Color photograph of Sandra Poole, Reference Librarian, checking the list to begin a daily search of materials to be loaned on the Kansas Informational Circuit. Main Library, downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Color photograph of the excavation of library grounds in Huron Park to make way for the new library construction. Town House hotel visible in the background.
Color photograph of a police officer viewing artworks for checkout at the new Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. When the library opened it owned 738 framed reproductions of artworks that loaned for eight weeks.
Color photograph of the lobby and circulation desk in the new Main Library. Visible is one of the electronic anti-theft gates installed in the new building in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Color photograph of film librarians Irene Anderson and Sondra Novagradac looking at film reels in the AV department of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Color photograph of the old Carnegie Library being demolished in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The building was razed to make way for the Main Library's new parking lot. View looking northeast.
Color photograph of the view towards Minnesota Avenue from the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Fish pond visible in foreground and commercial businesses visible in background. This area became the site for the new Main Library.
Color photograph of staff and patrons at the circulation desk in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.
Color photograph of library staff and patrons at the circulation desk of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.
Sepia toned photographs of Bethany Hospital nursing students standing in a group in front of Bethany Hospital at Orchard and Tenny Streets in the Strawberry Hill area of Kansas City, Kansas. Photographs are glued to paper page and each woman is…
Black and white photograph of the seated audience at the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Black and white photograph of members of the U.S. Army Mothers' post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Black and white photograph of the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Color photograph of new furniture in the reading area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Stacks visible in the background.
Color photograph of Willard Dennis, Head Librarian at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library in the administrative office suite at the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
Black and white photograph of technical services staff at the Main Library. Margaret McDonald (seated) explains to Judy Hayden how to catalog materials for circulation.
Black and white photograph of unidentified group viewing the plaque dedicated to Elizabeth Dickinson, first librarian of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library.
Black and white photograph of library staff looking at microfilm in the Kansas Room at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. L-R: Sandra Poole, Robert Walker, Willard Dennis.
Black and white photograph of patrons listening to records in the Fine Arts Department at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. When the library opened, it held a collection of 850 records that was planned to increase to 3,000. Pictured are Steve…
Black and white photograph of the artist Tom Russell, librarian Gwen Rose, and library director Willard Dennis in front of Mr. Russell's mural on the second floor of the Main Library.
Black and white photograph of the reference area of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library shortly after opening. Study tables, bookshelves and microfilm visible.