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Box 12

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Boat House: Correspondence with Superintendent W.H. Dunn and Secretary/Treasurer of The Star Boat Co. James G. Guinotte regarding boats and a boat house on the lagoon. (4 pages), 1912 July

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1912 July

Boy Scout Camp: Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn and E.C. Wright, Jr., concerning a national movement among the Boy Scouts to plant trees in memory of Theodore Roosevelt. (3 pages), 1919 Mar

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1919 Mar

Concessions Pavilion: Correspondence with board member Fred S. Doggett. (2 pages), 1908 Mar

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1908 Mar

General Correspondence: Correspondence with Missouri Canoe Club Secretary M.B. Proctor regarding a dam across the Blue River, W.A. Rule regarding orchard grass seed, Frank Johnston about his land near the park, Board of Election Commissioners Chairman J.M. Lowe regarding a road connecting to the new County Home for the Indigent, Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, Assistant City Counsel Walter L. Lampkin, treasurer of the Texas-Mexico Immigration Co. on behalf of "The People's Country Club," Commercial Club Secretary E.M. Clendening, Swope Park Superintendent R.T. Proctor, Thomas T. Crittenden regarding a gift of oak trees, Consulting Engineer Ira G. Hendrick with estimates for bridges over the Blue River and the lagoon, Board of Public Works Sewer Engineer Theodore R. Ash about the Blue River, telegrams, C.C. Craver about the need for a head gardener, Board Secretary T.C. Harrington and payroll, Park Engineer Fred Gabelman, Cusil Lechtman, and Attorney Thad. B. Landon protesting on the behalf of a resident near the park to a proposed amusement park on the Evanston Golf Club grounds. Of interest is a letter from Fred Gabelman about a British and American aviation show that attracted an estimated 200,000 people and the subsequent traffic jams on all roads leading to the park (August 29, 1918), letter from W.H. Dunn detailing the loss of the Swope Park Barn due to fire (July 23, 1913), and an undated letter from H.B. Swope. (One sketch in OVERSIZE.) (48 pages), 1901-1902; 1907-1910; 1912-1915; 1918-1921; no date

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1901-1902; 1907-1910; 1912-1915; 1918-1921; no date

Dairy Farm: Correspondence with Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn regarding a model dairy farm to be funded by Mr. Volkner. (12 pages), 1912

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1912

Hickman's Mill Road Bridge: Report from R.C. Barnett. (8 pages), 1912 Oct

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1912 Oct

Mall: Correspondence with Board Secretary T.C. Harrington and Park Engineer Fred Gabelman. (6 pages), 1915; 1918-1919

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1915; 1918-1919

Meyer Blvd. Entrance: Correspondence with Park Engineer Fred Gabelman with a plan to make it the park's principle entrance. (3 pages), 1916 June

 File — Box: 12, 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: 1916 June