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Articles, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera

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Collection contains Parmenter's correspondence with Denver Public Library, autobiographical sketch and bibliography of Parmenter's published poems (1919-1930).

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Collection contains letters from Cecelia Watson Colaw, Wichita, Kan. to the Denver Public Library concerning Theodora Kroeber, a Colorado-born author, her genealogy and writings.

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Collection contains approximately 50 letters from son Jesse sent to live in Salida, Colo. for health reasons (Aug. 1911-June 1913). For a time, Jesse lived with a cousin, Myron Hill, and family and worked for Globe Express Company at D. & R.G. rail station. Also approximately 20 letters (1911-1929) from the Myron Hill family in Salida to the Charles Coe family in Toledo. Part of this time, Hill was a partner at Hill Brothers, a mail-order business.

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Collection contains a Japanese letter copying book (1881 October 27-1882 August 5) with copies of letters from Dewar to other Yellowstone division engineers concerning railroad construction. Letters posted from the Montana Territory. This portion of collection also available on microfilm (C MSS Mflm110).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1943 to circa 2000 with Woudenberg's World War II letters making up the bulk of the material. Military records, limited memorabilia, and photographs complete the collection. SERIES 1 PAPERS 1943-1954 BOX 1 The bulk of this series is made up of letters written by Charles A. Woudenberg to his family while stationed at Camp Hale and Camp Swift and during the Italian campaign in 1945. Letters that mention "Ant"...

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Collectionn contains photocopies of manuscript letters from Bent in Taos, N.M. to Alvarez in Santa Fe, N.M. concerning business affairs and protection of U.S. citizens in New Mexico.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection spans 1941-2000. The materials primarily document Bradley's World War II service with the North Pacific Combat School. Included in the collection are drafts of Bradley's memoirs, which were published in book form as Aleutian Echoes. The collection also contains military records, instructional material from the North Pacific Combat School and limited correspondence with other World War II veterans. Bradley's pencil sketches, pen and...

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Collection includes scrapbook materials, change of address material, copies of photos and ephemera.

Scope and Contents Collection contains three letters. Letter #1 typescript of original letter from C. C. Welch, Central City, Colo. to [W.A.H.] Loveland, Denver, concerning legislation for tolls on the Apex and Gregory Wagon Road in Gilpin County (Feb. 7, 1870). Letter #2. from Benjamin Eaton, Governor of Colo. to C. C. Welch concerns evaluation of property and water contained on Welch's parcel of land (April 1, 1886). Letter #3 from DPL librarian to editor of the Denver Times gives provenance for Letter #1...

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Collection contains personal correspondence, ephemera from Hunt to his parents (1943-1945); daily devotional book (1943); copy of memoir: Memories - Thoughts - Experiences of World War II (n.d.); inventory of items donated (1995, 1998).

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Collection contains articles on the legend of the Two Little Springs, and on the headwaters of the Republican River. Also a letter on the Shields family from Bell Homan Yount.

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Collection contains promissory note (1871); correspondence (1886); birth and baptismal records from Switzerland(?), in German, for the children of Joseph and Hannah Dannacher(?), residents of Dearborn County, Ind. (1847).

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The collection includes Cochran's military records and clothing inventories (1943-1945) and correspondence (1943-1945).

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Collection contains letters written from Fishback writing from Salida and Gunnison, Colo. to C. F. Brady, Denver Times, Denver, Colo. regarding accounts of Times subscribers and his own financial difficulties. One letter from Salida describes going to a gambling house, being robbed, and then arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses.

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The collection contains correspondence (1944); ephemera and memorabilia (ca.1945); military records (1944-1945).

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Collection contains a diary documenting Hinman's overland journey from near Peoria, Ill. to Cali. (1849) with a few entries on prospecting for gold (1850); also records of expenses (1849-1851); diary was also used by Hinman's daughter, Helen "Nellie" Whitcomb Hinman (1844-1920) for German school exercises (1862); microfilm (Mflm44) contains diary as well as a few letters from Hinman to his wife, Sarah Hosley Whitcomb Hinman (1816-1877).

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Letters concern McIntyre's mining business and are written mainly from London, England and Denver, Colo.

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The collection contains correspondence and other materials related to Webb's recruitment to the Mountain Troops (1942).

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Collection contains "List of Children's Books too Good to Miss" created by Denver (Colo.) Public Library; preferences indicated and signed by Finger.

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Collection contains a "List of Children's Books too Good to Miss" created by Denver (Colo.) Public Library; preferences cited and signed by King.

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Collection contains correspondence regarding application for a patent on an irrigation water governor developed by Charles Sawyer and Calvin Miller.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The papers in this collection range from 1936 to 1976. Correspondence, articles, speech transcripts and press releases comprise the bulk of the collection. Copies of Dole's letters are included along with the many letters he received from friends and colleagues. The early correspondence reflects Dole's determination to form the National Ski Patrol. During World War II, the copious correspondence reflects Dole's efforts to convince the Army to train troops in mountain and winter warfare. Dole...

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Contains correspondence, copies of pencil drawings by Charles Wallmo depicting life in the 10th Mountain Division and scenes from Italy, photographs (sculptures, military life) and training certificates.

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Collection contains newspaper clippings related to Engle's death (1945), correspondence and general order concering the posthumous award of the Bronze Star (1945), b/w photos and negatives of Engle at training camp (ca.1944).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Charles R. Green Papers include typescript copies of his correspondence, notebooks and diaries. The collection contains correspondence sent and received by Green during the expedition regarding family, colleagues, weather conditions, Indian attacks and company politics. Additional correspondence after the survey dating from 1869 to 1911 is included. Correspondence from 1931 to 1938 regarding publication of the diaries is also included. The following quotes are...

Scope and Contents The collection includes numerous photographs: studio, group, and informal photographs; photographs of Stobie's house, painting studio, and Chicago apartment; and photographs of numerous famous western individuals. Many of the studio photos show Stobie in costume and posed as a frontiersman. Also included are a etter from Western frontiersman "Yellowstone" Kelly, Army scout for Gen. Nelson A. Miles, describing his life at his home "Cedar Lodge," a letter and poem: "To Capt. Jack Crawford,"...

Scope and Contents Collection contains 29 original letters written between 1856 and 1866. The letters document the lives of Charlotte or "Lottie" Ronk-Maine and her sister, Anna or "Annie" Ronk-Webber as school girls in Richland Center, Wisconsin. They also document their lives through marriage and early family life in Kansas Territory, later Colorado Territory. The bulk of the correspondence was sent to their cousin: Louisa Russell (1841-1912) a.k.a. Mrs. Russell F. Chauncey of Broome County, New York....

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Collection contains two letters from von Dassel, Berlin, Germany to the Department of Western History and Genealogy, Denver Public Library; she writes about herself, her father, and other members of the Richthofen family.

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Collection contains original family correspondence with transcripts (1845-1921), marriage announcement (1923), newspaper clippings (1889), obituaries (1839, 1889, 1905), digital copies of family photographs. CD-ROM contains additional documents and photographs.