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Colorado College Special Collections contains more than 300 manuscript collections, including diaries, the Helen Hunt Jackson Papers, the Colorado Springs Century Chest Collection, and other primary sources. To find them, search the Tutt Library Online Catalog. You can limit your location to "Special Collections - Manuscripts" or use keywords like papers, records, correspondence, or diaries. |
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- Finding Aids
- Charles E. Aiken Papers, Ms 0001
- A prominent Colorado Springs businessman of the late 1800s, Aiken was considered to be an authority on ornithology, paleontology, history of the earth, evolution, heredity, breeding and training of dogs.
- Richard G. Beidleman Papers, 1950-1990, Ms 0272
- Richard G. Beidleman was a professor of biology at Colorado College, 1957-1988. His interests included biology, zoology, the environment, and Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak Region issues.
- William A. Bell Papers, Parts 1 and 2, Ms 0257 and 0306
- Wm. A. Bell was associated with the founding of Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Durango, and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
- Blackmer & McAllister Records, Ms 0178
- Henry M. Blackmer and Henry McAllister, Jr. were both influential lawyers in Colorado Springs. McAllister was Spencer Penrose's lawyer and was reported to have read Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" at his funeral.
- M. Hamlin Cannon Papers, 1849-1859, Ms 0293
- M. (Moses) Hamlin Cannon was a historian recognized as one of the world authorities on the historical development of Mormonism.
- Colorado Springs Century Chest Collection, 1901, Ms 0349
- A collection of letters, photographs, and other materials from the citizens of Colorado Springs in 1901.
- Cripple Creek Ledgers, 1891-1960, bulk 1891-1930, Ms 0271
- A collection of ledgers from various companies and organizations in the Cripple Creek District.
- Roselle Theodore Cross Papers, Ms 0007
- Roselle Cross wrote for the Rocky Mountain Congregationalist in the 1870s. In 1892 he wrote a history of Colorado College. This collection contains a great deal of historical information about the Congregational Church in the West.
- Estival Collection, Ms 0373
- Georges Emile Estival (1895-1918) was a mechanic and driver in the French army during WWI. The Estival Collection contains his letters home and information about his family.
John Gray Papers, Ms 0099- John Gray was the architect for the Shove Memorial Chapel at Colorado College.
- Thomas Nelson Haskell Papers, 1835-1906, Ms 0013
- Thomas Nelson Haskell represented the Congregational Church in the establishment of Colorado College. The collection contains material related to this period of his life as well as a variety of business and personal matters. Transcriptions of some of the family letters are available here.
- Walter M. Hatch Papers, Mf 0122
- Walter M. Hatch was President of the Colorado Springs Investment and Improvement Company. This collection contains his correspondence during the year 1886.
- Edward Graham Hayes Papers, Ms 0015
- The collection contains diaries and letters of Edward Hayes when he was a student at Colorado College and during his cattle ranching days at Granger, Colorado in the 1880s.
- Archer Butler Hulbert Papers, 1915-1974, Parts 1 and 2, Ms 0130 and 0163
- Archer Butler Hulbert was a historian, author, lecturer and professor at Colorado College.
- Helen Hunt Jackson Papers, 1828-1886, Parts 1-6, Ms 0020, 0156, 0315, 0348, 0351, 0353
- Helen Hunt Jackson was a writer and Native American rights advocate who lived and wrote in the late 1800s here in Colorado Springs.
- William S. Jackson Papers, Parts 1-3, Ms 0235, 0241, 0284
- William S. Jackson served as secretary and treasurer of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the late 1800s. He was also a banker and a trustee of Colorado College. Jackson was married to Helen Hunt Jackson and some of her papers are in this collection.
- James Hutchison Kerr Papers, 1882-1919, Ms 0081
- Kerr was a Colorado College educator in chemistry, biology and mining and metallurgy in the late 1800s. His journals and scrapbooks of clippings, photographs, correspondence, brochures and writings document the settlement days of the Pikes Peak region.
- Carroll B. Malone Collection, Ms 0132
- Malone was a Colorado College history professor in the 1930s. He also taught in Peking and Taiwan, and was interested in East Asian art.
- Nuremberg Trial Papers, 1945-1946, Ms 0155
- J. Hartley Murray's collection of material related to the trials of Nazi war criminals held in Nuremberg.
- Robert M. Ormes Papers, 1923-1978, Parts 1-4, Mf 0061, 0314, 0216, 0026
- Robert M. Ormes wrote several books on Colorado and Colorado railroads.
- Elsie M. Palmer Letters, 1934-1950,
Mf 0298 and Ms 0335
- Elsie M. Palmer was the eldest daughter of William Jackson Palmer, a founder of Colorado Springs and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
- Cara Rowena Pearce Letters, 1894-1897, Ms 0313
- Cara Rowena Pearce was the daughter of William A. Bell, a founder of Colorado Springs.
- J. Juan Reid Papers, 1908-1981, Ms 0176
- Between 1928 and 1975, J. Juan Reid was a student, coach, teacher, Dean of Men, and Director of Alumni Affairs at Colorado College. He also wrote a history of CC, Colorado College: The First Century, 1874-1974, published in 1979.
- Hans Rosenhaupt Papers, 1934-42, Ms 0274
- Correspondence between CC German instructor Hans Rosenhaupt and the author Thomas Mann.
- Sand Creek Papers, 1861-1864, Mf 0018
- In 1864, General Chivington attacked and massacred members of a Cheyenne village in south-eastern Colorado near Sand Creek. This site includes scanned images.
- Saturday Knights Records, 1903- , Ms 0160
- The Saturday Knights is a men's hiking club organized in 1903 in Colorado Springs.
- Mary Snow Sinton Papers, 1878-1955, Ms 0077
- Mary Snow Sinton moved from New York to Colorado Springs in 1881. Her family owned the Sinton Dairy Farm.
- Letters to Philip B. Stewart, 1901-1908, Ms 0028
- Correspondence between President Theodore Roosevelt and Colorado businessman and politician Philip B. Stewart.
- Bert Stiles Papers, Ms 0095
- Bert Stiles was a writer and a Colorado College graduate who died on a bombing mission during WWII.
- Alice Bemis Taylor Collection of Autographs of the British Poets, 1599-1897, Ms 0145
- The collection consists of about 290 manuscripts and letters of British and a few American poets.
- United States Japanese Relocation Center Papers/Records, 1942-1946, Ms 0221, Ms 0295, Ms 0011, Ms 0299
- Four collections of materials from and about this Relocation Center for Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Relocation Center, located in southeastern Colorado, was named after the nearby town of Granada. It was also given the name Amache, Colorado. The camp officially opened on August 27, 1942. At its peak it held approximately 7,600 evacuees. Of these, about two-thirds were U.S. citizens.
- Edmond C. Van Diest Papers, 1878-1950, Ms 0233
- E.C. van Diest (1865 - 1951) was friend and consulting and construction engineer to General Palmer (father of Colorado Springs). When Palmer died, van Diest was asked to remain as consulting engineer to Colorado Springs. Among his accomplishments are Monument Valley Park, Glen Eyrie, and the bronze statue of General Palmer at the intersection of Platte and Nevada. He was also a trustee for Colorado College. The collection includes: papers, letters, reports, pamphlets, ledgers and journals, deeds, stocks, publications, addresses, bound copy books and maps and drawings.
- Philip Moen Washburn Papers, 1872-1898, Ms 0044
- Philip Washburn and his wife Miriam lived in Colorado Springs in the 1890s. Their daughter, Ruth Wendell Washburn, was a noted child psychologist.
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