R.V. Swain Letters to Mary
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters to wife, Mary in Wisconsin concerning family affairs and his life as a miner in Colorado.
Dates
- May 30, 1880-August 18, 1881
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
R. V. Swain was a Wisconsin farmer; working as a miner in Alpine, Chaffee County, and Grizzly Gulch, Lake County, Colo. during the 1880s.
Extent
1 envelope(s) (29 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, David L. Jarrett, 1965; Purchase, Charles Apfelbaum, 1998.
- Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Miners -- Colorado -- Alpine -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
