Board of Trustees Records 1900-1930

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Board of Trustees Records 1900-1930

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This collection contains correspondence and other documents relating to work done by Joseph A. Thatcher and Harry C. James. Both served as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

1 box; slides, prints and negatives

eng,

Denver Museum of Nature and Science,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401979

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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 ...

James, Mr. Harry C.

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Thatcher, Joseph A., 1838-1918.

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Joseph A. Thatcher was a founder and member of the initial Board of Trustees of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (CMNH), now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He served as Trustee and as its first Treasurer from 1900 until his death in 1918. Joseph Addison Thatcher was born in 1838 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. In 1849 his family moved to Independence, Missouri. Young Thatcher studied commercial law, banking and bookkeeping at Jones Commercial College in St. Louis, and hi...