DeLong papers 1867-1945 (bulk 1913-1945).

ArchivalResource

DeLong papers 1867-1945 (bulk 1913-1945).

This collection contains family correspondence, 3 boxes of archivally photocopied newspaper clippings concerning the DeLong family and the history of Boulder, Colorado, and other printed materials collected by Ira and Elizabeth DeLong.

5 boxes (157 folders).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7456855

Boulder Public Library

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DeLong, Elizabeth Wright, 1857-1938.

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Livingston Farrand was president of the University of Colorado from 1914 to 1919. From the description of Correspondence 1914, 1916. 1914-1916. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427287512 ...

Mercantile Bank and Trust Company (Boulder, Colo.).

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

University of Colorado Chorus

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Fred Hellems, who compiled the two-page list of admission and graduation requirements of U.S. universities, was a Canadian who came to the University of Colorado as a Latin professor in 1898. He served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 1899 until his death in 1929, and also was acting President in 1927-1928. [Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., c1982, p. 43.]. From the description of Records and correspo...

Smith, Edith DeLong Jarmuth, 1880-1919.

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Boulder Building and Loan Association (Boulder, Colo.).

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DeLong, Ira M., 1855-1942.

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Dr. Ira M. DeLong was closely involved in the government of the city of Boulder, Colo. He was active in the establishment and operation of Boulder's city manager form of municipal government, which was somewhat of a novelty at the time. DeLong was president of a 23-member commission that drafted the city charter and constitution in 1917. He made an important contribution by adding the later controversial Hare Preferential Ballot, used until the 1940s, to the constitution. From the de...

Henderson, Ruth DeLong Avery, 1891-1969.

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Ruth DeLong Avery and Otto Wiederhold jointly operated the Star Stables in Boulder, Colo., from about 1920 to 1940. From the description of Western horses photographs, [ca. 1895-1925]. [ca. 1895-1925] (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427271927 Boulder City Directories (cf. 1921, 1923, 1928) list Otto Wiederhold and Mrs. Ruth D. Avery as owners of the Star Stables at 2528 12th St., Boulder, which also was Mr. Wiederhold's residence address. Wiederhold, son of a p...