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)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Spurrier Ellison papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 782
Scope and Contents
Materials include correspondence, genealogical notes, diaries, business records, drafts of writings, speeches, and collected research and reference materials including manuscripts, letters, legal documents, maps, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The materials pertain primarily to the history and settlement of the American West, the American Indian Wars and American Indian culture, and the preservation of western historical landmarks. Dated 1833 to 1951.
Dates:
1833-1951
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
Oversize, 1850-1935
Series
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 9
Scope and Contents
Contents include a collection of Robert S. Ellison's maps, mostly dealing with historical landmarks and famous old west battles. Materials dated 1850 to 1935.
Dates:
1850-1935
Photograph of William Henry Jackson, RS Ellison, President Stanolind Pipeline Co., and former resident of Casper, WY, C. W. Butler, VP of S. P. Co., 1942
Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 880
Scope and Contents note
Photograph printed in the Casper Tribune Herald August 1942. 1942. American Pioneer Trails Assn. Convention, as stated on a memo with the photograph.
Dates:
Other: 1942
Photograph of William Henry Jackson, RS Ellison, President Stanolind Pipeline Co., and former resident of Casper, WY, C. W. Butler, VP of S. P. Co.
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f4_880a
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Portraits of members of the court-martial at convened at Cheyenne, W.T., 1877 January 5
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233280335], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS P 16 Item 212
Scope and Contents
Thirteen identified portraits of members of the general court-martial convened at Cheyenne Wyoming Territory, 5 Jan. 1877. Envelope included sent from Robert Bruce in New York, NY.
Dates:
1877 January 5
Portraits of members of the court-martial at convened at Cheyenne, W.T.
Digital Record
Identifier: MSSP16_212
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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