Olympian Ian Crocker swimming with children
Olympic medalist Ian Crocker in an indoor swimming pool instructing a large group of children (all white). Location unknown other than Kansas City. Adults are seated poolside (white women, African...
On stage during the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication
Guests (African American and white women and men) seated in a row on stage behind potted plants during the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication. Dr. Ned Smull is third from the right.
Overcrowded nurses' station
An overcrowded nurses' station at Children's Mercy Hospital. People (white men, white and African American women) are on the phone and checking and updating files.
Participants during an awards tea
Hospital employees (white men, African American and white women) attending a Service Awards Tea seated at various tables. An unidentified man is speaking, standing, at the left and seated next to the...
People lined up outside the hospital
Group of people (African American women and men and white men and a white woman) lined up on a sidewalk outside of Mercy Hospital, including several doctors in lab coats, nurses in uniform, a woman in...
People waiting in the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Families (African American woman and children, a white man, two white women, and a white girl) seated while waiting in the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic. Two women have children seated on their laps and...
Pitcher during a softball game
White male pitcher throwing the ball during a softball game with other players in the field also seen as well as a line of trees in the background.
Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients
Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Rabbit is holding a Piglet doll and is standing next to an unidentified white man in a...
Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people
Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people at Children's Mercy Hospital. A group of patients, nurses, and other adults (African American and white) are standing and sitting around the room watching him...
Sandra A.J. Lawrence shaking hands with unidentified man
Sandra Lawrence shaking hands with an unidentified white man while another unidentified white man with his back to the camera is holding onto her other hand during a Golf Classic and Volunteer...
Santa and others handing out gifts or candy
Santa Claus (white man) passing out either small gifts or candy to young patients with nurses and other adults in attendance during a Christmas party in the lobby.
Santa at Children's Mercy Hospital
Santa Claus (white man) holding sleigh bells and entertaining the children at the mayor's Christmas party. An African American female nurse can be seen in the background.
Santa Claus and a young woman next to a young boy
Santa Claus (white) and a young African American woman visiting a young African American boy patient. The boy is sitting up in a crib with one foot wrapped in bandages and supported by rope on a...
Santa Claus and another man handing out gifts
Santa Claus (white) and another white man handing out gifts to children (African American and white) in the hospital at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. They are holding boxes with dolls and other...
Santa Claus with child patients
Santa Claus (white) leaning down to speak with child patients (all white) at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a cup and sleigh bells. The children are sitting in wheelchairs. Other...
Santa handing out gifts
Santa Claus (white man) visiting patients and passing out Christmas presents to a group (African American girls and boys) seated before him. Other adults (African American women, African American man...
Seated around a picnic table
Six people (Two African American woman, one African American man, two white women, one white man) seated around a picnic table, talking together, during the Children's Mercy Hospital Volunteer...
Selected award tea participants
Doris Clark Graddy, Margaret Weaver, John Stockwell, Mintie Carnahan, and Ethel Vaughn all posing together for a photo from behind a table during the Service Awards Tea. All the women have corsages.
Service award pin recipients
Employees receiving Children's Mercy Hospital Service award pins. Left to right are Fred Atkisson, Essie Grant, Leota Willet, Geraldine Mathis, and Hester Kienzie.
Service award recipients at Nurse Hall
Alice Walker, seated and pouring tea at a table with her back to the camera during a service award ceremony in Nurse Hall. Award recipients (African American and white women and men) are standing in a...
Singer and pianist at the awards ceremony
Joyce Taylor singing into a microphone and accompanied by pianist Terry Grover at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony. Other instruments, including a drum kit, are on the stage behind them. Other...
Staff Awards dinner raffle
Bill Glidden (podium) running the raffle during the Children's Mercy Hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Unidentified white woman employee is walking along the row of prizes, walking...
Table at the 1975 awards banquet
The Children's Mercy Hospital Annual Awards Banquet, held at the Crown Center Hotel: seated left to right are: Dr. Gene Bacha (the emcee); Dr. Ned Smull (partially hidden behind a flower arrangement)...
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog Zest. Chambers is standing next to a platform with his dog. Zest is bowing his head forward. They are in front of a group of boy and girl patients at...
Three award recipients
Three African American women award recipients at the hospital Staff Awards Ceremony at Crown Center Hotel. Sarah Wright is at the left of the group, the others unidentified. They are looking to the...