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Title
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Renaming Anderson Bridge
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Description
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Both local historian and writer Dory DeAngelo and photographer David Remley are heading an effort to rename the Anderson Bridge in the Northeast area to the Graham-Richardson Memorial Bridge. This would honor sisters, dentist Dr. Alice Berry Graham and physician Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson who founded Children's Mercy Hospital and who lived in the Northeast area.
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Date
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2004-09-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Bridge Named For Hospital Founders
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Description
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Short notice indicating that the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners had voted to name a bridge over Anderson Avenue in the Northeast area after Katharine Berry Richardson and Alice Berry Graham. The bridge is on Gladstone Boulevard and was recently rebuilt. The two ladies who were sisters founded Children's Mercy Hospital and were thought to have used this bridge daily.
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Date
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2004-12-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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In Honor of a Pioneering Woman
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Description
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History of Children's Mercy Hospital, founded by Dr. Alice Berry Graham, or Alice Graham, and her sister Katharine Berry Richardson, or Katharine Richardson, and the hospital's medical library at 24th and Gillham Roads.
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Date
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1977-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fifty Years of Mercy
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Description
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Photos and short explanation of the occasion for the memorial tablet presentation. Photographs show H. B. Hewitt and Dr. Robert McE. Schauffler, as well as children Ronald Gene Hagg and Anna Louise Judd. "Unveiling of Relief at Mercy Hospital Marks Ceremonies Commemorating Fiftieth Anniversary of Children's Hospital -- Founders Are Honored On Plaque by Jorgen C. Dreyer."
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Date
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1947-10-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
