Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.

Items in Collection: 3,206

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Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

Patients (two white girls, one partially seen child, and an African American boy) watching an unidentified white woman sing and play at the Trench Rat's Halloween Party at Children's Mercy Hospital...

Date Published

1967-10-31

Four piece country music band with three guitarists and a fiddle player (all white). They are wearing cowboy attire, performing for patients (African American and white) at the Halloween party. There...

Date Published

1967-10-31

Sigma Alpha Iota Conservatory Sorority presenting a program for children (only white children in photo) at Children's Mercy Hospital on Halloween. One young white woman is playing violin and another...

Date Published

1967-10-31

UMKC University Libraries Digital Collections

Child patients watching an unidentified woman sing and play

Country music ensemble performing for children

Violinist and guitarist playing for the children

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LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives