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Includes broadsides, correspondence, and financial statement regarding Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company (A-P Tunnel Co.); promotional letters signed by M. M. Pomeroy and A. S. Whitaker; description of the tunnel.

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The collection is comprised of correspondence, clippings, and legal research from A. Edgar "Ed" Benton Jr.'s time as a Denver Public Schools Board of Education member. The majority of the papers are related to school segregation, integration, and busing at DPS during the 1960s and 1970s. Material dates span from 1954-1990.

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Collection contains a large group of color slides, as well as some b/w negatives and b/w photographs documenting railroad cars, locomotives, locations, stations, and the facilities of numerous railroad companies throughout the United States (ca. 1970s-1990s).

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The collection contains photographs of Camp Hale (1944) and newspapers clippings of the Italian campaign (1945).

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Collection contains "Girlhood Favorites" book list created by Denver (Colo.) Public Library; preferences cited and signed by Seaman.

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Collection contains a copy of her "Prairie schooner log" 1880 describing trip from Lincoln to Wheeler County, Neb.; also copies of family genealogical material, photos, letter, and land-office records.

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Collection contains photocopy of Augusta Tabor's death certificate (1961), typed transcripts of will and related estate papers (1956).

Scope and Contents The collection spans 1869 to 1898. It contains three handwritten diaries, plus fifteen loose diary pages, created by Augustus W. Corliss during his military service in the American West. These diaries are reproduced on one reel of microfilm. Due to the fragile nature of the diares, researchers must use Mflm91The bulk of the collection comprises twenty handwritten volumes of genealogy records compiled by Corliss to document the Corliss family history from 1617 to...

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Collection contains audio tape interviews conducted by Gallegos with former residents of the neighborhood, governmental officials, activists, theater related individuals and musicians. Approximately 12 of the interviews have a transcript; also included are 5 transcripts for taped interviews not found in the collection: History of Auraria class contract, Dennis Bryan, Gloria Rodriguez, Peggy Olona, Gonzales reunion.

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Original share no. 84, certificate no. 3 to James(?) Richardson signed September 24, 1859; entitles the owner to four lots in the town of Auraria, Colorado.

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about McKenna's experiences: training as an engineer to do survey work at Fort Leonard Wood; transfer to the ski troops; Camp Hale in Winter and his assignment to S-2 Section of the Regimental Headquarters; mapping; "D" series training; Camp Swift and working with mules; being shipped to Italy in January 1945; trip to Maresca; drawing up plans for the tramway used to resupply Riva Ridge and to evacuate wounded; artillery barrages;...

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1920 to 2001 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1970 to 1990, the period of McKenna's primary service as an officer of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division. Most materials relate to McKenna's official duties, although limited article drafts and other writings are included. SERIES 1 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION PAPERS 1963-2001 BOX 1 Papers relate to administration and...

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Drawings for fire station #4 (Denver, Colo.); plans for 4 unit townhouses for Witkin Homes, Inc. in Lakewood, Colorado.

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Collection contains 6 handwritten letters from Austin Stanton; one handwritten letter from Joseph Stanton. Letters sent from Denver City, Colorado Territory (June 14, 1861, August 1, 1862); Drakesville (May 17, 1863) and College Springs (September 4, 1862), Iowa; and Missouri City, Tex. (July 6, 1862).

Scope and Contents Images of an automobile trip from Denver to Los Angeles, California undertaken in January 1913 by Roy S. Thompson of Topeka, Kansas, and Louis Wecker and Harold Kountze of Denver, Colorado. Views of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Includes photos of automobiles and roads, car repairs and tire changes, Pueblo, Colorado, an automobile ferry across the Colorado River at Ehrenburg, a dam, "Brayton Com'l Co.," a Post Office and hotel, ostriches, "Mecca Post Office," people at the...

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Photocopy of a paper written for a class at Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO. Includes bibliography.

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Views of Avery undermount, steam engine tractors and Avery gasoline powered tractors. Shows a tractor operating a grain thresher.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Mead family photographs comprise the bulk of the collection. Edgar A. Mead's Spanish-American War memorabilia also forms a portion of the collection and includes medals, brass uniform accouterments, a song book, programs, newspaper clippings and articles. Limited papers delineate Avery family and Mead family genealogy and describe the Avery home at 328 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, which has been preserved as a museum and listed on the Register of Historic...

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Collection contains pamphlet: Avoca Lodge: A Short History of 2690 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Denver, Colorado by Michael C. Barber. (Dec. 1989).

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Collection contains copy of Jensen's memoir: Avril B. Jensen Memoirs 1940-1945 U.S.A.C. Army Recovery (n.d.); Army service questionnaire (n.d.).

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Views of Colorado, Denver, unidentified scenery, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, mining, and scenery possibly in Sweden.

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Collection contains a letter to members of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, dated April 6, 1949 from President B. C. Essig.

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Life and responsibilities of a widow living in Denver, Colo.

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Collection contains a typescript "autobiography of B.M. Adams." Includes some family genealogy, his early years in Kentucky, and travel to Calif. 1850, before moving to Colo.

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Letter from Leadville, Colo. to his wife tells about journey from Denver to Buena Vista (the "end of the railroad") and then on to Leadville, where he got a job at 2 1/2 dollars a day. Leadville generally described as a "Dredfull wicked place" of saloons and gambling. However, he had attended a little Baptist church and felt he could "do without drink".

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Views of the site of a dam near Badito (Huerfano County), Colorado. Album includes a topographic map of the dam site.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Baerresen Brothers Architects Papers consist of architectural drawings, one scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings of their buildings, and photocopies of records, photographs and newspaper articles. The bulk of the collection focuses on two brothers, Harold William Baerresen (1846-1918) and Viggo Egede Baerresen (1858-1940), who formed the architecture firm. The material spans the years 1849-1974. SERIES 1 ORIGINAL MATERIAL 1847-1983 BOX...

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Ledger includes profit and loss, insurance, stationary accounts, expenses, merchandise and individual accounts. Store name is not indicated.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection spans 1866-1878. and primarily contains records of the Franklin Silver Mining Company. Financial documents comprise receipts, cancelled checks, balance sheets, expense reports and treasurer's reports. Corporate documents include contracts and agreements, title abstracts and property descriptions. Corporate reports include Board of Director's reports and stock and bondholder lists. All of the corporate documents and reports are hand-written copies, as are the title...