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Local histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Alice L. Ingersoll papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M390
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 2 handwritten manuscripts: "Reminiscences of early Montclair" and untitled by Alice L. Ingersoll; includes information on St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Jarvis Hall, memories of Baron Von Richtofen, founder of Montclair, and Frank Spalding, later Episcopal Bishop of Utah.

Dates: circa 1914

Alonzo Hartman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH170
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Hartman's memories of experiences in Gunnison, Colo. region during 1870s and 80s.

Dates: [1931]

Central City, Then and Now

 Collection
Identifier: M360
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a typescript with corrections of his book about historic structures in Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado.

Dates: 1961

Clyde Everett Hill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2226
Scope and Contents

History of the Denver Zoo’s 1936 Monkey Island, Century Old Monkey House and 1948 Tropical House – by Clyde A. Hill

Dates: 1924-1935, 2009-2010

Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH534
Scope and Contents

Collection contains records of the Heritage committee: minutes, correspondence, project proposals; also some general materials of the commission.

Dates: 1971-1977

Denver, Colo. municipal building records

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M1774
Scope and Contents

Collection contains reports, newspaper clippings, excerpts from letters on history of the Denver (Colo.) Municipal Building, a.k.a. Denver City and County Building.

Dates: Check date

Elinor Eppich Kingery typescript

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M434
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a typescript of a speech: Lyons, the quarry town, given by Kingery before the Monday literary Club in March 1948; and cover letter.

Dates: Check date

Frank H. Owen papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M589
Scope and Contents

Collection contains historical information and anecdotes about the building of the Teller House, Central City, Colo., compiled by Frank H. Owen and his mother, Mrs. N.D. (Sarah) Owen.

Dates: 1935

Freund's Castle

 Collection
Identifier: M96
Scope and Contents

Collection contains extracts (typescript) from an article about a red sandstone butte on the South Fork of Powder River, ten miles north of Salt Creek, Wyo. Named after the brothers Frank W. and George Freund, gunsmiths in Cheyenne, Wyo. 1860s and Denver, Colo. 1870s.

Dates: 1931

George S. Pyle research papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M633
Scope and Contents

Research papers on various Colorado subjects: Flags over Jefferson County, Colorado (1950) -- Public health programs in Colorado [1946?] -- A toll road into South Park (1950) -- The Ute Indians [194-?].

Dates: Check date

Ghost Towns of Colorado [research notebook]

 Collection
Identifier: M1969
Scope and Contents A small notebook containing research on Colo. mining towns generated by Mathews during the late 1940's to 1950's comprises the collection. Each page contains typed information listing location, history, early business and mining information for an assortment of towns. The towns are arranged alphabetically and start with Ashcroft and end with White Pine. Postcards and original photographs of some of the towns have either been glued or laid in to illustrate each entry. There is also a loose...
Dates: 1904-1951

Glenwood Springs in Early Days

 Collection
Identifier: M294
Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of an anonymous historical sketch of Glenwood Springs, Colo. Accompanied by a letter verifying James M. Landis' claim filed 1882 on ranch land, later the site of Glenwood Springs.

Dates: circa 1941

Harry H. Lake papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M446
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a paper on the history of First National Bank of Central City and its early president, Joseph A. Thatcher. Letter to Caroline Bancroft about Central City madam Ada Branch and one of her girls Cora Fish. Letter to Don Kemp about Glen Arbor Lodge near Empire, Colo. and Mayme Sturm.

Dates: Check date

Hazel Olive Bennet Kettle papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M432
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: "Jefferson and Park County memories" include biographical material about Colorado pioneers Ivy Kelso McGuire, Thomas Hamer, William A. Bonnifield, Matilda Ann Terril Provost. Also letters and reminiscences of her own childhood in Colo. One letter concerns grandfather D.C. Oakes and includes 4 family photographs.

Dates: 1902-1914

Historical Glimpses, 1862-1949, of the Women's Faculty Club, University of Denver

 Collection
Identifier: M192
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a historical sketch of the University of Denver and the social clubs of its faculty wives and women faculty. Two versions, mimeographed.

Dates: 1949

Historical Society of the Pikes Peak Region Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH181
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of 21 papers read at meetings of the society. Emphasis on history of the Colorado Springs region.

Dates: 1951-1961

History of Golden Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: WH145
Scope and Contents

"News items on various aspects of Golden and Jefferson County history compiled by Lookout Mountain Chapter of the D.A.R." Information compiled from the Golden Globe, 1873-1914.

Dates: 1873-1914

History of Larimer County Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WH210
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook of the history of Larimer County, Colo. with newspaper clippings and other sources, illustrated with students' drawings.

Dates: 1940

History of Swink

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Identifier: M172
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a history of southeastern Colorado agricultural community, Swink, Colorado. Situated on Arkansas River in Otero County and named after Rocky Ford pioneer, George W. Swink.

Dates: 1943

History of the Denver Tramway Routes

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Identifier: M165
Scope and Contents

Text originally covered Jan. 2, 1872-June 4, 1950; addenda include changes to June 13, 1955.

Dates: 1955

History of the Jackson Ditch, Larimer County, Colo.

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M369
Scope and Contents

History of the Jackson or Dry Creek ditch, Larimer County, Colo.

Dates: 189u

Land claim association records

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M687
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of records of a land claim association organized 1859 to register land variously described as in Nebraska, Jefferson, and Colorado territories--later Weld County, Colo.

Dates: Check date

Last Buffalo Round-Up in Colorado

 Collection
Identifier: M94
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a descriptipon of the "Grand Buffalo Hunt" of 1871; organized in England to hunt buffalo in Nebraska and Colorado.

Dates: circa 1920

Lucille Hagus Imherr papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M388
Scope and Contents

Collection contains transcripts of: "The Donovan Family Story" (1968), "The Hagus Family Story" (1964) by Lucille Hagus Imherr; transcripts contain reminiscences and genealogical information with additional historical information about Adams County, Colo. and also the military engagement at Beecher Island.

Dates: Check date

McCoy, Colorado History

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Identifier: M45
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a typed article about pioneer settlers in McCoy, Colo. Region homesteaded 1880s; town grew up ca. 1890.

Dates: circa 1965

Milton Emil Bernet Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M56
Scope and Contents

Collection contains material on Red Rocks, an open-air theater near Denver, Colo. generated by Bernet: Colorado's incomparable heritage (1968; abridged version appeared in Denver Post Empire magazine, Aug. 4, 1968); script for illustrated lecture: The incomparable Red Rocks (1971; rewritten version appeared in Denver Westerners Brand book, v. 28, 1972).

Dates: 1968-1971

Origin of Some Place Names in Estes Park, Colorado

 Collection
Identifier: M322
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a description of the naming of several mountain peaks at Rocky Mountain National Park. Hallett was involved with this process during the 1880s.

Dates: 1910s

Roleta D. Teal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: -M764
Scope and Contents

Collection contains typescript copies of articles written for the Pueblo Chieftain on history and rural life in eastern Colo., in particular Brandon and Kiowa County.

Dates: 1960-1970

Sketch of Fort Robinson, Nebraska

 Collection
Identifier: M111
Scope and Contents

Collection contains introductory description of the area, activities at the Fort during the 1870s, and a paper by Post Surgeon, George W. Adair, on the conditions for married enlisted men (1889), typescript with miscellaneous corrections. Warranty deed (1879), William H. Carter granting property in Golden, Colorado, to Norum C. Hansen.

Dates: 1922?