Fred W. Kent papers, 1939-1963.

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Fred W. Kent papers, 1939-1963.

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This collection, which dates from 1939 to 1971, contains photocopies of images taken by photographer Fred W. Kent as well as his correspondence with various persons. The collection is held in twelve folders in a 2.5 x 15.5 x 10-inch box. One set of photocopied images are from a deer hunt on the Western Slope and date from 1939 and 1940. Included among the photocopied images are an unsigned travel diary detailing the trip's events and another unsigned document explaining that a group from the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) had made such trips an annual event from 1922 to 1925 and again beginning in 1936. These documents make reference to Kent being part of the hunting party, which also included Kent's old friend Alfred M. Bailey, director of DMNH. Another set of images in the collection includes copies of Kent photos of Colorado's Front Range, taken between 1948 and 1956. The correspondence includes typewritten and handwritten letters and postcards to Kent. Among the correspondents is Homer L. Dodge, a travel writer and friend of Kent and his family.

12 folders.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Kent, Fred W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984.

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Frederick Wallace Kent, photographer, was born in 1894 in De Witt, Iowa. His fascination with cameras began early and led to the creation of what his family estimated were one million photos. Kent's formal career was mostly spent at the University of Iowa, where he was a lecturer and instructor in photography from 1923 until 1925. He also served as curator of photographic apparatus and consulting photographer for the university from 1936 until 1947. Kent founded University Photo Service, and was...