PRELIMINARY INVENTORY K0390 (KA1120) KC150 SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE RECORDS This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center- Kansas City. If you would like more information, please contact us at
[email protected]. Introduction Approximately 25 cubic feet. The collection consists of the administrative files used by the KC150 Sesquicentennial Committee to plan events for the Kansas City, Missouri, sesquicentennial celebration in 2000. Materials within the collection include correspondence, chronological files, financial and legal materials, various databases, marketing and public relations, special events planning, committee minutes, sponsor files, videotapes, printed and published materials, and photographs. In 2000, Kansas City, Missouri, celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Sesquicentennial Committee, known as KC150, was formed to organize and plan the celebration. Jan Burmeister, former staff member with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was the director for the committee. Funding for the celebration was provided by the Kansas City Sesquicentennial Fund, which was managed by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Funding was sourced through donations from more than twenty-five area corporations and foundations. Celebrations began on May 26, 2000, and ended on June 3, 2000. The final activity performed by the Committee was the creation of a new “Century Box,” dedicated on January 1, 2001, and scheduled to be opened by future Kansas City residents on January 1, 2101. Donor Information The collection was donated to the University of Missouri by the KC150 Sesquicentennial Committee on February 28, 2001 (Accession No. KA1120). Copyright and Restrictions The Donor has given and assigned to the University of Missouri all rights of copyright which the Donor has in the Materials and in such of the Donor’s works as may be found among any collections of Materials received by the University from others.