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Letters (Correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Bierstadt letter to William N. Byers, June 3, 1891

 Collection
Identifier: M60
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter acknowledging Byers' letter of May 3 with invitation to visit. Accompanied by a note to Byers from Albert's brother, Edward Bierstadt (May 21, 1891, New York City) explaining that Byers' letter of May 3 had been forwarded to London.

Dates: June 3, 1891

Albert Byron Sanford Letters

 Collection
Identifier: M682
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters -- 1. letter (1935) to Denver Mayor Benj. F. Stapleton gives background about ferrying conditions on South Platte River as a Denver election issue in 1865. -- 2. portion of a letter (1924?) to unidentified recipient concerns Colorado pioneer John McBroom and visitors to his cabin at the mouth of Bear Creek above Denver.

Dates: circa 1924, 1935

Alfred Perkins Rockwell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: M1625
Scope and Contents

Collection contains chiefly letters home to his wife while visiting mines in Colo. and Utah. Notebook of his field notes from mines visited 1871, including a few sketches of things observed. Review (two versions) of James D. Hague's book: Mining industry (Washington : GPO, 1870).

Dates: 1871-1872

Alonzo Harris Boardman Letters, June 10-November 1, 1863

 Collection
Identifier: M71
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Boardman's letters to his wife, Nancy, in Fond du Lac. Three written en route to Colorado, the remainder during his stay in the Central City area.

Dates: June 10-November 1, 1863

American Library Association 57th Conference, June 24-29, 1935, Denver, Colorado

 Collection
Identifier: WH8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, minutes, and other memorabilia compiled by the local committee of the A.L.A. Denver conference, Malcolm G. Wyer, chair.

Dates: 1934-1935

Anson Spencer Rudd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M675
Scope and Contents

Collection contains seven letters reminiscing about early days in Canon City, Colo. and two memorial resolutions; deed to 25 acres in Fremont County, Colo. and map of a Rudd's addition to Canon City.

Dates: 1888-1938

Archie L. Clark Letter and Article

 Collection
Identifier: M125
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter discussing research into mid-19th century theater personalities in the Western U.S (Page 2 only; addressee unknown); copy of article written by Clark titled: Denver Has Always Been a Good Show Town.Discusses research into mid-19th century theater personalities in the Western U.S (Page 2 only; addressee unknown); article written by Clark titled: Denver Has Always Been a Good Show Town.

Dates: 1960-1967

Arno F. Pastorius Letter to Karl Mehlmann

 Collection
Identifier: M600
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter from Arno F. Pastorius, San Carlos, Calif. to Karl W. Mehlmann, Denver, Colo.; sending 1898 photo of Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo. to the hotel general manager; mentions his parents moving to Denver in 1880s.

Dates: January 31, 1973

B. Ralph Letter to His Wife

 Collection
Identifier: M636
Scope and Contents

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".

Dates: May 23, 1880

Bassick Contact Gold and Silver Mining and Milling Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M509
Scope and Contents

Letters to N.C. Merrill, Denver, Colo. regarding mining properties, including Orphan Boy Extension Mining and Milling Company and Gem Nickel Mining, Milling and Smelting Company. Also letter to A.S. Hazen, Denver, Colo. editor of The Gold Nugget, and an article "Gold" for the magazine.

Dates: Check date

Benjamin F. Hall Letters to Mary

 Collection
Identifier: M899
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters from Denver, Colo. to daughter, Mary in Auburn, N.Y. One describes life in Denver and gives examples of colorful pioneer slang. The other expresses opposition to his son, Henry enlisting for the War since he was needed by Judge Hall toward "Keeping Colorado in subjection to the Constitution".

Dates: August 15, 1861, September 28, 1862

Benjamin Wilson Marsh letters to Jemima E. Marsh

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M490
Scope and Contents

Letters from Colorado Springs and "three miles north of Denver" to his wife "Mima" in Kansas. Tells of business activities, cattle, and crops. Letter of Aug. 9 incomplete.

