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Title: Murals
Description: File contains information on murals in the Phillips Hotel, President Hotel, Central Methodist Church, Paseo, and others as well as a photo and information about the murals at the Savoy Grill at 9th and Central Streets done by Edward J. Holslag depicting pioneers on the Santa Fe Trail.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Hotel Phillips
Description: File contains the national Register nomination form for the Hotel Phillips or Phillips Hotel.
Object Type: Report

Title: Hotel Philllips
Description: A section on the Hotel Phillips includes color photographs of some of the interior of the hotel as restored. The hotel first opened in 1931 and at 20 stories was the city's highest hotel at that time. It was placed on the National Register of HIstoric Places in 1979. The art deco designed hotel has 217 guest rooms with the Phillips ChopHouse, a featured restaurant, and the Crystal Ballroom available for events. The photographs in the book show Jorgen Dreyer's sculpture of the ideal woman located in the lobby.
Date: 2007
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Hotel Phillips
Description: National Register nomination form, item 7, page 3, for the Phillips Hotel at 106 West 12th Street.
Object Type: Report

Title: Hotels in Kansas City
Description: The file includes articles about various Kansas City hotels and a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form for "Hotels in the Downtown Area of Kansas City."
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Virginia B. Stilts Raupp
Description: Obituary for Virginia B. Raupp, former banker with the Kansas City Federal Reserve, Traders National Bank, and City National Bank. "In 1930, as a champion swimmer and diver, she became the inspiration and model for Jorgen C. Dryer's statue of the Spirit of Dawn, which has resided in the lobby of the Phillips House Hotel in Kansas City since 1931." Virginia Raupp was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 9, 1915, and passed away on January 2, 2009.
Date: 2009-01-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Robert Phillips
Description: Obituary for Robert Phillips, president and general manager of the Hotel Phillips or Phillips Hotel, dying in 1957.
Date: 1957-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Southwest from Commerce Tower
Description: View facing southwest from the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The Kansas City Power and Light Building, the Phillips Hotel, the Continental Hotel can be seen, and other downtown buildings.
Date: 1966-05-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rockne Dinner
Description: View of what appears to be the head table at the Rockne Dinner held at the Phillips Hotel, probably in the Pioneer Room. Association Secretary N. Emerson Paton is shown with plaque in front of portrait of Knute Rockne. Others in photograph are unidentified. Historical mural painted by Daniel MacMorris is partially visible on wall behind.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hotel Phillips
Description: Postcard of the Hotel Phillips.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Phillips Hotel
Description: Distant frontal and side view; also shows Katz Drug Store as first floor tenant.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel
Description: Partial frontal view when hotel was known as Phillips House.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street
Description: Looking west along 12th from the southeast corner of 12th and Main.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel Interior
Description: Interior view of men and women attending National Protective Insurance Company party in honor of Ross J. Ream.
Date: 1950-12-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel
Description: Construction view looking along Baltimore. Also shows Muehlebach and Bray Hotels.
Date: 1930-10-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 85th Troop Carriers Squadron
Description: Interior view of men and women attending 85th Troop Carriers Squadron reunion banquet, Phillips Hotel.
Date: 1950-06-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel Interior
Description: Interior view of men attending Manual Society of Debate Alumni Semi-Centennial Christmas Banquet.
Date: 1950-12-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel
Description: Partial frontal and side view; located on northwest corner of 12th and Baltimore. Also shows Katz Drug Store as first floor tenant.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p027
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 11th Street south to W. 13th Street and from Wyandotte east to Baltimore, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Radisson Hotel
Description: Photograph, circa early 1990s, of the Hotel Phillips building at 106 W. 12th Street. Built in 1929, the building started out as Hotel Phillips and changed hands several times, only to come around to being the Hotel Phillips again in the early 2000s. The Hotel Phillips was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. At the time of the photo, it was operating as the Radisson Suite Hotel Kansas City.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Object Type: Photograph

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