Stearns / Pitkin family album
Scope and Contents
The photographs in these albums depict members of the Stearns, Pitkin, Moore and Hanington families of Denver, Colorado. The baby book belonged to Marion Pitkin. Identification in both albums includes Marion Pitkin, Robert Pitkin, Amy Moore Pitkin, Bishop David Moore (first Chancellor of the University of Denver), Julia Pitkin (later Mrs. Woodford Matlock and Mrs. Frank Shoemaker), Amy Pitkin (later Stearns), Katherine Hanington, Henry Hanington, Edith Hanington, Orlando Ward, and Ella Stearns. Views of Denver, Mesa Verde, Hawaii, West Point, and Columbia University.
Dates
- between 1907 and 1920
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Extent
2 photo boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source: unknown
General
Title from the PAFI Album inventory.
General
Formerly PAFI Album # 260
General
The baby book was published in New York in 1904 by the Dodge Publishing Company. It contains photographs, autographs, poems, and locks of hair.
General
Robert Stearns has identified photographs in both albums using Post-It notes.
Table of Contents
[v.1.] Mother stork's baby book / illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheeler -- [v.2.] Photographs.
Processing Information
The baby book has some loose pages.
- Baby books Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Colorado -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Stearns / Pitkin family album[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
