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Abe Morris Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL115
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings and his written articles that are published in the All Exclusive Bull Riding News (2003-2005), The Fence Post (2003) and Rodeo News (2002).
Dates:
1988-2005
Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas Debates Research
Collection
Identifier: ARL195
Content Description
Collection contains research gathered regarding Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln/Douglas debates, the presidency, and the assassination of President Lincoln. Includes reproduction of April 15, 1865 "Daily Missouri Democrat" newspaper. Compact disc contains PDFs of illustrations, correspondence, and transcripts of seven debates.
Dates:
circa 1990
A.C. Simeon Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL165
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs related to Simeon boxing career and a newspaper clipping about the boating accident.
Dates:
circa 1950-1959, 2007
Ada Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL5
Scope and Contents
Includes mayoral papers, certificate of election, newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1974-1977
Africa Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: ARL126
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 scrapbooks. One scrapbook (1939-1976) contains information about boxing, Rhodesia and general newspaper clippings. The second scrapbook (1970s) contains Africa magazine articles, blacks in American newspaper clippings and Martin Luther King newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1939-1979
African American Census Material
Collection
Identifier: ARL42
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...
Dates:
1870-1914
African-American Leadership Institute Records (Metropolitan State University of Denver)
Collection
Identifier: ARL219
Content Description
Collection contains material related to the founding, administration and programming of the African American Leadership Institute at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Includes: board materials and meeting minutes, photographs, videos, Youth and Adult Leadership program information, fundraising information, awards, reports, and business and strategic planning.
Dates:
1985-2015
African American Research Library Obituary Collection
Collection
Identifier: ARL17
Scope and Contents
Funeral notices, memorial pamphlets, funeral programs, newspaper clippings; chiefly of Denver, Colorado African Americans.
Dates:
1969-2002, undated
Albert R. and Ira E. Slack Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL166
Scope and Contents
The Ira E. and Albert R. Slack collection contains materials on the Colorado State Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, minutes of the Charm and Culture Study Club, Shorter A.M.E. Church programs and ceremonies, organizational membership pins and cards, address books, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, plaques, certificates, awards, basketball trophies, a passport, and affiliate organizations materials.
Dates:
1913-2011
Albert William Jennings Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL233
Scope and Contents
The collection contains papers that span the years 1918 to 1948. It includes military cards, records, reports, permits, notices, passes, photographs, newspaper articles and photographs. The material also documents Jennings’s personal life, his wife and his civilian career with the Colorado Department of Life Science. SERIES 1 MILITARY RECORDS 1918 to 1948 The series comprises of military enlistment records, military honorable discharges, military...
Dates:
1918-1948
ALLEGRA "HAPPY" HAYNES PAPERS
Collection
Identifier: ARL146
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of correspondence and articles related to Haynes' career and to the organizations to which she belonged as well as a plaque awarded her by the Stapleton Development Corporation. The materials range from 1991 to 2000. SERIES 1 PROFESSIONAL PAPERS 1991-2004 BOX 1 Programs, articles, correspondence and flyers relating to Haynes's professional career comprise this series. SERIES 2 RESEARCH...
Dates:
1991-2004
Alphonse Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL164
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, awards, newspaper clippings, biographical information, event programs and information related to the Bicentennial/Colorado Centennial Celebration.
Dates:
1943-2000
American Legion Records
Collection
Identifier: ARL133
Scope and Contents
Wallace Simpson Post No. 29 Kick Off Building Fund Banquet program; black beret; baseball cap; Hubert L. Jones Post No. 87 black shirt.
Dates:
1960-1987
Annias Reeves Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL68
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs and newspaper clippings acquired throughout Reeves' involvement in the American Legion; contains material that reflects the activities of the American Legion throughout the 1970s.
Dates:
1968-2002
ARIE PARKS TAYLOR PAPERS
Collection
Identifier: ARL29
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The papers in this collection range from 1918 to 2005. They consist of materials gathered from Taylor's time in public service including correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, political memorabilia and ephemera such as her hats, the flag used at her memorial service and many plaques and trophies. SERIES 1 PROFESSIONAL PAPERS 1955-2003 BOX 1-3 This series contains papers relating to Taylor's career. Correspondence, reports, articles and...
Dates:
1918-2005
Augusta Allen Hardy Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL189
Content Description
Collection contains material related to Alpha Kappa Alpha Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter, articles, clippings, event programs, a calendar and a book of poetry by Maleika S. Mosley.
Dates:
1969-2007
Barack Obama Collection
Collection
Identifier: ARL192
Content Description
Collection consists mainly of ephemera and photographs regarding the 2008 election, though there are newer and older items as well.
Dates:
2005-2012
Barney Ford Doll
Collection
Identifier: ARL90
Scope and Contents
Doll with stand by Roberta Bell, artist member of the National Institute of American Doll Artists. “Elijah Muhammad, The False Prophet” by M.G. McNeil (pamphlet)
Dates:
undated
Beatrice “Bea” Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL216
Scope and Contents
Collection contains awards, photographs, and ephemera related to Scott's involvement with various service organizations.
Dates:
1978-2015
Benny Andrews Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL104
Content Description
The collection contains several folders of miscellaneous exhibition cards, flyers, and announcements. Most are illustrated by Benny Andrews.
Dates:
1980-2004
Bernard F. Gipson Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL9
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, financial materials, photographs, awards, his medical bag and lectures that Gipson gave during his career as a doctor. Of note, are newspaper articles spanning 1958-1992 about African Americans in medicine and a scrapbook devoted to Dr. Charles R. Drew.
Dates:
1947-2012
Bert Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARLM3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, travel memories, poem, newspaper article.
Dates:
1982, 1986
BEVERLYANN E. MILLER PAPERS
Collection
Identifier: ARL153
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Beverlyann E. Miller Papers span the years 1942-1959. The papers comprise a report card, a recital program, newspaper clippings, and typewritten history of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Also included are photographs that record her association with the Denver Beta Phi Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and her career as a music teacher. SERIES 1 PERSONAL PAPERS 1942-1957, n.d. BOX 1 This series contains Miller’s typed and handwritten...
Dates:
1942-1959
Biography of Wanjiku Njuguna
Collection — Box: Minus 2
Identifier: ARLM107
Content Description
Collection contains “From Kenya to Denver with Love”, A biography of Wanjiku Njuguna by Peggy W. Copeland.
Dates:
February 2006
Black Culture in Boom Towns : Segregation and Resistance in the Early West
Collection
Identifier: ARLM53
Scope and Contents
Draft of paper by Thomas W. Segady, Pamela Womack and Gayle K. Berardi. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association.
Dates:
1988
Black Genealogy Search Group Records
Collection
Identifier: ARL190
Content Description
Records of the Black Genealogy Search Group include: meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, membership information, genealogy resources, and program/event information.
Dates:
1970-2013
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Records
Collection
Identifier: ARL111
Scope and Contents
Includes planning papers for Blair Caldwell African American Research Library, invitations to preview party and grand opening, commemorative pins, groundbreaking book marks and guest books (blank).
Dates:
1998-2003
Blair-Caldwell Library Exhibition Records
Collection
Identifier: ARL214
Scope and Contents
Collection contains guidelines and exhibit designs.
Dates:
2002-2003
Boarding House Records
Collection
Identifier: ARLM23
Scope and Contents
Contains pages listing renters with paid amount (pages torn from ledger) and list of "paid iot"
Dates:
1947
Bob Phillips Papers
Collection
Identifier: ARL80
Scope and Contents
Includes voter precinct lists, presumably utilized by Phillips during his 1972 campaign for the Colorado State Legislature.
Dates:
1971-1972
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