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Denver (Colo.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Brotherhood of the White Temple records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484409]
Identifier: MSS 390
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, financial records, lectures, articles, and legal indentures. The materials relate to the functioning of the Brotherhood of the White Temple organization. Included are three notebooks which present some of the ordinances of the Freemasons. However, the Brotherhood was involved in spreading a Christian message.

Dates: 1938-1959

John M. Cannon papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328020]
Identifier: MSS SC 3220
Scope and Contents

This collection contains thirty-nine letters written to and by John M. Cannon, a Salt Lake City attorney. There are business letters and personal correspondence. The business letters deal mainly with business: mining, ranching, buying and selling of farm land, closing of bank accounts, etc. The contents of the collection span the years between 1893 and 1914 and are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1893-1914

Arthur Gaeth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2017
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an oral history, newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, periodicals, and miscellaneous items. Most of the items were written by Gaeth as part of his broadcasting and journalism careers. The oral history is an interview conducted by Ronald G. Watt in 1976 as part of the James Moyle Oral History Program of the Historical Department of the Mormon Church. This interview largely relates to Gaeth's missionary activities in Europe.

Dates: 1941-1982

Daniels family papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 141
Scope and Contents Typewritten and printed genealogy of the Daniels family. Also included is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings dealing with the deaths of William Cooke Daniels and his wife, Cecily Daniels. William was in Argentina when he died in March of 1918. He was an author, soldier, and a prominent businessman who lived in Denver, Colorado. Cecily Daniels died in Switzerland of pneumonia. She had turned over her estate in Switzerland to care for wounded allied soldiers in World War I and was active...
Dates: 1897-1918

Thomas P. Shrock papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1409
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence, poems, receipts, and certificates. The materials deal with Shrock's family and his activities.

Dates: 1835-1888

Those golden girls of Market Street : Denver's infamous redlight district

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325588]
Identifier: MSS SC 2650
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. Also included is the completed and published item. Couch writes about the history of prostitution in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1973

Utica and Denver letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316876]
Identifier: MSS SC 2027
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters. Two were written in Utica, New York by "brother Will" and addressed to "Sim" in Denver, Colorado. One was written by Sim to Will. Sim was suffering from some kind of lung ailment which might have required surgery. One letter, apparently addressed to Will, was written by Kittie Clowminzer in which she tells of Sim's illness and death.

Dates: 1884-1885