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John B. Moritz collection
Collection Summary
Title
John B. Moritz collection
Date
1920-1970s
Extent
1 archival document box & 1 oversize box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1128-JBMC
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Moritz, John B.
Biographical History
John B. Moritz was born in Malta Bend, Missouri on July 11, 1909 to John B. Moritz, Sr. and Nora Mae
[Saunders] Moritz. John attended Shawnee Mission High School in Shawnee Mission, Kansas and
graduated in 1927. On March 15, 1935, John married Mary West in Jackson County, Missouri. They lived
in the Kansas City area where John was a lawyer. John died on April 27, 1978 and was buried at East
Slope Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal items and photographs from John B. Moritz. The personal items
include correspondence and memorial books for John and his mother, Nora. The rest of the collection is
photographs; both loose and photo album pages.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 3 series.
Series 1, Correspondence
Series 2, Memorial Books
Folder 1, John B. Moritz
Folder 2, Nora M. Moritz
Series 3, Photographs
Folder 1, Loose photographs
Folder 1, Photo Album 1
Folder 2, Photo Album 2
Folder 3, Photo Album 3 [oversize]
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders. Some photographs are contained within archival
print preservers. One folder is oversize and stored near the collection.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
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Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri;
Roll: T624_823; Page: 1B; Enumeration District:0170; FHL microfilm: 1374836
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri;
Roll: T627_2172; Page: 8A; Enumeration District:116-369.
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
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