William S. Worley is a history instructor at Metropolitan Community College–Blue River.

Articles Authored

H. Roe Bartle. [State Historical Society of Missouri, H. Roe Bartle Papers (K0154)]

Twice elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and known as “Chief” to tens of thousands of…

Howard A. Cowden (right) with former president Harry S. Truman. [Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, 64-1411]

The founder of the Consumers Cooperative Association (CCA) and the original field man for…

William T. Kemper in 1902. [Political History of Jackson County: Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Helped to Make It (1902)]

Progenitor of two of Missouri’s most prominent banking families, William T. Kemper also…