Alfred M. Bailey Papers and Photographs 1912-1978

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Alfred M. Bailey Papers and Photographs 1912-1978

This large collection holds the papers and photographs of A.M. Bailey, Director of the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) from 1936-1969, and Curator of Birds and Mammals from 1921-1926.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401965

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Bailey, Alfred Marshall, 1894-1978

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Alfred M. Bailey was the second director of the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), serving from 1936 to his retirement in 1969. During this time, the museum achieved world recognition as a leading natural history museum with extensive collections and stunning displays of wildlife from around the world. Bailey was born in 1894 in Iowa City, Iowa. He studied museum methods at the University of Iowa, where he expanded his interests to include taxidermy and...

Denver Museum of Natural History

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Most of these records were transferred to the Archives from the Building Maintenance Department, although some later records come from the Exhibits Department. In 1996, the records were rehoused in chronological order and catalogued on Data Trek, the in-house library system, as well as on ARGUS, the Museum collections system. Among the architects who designed substantial portions of the present building are Frederick Junius Sterner, George Hebard Williamson, Roland L. Linder, and Stearns-Roger A...