African American Census Material
Scope and Contents
This material seems to be the result of work compiled by a dissertation student or other high-level researcher. Various handwritten and typed demographic data that relate to nineteenth (and early twentieth) century black populations in Colorado and Wyoming counties and cities appears. Highlights: 1870-1880 U.S. WY Territory Census; 1871-1908 Fairmount Cemetery (Denver); 1880 Riverside Cemetery (Denver), vol. 1 and 2; 1860 Arapahoe County Census; 1866-1899 and 1921 Denver Black Directory; 1868 Petitions for right to vote; 1870, 1880, 1885, and 1900 Colorado Censuses (broken down at county levels); 1900-1914 Denver City Directories.
Dates
- 1870-1914
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Research who compiled data is unknown.
Extent
2 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Paul Stewart, 2002.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
- African Americans -- Colorado -- Statistics. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Colorado. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Wyoming -- Statistics. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Wyoming. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Repository
2401 Welton St.
Denver Colorado 80205
