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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Karl Detzer talking to LPC in Saginaw

Karl Detzer reporter for Readers Digest sitting besides L. Perry Cookingham with pencil in hand looking at papers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Exterior Saginaw City Hall

Ivy covered exterior of Saginaw City Hall, 1315 s. Washington Avenue, Saginaw, Mich.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Mr. & Mrs. L.P.C. - First week in K.C.

Harriette W. Cookingham, L. Perry Cookingham in dress clothes seated at table set with china.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0024.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Staff meeting

L. Perry Cookingham behind desk in City managers office with staff seated in front of him; Arthur Everham (Dir. Pub Wks), William Kemp (City Counsellor), Eugene Zackman (Dir. Auditor), Harold Standley (Dir. Personnel), Francis Wornall (Dir. Fire), Kenneth King (Dir. Water), Horace McMorris (Dir. Finance), Judge Kiernaw (Dir. Liquor Control), Dr. Hugh Dwyer (Dir. Health), Dr. Hayes Richardson (Dir. Welfare).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0025.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Harriette W. Cookingham sitting at a table behind flower arrangement at dinner

Harriette W. Cookingham sitting at a table behind flower arrangement at dinner with KC Mayor John B. Gage and Russell Greine[r] celebrating new City Manager in K.C. Club 918 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Council dinner for the Cookinghams

Unidentified woman, Councilman Harris, Mrs. Joe Fennelly, L. Perry Cookingham, Councilman Roadahaffer, unidentified woman sitting around a fully set table for a Council dinner held for the Cookinghams.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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ICMA Conference Colo. Springs

Harriette W. Cookingham and L. Perry Cookingham sit at table in a banquet hall next to Governor of Colorado Robert Stearns and Mrs. Stearns at International City Manager Meeting 1940.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Dr. C E Ridley for 30 years Ex. Dir ICMA

L. Perry Cookingham and Dr. C.E. Ridley dressed in suits seated behind a table with mugs and glasses of water.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0029.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Womans C. of C. Kansas City

Harriette W. Cookingham (upper left corner) in a banquet hall with large group of unidentified members of the Woman's Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City all who are sitting at tables
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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LPC - 1941

L. Perry Cookingham in pinstripe suit sitting behind desk in office.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0033.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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J.C.C. dinner

Unidentified man, Harriette W. Cookingham, L. Perry Cookingham, unidentified woman sitting behind a fully set table having dinner. Covered wagon mural in background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Day Selected as CM.

L. Perry Cookingham in pin stripe suit seated.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Serving punch at Wm. Rockhill Gallery

Mrs. Sumner Fifield, Harriette W. Cookingham, Mrs. Alf Landon, and Mrs. Harry Woodring drinking punch in front of a ceramic punch bowl sitting on a table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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Serving punch at Wm. Rockhill Gallery

Mrs. Sumner Fifield, Harriette W. Cookingham, Mrs. Alf Landon, and Mrs. Harry Woodring drinking punch in front of a ceramic punch bowl sitting on a table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0031.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002
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27th Annual ICMA Conference

Large outdoor group of well dressed Women and Men, Managers & Spouses, Int. City Managers Meeting Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Springs CO. Cookingham and wife are in front row.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_cookingham_photo-0027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0002