Correspondence with Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, Board President Cusil Lechtman, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, and The Commercial Club Secretary E.M. Clendening, an invitation to the inspection of park system of Kansas City scheduled for September 15, telegrams, payroll, and reference to a Supreme Court decision concerning a case in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the condemnation of land for park purposes. Of interest is correspondence with Sculptor Karl Bitter of New York regarding Architect Dr. Stephan Prager, representing the German Government, sent to investigate city building conditions with a few of the letters and reports in German (June 30-July 10). Includes report on parks as good investments (March 31) and memo to Board President C.C. Craver (June 10). (118 pages), 1914, Box: 7, Folder: 12. George E. Kessler Papers, A0816. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Correspondence with Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, Board President Cusil Lechtman, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, and The Commercial Club Secretary E.M. Clendening, an invitation to the inspection of park system of Kansas City scheduled for September 15, telegrams, payroll, and reference to a Supreme Court decision concerning a case in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the condemnation of land for park purposes. Of interest is correspondence with Sculptor Karl Bitter of New York regarding Architect Dr. Stephan Prager, representing the German Government, sent to investigate city building conditions with a few of the letters and reports in German (June 30-July 10). Includes report on parks as good investments (March 31) and memo to Board President C.C. Craver (June 10). (118 pages), 1914, Box: 7, Folder: 12. George E. Kessler Papers, A0816. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/27319 Accessed November 12, 2024.