Negatives (photographic).

SCOPE AND CONTENT If it happened in Denver's African American community from the 1940s to the 1970s, Burnis McCloud photographed the event. He took more than 100,000 photographs. The collection includes photographs and negatives of everything from organizations and sporting events to weddings; beauticians and barbers to formal dances and debutante balls; NAACP conventions; golf and other sporting events. McCloud’s images include notable African Americans who passed through Denver, including Martin Luther...

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Elmer Orville Davis Papers consist of his research and writing on railroading and related topics in the United States with an emphasis on Colorado. Manuscripts and research material for his series of articles, Seventy-five Years Ago, comprise the bulk of the collection. Research material consists of notebooks, maps, tables of track laid, railroad schedules, diaries and newspaper clippings. Manuscripts include ...