Bancroft, Caroline

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Caroline Bancroft was born to a prominent Denver, Colo. pioneer family in 1900. During her lifetime, she was a socially connected bon vivant, journalist, prolific author and defacto historian whose Colo. history pamphlets helped popularize the state during the later half of the 20th century. Bancroft died in Denver in 1985.

From the description of Caroline Bancroft family papers, 1765-1985 1851-1985. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19747951

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Bancroft, Caroline. Central City, 1873 / [sketched by Caroline Bancroft]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Baby Doe, d. 1935. Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor papers, 1854-1951 [manuscript]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952. Papers, 1924-1947. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Bancroft, Caroline. Caroline Bancroft family papers, 1765-1985 1851-1985. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Elston, Allan Vaughan, 1887-1976. Letter, 1973 Feb. 26, Santa Ana, CA to Caroline Bancroft, Denver, CO. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Milbanke, Mark, 1857-1927. Portrait of Caroline Bancroft - age 25 [art original]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Pickel, Hugh E. Letter, 1955 June 4, Seattle, Wash. to Caroline Bancroft, Denver, Colo. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Sprague, Marshall. Papers, 1825-1994 (bulk 1930s-1980s). Pikes Peak Library District
creatorOf Bancroft, Caroline. Telluride, Colo. redlight district : early 1900's / sketch by C. Bancroft. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Hayes, George Gibbons, 1889-1976. Letter, 1959 Nov. 19, Denver, Colo. to Caroline Bancroft, Denver. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966. Papers, 1954-1969. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Campbell, Amy, fl. 1945. Correspondence 1945-1946. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Arneill, Anne, 1902-1961. Caroline Bancroft [art original] Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Bancroft, Caroline. The melodrama of Wolhurst [art original]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn McFadden, Shirley C., 1916-2003. McFadden family papers, 1863-1982 [manuscript]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Lincoln, Lewis A. Papers, 1956-1966. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Rounds, Jane Dunning. Letter 1964. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Frecker, Edna. [Dessert plate with columbines] [realia] : hand painted / by Edna Frecker. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Parsons, Martin R., 1875-1965. Martin R. Parsons, Personal correspondence. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Bancroft, Caroline. Brown Palace [art original]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Caroline Bancroft [art original]. Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf Monaghan, Jay, 1891-1980. Letters to Caroline Bancroft, 1966 June 21 & Oct. 24. Denver Public Library, Central Library
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associatedWith Arneill, Anne, 1902-1961. person
associatedWith Baby Doe, d. 1935. person
associatedWith Bancroft, Ethel Force Norton, 1878-1959 person
associatedWith Bancroft family family
associatedWith Bancroft, Frederick Jones, 1834-1903 person
associatedWith Bancroft, George Jarvis, 1873-1945 person
associatedWith Bancroft, Mary Caroline Jarvis, 1840-1899 person
associatedWith Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)^v Pictorial works. corporateBody
correspondedWith Campbell, Amy, fl. 1945. person
correspondedWith Elston, Allan Vaughan, 1887-1976. person
associatedWith Frecker, Edna. person
associatedWith Hayes, George Gibbons, 1889-1976. person
associatedWith Jarvis family family
associatedWith Jarvis, George Atwater, 1806-1893 person
associatedWith Kerfoot, Margaret. person
associatedWith Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952. person
associatedWith LeBaron, Peggy Bancroft, 1906-1986 person
associatedWith LeBaron, Robert Francis, 1891-1983 person
associatedWith Lincoln, Lewis A. person
correspondedWith McFadden, Shirley C., 1916-2003. person
associatedWith Milbanke, Mark, 1857-1927. person
correspondedWith Monaghan, Jay, 1891-1980. person
associatedWith Norton family family
associatedWith Parsons, Martin R., 1875-1965. person
associatedWith Phelps, Dodge & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Pickel, Hugh E. person
associatedWith Rounds, Jane Dunning. person
correspondedWith Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966. person
associatedWith Sprague, Marshall. person
associatedWith Wilson, Frank B. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Colorado
Denver (Colo.)
New York (N.Y.)
Denver (Colo.)
Colorado--Denver
Telluride (Colo.)
Central City (Colo.)
Denver (Colo.)
Wolhurst (Colo.)
Mexico--Sonora (Mexico : State)
Colorado--Telluride
Subject
Women authors, American
Drawing, American
Families
Frontier and pioneer life
Hotels
Hotels in art
Mineral industries
Pencil drawing, American
Prostitution
Ranches
Occupation
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Person

Active 1854

Active 1951

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