United We Read 2008

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

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Selection Criteria

2.        Elephants – Contact the Kansas City Zoo for speakers on elephants.

3.        Life in the Circus  http://www.circusweb.com/circuswebFrames.html

4.        Animal Abuse, particularly in the circus – Humane Society

http://www.apnm.org/campaigns/circus/circus_elephants.php

http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/animals

6. Kansas City Public Library has a collection called the Brookings Montgomery Papers.  Brookings Montgomery was a local photographer who maintained a business in Kansas City for many years during the 20^th Century.  His collection of photographs purchased by the library provided the major beginnings for the photograph holdings of Missouri Valley Special Collections.

The Brookings Montgomery Photograph Collection that was acquired by the Kansas City Public Library in the late 1960s contained his current office files.  These files were found arranged alphabetically by the name of the person or group who were the senders.  Although most of the contents is correspondence, there are some photocopies of newspaper clippings, brochures, etc.

The majority of the correspondence deals with the following subjects:  circus, rodeo, wild west lore, and cowboys.  Montgomery was affiliated with the Circus Monthly Magazine and was actively collecting pictures on that subject. 

7. Circus Movie Night and show Cecil B. DeMille's Greatest Show on Earth.

8. Great Circus Elephants - http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/animals

http://www.apnm.org/campaigns/circus/circus_elephants.php

9. History of the Circus – John Thiele from the Circus History Society  - 785-266-7663

10. Great Depression Era – Local college history department

11.     Book Discussion – Who was the greatest elephant?  “Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer and “Jumbo the Greatest Elephant in the World” by Paul Chambers

12.    Clown Program

http://www.ilikeclowns.com/

13.    Elephant Art

http://www.elephantart.com/catalog/splash.php

14.  Aging

15. Circus Music

16.  Abuse in general

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