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Title
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Pediatric Care
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Description
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Interior view of dentist inspecting a child's teeth. Two other children are waiting as well as an adult taking notes. Location not given or identification of individuals. Believed to be a school outpatient clinic service of the city.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Scientist in Laboratory
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Description
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Unidentified Kansas City Health Department scientist conducting tests for an industrial hygiene program.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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History in the Mending
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Description
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Article describes the evolution of health care in the Kansas City region, from the earliest hospitals to the establishment of large medical schools and research institutions. A decade-by-decade description of the system's growth and development is provided, as well as a timeline of hospital openings and closings from 1864 to 2007. Over time, suburbanization has led to several hospital closings in Kansas City's urban core.
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Date
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2014-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A City Divided: The Racial Landscape of Kansas city, 1900-1960
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Description
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Dr. William J. Thompkins was named an assistant health commissioner in the city's Department of Hygiene and Communicable Diseases in 1927 during the city's Democratic administration. He had earlier in 1915 become the first African American to serve as superintendent of Old City Hospital for black patients. Other information about him is included as well as about General Hospital No. 2.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Dr. William Thompkins
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Dr. William Thompkins, a black Kansas City physician and former "recorder of deeds for the district of Columbia [Washington, D. C.]." Born about 1885 in Jefferson City, Missouri and coming to Kansas City in 1906 and becoming "the first superintendent of General Hospital No. 2 of Kansas City" in 1915.
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Date
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1905-04-18
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, discussing aspects of democracy and good government, and suggesting problems and solutions for clean elections. Other featured articles include: "Health and Politics" (pp. 2 & 3), a report on the recommendations of the 'Health and Hospital Survey' of 1930 for Kansas City, with various information about health care deficiencies and statistics, including "a wing for Negroes" left uncompleted "at the tuberculosis hospital at Leeds" and a death rate of Kansas City being higher (12.25) than New York City (10.23); "FERA's Education for All Ages"(p. 2) about an adult education program with subjects including bookkeeping and public speaking, and with young mothers and students still learning English among its students; "Glenn Did Not Choose to Run" (p. 2), about Glenn Cunningham, a University of Kansas track star and Olympic athlete, meeting a group of men leaving Union Station for Civilian Conservation Corps jobs; "Piecemeal Changes" (p. 3), about state management of federal relief funds and a potential consolidation of social welfare and penal boards; "Within the Beautiful State House" (pp. 3 & 4), about the new speaker of the state house and committee nominations and Governor Guy Park’s and Pendergast’s influence in the decision, including a portrait sketch of Governor Parks; "To You Who Would Make Changes" (p. 4), encouraging readers to work against the Pendergast machine rather than just complain about it; “20,000 Men and Women” (p. 4), discussing the large youth vote “not bound to either of the old political parties”; and "May We Present Edwin Terry Brigham" (p. 5), a photograph and biographical article about the superintendent of the Helping Hand Institute; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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