Alfred Hoyle Lowdermilk Memoir

Collection

Identifier: M2259

Staff Only

Content Description

Collection contains a PDF and paper copy of a 48 page memoir arranged in 15 chapters: According to Hoyle by Alfred Hoyle Lowdermilk, as told to Lila Kint (1977); inserted into the pagination is an additional 21 pages of photographs (2016).

Dates

1977, 2016

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

Alfred Hoyle Lowdermilk (known as Hoyle) was born June 25, 1900 in Randolph County, North Carolina. to parents William Wesley Lowdermilk (1866-1933) and Margaret Belle Ingram (1870-1946). The couple had 16 children, 14 of whom grew to adulthood. The family moved West in 1900 to become farmers in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, but later moved to Colorado in 1918. Hoyle with his brother, William Elbert Lowdermilk (1897-1988) established the Lowdermilk Brothers Construction Company around 1930 which operated until the 1970s. Hoyle Lowdermilk died on June 6, 1984.

Extent

1 envelope : 69 pages

12.6 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Zipra Morgan, 2020.

General

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

General

Physical copy in collection printed from PDF.

Subjects

Construction industry -- Colorado -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Farmers -- West (U.S.) -- 20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Memoirs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
PDF Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Typescripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus