Joseph K. Redmond was a theater manager for the Uptown and Tower theaters in Kansas City, Missouri. He collected material about theaters, both movie and stage, primarily in Kansas City. The photographs in the collection consist of 148 black & white and color images from 1900 to 1982, with the majority dating from 1930 to 1945. The collection is arranged into seven series of images: Kansas City theater images, Fox Theater Group figures and staff, celebrities visiting Kansas City, Kansas City personalities, Kansas City images, film stills and promotional images, and miscellaneous photographs.

In addition to the photographs, the Redmond Collection at the University of Missouri – Kansas City includes sheet music, sound recordings, movie advertisements, promotional material, newspaper and magazine clippings, theater programs, maps, payroll and other theater expense logs.

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The University of Missouri-Kansas City University Libraries are grateful for the assistance with this web project provided by the University of Missouri-Library Systems Office, especially by Kurt Kopp, Assistant Director - Electronic Resources, Philip Redmon - Programmer Analyst and George Rickerson - UM Assistant Vice President for Library Systems and Executive Director, MOBIUS Consortium.