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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Jane Smull at a refreshments table

Jane Smull, standing at a refreshment table with coffee, cookies, punch, and floral centerpiece. An unidentified young white woman is standing by punch bowl. Unidentified event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00543.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Unidentified couple at an open house

Unidentified white male and female couple standing by a display of furniture made by Dr. Katharine Richardson and looking at a white female hostess for the open house. She has one hand resting on a table. There's a sign for the display hanging from the ceiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00544.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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In the toxicology laboratory

Ruth Belter (Director of Volunteers) and Mary Bowen (volunteer) with Dr. Green examining equipment in the hospital's Toxicology Lab.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00545.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bendix employees at the hospital's entrance

Group of unidentified white male and female Bendix employees at the entrance of Children's Mercy Hospital Clinic and Emergency Room preparing for a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00546.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bendix employees visiting a patient eating lunch

Two unidentified white men with the Bendix Corporation, a major manufacturing and engineering company, visiting with an African American boy eating lunch in his hospital bed. They are there as part of a United Campaign tour of the hospital. This may be related to the currently named United Way, which is a network of nonprofit fundraising bodies that fundraise primarily through workplace campaigns.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00547.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bendix employees visiting a boy in traction

Two unidentified white women with the Bendix Corporation visiting with a white boy patient with his leg in traction. They are there as part of a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00548.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doris Clark showing Bendix employees one of the laboratories

Doris Clark showing unidentified Bendix employees (two white men and one white woman) one of the hospital's laboratories. A microscope is on the table in front of them. They are there as part of a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00549.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Studying the Disaster Situation Board

Two unidentified white women adding slips of paper to a large Disaster Situation Board covered with segments for each hospital division and relevant phone numbers. The board is resting on two chairs placed side by side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00550.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Studying the Disaster Situation Board

Two unidentified white male doctors in lab coats looking a large Disaster Situation Board on the wall at Children's Mercy Hospital. One man is point at something on the board.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00551.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Carrying in a patient during a disaster preparedness drill

An African American man is holding open the Emergency door while an African American man in a Navy uniform and another teenaged white boy in a white jacket carry in a white boy on a stretcher as part of a disaster preparedness drill.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00552.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors examining a patient during a disaster preparedness drill

Two unidentified white male doctors examining a young white boy on a stretcher just inside the doors of the Emergency room during a disaster preparedness drill. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00553.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Medical staff examining a patient during a disaster preparedness drill

Emergency medical personnel (white men and women and one man who is possibly Latino) standing around the litter of a young boy with paperwork and envelope laying on his stomach during a disaster preparedness drill. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00554.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors examining a patient during a disaster preparedness drill

Two unidentified male doctors (one white (right)) examining a young boy on stretcher inside the Emergency room during a disaster preparedness drill. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00555.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses and a doctor examining a patient in a wheelchair during a disaster preparedness drill

A white male doctor and a white female nurse examining a young white boy in a wheelchair while a white female Red Cross volunteer stands nearby looking at the camera during a disaster preparedness drill. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00556.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Boy getting an x-ray during a disaster preparedness drill

Young white boy laying on an x-ray table during a disaster preparedness drill. A white teenage boy is standing with arms folded at the head of the table and a white female nurse can be seen in the next room. The boy on the table has been made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00557.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281