Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 7 of 7 items

Delivering books to the children at Christmas

Image

One little white girl sitting on a white female nurse's lap and another small African American child in wheelchair receiving presents and books from a...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Ken Curtis talking with a boy

Image
14649-Thumbnail Image.jpg

Ken Curtis talking with a white boy on a hospital bed in Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is...

Date Published
October-19-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Mother reading to her girl in the hospital

Image

Young white girl patient being read to by her mother sitting next to her hospital bed.

Date Published
October-01-1965
October-31-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa passing a gift to a child in a hospital bed

Image

Santa Claus (white man) handing out a gift and a book to a white child lying down in their hospital bed and reaching for the gifts.

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Woman reading a story to an audience at a Christmas party

Image

Unidentified white woman (left) with book open in front of her reading to an audience of children and adults during a hospital Christmas party. A...

Date Published
December-01-1964
December-31-1964
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Young boy in a crib with a book

Image
14329-Thumbnail Image.jpg

Young white boy in a patterned shirt sitting up in a hospital crib with a book in his lap and he's folding something. He's smiling and his eyes are...

Date Published
January-01-1961
December-31-1961
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Young girl with bandaged hand reading in bed

Image

Little white girl sitting in bed smiling, and holding a book open on her lap. One arm is bandaged.

Date Published
May-01-1967
May-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Books
  • 1961-1970

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Portrait photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1961-1970 (7)

Subjects

  • Children, White (7)
  • Children--Hospital care (7)
  • Hospital patients (7)
  • Hospital beds (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • African American children (3)
  • Boys (3)
  • Girls (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Bandages and bandaging (2)
  • Christmas decorations (2)
  • Christmas trees (2)
  • Gifts (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Characters and characteristics on television (1)
  • Children--Books and reading (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Oral reading (1)
  • Reading (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) Books (7)

Subjects, People

  • Curtis, Ken, 1916-1991 (1)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)

Date Published

  • 1961 (1)
  • 1961-01-01 (1)
  • 1961-12-31 (1)
  • 1964-12-01 (1)
  • 1964-12-31 (1)
  • 1965-10-01 (1)
  • 1965-10-31 (1)
  • 1966-12-01 (1)
  • 1966-12-31 (1)
  • 1967-05-01 (1)
  • 1967-05-31 (1)
  • 1967-10-19 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025