Dates: Check date

Brownie Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH3
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, greeting cards, photographs (one housed in photographic collection), plus typescript travel notes of a trip to Mexico (1940).

Dates: 1940-1966

C. E. Moorman Letters to George S. Bowman

 Collection
Identifier: M541
Scope and Contents

Collection contains letters from C. E. Moorman, Silver Cliff to George S. Bowman, Elgin, Ill.; regarding investment in Mexican railroad, land, and electrification schemes, mainly in connection with development of the Mexican Central Railroad.

Dates: 1883

C. S. Hinman Letters, February 3 & June 1, 1861

 Collection
Identifier: M353
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters from Hinman to his parents and siblings in Iowa; Hinman describes life as a prospector and miner in the Colorado mountains, written from Mountain City and Trail Creek.

Dates: February 3 & June 1, 1861

Ceclia Watson Colaw Letters to Denver Public Library, November 30, 1961, February 13, 1962

 Collection
Identifier: M132
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1961-1962

Charles A. Coe Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: M131
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1911-1929

Charles Bent letters to Manuel Alvarez

 Collection
Identifier: WH28
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: December 10, 1837-June 11. 1846

Charles D. Randolph Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M641
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter from Charles D. Randolph; writes about Weld County, Colo. homesteader Katherine "Rattlesnake Kate" Slaughterback and encloses copy of his poem: Rattlesnake Kate's lament (originally written ca. 1909).

Dates: July 1970

Charles F. Fishback Letters to C. F. Brady, December 30, 1885 - January 12, 1886

 Collection
Identifier: M259
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: December 30, 1885 - January 12, 1886

Charles Louis Sawyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M908
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: February 3 - October 20, 1893

Charles W. Green Letters

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS-M389
Scope and Contents

Letters from two U.S. Indian agents regarding participation of Indian delegations in the T.M.A.A. celebration. Correspondents: William H. Llewellyn, Mescalero & Jicarilla Agency, South Fork, N.M.; and D.M. Riordan, Navajo Agency, Ft. Defiance, Ariz.

Dates: Check date

Charlotte von Dassel letters to Denver Public Library, January 28 & February 22, 1967

 Collection
Identifier: M181
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1967

Colorado Post Offices

 Collection
Identifier: M795
Scope and Contents

Letters from U.S. Post Office Dept. and National Archives and Records Service giving data on several 19th-century post offices in Colorado.

Dates: 1929-1963

Cora H. Foley Letter, June 13, 1973

 Collection
Identifier: M262
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter from Cora H. Foley, Monetery, Calif. with reminiscences of childhood at "Jonny Hill" and the Ibex school and mine near Leadville, Colo.

Dates: June 13, 1973

Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M574
Scope and Contents

Chiefly letters from North in Columbus, Neb. to historian J.G. Masters in Omaha concerning Indian scouts, campaigns, and personalities. One letter to Clarence Reckmeyer in Black Hawk, Colo. tells about Nick Creede who apparently served with the Pawnee Scouts under the name Billy Harvey.

Dates: Check date

Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M563
Scope and Contents

Letters to the Public Library of the City of Denver, Colo. regarding availability and price of various publications. Letter, 1904 Sept. 16, Rochester, N.Y. signed: Susan B. Anthony (honorary president). Letter, 1906 Apr. 26, Warren, Ohio signed: Harriet Taylor Upton (treasurer).

Dates: Check date

Crawford Hill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH180
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letter books with correspondence (copies of ca. 1300 letters) of business and personal nature. Some earlier letters (Jan. 12-Mar. 29, 1900) signed by N. P. Hill.

Dates: 1900-1901, 1917-1920

Daniel C. Ritchey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M659
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence and business records: including a document appointing Ritchey as justice of the peace for Jefferson County, Territory of Jefferson, signed by R.W. Steele, Governor (1861); three account books 1869-1870 from Millard, Beymer & Co., lumber dealers in Corning, Iowa.

Dates: 1855-1905

Daniel T. Lord Letter to Daughter

 Collection
Identifier: M922
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter from Lord to his daughter; tells of hard times in Denver City, other family concerns.

Dates: May 25, 1867