Trowbridge Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: WH783

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manuscript material: Letters, writings, drawings, school and personal papers of Flora Mae Lancaster Trowbridge and daughter, Grace Trowbridge Shaw; obituary of Everett Simeon Shaw (1955); newspaper clipping on the Trowbridge family (1965).

Photographic material: Studio and group portraits of the Henry Trowbridge family (wife, Flora Lancaster, daughter, Grace); the Everett Simeon Shaw family (wife Grace Trowbridge, daughter Ruth) and the William E. Wagner family (wife Ruth Shaw, son Albert), their friends and relatives. Views of Cripple Creek (Teller County) and identified and unidentified locations in Colorado; images of Union and identified and unidentified locations in Maine. Albums include a hiking trip up Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado; an album documenting a trip to Argentina, with images of the Barbados, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina; an album showing the Trowbridge family and their dog, Patsy in Cripple Creek; a commercial album with images of Hampton Beach and the Hamptons in New Hampshire.

Dates

1850-1899, 1956, 1965

Creator

Trowbridge family. (Person)

Language of Materials

English.

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

Henry Trowbridge (1868-1938) and his wife Flora Mae Lancaster (1863-1940), a graduate of Hollowell Academy (1883), met in Maine, married in 1885, and moved to Denver, Colorado. They lived in Denver, Cripple Creek, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California. Henry Towbridge was a prominent attorney, he was the prosecuting attorney during the Cripple Creek Bull Hill strikes, and a district attorney for the Fourth Judicial District. Their daughter, Grace Nelson Trowbridge (1887-1977), was born in Denver. Graduated from Colorado College and taught school in Denver, Colorado. She married Everett Simeon Shaw (1885-1955), a pioneer in petroleum geology.