Xarhis-DePasco was born July 29, 1921, the third of six siblings of Johnny and Nina Xarhis. The photographs are related to the World War II-era...

This small collection features images of one of Kansas City’s most prominent Black civil rights leaders and longtime editor of The Call newspaper.

This collection features photographs of activities and events from the local chapter of the Mexican American Women’s National Association.

Starr was a lifelong advocate of family, children’s and women’s issues. She spearheaded a number of significant initiatives around those topics, many...

The McLean Family Collection was acquired in April 2009 as a gift from Martha McLean Simpson, daughter of Minnie and Lawrence McLean. The collection...

This collection features photographs from the personal archive of the late UMKC alumnus and English professor Patricia Huyett, from Lenexa, Kansas.

Bowman was a gifted, Kansas City-born jazz and rhythm-and-blues singer. Photographs include publicity, performance, and personal shots of Bowman...

This digital collection features hundreds of Victorian and vintage photographic prints, and dates from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century...