Learner Blackman Stateler Memoirs

Collection

Identifier: M1630

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains three sections of memoirs chiefly telling of his missionary work in Colorado (1862-1863) and Montana (1864-1870s); also diary sections of overland journeys in Colorado (1862?) and Wyoming (1871?).

Dates

circa 1862-1874

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

Learner Blackman Stateler was a pioneer Methodist minister in the West. Native of Kentucky, where he began preaching 1830s. Engaged in missionary work among Indians and early settlers in Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas before traveling by oxteam to Colorado 1862, then on to Montana 1864.

Extent

1 envelope(s) (59 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Fred Rosenstock, Denver, Colo., purchase,1975.

Subjects

Clergy -- Montana -- Biography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Itinerancy (Church polity) -- Methodist Church. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Memoirs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Methodist Church -- Clergy -- Biography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Methodist Church -- Colorado. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Methodist Church -- Missions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Methodist Church -- Montana. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings