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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Awards dinner

Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony held at Crown Center Hotel. Far Left to right: unidentified African American waiter kneeling down to speak to Dr. Richard Dreher; Dr. Ned Smull (partly hidden by podium); Dr. Abraham Margolin (top of head showing above podium); Dr. Robert Fairchild; Mrs. Robert Fairchild; Bill Glidden; Mrs. Glidden (likely); Eric Jones; and Margaret Weaver. A row of raffle prizes is displayed below the head table and four African American members of the audience (three women, one man) are seen eating dessert at their table in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00799.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Awards dinner group photo

Group of award recipients (African American and white women ; white men) at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center posed together for a group photo with a table of diners (African American men and women, one white woman) in front of them. Some of the diners are trying to duck down so as not to be in the photo. Dr. Richard Dreher is at the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00800.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Awards dinner conversation

Head table at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Mrs. Richard Dreher (left) with Dr. Ned Smull turned to speak to Dr. Abe Margolin. A large centerpiece is on the table in front of them as well as a podium with microphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00801.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Awards dinner group photo

Group of award recipients (African American and white women ; white men) at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center posed together for a group photo with a table of diners (African American men and women, one white woman) in front of them. Some of the diners are trying to duck down so as not to be in the photo. Eric Jones and Dr. Ned Smull (putting his glasses on) are standing at the right of the group)
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00802.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Three award recipients

Three African American women award recipients at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Sarah Wright is at the left of the group, the others unidentified. They are looking to the left of the photo. In the background is Eric Jones (seated) and Bill Glidden, speaking).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00803.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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View of the banquet hall

View of the banquet hall for the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. The room is filled with hospital employees (African American and white men and women) and their families with the head waiter (white male) preparing parfaits at a service table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00804.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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View of the banquet hall

View of the banquet hall for the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. The room is filled with hospital employees (African American and white women and men) and their families. Waiters (white men) can be seen moving amongst the tables and a piano is in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00805.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Singer and pianist at the awards ceremony

Joyce Taylor singing into a microphone and accompanied by pianist Terry Grover at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony. Other instruments, including a drum kit, are on the stage behind them. Other attendees (one African American man, the rest white women and men) can be seen at the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00806.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Staff Awards dinner raffle

Bill Glidden (podium) running the raffle during the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Unidentified white woman employee is walking along the row of prizes, walking toward the camera. Seated left to right are: Mrs. Fairchild (partially showing); Mrs. Glidden (likely); Eric Jones; Margaret Weaver; an unidentified white woman seated; and an unidentified white woman standing at the end of the table. Attendees (African American and white women and men) can be seen at several tables.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00807.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dancing at the Awards dinner

Attendees (African American and white women and men) dancing during the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. The band is the Pandora Band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00808.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors singing

White male doctors singing "Side by Side" dedicated to the 20 year honorees at the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Left to right are: Dr. Clark Seely, Dr. Sidney Pakula, Dr. Raymond Anderson, and Dr. George West with Beth Coolsbe accompanying them on the piano. Dr. Seely has a cane and there is a microphone on a stand in front of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00809.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Volunteers at the reception desk

Two women volunteer staff members working at the reception desk in the lobby. The white woman behind the desk is writing something and the African American woman seated beside the desk is speaking on the telephone. A large arrangement of daisies is on the edge of the desk at the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00810.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse at a desk

An unidentified white female nurse seated at a desk filling out a form while another unidentified white woman standing by the desk drops off a number of hospital gowns.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00811.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children's Mercy Hospital building

View of the Children's Mercy Hospital building with cars parked in a lot next to it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00812.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Receiving a gift of a table

Nurse Carol Belt from Children's Mercy Hospital with unidentified Kansas City Star employee (white man) delivering a wooden table to the Star made by Katharine Richardson. The Star's logo is on a truck side or storage unit behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00813.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281