Frankie Harriette Caldwell Papers

Collection

Identifier: ARL44

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes Burnis McCloud photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera that relates to the Links, an organization to which Frankie Caldwell belonged.

Dates

1953-1994

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

Born on 02 June 1918 in Galveston, Texas, Frank Harriette Caldwell, a community activist, schoolteacher, and wife of Elvin R. Caldwell Sr., a former Colorado state legislator and former Denver City Councilman, died at the age of 83 on 16 September 2001.

Mrs. Caldwell, also known as ``Frankie,'' was a graduate of Manual High School and earned her teaching degree at the University of Denver. She taught elementary school for several years in Carlsbad, New Mexico, then worked 27 years at Mitchell Elementary School. She retired in 1983.

She was an avid fund-raiser for several Denver-area charities, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, The Denver Chapter of the Links, Shorter Community A.M.E. Church, and a major contributor to the success of the Denver Junior Police Band.