Richard T. MacCracken Interview

Collection

Identifier: M965

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains the transcripts of an interview with MacCracken. He discusses growing up on a homestead near Estes Park, Colo during the early 1900s; copy of newspaper clipping describing 1912 Estes Park log cabin (April 1956).

Dates

1956-1959

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

Richard Thompson MacCracken was born in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1893. He grew up in Estes Park, Colo. and later worked as a Forest Ranger for the National Park Service. Died in Estes Park in April 1966.

Extent

1 envelope (2 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Benjamin P. Draper, 1978.

General

Interview conducted July 6, 1959.

Subjects

Estes Park (Colo.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Estes Park -- Archival records. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Interviews. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Oral histories. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Transcripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus