Papers 1926-1988

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Papers 1926-1988

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This collection contains the correspondence of Harold J. Cook, who in the 1920s was curator of paleontology at the Colorado Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). The Cook collection also contains records relating to Miocene mammal fossils found on Cook's ranch in Nebraska.

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Denver Museum of Nature and 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 ...

Cook, Harold James, 1887-1962.

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Harold J. Cook experienced firsthand the discovery and development of a world famous fossil site on his family's ranch. Having witnessed recovery of rare and scientifically significant specimens, he strove to have the site preserved for the public trust. Three years after his death, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument was established. Harold James Cook was born July 3, 1887 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the only child of Captain James H. and Kate Graham Cook. Six weeks after Harold's birth the family mo...