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Fabulous Finds Friday: Ella Sibley-Jewett Memoirs

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 20:36

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

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Fabulous Finds Friday: Colorado Federation of Republican Women

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 20:28

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

This week's Fabulous Find highlight is the records of the Colorado Federation of Republican Women (WH2091).

The Colorado Federation of Republican Women (CFRW) was founded in 1938 and is a sub-chapter of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW).

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Fabulous Finds Friday: Emily Howell Warner papers

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 16:16

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday! This week's fabulous find are the papers of pilot Emily Howell Warner (-M2080).

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Emily at her home, where she talked to me about her impressive career in aviation and showed me her numerous honors and awards.

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Fabulous Finds Friday: J. Sydney Brown Mercantile Co. records

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 15:51

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

  

 

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Fabulous Finds Friday: Patrick Weishapl Architectural Records

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 16:38

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

This week's Fab Find highlight is the papers of architect Patrick Wesihapl (WH2172).

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Fabulous Finds Friday: Shumway Family Papers

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 21:16

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!
This week's Fabulous Find highlight is the Shumway Family Papers (WH2170).

This little collection is made up wholly of correspondence received and sent by Edgar Edmund Shumway covering topics such as financial dealings; family business; stock information; and lumber, coal

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Fabulous Finds Friday

Submitted by eedwards on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 21:22

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

This week's Fab Find highlight is the records of Front Range: Women in the Visual Arts (WH 2186). Front Range: Women in the Visual Arts was an arts organization founded at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1974 with the purpose of encouraging and promoting art by women to find professional acceptance in a male-dominated art world.

The collection includes incorporation papers, memos, correspondence, press releases, clippings, proposals, photographs, notebooks, and posters.

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Fabulous Finds Friday

Submitted by eedwards on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 20:54

Welcome to Fabulous Finds Friday!

I've enjoyed blogging about the newest members of our Archives Collection in the past, and I look forward to continuing that trend with this new weekly post. Check in on Fridays to find out about recent donations.

This week's Fab Find highlight: Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center records, 1898-1996 (WH 1589). The Presbyterian-St. Luke's medical facility began as two separate hospitals: St.

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WHG in the News

Submitted by eedwards on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 14:26

The Western History and Genealogy Department's Hispanic Acquisitions Committee does a great job of helping us develop our Hispanic archival collections.

This week, thanks to an article written by Magdalena Gallegos and prompted by Lena Archuleta, the Hispanic community in Denver will learn more about our collecting efforts and discover that th

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Recent Donations

Submitted by eedwards on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 12:15

Several individuals and organizations have donated archival material to the Western History and Genealogy Department in the last few months. Here are a few highlights:

Denver Landmark Commission records. 3 additional boxes transferred from Auraria Archives and Special Collections.

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