Box 6
Contains 41 Results:
Tower Grove Park: Correspondence with Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for Tower Grove Park Dr. William Trelease, Secretary of the Tower Grove Park Board of Commissioners C.E. Hutchings, H.C. Broadwell, and W.R. Fraser of the Tower Grove Improvement Association regarding hedges. Includes two reports of a comprehensive study of the park with suggestions for improvements and plant lists, two reports on carriage and pedestrian entrances to the park, notes, estimates, plant list, and payroll. (87 pages), 1908-1910
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Valhalla Cemetery: Correspondence with Cemetery Secretary R.J. Guthrie regarding grading and granitoid work and payroll. (8 pages), 1917
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Vandeventer Place: Correspondence with Swain Nelson & Sons Co. Nurserymen & Landscape Gardeners, H.J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co. with itemized receipts, resident Edward Mallinckrodt, Treasurer of Vandeventer Place John Lionberger Davis, Secretary Arthur W. Rehfeldt, Attorney John D. Davis, F.G Eaton, and Alexander Galt. Includes notes, payroll, plant lists, and a list of shrubs arranged according to time of flowering. (46 pages), 1904; 1914; 1917
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Chas. E. Ware residence (5900 West Cabanne): Correspondence with the manager of Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co. about a willow tree. (2 pages), 1905 May
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Washington University and the Manual Training School: Correspondence with Henry Wright, University Chancellor W.S. Chaplin, Dept. of Civil Engineering Professor J.L. Van Ornum, and Manual Training School and Smith Academy Director Professor Calvin M. Woodward. Includes plant, tree, and shrub lists with estimates and the use of engineering students to help with the restoration of the campus. Of interest is an invitation from Washington University, April 6, 1905, to a tree planting ceremony on April 22. (75 pages), 1904-1906; 1910
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Watertower at Grand and 20th: Correspondence with Park Commissioner Dwight F. Davis and President of City Council J.H. Gundlach about improvements. (4 pages), 1913 Feb
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Webster Groves: Subdivision plan of Webster Park. (1 page), No date
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Westmoreland Place: Correspondence with Gilsonite Construction Co. regarding curbs, John D. Filley, Bambrick-Bates Construction Co., Manager of Mound City Sand & Gravel Co. C.G. Besch regarding roof gravel, Meyers Construction Co. regarding sewer pipes, Westmoreland Place Director and President of St. Louis Union and Trust Company Thomas H. West, measurements, estimates, notes, and payroll. Of interest is a monthly time book from the Landscape Department. (72 pages), 1903; 1905
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Workhouse: Correspondence with President of the Board of Public Works Maxime Reber regarding ground treatment. (1 page), 1912 Aug
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Yeatman Square Park: Correspondence with Park Commissioner Philip Scanlan, Street Commissioner J.C. Travilla, Street Department Secretary C.L. Kretschmar, and Henry Wright, D.W.C. Perry, and payroll. (56 pages), 1907-1908; 1911
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.