Park Department of St. Louis: Correspondence with Irwin Krohn of the Cincinnati, Ohio, Park Board; Taxidermist Frank Schwarz; and Park Commissioners Franklin L. Ridgely, Jonathan D. Davis, Philip Scanlan, Nelson Cunliff, and Dwight F. Davis with multiple issues concerning St. Louis parks. Of interest is a letter to Davis with Kessler's suggestions for the organization of the Park Department (January 14, 1903); a letter to Scanlan with a copy of Kansas City Charter, Article XIII, regarding taxation for the Park Department (January 8, 1910); a postcard to Kessler from Scanlan in Austria (September 21, 1911); and a letter to Scanlan regarding an article in the "republican Globe-Democrat" that avoided crediting the "democratic Park Commissioner P.C. Scanlan" for St. Louis' park development (January 5, 1920). (70 pages), 1902-1903; 1907-1912; 1914-1916; 1918; 1920; no date

File — Box: 5, Folder: 21

Globe-Democrat" that avoided crediting the "democratic Park Commissioner P.C. Scanlan" for St. Louis' park development (January 5, 1920). (70 pages), 1902-1903; 1907-1912; 1914-1916; 1918; 1920; no date' />
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The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.