Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Young child with crayon

Young white girl lying on her stomach in a hospital bed, arm resting on a coloring book and holding a crayon in one hand. Looking directly at the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00302.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group of people at a check presentation

Large crowd of people (all white women and men) gathered in front of a staircase watching two unidentified women standing in front, each with one hand on a check, and looking on from the left of the women stands Elizabeth Martin, superintendent, and an unidentified man in a wheelchair with Robert M. Schauffler behind him. All other people unidentified. In the front, lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00303.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse with toddler

Group of four people (two white women, two white men, Robert M. Schauffler behind one in a wheelchair with a cane) watching an unidentified white female nurse holding a toddler in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00304.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group of people at a check presentation

Robert M. Schauffler (behind wheelchair) next to Superintendent Elizabeth Martin along with several other unidentified white women and a white man in a wheelchair with a cane. One of the women is holding out a check. All in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00305.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse with toddler and community members

Robert M. Schauffler (behind wheelchair) next to two unidentified white women and an unidentified white man in a wheelchair with two canes watching an unidentified white female nurse holding a white toddler on the stairs in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital. The woman on the right is holding a check in her hand.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00306.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctor with girl patient

Unidentified white male doctor in suspenders and no jacket standing with his hand on young white girl's arm while she lies on examining table with a domed piece of hospital equipment covering her lower body. Behind the table is goose neck floor lamp and a window sill with toy figurines of a cowboy and a duck pulling a cart sitting on it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00307.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Picnic in front of the old Mercy Hospital

Patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child) and white female nurses having a picnic at an unidentified location with old Mercy Hospital in the background behind a wrought iron fence. Three nurses are standing with their backs to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00308.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler standing in a crib

A smiling white toddler boy standing in a hospital crib wearing a striped shirt, diaper, and shoes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00309.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Richardson's birthday celebration

Celebration in honor of Dr. Richardson's birthday and Mrs. O.U. Hoover who was Treasurer from 1905-1955. Guests (all white) left to right: Mrs. Dietz; Mrs. Walsh; Mrs. Weaver; Dean Cowles, R.N. Director of Nurses; Mrs. Hoover; President of the Century Club; Elizabeth Martin, former superintendent; Thelma Marshall, President of the Maywood Club; a young white girl in a wheelchair and a young white boy seated at the table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00310.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Century Club members

Century Club members with young patient (all white), the adopted daughter of Ruth Roy, Children's Mercy Hospital's payroll clerk. The woman on the left of Patty Roy holding the donation can is Margaret "Sunshine" Pearce, all other in photo unidentified, including one white man.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00311.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Check giving ceremony

Mrs. Nourse receiving a check from an unnamed organization from Clinton, Missouri in the southwest corner of the lobby. Two white men are on the right of the photo, one in a winter coat, and three other white men in suits are on the left of the photo. Behind the group is a white girl in a hospital bed, sitting up and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00312.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Crowded outpatient clinic

Large group of African American and white women and children waiting in the outpatient clinic. Pay phone and vending machine seen at the back of the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00313.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group luncheon

Group luncheon attended by hospital staff and administration (all white women and men). People are seated at several tables and all are looking up and over at the photographer. A uniformed nurse is standing against the back wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00314.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dinner event in Nurse Hall

Children's Mercy Hospital dinner event being held in Nurse Hall Lounge. Dr. Harsh is standing to the left of a projection screen in the right side of the photo in front of the diners (all white women and men). Tables are covered with dishes and half eaten meals.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00315.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dinner event in Nurse Hall

Children's Mercy Hospital dinner event being held in Nurse Hall Lounge. An unidentified white male doctor is speaking the attendees (all white women and men). Tables are covered in dishes with half eaten meals.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00316.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281