Colorado Museum of Natural History, Secretary of the Board of Trustees Records 1897-1947

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Colorado Museum of Natural History, Secretary of the Board of Trustees Records 1897-1947

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This collection contains correspondence and other documents relating to work done for the museum by Elmer W. Merritt and Persifor M. Cooke. Merritt and Cooke were the first two secretaries of the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

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Colorado Museum of Natural History

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Elmer W. Merritt was a trustee and founding father of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (CMNH). Merritt was born in New York State on October 31, 1861, attended the University of Ann Arbor and arrived in Denver in 1879. He went into the lumber and mercantile business and eventually became connected with the Continental Oil Co. In 1885 he began a career in real estate and investment securities, forming the firm Merritt and Gromman. He served as Secretary ...

Merritt, Elmer W., 1861-1917

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Cooke, Persifor M., 1860-1954

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