Paul D. Harrison collection, 1860-1973.

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Paul D. Harrison collection, 1860-1973.

This collection contains personal reference files collected or compiled by Paul D. Harrison. The folder information dates from the 1860s to the 1970s and consists of printed articles, notes, pamphlets, clippings, brochures, reprints, announcements, advertisements, programs and maps covering a wide range of historical subjects pertaining primarily to Colorado. There is extensive information on water projects and irrigation and ditch companies, especially in Notebook 3.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177356

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Harrison, Paul D., 1896-

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Paul D. Harrison (1896- ) was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and moved to Denver with his family in 1900. They subsequently moved to Pueblo, Colorado, where Paul graduated from Pueblo Central High School in 1917. He worked as a newspaper reporter for the Pueblo Star Journal (1916-1918) and for a Fort Worth, Texas, newpaper from 1918-1926. He returned to Colorado in 1926 and pursued a wholesale mercantile business partnership with outlets in Pueblo and Colorado Springs. In 1940, he returned to jou...