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Manuscript Monday: National Western Stock Show

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 10:28

The National Western Stock Show is happening right now!  Did you know Western History & Genealogy is home to several collections featuring Stock Show material? 

As you read in an earlier WHG blog, the Stock Show is taking place until the 22nd of January.

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Manuscript Monday: Frances Melrose

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 16:23

Frances Melrose was a writer for the Rocky Mountain News for over 57 years, and amassed quite a collection of articles, notes, and other memorabilia. Read more about Melrose and her collection (WH 995) in this week’s Manuscript Monday.

Frances Melrose began her career in journalism in the 6th grade as editor for her school newspaper.

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Manuscript Monday: Horace Tureman Scores

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 15:21

 Welcome to Manuscript Monday.  This week’s collection features handwritten sheet music by Denver Symphony composer and conductor Horace Elder Tureman.

 Horace Elder Tureman was conductor of Denver’s Civic Symphony Orchestra, which later became the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and even later, the

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Manuscript Monday: Evelyn Runnette

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 16:41

Scrapbooking fans unite.  This Manuscript Monday features one of the most interesting scrapbooks in the WHG collection.  Read more about the Evelyn Runnette Papers.

Denver native Evelyn Runnette  was born in 1903.  She was a librarian, outdoorswoman, traveler, and among many other things, an avid scrapbooker.

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Manuscript Monday: Eben Smith

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:35

Hello blog readers!  We celebrate the first day of August with Eben Smith's manuscript collection.  

Eben Smith, born in 1831 in Pennsylvania, started out in the mining business as a major player in the California gold rush in the 1850’s.

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Manuscript Monday: Garden Club of Denver

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:44

It’s hot outside, and summer gardening is in full swing.  This week’s manuscript Monday is all about growth...read on to learn more about the Garden Club of Denver.

 The Garden Club of Denver has been around since 1916, a year when the club’s 23 members paid a membership fee of $1 each.

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Manuscript Monday: The 23 Club

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 14:48

 Manuscript Monday is back with...stuffed birds?  Read on about the 23 Club!

The 23 Club, also known as The Crow's Nest, was a men’s s

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Manuscript Monday: Edwin Palmer Hoyt

Submitted by Jennifer on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 13:42

Welcome back to Manuscript Monday.  Forgive the absence last week as we were busy processing, planning, and plotting.  This week’s feature is the Edwin Palmer Hoyt collection, a diverse collection from former editor of the Denver Post.  

 

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Manuscript Monday: Denver's first house?

Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 16:27

There are conflicting accounts of who built the first “house” in Denver.  This week’s collection highlights Anselm Holcomb Barker, thought to have built the first permanent house in the city.  What do you think?

 

Anselm Holcomb Barker, born 1822, was an Ohio native.  Early in his life he was a blacksmith, and later became a businessman.

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Snow Baths and Elephant Hunts...

Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 14:53
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 10 Numbers 5 and 6, 1927 May-June
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 13 Numbers 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 13 Numbers 7 and 8, 1930 July-August

Did you ever try to take a snow bath on a hot summer day?

It’s 9:00 in the morning and as I sit in the air-conditioned photo lab of the Western History Department, I’m thinking that it’s about time to put my sweater on.  Yes, you he

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