Benjamin Stapleton papers, 1898-1964 [manscript].

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Benjamin Stapleton papers, 1898-1964 [manscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14710081

The collection contains material on his work as a postmaster and as Mayor of Denver; Stapleton's mayoral papers consist of reports, telegrams, campaign pamphlets and handouts, and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings documenting his terms and his improvements to the city with an emphasis on the water project.

3.5 linear ft. (4 boxes), 1 oversize file folder.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6854852

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Stapleton, Benjamin F., Jr.,

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Stapleton, Benjamin F., 1869-1950.

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Benjamin Franklin Stapleton was born Nov. 12, 1869 in Paintsville, Ky. and graduated from National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio. Stapleton moved to Denver in the early 1890's. He volunteered as one of the first Coloradans to enlist for service in the Spanish-American War and served as first sergeant with the First Colorado Regiment in the Philippine Islands. Stapleton was one of the founders of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1904 he became Police Magistrate and held the post until Presid...