Pliny Fisk Sharp Papers
Scope and Contents
Booklet of newspaper clippings; Brief History of the Northern Coal Field; essay on dry farming by Sharp. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings: obituaries, Colorado/Denver people and events, coal mining, poems, general interest stories, politics/politicians, World War I, pictures of Colorado places; programs, invitations, b/w photographs, postcards. Scrapbook 12 includes b/w photos of flood and aftermath in Pueblo in 1921; scrapbooks are also on microfilm.
Dates
- 1891-1926
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
Pioneer Colorado merchant. B. Oct. 11, 1854 Atwater, Ohio. Moved to Colorado 1873 during Leadville boom days. Lived in Creede, Cripple Creek, Pueblo (where he was mayor), and Denver (where he owned Sharp Music Company, 1900-1925). Board member of Colorado State Agricultural College, 1896-1906. Active in Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. D. Mar. 5, 1937 Denver.
Extent
1 Boxes (.25 linear feet)
6 oversize boxes
1 microfilm reels (35mm)
Other Finding Aids
Indexed in repository's general index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Gertrude Sharp (daughter), 1967.
Varying Form of Title
Pliny Sharp papers
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
- Colorado -- History -- 1876-1950 -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Denver (Colo.) -- History -- 1876-1950 -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Floods -- Colorado -- Pueblo. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Microfilms Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
