D. C. Abrams papers 1872-1937

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D. C. Abrams papers 1872-1937

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The collection contains late 19th century memorabilia from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, St. Mary's School of Laramie, Colorado Seminary, Laramie High School, and the University of Wyoming. Included are news clippings, certificates, and photographs related to D.C. Abrams and photographs of the University of Wyoming library and Clyde A. Duniway, University of Wyoming president among others.

cubic ft. (1 slim document box, 1 F24 box)

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Abrams, D. C.

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Dietrich Charles Abrams was born in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1869. His parents, Sophia and Rudolph(?) Abrams, operated the New York House, a hotel on First Avenue between Grand and Ivinson, from 1868 to 1876. D.C. Abrams attended St. Mary’s School (Laramie), the Colorado Seminary (Denver), and Laramie High School, then entered the University of Wyoming preparatory department in 1887. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1892 and a Master’s of Science in 1897. He began playing the piano at...

University of Wyoming.

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Laramie High School (Laramie, Wyo.)

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Colorado Seminary

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Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

St. Mary's School (Laramie, Wyo.)

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Duniway, C. A. (Clyde Augustus), 1866-1944

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Clyde Augustus Duniway was born in 1866 in Albany, Oregon, to Benjamin Charles Duniway and Abigail Jane Scott. Duniway received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1892 and an A.M. in 1894 and a Ph.D. in 1897 in Political Science from Harvard. An expanded version of his dissertation was published in 1906 as The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts . He taught for eleven years at Stanford University before serving as president of the University of Montana in Missoula f...