Box 7
Contains 15 Results:
Correspondence with D.J. Haff, Board President Henry D. Ashley, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, and Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, and two pamphlets for "Notice of Sale of Park Fund Certificates" (September 29). Reports: estimates for projects (April 10-11), "Penn Valley Park and Blue Valley Parkway" (April 11), Kessler's speech for the City Planning Conference in Chicago (May 5-7) titled "The Actual Distribution of Costs for Kansas City Parks and Boulevards," and notes and memo regarding streetcar extensions and viaducts (August 25). (89 pages), 1913
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
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
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Correspondence with Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, and Board President C.C. Craver, telegrams, and payroll. Reports: Dandelion pest from D.J. Haff (April 28) and the improvement in civic pride, city living, and the economy in Kansas City since the implementation of the park and boulevard system (September 27). (88 pages), 1915
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Correspondence with Board President Cusil Lechtman, C.C. Craver, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, Architect John Van Brunt, Attorney Edward L. Scarritt, Attorney William C. Scarritt, and telegrams. Reports: road improvements and costs (May 4-5), property under board control and suggested improvements (June 7), memo regarding the new city charter and its effects on the board (July 5) and a report on bituminized earth pavement (July 21). (61 pages), 1916
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Correspondence with Board Secretary T.C. Harrington, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Board member Attorney William Buchholz and the City Planning Conference in Kansas City, Mayor George H. Edwards, City Engineer Curtis Hall, Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, and William C. Scarritt, telegrams, and payroll. Report: assessed property values and tax rates (April 21). Of interest is a letter written by D.J. Haff to Henry D. Ashley crediting Kessler and not Olmstead with the design of Kansas City's park and boulevard system. (50 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.