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Title: Kansas City Zoo
Description: Photos, illustrations, maps, and information on the Kansas City Zoological Gardens, or Kansas City Zoo at Swope Park, with description of its various exotic animals and other attractions.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: The Shape of Things to Come: A Glimpse into the Future, from Six Designers Who Mold Our World
Description: Photo and biographical sketch of Kansas City architect Robert J. "Bob" Berkebile, or Robert Berkebile, designer of the Deramus Education Pavilion at the Kansas City Zoo, one of the fewer than ten buildings in the world meeting "the American Institute of Architecture's goals for sustainable, or environmentally friendly, architecture." Description of his methods in architecture, including the Deramus buiding and his role as "principal in charge of the Hyatt Regency Hotel" during its collapse.
Date: 1993-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Edward Tanner Awards - Architecture
Description: Short article about the Edward Tanner award recipient Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc. (PGAV Architects) and its innovative designs. Photos include the new Union Station Kansas City Administration offices; the polar bear exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo; and "the amazing innovation on the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Miller Nichols Library" which "earned a Gold Craftsmanship award and a Silver Award in Architecture/Exterior. Using an original, 40-inch-tall map of Kansas City from 1926, PGAV enlarged it to display on a 55-foot-tall building of the Miller Nichols Library with backlighting so that at night it is lit with fluorescent wall fixtures and LED lights.
Date: 2011-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Question 1 Kicks Off At Museum
Description: Report of the press conference held by Mayor Kay Barnes at Corinthian Hall to kick off the Question 1 bond issue election to be held in April. Money will be used to repair infrastructure, build a Liberty Memorial Museum, and make additions to the Kansas City Zoo.
Date: 2004-03-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Three Bond Issues on KC Ballot Tuesday
Description: Article describes the 3 bond issues to go before voters on April 6, 2004. A 57.1% approval is needed to pass. The money will be used to repair infrastructure in Kansas City ($250 million), to have a Liberty Memorial Museum ($30 million, and to help the Kansas City Zoo ($20 million).
Date: 2004-03-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Wild about the Zoo
Description: Profile of Randy Wisthoff, who became director of the Kansas City Zoo in 2003. Wisthoff, who previously served as assistant director at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, hopes to raise attendance at the zoo while continuing its conservation mission.
Date: 2004-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: And Only Man Is Vile
Description: Photos and article about the effusive spending of city funds on the Kansas City Zoo, comparing the luxurious living conditions of a tiger there to many thousands of Kansas Citians with very poor housing and utilities, etc.
Date: 1935-06-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Well-Earned Drink
Description: Captioned photograph of the Mary A. Fraser Memorial Fountain located at the Kansas City Zoo. It was recently restored thanks to students who raised $300 in coins. It was placed on the zoo grounds in 1951.
Date: 2003-10-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hunting for Humans
Description: Review of the Kansas City Zoo with a chart of attendance from 1990 to 2004.
Date: 2005-06-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Feline Exhibit
Description: Partial view of the feline exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo. Architects Linscott, Haylett & Associates were awarded for innovation in their design of this complex.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Feline Exhibit Construction Site Sign
Description: Full view of a sign indicating the proposed site for a new feline exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo. Designer E. F. Corwin, Jr. received an award for his work on this and other signs put in place by the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department on park property under construction.
Date: 1972
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: Nursery for Baby Animals Building
Description: Frontal view of the Nursery for Baby Animals at the Swope Park Zoo, designed by architect Dan Sutton.
Date: 1978
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Zoo in Swope Park, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the native field stone animal house located in the Swope Park Zoological Garden.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Cleo, Hippopotamus Swope Park Zoological Garden Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing a hippopotamus named Cleo on exhibit at the Swope Park Zoological Gardner.
Object Type: Postcard