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Box 9

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

"About Kansas City." Advertising pamphlet with map. (16 pages), ca. 1916

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: ca. 1916

Board of Fire and Water Commission, resolutions adopted by Board of Park Commissioners on water distribution in parks. (2 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"A Report of the Investigations of Crowded Districts," Supervisor of Playgrounds Elenore K. Canny. (5 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Kansas River Floods. Is There a Remedy?," Civil Engineer W.E. Newbert, Seattle, Washington. (File includes two blueprints, one blueprint has been moved to OVERSIZE.) (11 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Parks and Boulevards," estimates and comparisons. (2 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Parkways," The Paseo, 63rd Street, Gillham Road, Spring Valley Plaza, Budd Park Esplanade, West Pennway, and Mill Creek, Swope, Ward and Blue Valley Parkways. (13 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Parkways and Boulevards," understanding the necessary connection between parks and boulevards and suggested improvements. (4 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Kansas City, A Pearl in the Evolution of American City Planning," in German, 2 copies. (22 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

"Specifications for Constructing Artificial Stone Sidewalks," report and contract with the Board of Park Commissioner, and contract with the Street Department. (18 pages), No date

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: No date

Correspondence with City Plan Commission Secretary Ernest Tucker; Chairman Herbert V. Jones; Consulting Engineer R.E. McDonnell of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mayor George H. Edwards; John A. Bryan of St. Louis regarding insurance maps; and President of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce F.C. Sharon, and telegrams. Of interest: Ordinance #31017 establishing a City Planning Commission (October 10, 1917); letter to Tucker encouraging the establishment of a committee within the commission to study real estate issues, both business and residential, in order to better plan future building (September 9, 1920); letter from Tucker stating that Commission Chairman Herbert V. Jones established committees to study transportation, industries, and commercial districts (December 4, 1920); letter to Tucker regarding zoning and population density (March 29, 1921); Park and Boulevard Fiscal Program for 1921 (April 13, 1921); reservation of an easement for certain utilities for Nichols Land Co. (May 31, 1921); telegram announcing the death of Mayor Cowgill (January 20, 1922); letterhead for City Park and Plan Week with Ernest Tucker as committee secretary (May 27, 1922); and 13-page report submitted to commission for consideration concerning survey of Kansas City. (144 pages), 1917; 1920-1922; 1923

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.

Dates: 1917; 1920-1922; 1923