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Title: Kansas City Crossroads: We Want Ike
Description: Brief profile of Kansas City Mayor Ilus Davis. The Mayor's leadership style is described, as well as his civil rights stance.
Date: 2002-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Mercy Hospital Dedication - Ned Small
Description: Interior view of a dedication ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. Ned Small is speaking. Included with those seated on the podium are two Kansas City mayors, Charles Wheeler and Ilus Davis.
Date: 1968-05-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mercy Dedication - Clarence McGuire
Description: Interior view of a dedication ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. Clarence McGuire is speaking. Included with those seated on the podium are two Kansas City mayors, Charles Wheeler and Ilus Davis.
Date: 1968-05-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mercy Hospital Dedication - Ned Small
Description: Interior view of a dedication ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. Ned Small is speaking. Included with those seated on the podium are two Kansas City mayors, Charles Wheeler and Ilus Davis.
Date: 1968-05-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: An Interview With Ilus Davis
Description: Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded May 15, 1976. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 3 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date: 1976-05-15
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Ilus W. Davis Park
Description: View looking toward the north showing the Ilus W. Davis Park under construction. The Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse is visible at the north end of the park area. Also in view is the construction site sign which lists the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, project management office, architect (Frewen Architects, Inc.), and general contractor (Vanum Construction). Sign also has a illustration of the finished park.
Date: 2001-06-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ilus W. Davis Park
Description: View taken from 11th Street in front of City Hall looking toward the north. Construction work for the Ilus W. Davis Park, located between Oak, Locust, 11th and 9th Streets, is in view. The Charles Evan Whittaker United States Courthouse is in view at the north end of the park.
Date: 2001-06-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ilus W. Davis Park
Description: Roof-top view of Ilus W. Davis Park, looking toward the north. Photograph was taken from the top level of the City Hall building. The Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse is in view at the north end of the park. Streets in view going north and south include Oak Street on the right and Locust Street on the left. Intersecting streets include 10th Street which cuts through the park and 9th Street at the north end of the park. The U.S. Department of Transportation Regional Headquarters building that houses the Federal Aviation Administration is located on the southeast corner of 9th and Locust (901 Locust St.). A portion of the old Kansas City Public Library building is visible on the northeast corner of the same intersection. A large round reflecting pool is visible in the lower center of the picture.
Date: 2002-05-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ilus Davis
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ilus Davis, local lawyer and Kansas City Mayor.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ike Davis--A Man and His City
Description: Photo and interview of Ilus Davis at the age of 62, "mayor of Kansas City from 1963-71, during a time when mayors considered wearing bullet-proof vests to work," recently (1979) becoming the "first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City." Discussion of his views on the city's national status in general, its economy, roads, sewers, and other infrastructure, employment, public transportation, housing, neighborhoods, race relations, police department, schools and desegregation, and need for open public space in Downtown.
Date: 1979-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: From the Stacks: Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City
Description: Description of the Ilus Winfield Davis papers in the Western Manuscript Collection. Article also examines the events and significance of Davis' term in office.
Date: 2006-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Ilus Davis
Description: Photo and bio of Ilus "Ike" Winfield Davis, or Ilus Davis (1917-1996), mayor from 1963 to 1971, a native Kansas Citian becoming a lawyer, World War II officer, and City Council member before dealing with race relations and riots in the late 1960s.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Book

Title: Leader: Ilus W. Davis
Description: Photo and bio of Ilus Davis, "a former president of the Missouri Bar Association and now our Mayor," describing his projects during his mayorship starting in about 1962.
Date: 1965-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: In Memoriam: Ilus "Ike" Davis
Description: Obituary for Ilus W. "Ike" Davis (1917-1996), "former mayor of Kansas City, attorney, and [State Historical] Society [of Missouri] trustee," describing his life and career. Born in Kansas City, graduated from both Kansas and Missouri Universities, served in World War II and was on the Kansas City City Council from 1948 to 1955, became mayor in 1963 until 1971, and served as president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners from 1973 to 1977.
Date: 1997-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: K. C.: A History of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Photo and biographical description of Ilus W. "Ike" Davis, mayor of Kansas City from 1963 to 1971, "instrumental in revitalizing the city" with city manager Carlton F. Sharpe during the 1960s, and helping to bring the city "up to date."
Date: 1978
Object Type: Book

Title: H. Roe Bartle
Description: H. Roe Bartle and others standing across from Kansas City's City Hall. Illus Davis is standing to the left of Bartle.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 'Give 'Em Hell, Mayor Davis!'
Description: Photos and article about one day in the life of Kansas City Mayor Ilus Davis, with insights on his activities and discussions of various civic issues of the late 1960s, following the race riots.
Date: 1968-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers Finding Aid
Description: Charles S. Stevenson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895, but grew up in Olathe, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Hallmark Cards from the end of World War I until 1960. After retirement he became a free-lance writer for the Kansas City Star. He was very active in local social, civic, and military affairs. He died in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri.<br><br> The collection provides information on the first 48 mayors of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the city between 1853-1971. The papers represent the files that Mr. Stevenson kept while he was writing a series of articles concerning Kansas City mayors which appeared in the Kansas City Star and Times in 1975-1976. Items found in the folders include rough drafts and final drafts of the articles, personal notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters from relatives of some of the former mayors.
Date: 1975/1976
Object Type: Finding Aid

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