St. Joseph Parks Department Scrapbook, DVDs,

Publication

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

St. Joseph Parks Department Scrapbook, DVDs,

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.3682

Description

St. Joseph Parks Department Scrapbook, DVD (2), 125 Years of Our Parks & Parkway History, St. Joseph, Missouri. Includes insert Welcome to the Parkway History of St. Joseph. DVD 1 includes --Historical Index Cards--brief listing of events/progress in the park department over time --Instructions on how to search pdf files on the disc. ---Pictures, which include maps, drawings and photos of the early parks --Volume 1, 1910-1971 City Beautiful Scrapbook, Daniel Morton --Volumes 2-20, 1911- March 1960. DVD 2 includes: --Volume 21-31, 1960-1992 In 1995, the St. Joseph Parkway system was placed on the National Register of Historic Plces. 1855--4 parks given to city: Mitchell, Patee, Smith and Washington 1880's (late)--Henry Krug Family gave first of several parcels to the City. 1910--Ad Club of St. Joseph hired expert planner, Charles Mulford Robinson t propose a drive to connect the city's parks. 1910--City charter gave Park Board authority to create systems of parks and boulevards 1912--Geo. E. Kessler, landscape artist from Kansas City, engaged as project advisor, working with W.K. Seitz, city supervising engineer, to develop an inner and outer connecting system. 1917--War War I interups plans, the idea kept alive by the "City Beautiful" movement 1921--Voters approved the project and hired George Burnap, internationally known Washington D.C. landscape artist., who laid out final plan. 1926--Bond issue passed to provide funding for grading and paving 12.3 miles of parkway. 1927--Parkway opened 2/DVD/in plastic case

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Parks

Search Terms

Mitchell Park, Patee Park, Smith Park, Washington Park, Krug Park, Boulevard System, City Beautiful, St. Joseph History

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

DVD

Publication Details

Author

St. Joseph Parks Department

Place Published

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

2009

Call No.

AV ST

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 17, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Henry Krug

Person or Organization

George Burnap

Person or Organization

Kessler, George E.

Person or Organization

W. K. Seitz

Person or Organization

Daniel Morton