Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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: Woman fussing with a typewriter; White woman seated at a desk fussing with a typewriter. A set of filing cabinets are behind her and a chair placed beside the desk., May 1966, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman handing apples to a group of children; Unidentified white female nurse handing out apples from a basket on her arm to young white patients (girls and boys) as part of an afternoon ritual called the "Passing" at Children's Mercy Hospital at 414 Highland. There's a large circular plaque on the wall above them featuring an angel carrying a baby in its arms., No date; likely 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on verso: "The Passing" was a 3pm ritual of passing nourishment to the patients-- the round placque (a pair of 2-) the original placques are in Danish Royal Palace or museum. Placques moved to 1710 Building because they were mounted higher on the wall in waiting room on 1st floor & the 2nd on baby ward above the fireplace.

: Woman helping a boy with his paper Easter egg; Unidentified white woman seated behind a young white boy helping him hold up the paper Easter egg he's just made. In the Critical Care Nurse Unit with Easter decorations on the wall., No date; likely April 1989, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman helping kids with art projects; Unidentified white woman seated between two children, a white boy (left) and an African American girl (right), helping them with their art projects. They have bottles of glue and glitter, and crayons. In the Critical Care Nurse Unit with Easter decorations on the wall., No date; likely April 1989, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman holding infant in the Neonatal unit; Unidentified white female nurse seated in a rocking chair and holding an African American newborn baby in the Neonatal unit of Children's Mercy Hospital., February 24, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman holding toddler as others look on; Unidentified older white woman wearing a black dress and some sort of leather hat or headdress holding an African American toddler in her arms as African American and white female nurses and other adults (African American women, white women and men) look on., December 1966, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman holding two young children; Unidentified white woman holding two young white boys outside during the Hall Family Outpatient Center open house. Both boys are blond and both are holding opened bags of potato chips. A hospital ambulance is behind them., 1995, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman holding up a bottle of dish liquid during the Mercy Club bazaar; Group of older white women preparing for the Mercy Club's bazaar. One woman in the center of the photo is holding up what appears to be a bottle of dish washing liquid in one hand. Her back is to the camera., November 17, 1970, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on verso: Mercy Club bazaar Nov. 17, 1970 Club room 3852 E 62 RR.

: Woman in front of an audience during the Christmas party; White woman standing in front of an audience of patients (African American and white children), staff, and nurses (African American and white women) during the Christmas party. She's holding a sheet of paper and some of the children are in wheelchairs., December 1966, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman in the cardiovascular lab; Unidentified African American woman in a lab coat labeled "cardiology" standing next to a table with equipment all around her in the cardiovascular lab at Children's Mercy Hospital., November 9, 1965, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman on the phone in a hallway; Unidentified woman with her back to the camera speaking on the phone in a corridor outside of a conference room. The phone's cord is leading into the room. She has one hand on a hip. A sign by the door reads "1473 Hematology / Oncology Conference Room"., February 13, 1991, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Date and photographer credit stamped on verso.

: Woman outside by a fence; Unidentified white female hospital phone operator leaning on a large overturned object next to a fence, location not identified., No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on verso: Phone operator.

: Woman pulling three others in a wagon; Unidentified white woman in a plaid vest pulling a wagon with three unidentified white women with two large Teddy bears at Children's Mercy Hospital., November 19, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman reading a story to an audience at a Christmas party; 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 Christmas tree can be seen at the back of the room., December 1964, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman reading to children on a bench; Unidentified white woman on a park bench reading to three white children (two girls, one boy). One child is on her lap, another seated beside her and a boy standing next to her., No date; likely 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Postcard.

: Woman seated at a crafting table at a rummage sale; Unidentified older white woman in the foreground seated at a card table with craft materials on it and a lantern hanging from above. Other white women in the background are arranging various merchandise on long tables for a rummage sale/bazaar fundraiser for Children's Mercy Hospital., November 1966, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman speaking to a group of children with presents; Unidentified white woman with a brace on her right leg speaking in front of a group of patients (African American and white girls and boys), almost all in wheelchairs, during the Children's Mercy Hospital Christmas party. The children all are holding presents they received from Santa earlier., December 1966, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman speaking to a group of seated women; Group of young white women seated at tables facing an unidentified white woman standing and speaking to them in Nurse Hall at Children's Mercy Hospital., September 1967, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman speaking to crowd during event; Unidentified white woman in jeans and a floral patterned vest standing with clasped hands while speaking to a seated crowd during an event to honor the hospital's teen volunteers held at the Cool Club Miniature Gold Club. Audience is largely behind her., September 9, 1995, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman standing at entrance to a rotunda; Unidentified white woman standing in the entry way of a rotunda with a compass rose pattern on the floor and the doorway blocked off by ribbons during the Hall Family Outpatient Center open house., 1995, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman standing by some bushes; Unidentified white woman posing for a photo beside a bush next to the hospital building., No date; likely 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman standing with crutches; Unidentified young white woman holding crutches under each arm while posing for a portrait. Cabinet card studio portrait., No date; likely 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman volunteer looking through files; Unidentified older white woman volunteer sorting through a drawer from a file cabinet that has been placed on a table. A television is mounted to the wall above her., May 11, 1987, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Photographer's stamp on verso.

: Woman with child making a paper Easter egg; Unidentified white woman seated with a crayon in one hand and her other arm around a young African American girl patient who is holding a paper Easter egg she's just made and decorated. In the Critical Care Nurse Unit with Easter decorations on the wall., No date; likely April 1989, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Woman with infant in rocking chair; Unidentified white female volunteer seated in a rocking chair in a hospital room holding a white infant to her., 1989, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Date handwritten on verso: 1989.

: Women and children at a display of canning; Unidentified Women's Auxiliary holding a sale of home canned goods with ten white women standing under a striped canopy, three white women sitting in Lawn chairs to the right of the photograph and two young white boys lying on their stomachs in the grass in front of the display table., No date; likely between 1921 and 1930, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Women and children standing in front of Santa Claus; Women and children (all white) outside standing in front of Santa Claus (white) at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Santa is sitting on a Horse disguised as a reindeer. Some of the women are wearing costumes. Everyone is waving and most are looking forward at the camera.. There is a Standard gas station across the street in back., December 10, 1967, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Women at a ceramics show; Three unidentified white women at a ceramics show. The woman facing the camera is holding a box and is either wrapping or unwrapping something in it. A seated white man or teenager is in the background., August 18, 1967, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten note on verso: Ceramic show 8/18/67.

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