Helen Foresman Spencer papers 1904-1982

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Helen Foresman Spencer papers 1904-1982

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Helen Foresman Spencer was the wife of Kansas City industrialist Kenneth Aldred Spencer. Following her husband's death in 1960, Mrs. Spencer became president and director of the charitable foundation which they established in 1949. Under her direction until its dissolution in 1979, the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation significantly expanded and enriched the cultural, scientific, and educational institutions of the Kansas City and Midwest region. The Helen Foresman Spencer papers consist largely of her personal papers and of Spencer Foundation records, but also include papers from Kenneth Spencer's estate as well as records of the Spencer Chemical Company and the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company.

18.5 linear feet (34 boxes) and 3 oversize boxes

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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University of Kansas. Medical Center. Kenneth Aldred Spencer Memorial Chapel.

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Spencer Chemical Company.

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Helen Foresman Spencer Theatre for the Performing Arts.

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Spencer, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Aldred), 1902-1960.

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Spencer, Helen Foresman, 1902-1982.

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Helen Elizabeth Foresman was born in Joplin, Missouri on November 8, 1902 to Frank Wade and Frances Foster Foresman. She attended elementary school in Amarillo, Texas, and high school in Pittsburg, Kansas, followed by study at the University of Kansas. She married Kenneth Aldred Spencer on January 6, 1927. They first resided in Pittsburg, where Mr. Spencer was employed in his father's Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company. In 1940, they moved to Kansas City, where Mr. Spencer f...

Hyde, Mary Morley Crapo, 1912-2003

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William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts

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St. Luke's Hospital (Kansas City, Mo.). Helen F. Spencer Center for Education.

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Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art

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Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.

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University of Missouri.

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Koch, John, 1909-

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Painter, art collector; New York, N.Y. Died 1978. From the description of John Koch interview, 1968 Apr. 10-17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188809 Painter, collector. Died 1978. From the description of John Koch papers, 1935-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093806 ...

Linda Hall Library.

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Kenneth Spencer Research Library

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Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation.

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Midwest research institute Kansas city, Mo.

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Foresman family.

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Baker University. Library.

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