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Title
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ROTC Event With City Manager L. P. Cookingham
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Description
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Interior view of City Manager L. P. Cookingham speaking at a dinner for the annual selection of Cadet Colonel and Corps of Cadets Staff of the school ROTC.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Employees
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Description
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Informal group photograph of city employees. City Manager L.P. Cookingham is in center.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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L. P. Cookingham
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Description
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Portrait of L. P. Cookingham outside entrance to City Hall.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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L. P. Cookingham
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Description
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Portrait of City Manager L. P. Cookingham.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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L.P. Cookingham and Staff
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Description
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Formal group portrait of City Manager L.P. Cookingham and staff. Probably taken in City Hall. Includes future mayor, William Kemp, 3rd from left.
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Date
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1942-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Effective Municipal Management in Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Interview of City Manager L. P. Cookingham about the efficiency and honesty of the post-Pendergast city government, covering several branches such as personnel, budget, taxes, water, and fire.
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Date
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1942-02
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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. ..Presenting L. P. Cookingham: Swing Nominee for Man of the Month
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Laurie Perry Cookingham, or L. P. Cookingham, 51-year-old city manager of Kansas City since his arrival here in 1940 (from Michigan) as part of the anti-Pendergast machine movement.
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Date
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1948-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Guess Who's Running the Parks? A Familiar Name Takes an Old Job but with a New Twist
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about L. P. Cookingham, the formerly prominent city manager of Kansas City from 1940 to 1959, appointed as the new president of the Kansas City Park Board by Mayor Berkley. Description of his return to the city government after 20 years of absence to work on the city's parks and boulevards.
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Date
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1979-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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What's the Score in Kansas City ?
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Description
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Article about the legal legitimacy of the city administration under L. P. Cookingham, contrasting it with the Tom Pendergast period of corruption, vice, and gambling.
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Date
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1949-09
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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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Short biography of former Kansas City city manager L.P. Cookingham (1896-1992), written by Donald B. Oster. Includes citations.
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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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A City Statesman
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Description
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Brief complimentary article of the virtues of "the city's first real manager," L. P. Cookingham.
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Date
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1950-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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Photo and bio of L. P. Cookingham, city manager of Kansas City starting in 1940, arriving that year from Michigan, known for his reform activities in city government following the Pendergast machine era, with description of his life and career.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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K. C.: A History of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Photo and various references to and descriptions of L. P. Cookingham, the first city manager of Kansas City after the removal of the Pendergast machine in 1940. He was chosen by the city government in its program of reform and removal of corruption because of his reputation as president of the International City Manager Association. He was also later known for his urban planning projects.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Book
