Papers, 1926-1976.

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Papers, 1926-1976.

Papers related to Wolle's interest in western ghost towns. She researched the towns, made notes, tore articles and illustrations from magazines, collected newspaper clippings and organized these items in scrapbooks. Wolle made detailed notes of her interviews. The collection includes these notes as well as the forms and photographs and sketches of the towns and places that Wolle visited.

34.5 linear ft. (35 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize file folder, 59 photo boxes, 1 photo oversize file folder)

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Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977

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Colorado author, artist, historian, and lecturer. Born April 3, 1898 Brooklyn, N.Y. Long-time resident of Colorado and art professor at University of Colorado. Died January 9, 1977 Boulder. From the description of Papers, 1926-1976. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 14117123 Muriel Sibell Wolle was a renowned artist and writer who captured pictorially and in words the spirit of hundreds of old mining towns and mining camps in the American West. Her paintings and s...