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Title
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A Kansas City Negro Honored
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Description
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File containing a brief biographical article about Dr. Walter Maddux, a native of Kansas City, Kansas, and newly appointed head of pediatrics "in the great hospital that is to be erected in Chicago for Negroes" at the University of Chicago, in 1930. Maddux received his medical training at the University of Kansas and "in the Wheatley hospital branch of Mercy hospital," established by Dr. Katharine Richardson.
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Date
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1930-02-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dr. Katharine Richardson
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Description
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Folder contains an oversize card suitable for mailing. One was sent honoring the birthday of Dr. Richardson and the other was in loving remembrance of her. Her photograph is included on each card as well as some of her writings. Also included are poems and excerpts concerning her from various publications. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
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Date
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1933/1934
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Children's Mercy Hospital
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Description
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Folder includes photocopied correspondence consisting of two letters written by Dr. Katharine B. Richardson addressed to Mrs. E.M. Ellis of Memphis, Tennessee. Information about the hospital is part of the contents. Also contains a typed letter to Mrs. Ellis from Lena M. Dagley, dated June 5, 1935. A printed hospital report for the year 1941 and a publication of the Mercy Hospital Century Club announcing a benefit featuring the Dorothy Perkins Dancers are also in the folder.
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Date
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1918/1941
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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A History of Children's Mercy Hospital
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Description
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Story of the founding and growth of Children's Mercy Hospital, at first run only by women such as the founder, Katharine Berry Richardson.
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Date
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1961
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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In Honor of a Pioneering Woman
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Description
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History of Children's Mercy Hospital, founded by Dr. Alice Berry Graham, or Alice Graham, and her sister Katharine Berry Richardson, or Katharine Richardson, and the hospital's medical library at 24th and Gillham Roads.
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Date
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1977-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Philanthropic Profile: Children's Mercy
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Description
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Photo and description of the leading-edge health care programs at Children's Mercy Hospital, especially with heart surgeries and the like, with a brief history of the institution started about 1897.
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Date
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2000-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Katharine Berry Richardson (1858-1933), the founder of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, established in 1899, and along with her sister Alice Berry Graham, founder of Mercy Wheatley Hospial for Negroes.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Little Known Medical History: Katharine B. Richardson and Children's Mercy Hospital
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Description
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Series of eight articles by a retired physician who worked with Katharine Richardson. The first three segments in particular focus on Dr. Richardson and the founding and early years of the hospital. The rest are largely about the author's own experiences over a long career, but include much history of Children's Mercy and medicine in Kansas City in general.
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Date
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1969-12-01/1971-01-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
