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Title: Centennial History of Argentine, Kansas City, Kansas, 1880-1980
Description: Book about the 100-year history of Argentine and later Argentine Industrial District, in Kansas City, Kansas, with many photos and maps and much information on the district's institutions and prominent residents. Includes a biography of August R. Meyer on page 159, the owner of the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company, largely responsible for the district's early growth and association with silver (Argentine means silver city).
Date: 1980
Object Type: Book

Title: Country Club Area Plan: Area Plan 22
Description: Land use, long-range goals, and maps of the Country Club residential district, bounded by Volker-Ward Parkway, State Line, Gregory, and Troost-Oak Streets.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Report

Title: Sebree Galleries
Description: Partial view of the Sebree Galleries, located at 301 E. 55th Street. Curry Miles, of Frashier-Miles Architects, Inc., received an award for the design of this building.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence at 4320 Rockhill Road
Description: Home awarded for outstanding residential landscaping, located at 4320 Rockhill Road. Dan Bowman was named as the owner of the home and designer receiving the award.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Berkowitz Residence
Description: Full frontal view of the Jerry Berkowitz residence, located at 855 Rockwell Lane. Tom McCoy, of McCoy, Hutchinson, Stone, Architects, received an award for his design of this home.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Office Building at 1730 Walnut
Description: Facade of a building, awarded for outstanding office building restoration, located at 1730 Walnut Street. At the time of the photograph, the building was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Canfield.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Office Building Facade
Description: Facade of the Interstate Commercial Investments Building, located at 1001 W. 43rd Street, including the storefront of the salon 2001: A Haircutting Odyssey. Architect Larry Swearingen received an award for his design in the restoration of the building.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Yankee Smith Grist Mill
Description: View of Yankee Smith Grist Mill, located in Hodge Park, 6800 Northeast Barry Road. Staff of the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department received an award for the design of this structure, a faithful reproduction of a grist mill.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Court of the Penguins
Description: View looking east of the Court of the Penguins on the Country Club Plaza (south side of 47th Street). Architect Ed Wimmer, of Linscott, Haylett, Wimmer & Wheat, received an award for his design of this block.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Valley Lake at the Kansas City Zoo
Description: Partial view of Valley Lake, located in Swope Park on the grounds of the Kansas City Zoo. Staff of the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department received an award for the design of these water features, which were intended to create a habitat for waterfowl and enhance the enjoyment of human visitors to the zoo.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jack Straw's Courtyard
Description: Elevated view of Jack Straw's Courtyard, a restaurant area. Architect Stuart Hutchinson, of McCoy, Hutchinson Stone Architects, received an award for his work in making the location among the most enjoyable small urban landscapes to be found nationwide.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillham Plaza Entrance
Description: View of the entrance to Gillham Plaza, located at 310 E. Armour Boulevard. Designers Don Distler and John Lawrence Daw received an award for their work refurbishing the exterior of this building.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bus Shelter and Bus
Description: View of a Metro bus pulling up to shelter with waiting passengers. The stop is located east of the Country Club Plaza, just north 47th and Main streets.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral Expansion
Description: View looking east of an addition to the Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, located at 415 W. 13th Street. This location, also home to the Center for the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, was designed by architect Stephen Abend, who received an award for its planning and workmanship.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mary Grace Fleury
Description: Interior view of Mary Grace Fleury conducting book talk at unidentified location.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library
Description: Interior view of Mary Grace Fleury with book display at Main Branch.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oak Hall Apartments
Description: Folder contains one issue of "The Oak Leaf" newsletter dated Number 18, October, 1980 and published from the Oak Hall Apartments located in the Hyde Park area. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Archival Material

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