Frank M. Taylor Papers 1916-1930

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Frank M. Taylor Papers 1916-1930

This collection consists of correspondence, reports and other papers related to the development of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, in the years after its founding at the turn of the 20th century.

2 boxes

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401978

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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 ...

Taylor, F. M. (Frank M.)

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Frank Mansfield Taylor, an early Colorado Museum of Natural History Trustee (1916-1930), was on the Committee on Plans for the development of the Museum's building. The committee's responsibility was to retain an architectural firm and to manage the accounts and decisions for the development of the Museum (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). Communications regarding the building begin in 1901 and also include materials related to the building's renovations through 1930. Taylor was bo...