William S. Smith papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains articles, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, correspondence, bank statements, ephemera, scrapbook, diary (1905).
Dates
- 1886-1906
Creator
- Smith, William S.,1837-1912. (Person)
- Denver Art Museum, (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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
William S. Smith was born in Pa. in January 1837 and was married to Jane Ann "Jennie" Smith (1845-1934). At various times, William Smith worked as a dry goods merchant and teacher in Jackson, Pa. (1860s-1880s); a bank cashier and travelling salesman in Garden City, Kan. (1888-1900); and as a librarian in Denver, Colo. (ca.1904-1910). In the early 20th century, he also worked for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs as the Superintendent of Irrigation for the Ute Tribe at the Uintah Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. He later transferred to the position of school teacher at the reservation and his wife became the school's housekeeper . The couple had six children: Edgar A. (b.1868), Arthur (ca.1877), William (ca.1878), Hoyt P. (1878-1932), Carrie (b.1880), and Ralph (b.1882). William Smith died in Denver, Colo. in 1912 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery.
Extent
1 box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Denver Art Museum;2013.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ephemera (general object genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Finney County National Bank (Garden City, Kan.).
- Irrigation -- Utah -- Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Smith, William S., 1837-1912 -- Archives.
- Teachers -- West (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the William S. Smith papers,1889-1906[manuscript]
- 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
