Walker Van Riper collection, 1887-1960.

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Walker Van Riper collection, 1887-1960.

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The Walker Van Riper collection consist of correspondence, publications by himself and others, Denver Museum of Natural History Annual Reports from 1945-1958 and some Programs from 1946-1960. There are a number of photographs which include a series on the Virgin Oil field in Utah near Zion National Park.

5.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 8192571

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Van Riper, Walker

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Walker Van Riper (1887-1960) was born in Sedalia, Missouri on March 9, 1887. After receiving an A.B. at Yale University in 1909, he was Secretary at the American Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri 1909-1912, and received a B.L. from St. Louis University in 1912. He went west in 1912 for health reasons and taught Banking and Investments at Colorado College from 1914-1915, and Investment Banking in Denver from 1915-1925. From 1926 until his retirement in 1943, he was an Investment Analyst at Color...

Denver Museum of Natural History

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Most of these records were transferred to the Archives from the Building Maintenance Department, although some later records come from the Exhibits Department. In 1996, the records were rehoused in chronological order and catalogued on Data Trek, the in-house library system, as well as on ARGUS, the Museum collections system. Among the architects who designed substantial portions of the present building are Frederick Junius Sterner, George Hebard Williamson, Roland L. Linder, and Stearns-Roger A...