Finding Aid for the Northeast High School Collection
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Northeast High School Collection
- Rights
- Rights Information
- Type
- Text
- Creator
- Northeast High School
- Date
- 1913-1966
- Format
- Language
- English
- Place
- Kansas City--Jackson County--Missouri
- Publisher
- Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
- Contributor
- Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
- Extent
- 18 Boxes
- Identifier
- MGC1242
- Temporal Coverage
- 20th century
- extracted text
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Northeast High School Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Northeast High School
Dates: 1913-1966
Identification: MGC1242
Extent: 22 boxes
Language: Materials in the collection are in English.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to Northwest High School in Kansas City,
Missouri. These materials include student newspapers from the school, as well as
student registers, photographs of some of the early graduating classes, class rosters,
and memorabilia collected by students over the years. The collection also contains two
boxes of minutes books and registers from various student clubs, including various
literary societies, the Shakespeare Club, Mathematics Club, Girls’ Club, and Student
Council. The files from the series labeled “Memorabilia” were assembled as
scrapbooks, and contain various programs for graduation, plays, and other events, as
well as student photographs, cards, report cards, and other materials.
Restrictions
Access: This collection is open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction and use: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Administrative Information
Immediate source of acquisition: This collection was donated by Karole Zinger, 2024;
Roberta Kipper, 2025.
Citation: The Northeast High School Collection (MGC1242), Midwest Genealogy Center,
Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by John Mason, 2025, updated
2026.
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Container List
Series 1: Student Register Books
Box 1
Boys Register, 1913-1914
Girls Register, 1913-1914
Boys and Girls Register, 1913-1914
Boys and Girls Register, 1915-1916
Box 2
Boys Register, 1915-1916
Girls Register, 1915-1916
Boys Register, 1916-1917
Girls Register, 1916-1917
Boys Register, 1917-1918
Box 3
Girls Register, Book 1, 1917-1918
Girls Register, Book 2, 1917-1918
Boys Register, 1918-1919
Girls Register, Book 1, 1918-1919
Girls Register, Book 2, 1918-1919
Boys Register, 1919-1920
Box 12
Girls Register, 1919-1920
Girls Register, 1920-1921
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Girls Register, 1921-1922
Boys Register, 1929-1930
Box 10
Boys Register, 1921-1922
Box 13
Boys Register, 1930-1931
Boys Register, 1931-1932
Boys Register, 1932-1933
Boys Register, 1933-1934
Boys Register, 1934-1935
Box 4
Boys Register, 1936-1937
Girls Register, 1936-1937
Boys Register, 1937-1938
Girls Register, 1937-1938
Box 5
Boys Register, 1938-1939
Girls Register, 1938-1939
Girls Register, 1939-1940
Girls Register, 1940-1941
Boys Register, 1940-1941
Box 14
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Boys Register, 1939-1940
Boys Register, 1941-1942
Girls Register, 1941-1942
Boys Register, 1942-1943
Girls Register, 1942-1943
Box 15
Boys Register, 1943-1944
Girls Register, 1943-1944
Boys Register, 1944-1945
Girls Register, 1944-1945
Series 2: Student Newspapers
Subseries 1: Northeast Courier
Publication Years
1927-1928
1928-1929
1929-1930
1930-1931
1931-1932
1932-1933
1933-1934
1934-1935
1935-1936
1937-1938
1938-1939
1939-1940
1940-1941
1941-1942
1942-1943
1943-1944
1944-1945
1945-1946
1946-1947
1947-1948
Box Number
Box 6
Box 20
Box 22
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 22
Box 7
Box 7
Box 20
Box 7
Box 7
Box 20
Box 8
Box 20
Box 8
Box 8
Box 8
Box 8
Box 9
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1948-1949
1949-1950
1950-1951
1951-1952
1952-1953
1953-1954
1954-1955
1955-1956
1956-1957
1957-1958
1959-1960
1961-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
Box 9
Box 20, Box 22
Box 9, Box 19
Box 19
Box 19
Box 9
Box 21
Box 19
Box 21
Box 19
Box 21
Box 21
Box 20
Box 21
Box 22
Box 9
Subseries 2: The Nor’easter
Box 10
1917-1918
Box 11
1923-1924
Box 18
1925-1926 [2 folders]
Series 3: Student Clubs
Subseries 1: Alpha Literary Society
Box 16
Account Book, 1945-1969
Minutes, 1949-1952
Secretary Book, 1921-1924
Secretary Book, 1935
Secretary Book, 1947-1949
Secretary Book, 1969-1972
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Treasurer’s Book, 1943-1962
Treasurer’s Book, 1969-1973
Box 17
Record Book, 1963-1969
Box 18
Secretary Book, 1961-1963
Minutes, 1942-1947
Items from Alpha Literary Society Book, 1945-1963
Items from Alpha Literary Society Treasurer’s Book, 1941-1962
Subseries 2: Benton Literary Society
Box 16
1938-1940
Subseries 3: Clionian Literary Society
Box 16
Minutes, 1917-1920
Minutes, 1921-1924
Minutes, 1924-1926
Minutes, 1926-1930
Box 17
Minutes, 1930-1934
Minutes, 1938-1944
Minutes, 1944-1946
Treasurer’s Book, 1929-1938
Box 18
Items from Clionian Literary Society, 1926
Subseries 4: Commercial Club
Box 16
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Treasurer’s Book, 1927-1933
Subseries 5: Debater Literary Society
Box 17
Record Book, 1963-1969
Subseries 6: Delphian Literary Society
Box 16
Treasurer’s Book, 1922-1936
Treasurer’s Book, 1938
Box 17
Minutes, 1923-1930
Box 18
Minutes, 1930-1938
Subseries 7: Girls’ High School Club
Box 16
Minutes, 1919-1922
Subseries 8: Northeast Mathematics Club
Box 17
Treasurer’s Book, 1928-1933
Minutes, 1916-1933
Subseries 9: Northeast Shakespeare Club
Box 17
Minutes, 1923-1935
Photograph, 1923
Box 18
Cash Book, 1927-1934
Box 22
Register, 1929-1934
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Subseries 10: Northeast Society of Debate
Box 16
Minutes, 1913-1918
Secretary Book, 1924-1928
Subseries 11: Student Council
Box 17
Minutes, 1922-1927
Items Found in Minutes Book, 1922-1927
Minutes, 1928-1935
Items Found in Minutes Book, 1928-1935
Minutes, 1934-1941
Items Found in Minutes Book, 1934-1941
Box 18
Minutes Book of the Senior Classes, 1938-1942
Subseries 12: Theta Literary Society
Box 17
Minutes, 1930-1938
Series 4: Memorabilia
Box 18
1914
1915
1916
1921-2015
Series 5: Graduating Classes
Box 17
Class of 1914
Box 18
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Roster of Graduates, 1914-1929
Roster of Graduates, 1930-1939
Class of 1914
Class of 1928
Class of 1936
Class of 1937
Class of 1938
Class of 1940
Series 6: Notable Graduates
Box 18
Mort Walker
Clarence M. Kelley
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