Box 16
Contains 20 Results:
Siloam Spring: Correspondence with Mayor John Samples, C.W. Fish, and Secretary of the Commercial Club John F. Kennedy requesting Kessler's advice for improvement and payroll. (19 pages), 1902; 1911-1913
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Siloam Springs Gardens, Fishing River Valley: Correspondence with City Clerks Walter A. Craven and W.L. Silvers, C.W. Fish, City Engineer Walter C. Paton, and Park Board Secretary W.D. Flack with regard to a suit against Charles Ettenson about his land adjoining Siloam Springs on which he wants to put a pavilion. Of interest is a letter from City Clerk Craven stating he was instructed by the City Council to retain a landscape architect (February 28), contract between the city and Kessler signed by Mayor A.M. Bates, and one small sketch. Reports to mayor, City Council, and Commerce Club concerning "the development of the Springs Gardens in connection with and as a part of Fishing River Valley,” "Describing more particularly the pavilions and colonnade recommended . . . for erection in the Siloam Springs gardens," and "Fishing River Parkway." (69 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.
Siloam Spring, Sulpho-Saline Spring: Correspondence with C.W. Fish, City Clerk W.L. Silvers and Board Secretary W.D. Flack with reference to moving from park and spring improvements to a park and boulevard system, Architect Henry Hoit of Kansas City, and Excelsior Springs Treasurer S.A. Wardell. Of interest is letter to Kessler referring to articles in the papers about the passage of $20,000 of bonds for Siloam Spring improvements. (44 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.
Siloam Spring and Sulpho-Saline Pavilions, Ettenson Pavilion: Correspondence with C.W. Fish regarding Golf Hill Drive and Hotel, Architect Henry Hoit, Park Board Secretary W.D. Flack, Architect A.R. Hardy of Grenbaum & Hardy of Kansas City, and Charles Ettenson of the Excelsior Springs Mineral & Bottling Co. (46 pages), 1916-1917
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Siloam Gardens, Clay Lodge, Excelsior Springs Golf Club: Correspondence with Secretary and Treasurer of the Excelsior Springs Golf Club C.W. Fish, H.C. Broadwell, and Clay Lodge Secretary Walter A. Craven requesting suggestions for uses of land on the southeast corner of Siloam Pavilion for the Masonic building. Includes six photographs, one sketch, the Excelsior Springs Golf Club pamphlet with its constitution, by-laws, list of officers, general rules, and a map of the links. (Excelsior Springs Daily Standard, November 10, 1919, is in OVERSIZE.) (80 pages), 1918-1919
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
W.A.J. Bell correspondence: Correspondence and telegrams with Bell about the development of Excelsior Springs and Philipse Manor in Tarrytown, New Jersey. Includes 14 applications for preferred stock "in a Company to be formed for conducting a Real Estate business in the City of Excelsior Springs, Mo." Includes a sketch of Philipse Manor and a map of General Realty & Mineral Water Co. (Proposed holdings with proposed main lines of development and two prospectuses for the General Realty & Mineral Water Co. in OVERSIZE.) (51 pages), 1910-1911; 1919
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Carnegie Library: Correspondence with Park Board Secretary W.D. Flack and the President of Clay County State Bank Hugh White regarding the donation of $10,000 by the Carnegie Corporation for a public library and suggestions for a possible location. (7 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.
Excelsior Springs Company: Correspondence with Superintendent H.J. Mellis[?]. (1 page), 1890 Nov
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
H.D. Kissenger property: Correspondence with Kissenger. (7 pages), 1914; 1922
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
I.J Ringolsky, "Old Elms Site": Correspondence with Attorney Ringolsky, Manager of Excelsior Springs Bottling Co. C.W. Fish, and former Elms employee U.T. Linberg requesting employment. (22 pages), 1906; 1908
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.