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Genealogies (histories)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Lytle Weber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH417
Scope and Contents

Collection contains programs from Mrs. Weber's music performances in Boulder and Denver (1891-1931): family genealogical information; material about her parents Mary Jane (McAlister) and George Lytle, including marriage certificate (1872) and her father's discovery of the Black Diamond Mine in Boulder County.

Dates: 1872-1972

Andrew Washington Carson Letter to Christopher "Kit" Carson, May 8, 1861

 Collection
Identifier: M109
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a transcript of a letter from Andrew Washington Carson, Conyersville, Tenn. to Christopher "Kit" Carson; contains information about Carson family genealogy.

Dates: May 8, 1861

Arens Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH2206
Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogical records dating back to the 17th century: pedigree charts, family group sheets, family histories, descendancy records, publications, notes, research, and correspondence related to the history of the Arens family and other subsidiary family lines.

Dates: 1846-2009

Arthur Reed Armstrong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH879
Scope and Contents

Collection contains ancestry records compiled by Armstrong: family charts, correspondence, birth and death certificates, burial information, military records, maps. Includes information on Reed, Armstrong, Heinze, Moore, Ausenbaugh, Eison, Wortman and Shannon families. families.

Dates: 1958-1989

Bell and Hyatt Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WH800
Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogical records related to the Hyatt, Bell, Prather, and Stone families compiled by Aeola Brennemann; including correspondence, census records, deeds, will, DAR application, lineage information.

Dates: 1811-1986

Burbridge Family, Pioneers of 1860

 Collection
Identifier: M93
Scope and Contents

Material on Burbridge family history, especially concerning C.W. Burbridge, Weld County, Colorado pioneer. Extracts (typed transcripts) from family letters, 1838-1925.

Dates: 1968

Calkins Family Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH1420
Scope and Contents

Collection contains ledgers organized by location containing family trees, birth and death dates with family history notes; index of names.

Dates: 1943

Card Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH2183
Scope and Contents

Collection contains family genealogies (1693-1980s), photographs, correspondence, clippings, legal documents, and research on the Card, Baker, and Power families. Included is a photograph of the D. and B. Powers wagon train, Denver, June 20, 1868; Williams & M'Donald, photographers.

Dates: 1868-1980; Majority of material found within circa 1910-1980

Charles E. Sharrock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH632
Scope and Contents

Collection contains personal correspondence; Sharrock family records; 2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Homer Eiler on the history of Tower Hill and Frog Pond School Districts (Illinois) (1936, 1940); minute book from Pioneer Amalgamator Company (Denver, Colo., 1877); Hook family genealogy (1612-1892); correspondence between Sir Edwin Sandys and Rev. Edward Reed (1817-1839).

Dates: 1877-1970

Chester Calvin Carpenter Genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: WH2128
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1839-2009; Majority of material found in 1839-2009

Clow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH2032
Scope and Contents Collection contains history and genealogy of the Clow family; original photographs (two photo negatives, five tintypes, albumen prints, collodion printing-out paper prints, and gelatin silver prints); studio portraits and snapshots of David Clow Sr., his wife Mary Ann Clow and their children and some of their descendants. Represented in the collection are; David Clow, II, Nancy Anne Clow, Richard Love Clow, Edward Clow, Archie Clow, Lee R. Clow, Edda Clow, Mary Clow, Wallace Clow, Britty...
Dates: 1834-1976

Colorado-Missouri Society Genealogical Records

 Collection
Identifier: M1875
Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogical records for members as of February 25, 1938; membership roster listing names alphabetically and by county (April 1940).

Dates: 1938-1940

DON AND CAROLYN ETTER PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: WH1974
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The materials in this collection range in date from 1870 to 2021 and primarily document the Etters' involvement in the cultural, environmental, and architectural development and preservation of Denver, Colorado. SERIES 1 PERSONAL 1920-2021 BOX 1 Series 1 contains a biographical history written by the Etters in 2021; photographs and ephemera belonging to Don Etter's mother (Rose Drtina Etter), grandmother (Helen Drtina), aunt (Marie Drtina...
Dates: 1870-2021

Dwight Crandell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1252
Scope and Contents

Collection contains handwritten letter (April 29, 1849) to Crandall's brother, Thomas Griswold (1819-1860)., describes life in a camp outside St. Louis, Mo. and pending trip to Calif.; letter of transmittal (May 27, 1920) to S.W. Crandall from E.R. Eastman of the Dairymen's League News; genealogical information about Crandall and his family (1995).

Dates: 1849-1995

Edwin H. Ned Nicholls Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH627
Scope and Contents

Collection contains scrapbooks compiled during World War II containing personal correspondence, newspaper clippings; military handbooks and training manuals, insignia, medals; prisoner of war publications; Boy Scouts of America badges, correspondence, publications; items from Colorado's centennial (1876-1976); genealogy research on Fassett, Nicholls, Chipley, Emrich, Wright families.

