Box 18
Contains 25 Results:
Denver, City Park: Correspondence with Park Commission President Jacob E. Fillius. Includes specifications for a waterfront shelter and boat house. (17 pages), 1908
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Denver, Civic Center: Correspondence with Mayor Reed's secretary John S. Irby and Consulting Engineer Herbert S. Crocker. (4 pages), 1908; 1909
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Denver, General: Correspondence with F.L. Shellabarger and F.S. Bonfils of The Denver Post, Mayor Robert W. Speer, Mayor Speer's secretary John S. Irby, Kansas City Park Superintendent W.H. Dunn, Park Commission President Jacob E. Fillius, W.W. Porter, Commission Secretary Lem J. Smith, Park Superintendent J.G. Barri, Henry Wright, St. Louis Street Commissioner J.C. Travilla, The Denver City Tramway Co. Engineer John Evans, and John Brisben Walker of The Denver Club, and telegrams and payroll. Of interest is Kessler's letter to Mayor Speer offering his services as landscape architect (February 15, 1906), transcript of a clipping from The Denver Republican regarding Colorado white marble sent by Attorney Warwick M. Downing, letter to the Park Board from Kessler recommending R.C. Barnett of Kansas City for superintendent (February 13, 1908), specifications for shelters at tramway intersections (June 25, 1909), and letter to John Brisben Walker that mentions Kessler's permanent move from Kansas City to St. Louis (November 15, 1910). (49 pages), 1906-1910
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Denver, Washington Park: Correspondence with Commissioner F.A. Bailey. (2 pages), 1908 Dec
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Pensacola, Park Commission Association: Correspondence with Park Commissioner J.H. Sherrill regarding plans for a park and boulevard system, Henry Wright, City Council, Editor and Manager of The Pensacola Journal Frank L. Mayes with reference to Palafox Parkway, and St. Louis Street Commissioner J.C. Travilla, and park plant list and telegrams. Of interest is a letter to Sherrill with Kessler's suggestions for street improvements and future city planning (July 9, 1909) and a report on general park development (November 3, 1909). (115 pages), 1908-1909
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Alton, Dr. W.A. Haskell residence: Correspondence with Dr. Haskell and Park Commissioner Robert Aull. Includes estimates. (14 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.
Alton, Rock Springs Park: Correspondence with Miss Ellen D. Smith, daughter of Park Commissioner and President of Illinois Glass Co. William Elliot Smith; Surveyor B.B. Stakemiller; Alton Board of Park Commissioners President and Commissioner of The Business Men's League of St. Louis P.W. Doyle; and Board Secretary C.A. Caldwell. Includes report on levels on line "B" road, grades for general road surfacing, payroll, and plant list. (75 pages), 1908-1909
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
Alton, William Elliot Smith residence: Correspondence with Eunice Cole Smith, William E. Smith, and Henry Wright, and payroll and shrubbery list. Of interest is letter from Miss Smith to Kessler stating that he was recommended by Mrs. Trelease, wife of the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden (October 25, 1905). (18 pages), 1905-1906
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
East St. Louis, East St. Louis Park District: Correspondence with Park Presidents Dr. H.C. Fairbrother and H.C. Barnard, H.C. Broadwell, City Engineer W.J. Crocken, Kansas City Board of Park Commissioners Secretary F.P. Gossard, Park Superintendent and Engineer E.M. Crocken, George D. Barnard, Chas. S. Hutson, and Park Secretary Spencer Ellsworth. Of interest is Kessler's prospectus for East St. Louis park development (February 18, 1910), an invitation to Judge E.C. Kramer regarding a "hog and hominy or clam chowder dinner" (August 22, 1910), and President H.C. Barnard regarding boulevard acquisition and references to Pittsburgh Lake and Emerson Park. (54 pages), 1909-1910
The George E. Kessler Papers include business and personal correspondence, pamphlets, reports, minutes of proceedings, invitations, postcards, brochures, photographs, blueprints, sketches, and maps.
East St. Louis, East St. Louis Park District: Correspondence with President of American Association of Railway Surgeons Dr. H.C. Fairbrother, Vice-President and Secretary for Queen City Quarry Co. H.C. Barnard, payroll, H.C. Broadwell, St. Louis Street Commissioner J.C. Travilla, resident J.T. Donovan regarding a proposed East St. Louis Park Boulevard, Park President Edmund Goedde, Park Secretary Spencer Ellsworth, and Park Superintendent and Engineer E.M. Crocken. Includes specifications for a tool house in Virginia Park and references to the Pennsylvania and Summit Avenue triangle, the Belleville Commercial Club, Franklin Park, Penn Plaza, and Spring Lake. (A copy of East St. Louis Park District audit from its origin in 1908 through 1912 by Chartered Accountants Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co. of St. Louis in OVERSIZE.) (68 pages), 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.