Jesse Dade Figgins Papers 1904-1935

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Jesse Dade Figgins Papers 1904-1935

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The Jesse D. Figgins Collection presents archival evidence of the evolution of a major natural history museum from its beginnings. Jesse D. Figgins was the first paid professional Director of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, later the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, from 1910 until 1935. This large collection contains correspondence and telegrams between Figgins and Museum Trustees, donors, other museums, and people involved in such projects as excavation of the Folsom Site in New Mexico.

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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 ...

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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...

Figgins, J. D. (Jesse Dade), 1867-1944

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Jesse D. Figgins was the first professional director of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), serving from 1910 until his resignation in 1935. Due mainly to his insight, the museum was at the forefront of the revolutionary change in archaeology that recognized that human beings coexisted with extinct Pleistocene megafauna in North America. Figgins was born in 1867 in Frederick County, Maryland. Initially he prepared for the ministry, but an inter...