Dates: 1880-2001

Faulkner, Foote, Stone, Reid Family Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M2084
Scope and Contents Collection contains printouts of the Faulkner family genealogy; electronic copies of family biographical information and obituaries (CD-ROM); 52 photographs (ca.1847-1956) of Faulkner family reunion, events in Colorado City, Colo., Hainsville and Clinton Co., Mo., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Colorado Springs, Colo., Simpson, Kan., Loveland, Colo., and Salt Lake City, Utah (CD-ROM). Names identified in photos: Thelma Gertrude Faulkner Foote, Mary Emma Stone Faulkner, James Daniel Faulkner, Ernest...
Dates: circa 1847-1956

Fordham family records

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS WH1899
Scope and Contents

Collection contains notes, correspondence, information on Fordham family members, financial information, family tree, family Bible (1837).

Dates: 1837-1969

Frank Cockran Young Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: -M1757
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence (1905-1907) and chart concerns genealogy of the Holmes family: The Connecticut Holmeses (n.d.), showing genealogy of Francis Holmes of Stamford from 1671 to 1855

Dates: 1905-1907

Grace Fogel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH973
Scope and Contents A historical-genealogical collection compiled by Grace (Ashley) Fogel, consisting of original manuscripts, letters, books, private papers, and photographs concerning early Denver, CO and several families including principally those of Ashley, Stine, Farmer, Milner and allied lines. Surnames gleaned from correspondence dated in the 1950s: Aker, Allen, Alton, Anderson, ASHLEY, Bates, Berry, BLACKSTEN (BLACKSTONE), Booth, Bratton, Brown, Burdett, Burgess, Buscke, Cariens, Carley,...
Dates: 1930-1960

Hale Family Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ARL257
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the genealogical research of the Hale family compiled by Frances Mozetta (Hale) Currin. The materials include photocopies of marriage records, photographs, military and enlistment records, maps, death certificates, newspaper clippings, birth certificates, and brief biographies for Grace (Hale) Jordan, Frances Mozetta (Hale) Currin, and Dolores Ruth (Hale) Groves Finley.

Dates: circa 2004, 2006

Huffsmith-Shinn family papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M377
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 2 genealogical forms filled out by Edgar Rees Huffsmith in 1948 on the Huffsmith-Shinn families for the Descendants of Colorado Pioneers project sponsored by the Colorado Genealogical Society; forms contain biographical and family information; reminiscences of a visit in 1868 by an ailing Kit Carson to Major Daniel Chessman Oakes of Denver.

Dates: 1948

Iliff Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH1020
Scope and Contents

Detailed genealogy compiled by Charles R. Iliff of Denver, Colo. contains photographs and some original correspondence.

Dates: 1911-1914

Jacquelyn Skinner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH1822
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal genealogical research of Jacquelyn Skinner. Boxes contain photocopied publications and research of marriage, bibles, family group, death, cemetery, and land records. Collection contains family photographs with personal and research-related correspondence.Research covers the Hairston, Rowland, Austin, Biggs, Selman, Albritton, Bryan, Wills, Criswell, Deshazo, Douglas, and Lanier families in Texas, Virginia, North and South Carolina,...
Dates: 1965-2002

Jeanne Brooks Research

 Collection
Identifier: M1881
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of documents related to the Ault Cemetery, Ault, Colo.: correspondence, cemetery deed (1903); genealogies; Brooks' chapter on the cemetery from booklet: "Mountain Memories, from Coffee Pot to Medlen Town" (1989).

Dates: 1900-2005

Jefferson County Genealogy Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH2193
Scope and Contents

Collection contains hand-typed and hand written index cards of vital records: birth, death, marriage for residents of Jefferson County, Colo. Older, incomplete records, with deaths occurring before 1909 are separate from the main index and stored in box 32.

Dates: circa 1800-1970

John R. Stanton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH645
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: Principles of Religion and Morality by Charles Stearns (1807) and Holy Bible (1791). Both volumes contain Stanton family birth, marriage and death dates.

Dates: 1791, 1807

John William Hugus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH894
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings; correspondence and records of Hugus family and allied families: Carnan, Carroll, Barrett; ledgers from Meekers, Colorado store.

Dates: 1828-1985

Joseph Samworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M448
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, photographs, obituary, and family genealogy.

Dates: 1830-1916

Julien DeWitt Whitehurst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH2317
Scope and Contents Collection contains a large selection of stock certificates for the Insley Mining, Milling and Tunneling Company (1894), Senator Gold Mining Company (1896), Old Gold Mining Company (1896), Bon-Ton Mining Company (1913, 1916), Hummer Gold Mining Company (1903, 1906), Omaha Gold Mine and Milling Company (1895), Cascade Mining, Tunnel and Transportation Company (1917), Silver Lead Mining and Investment Company (1895, 1896, 1901), Sunset Consolidated Mining Company (1901), Whitehorn Mines...
Dates: 1856-1918

Koenig

 Collection
Identifier: M437
Scope and Contents

History of Koenig, Colorado, townsite, depot, and post office in Weld County. Also information about founder Mrs. Rudolph Koenig (Emma Schupbach Koenig) and the Koenig family.

Dates: 1964