L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Description
As the first city manager in Kansas City, L. P. Cookingham had significant influence on the city in the mid-20th century. The collection contains a fairly concise and annotated selection of Cookingham's personal and professional life; inclusive dates are circa 1870-1993. A number of photographs depict the growth of Kansas City during 1939-1990.
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L. Perry Cookingham in group portrait with fellow staff members

L. Perry Cookingham standing in group portrait with 18 fellow staff members on the front steps of a brick building. Dept. Heads including: 1st row: Police Chief Fred Genske, Municipal Judge Wolf, Richard Ryan City Physician, Alfred Eckart Dir Public Works, L. Perry Cookingham, Glendan Mowitt, unidentified Fire chief. 2nd row: unidentified, unidentified, Arthur Carman, Hugh Benner (City Engr). 3rd row: Rolland Sargent City Atty, unidentified Welfare Dir, Byron Rockwook Dir of Personnel (1st member LPCAS), Shirley Corrigan city clerk, Dr. Frank Pool Dir of Health.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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LPC and Mayor Frank Marksor - Saginaw - 1936

L. Perry Cookingham and Mayor Frank Marxer seated at table at a large dinner party. Surrounded by other diners.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Portrait of L. Perry Cookingham

Portrait of L. Perry Cookingham wearing suit, tie, and glasses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Opening softball league Saginaw 1936

L. Perry Cookingham in cap with suit, tie, and dress shoes throwing the opening pitch in softball for Saginaw playground league.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Rollie Sargent - City Atty, LPC - Saginaw - 1936

Rollie Sargent and L. Perry Cookingham seated behind desk in an office looking at a piece of paper.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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L. Perry Cookingham seated at desk

L. Perry Cookingham seated in foreground at desk in an office holding papers and looking off in the distance.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Portrait of L. Perry Cookingham in suit and tie

Portrait of L. Perry Cookingham in suit and tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Mayor McDonald handing scroll to women

Saginaw Mayor Francis McDonald (not facing camera) handing a scroll of paper to three women and man in period costumes. Left to right: Dorothy Levie, Francine Ames, Mayor Francis McDonald, Bernadine Bayston, L. Perry Cookingham, John Ryan.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Byron Rockwell- 1st LPCAS

Four men in business attire identified as Byron Rockwood, L. Perry Cookingham, Glen Mowitt, Al Eckert sitting at a table eating a meal.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0010.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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LPC Trying out new Police motorcycle

L. Perry Cookingham wearing fedora with a suit and tie sitting on a police motorcycle in grass lot.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0015.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Listening to terminated Dept. heads in K.C.

L. Perry Cookingham in office reclining behind desk on telephone looking toward camera with leg crossed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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City Council Saginaw MICH - 1938

City Council; George Boyd, Charles Wilson, L. Perry Cookingham, Chief Genske, Mayor McDonald, Shirley Corrigan, Jay Symms, Frank Marxer, Rollie Sargent sitting at a conference table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Signs displayed at Coo Coo club party

Sign from Coo Coo Club Roast at Bancroft Hotel hung up behind Cookingham's desk with Cookingham in foreground. Top sign reads: Parade of progress? Clawson - Plymouth - Saginaw - Kansas City Leavenworth (altered June 15, 1959 to read Fort Worth). Bottom sign reads: He may be Cooking HAM in Kansas City but he's still plain Bologna to us.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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L.P.C. after selection to be CM - K.C.MO.

Sign from Coo Coo Club Roast at Bancroft Hotel hung up behind Cookingham's desk with Cookingham in foreground. Top sign reads: Parade of progress? Clawson - Plymouth - Saginaw - Kansas City Leavenworth. Bottom sign reads: He may be Cooking HAM in Kansas City but he's still plain Bologna to us.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Robert Bast, first intern in Saginaw

Office scene with man on left standing, leaning on desk identified as Robert Bast. L. Perry Cookingham and Irma Boelter sit behind desk looking at papers that Cookingham is holding.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0011.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002