Browsing 1929-2009 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online by Thesis Department "History (UMKC)"

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  • Alderman Jim Pendergast 

    Dorsett, Lyle Wesley (University of Kansas City, 1962)
    James Pendergast came to Kansas City in 1876 from St. Joseph, Missouri. After working for several years as a laborer, Pendergast entered the saloonkeeping business in the West Bottoms, the heart of Kansas City's ...

  • The Education of a Staff Officer: The Life and Career of Samuel Cooper, 1798-1852 

    Veatch, Matthew Brian (University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 1989)
    Samuel Cooper was an officer in the United States Army from 1815-1861, and a Confederate States Army officer from 1861-1865. Cooper's long career as a staff officer in the U.S. Army culminated in his appointment to the ...

  • Use of Federal Troops in Civil Disturbances 1892-1968 

    Patton, Steven Dale (University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1983)
    This study examines and evaluates the use of regular army forces in quelling civil disturbances within the United States. The term civil disturbance is defined as excluding Indian wars, western frontier violence and all ...