Box 15
Contains 22 Results:
University of Missouri: Correspondence with Secretary J.G. Babb, Mary Elizabeth Lewis regarding Read Hall, and President R.H. Jesse. Of interest is a letter from Babb to hire Kessler to improve and beautify the campus grounds (August 1, 1903). (18 pages), 1902-1903
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with J.G. Babb, R.H. Jesse, Henry Wright, M.L. Lipscomb, Dean John Pickard, and Campus Curator Walter Williams. (65 pages), 1904
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with Walter Williams, R.H. Jesse, J.G. Babb, Horticulture Professor J.C. Whitten, Director of Athletics Clark W. Heatherington regarding a skating pond, and M.L. Lipscomb. Includes a letter from Babb discontinuing Kessler due to lack of funds (March 30) and Kessler's response offering to work for free (April 5). (50 pages), 1905
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with R.H. Jesse and J.G. Babb and payroll. Includes a postcard from Jesse in Berlin and an invitation to commencement exercises. (24 pages), 1906
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Letters with J.G. Babb and R.H. Jesse. (14 pages), 1907
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with Claude McCollum regarding a monument to the university from the senior class, Director of Athletics Professor Clark W. Heatherington, Campus Catalogue Editor Carter Alexander, and Superintendent of Grounds Horace F. Major. Includes one sketch. (One map and one sketch in OVERSIZE.) (16 pages), 1909-1911
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with Landscape Gardening Professor Horace F. Major regarding slides for a lecture, a lecture series at the University of Missouri given by Mayor Robert W. Speer of Denver (Colorado), and an exhibit of Landscape Design at the University of Missouri. (15 pages), 1914; 1916
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with President J.C. Jones and Horace F. Major and recommendations for head of landscape gardening. (9 pages), 1922-1923
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
University of Missouri: Correspondence with College of Agriculture Professor Horace F. Major regarding an honorary degree for Kessler, Miss A. Ross Hill regarding John T. Willingham of Memphis, Vice-President J.C. Jones, and Secretary of Sigma Xi W.A. Tarr regarding a congratulatory luncheon. Of interest is letter from Vice-President Jones congratulating Kessler on his Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (March 14) and a program of the 79th Commencement listing Kessler as a recipient. (26 pages), 1920-1921
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Roaring Rivers Camps and Hotel: Correspondence with Investment Broker Roland E. Bruener regarding a possible site for a resort in the Ozark Mountains, President of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad John Scullin, President of W.A. Rule Investment Co. Rule regarding a quarry of marble and stone in the area, W.H. Dunn, Attorney Edward E. Yates regarding building a cottage at the resort, and George H. Carpenter, Jr. Of interest is a letter from Bruener to Kessler listing Dunn as landscape architect and George Carpenter & Sons as the primary investors in Roaring Rivers. Includes two brochures, five postcards, and three unsigned contracts. (85 pages), 1905-1906; 1908; 1913-1914; 1921-1922
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.