Ellison, Robert Spurrier
Person
biographical statement
Citation:
UPB files, accessed March 10, 2014 (Robert Spurrier Ellison (1875-1945) was a prominent Colorado lawyer, businessman, politician, historian, and author).Denver Library, via WWW, March 27, 2014 (Robert Spurrier Ellison (1875-1945) was born in Rushville, Indiana; graduated from Indiana University in 1900;n studied law; the Colorado bar in 1903 and specialized in mining litigation with the Colorado Springs law firm Schuyler and Schuyler; married Vida F. Gregory of Colorado Springs in 1907; In 1911, Ellison was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives; moved to Denver in 1915, and to Casper, Wyoming in 1919; while in Wyoming, Ellison became vice-president of the Midwest Refining Company; helped to found Wyoming's Historical Landmark Commission and served as regional director of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association; compiled and financed a history of the Pawnee nation, for which the Pawnee Supreme Council named him a tribal chief; in 1930, Standard Oil of Indiana bought the Midwest Refining Company and transferred Ellison to Tulsa, Oklahoma; returned to Colorado Springs following his retirement in1940, where he was elected president of the Bank of Manitou, mayor of Manitou Springs and director of the Boy Scouts of the Pikes Peak Region; wrote several books on the American West, and was considered Colorado's greatest book collector; his Western Americana collection was once said to be the second largest in the United States;died at his home in Manitou Springs August 16, 1945. ).(http://eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=WH1702_d0e33&fmt=text&base=fa)
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Collection of William A. Carter materials, 1857-1925
Series
Identifier: MSS SC 490 Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Series comprised of letters, news clippings, legal documents, a map, and diaries which give insight into William A. Carter, and Fort Bridger activities between 1857 and 1925.
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Other: 1857-1925
Robert Spurrier Ellison papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 568
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed copies of handwritten and typescripts of interview notes, correspondence, general notes, and lists. The materials relate primarily to the Indian wars of North America from 1866 to 1895. The original materials reside in the Ellison--Camp collection at the Denver Public Library. The items were initialy created and collected by Walter Mason Camp with some materials generated by Robert Ellison. Also included are typescripts of some of the items.
Dates:
1865-1925
Robert Ellison Western photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 115
Scope and Contents
Collection includes two hundred and thirty photographs, including oversize images, one tintype, and a Brady photograph, with images of the oil industry and oil fields, landscapes of the West, G. A. Custer, and Ellison family and friends; stereographs of Indian wars, Wyoming; various western personalities and places; and postcards. Also includes four photographs and a postcard of Edward Copely and family. Also a picture of the printing shop at the "Old Nez Pierce Mission", and a postcard of...
Dates:
approximately 1880-1949
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