MANCUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS PART 1: MSS-001 to MSS-028

MSS-001. Donald Sutherland Papers

A noted literary figure and University of Colorado classics professor, Sutherland was a friend and colleague of many prominent writers. The collection consists of his professional and personal correspondence, photographs, art work, professional publications and writings and memorabilia. Also included are materials relating to his father, an early settler and politician in Alaska (1900-1930), and his father-in-law, Gaston Save, a prominent regional French artist and historian (1844-1901).

Collection dates: 1830-1978; scattered earlier material
Collection size: 15 linear feet

MSS-002. Colorado Women's Conference Collection

This collection documents the first women's state conference held in the U.S. in conjunction with the International Women's year of 1975. The collection consists of the official conference files including minutes, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, memorabilia and video tapes.

Collection dates: 1974-1978
Collection size: 4 linear feet

MSS-003. Gaston Save Papers

This collection contains papers collected and written by Gaston Save, a Prominent regional French artist and historian (1844-1901). *Note - all the papers are written in French.

Collection dates: 1773 - 1901 [Bulk 1880 - 1900]
Collection size: 4.0 linear feet

MSS-004. Lynn C. Martin Collection

Professor Lynn C. Martin's correspondence regarding the literary estate of Donald Sutherland. Prof. Martin was named as the literary executor of Sutherland's estate.

Collection dates: 1979-1985
Collection size: 1 linear foot

MSS-005. Albert S. Bowman Criminal Justice Collection

The collection consists of subject files on various law enforcement topics, including management techniques, recruitment, budgeting, public attitudes, job performance, penal and probation codes. Materials represent diverse geographical areas in the United States and include some English law enforcement reports.

Collection dates: 1961-1976
Collection size: 10 linear feet

MSS-006. Edgar Wahlberg Collection

Reverend Wahlberg was a prominent participant in labor and social issues in Colorado for over twenty years (1930-1950). As a founding member of the Colorado American Civil Liberties Union, an early supporter and developer of Denver's city recreation program, and a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration official in Greece and China, Wahlberg's career was varied and multifaceted. This collection consists of professional correspondence, speeches, presentations, sermons and publications, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia. Also included are subject/issue files created in daily activities. Oral interview.

Collection dates: 1915-1981
Collection size: 17 linear feet

MSS-007. Joseph McClelland Collection

McClelland, War Relocation Authority Reports Officer and camp photographer of the Amache Relocation Center, was responsible for sending out press releases to the media. The collection consists of a complete run of the Granada Pioneer for the 1942-43 and various other publications concerning Japanese Americans. Also included is a taped interview with Mr. McClelland.

Collection dates: 1941-1945
Collection size: .5 linear feet

MSS-008. Lloyd Garrison Collection

Dr. Garrison was superintendent of Schools at the Amache Relocation Center. This collection contains letters from internee students, copies of yearbooks and student newspapers, various printed items produced by or for Amache residents, and printed materials on Japanese-American relocation. Also included are black and white identified photographs of students at Amache and a taped interview with Mrs. Garrison.

Collections dates: 1942-1946
Collection size: .5 linear feet

MSS-009. Kathy Odum Collection

Mrs. Odum was a high school teacher, counselor and senior class sponsor at the Amache Relocation Center High School, 1942-1945. Items in the collection include publications by and for the high school students and reports on Japanese-Americans in Colorado. Also included is a taped interview with Mrs. Odum.

Collection dates: 1942-1945
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-010. Ernest Tigges Collection

Tigges was the Farm Superintendent at the Amache War Relocation Center. Items include his personnel records, wartime travel permission orders, a name index of Center staff and internees, 1942-46, and taped interview.

Collection dates: 1942-1946
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-011. John A. Carroll Papers

The Carroll Collection documents the public career of John A Carroll, U.S. and Colorado Congressman and Senator and Denver District Attorney. Materials include his correspondence, voting record, newspaper clippings, campaign, speech and policy statement files. Additional files consist of issue, constituent and military academy nominee files. Audio-visual material and memorabilia complete the collection.

Collection dates: 1915-1982
Collection size: 80 linear feet

MSS-012. Legis/50 Collection

The Legis/50 group (organization formerly known as the Citizen's Conference on State Legislatures) was founded in 1964 to improve the state legislative process. A national, non-profit organization representing the interest of business, universities, organized labor, agriculture, publishing and other fields, Legis/50 strove to focus public attention on the important role of the state legislatures and the need to generate support to strengthen them. Relying primarily on governmental and foundation funding, Legis/50 generated numerous studies and reports designed to achieve its objectives. Legis/50, the Center for Legislative Improvement, ceased business in 1980. The collection consists of complete organizational minutes, most of its publications, selected topical files, press releases and some correspondence.

Collection dates: 1964-1980
Collection size: 15 linear feet

MSS-013. Duncan/Stoddard Letters

A series of Civil War letters, which document the activities of Uselma Duncan, who died at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861. Subsequent family letters relate the search for his body.

Collection dates: 1858-1864
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-014. Doris Banks Collection

Doris Banks was state Democratic committee chairperson in Colorado. This collection documents committee activities through newspaper clippings, voting registration records, campaign literature, platform statements and memorabilia.

Collection dates: 1958-1976
Collection size: 30.25 linear feet

MSS-015. Colorado Chapter, American Institute of Planners Collection

This collection consists of the minutes of the Colorado Institute of Planners, later known as the Colorado Chapter, American Institute of Planners. Information includes group discussion of issues, financial data of organization and membership lists.

Collection dates: 1952-1960
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-016. Bertram Morris Collection

This collection consists of the scattered American Civil Liberties Union files of Bertram Morris, a former Trustee of Colorado State colleges. Items include agendas and minutes of the Boulder chapter of the ACLU, correspondence with local, regional and national members, copies of speeches and presentations given by ACLU members and issue statements.

Collection dates: 1960-1976
Collection size: .5 linear feet

MSS-017. Phillip Tigges Collection

These nine 9" x 7" mounted black and white photographs represent a return trip by Mr. Tigges in the summer, 1982, to the Amache Relocation Center where he had spent 3 years as a child in the early 1940s. Various perspectives on roadways, foundations, plantings and are views are recorded.

Collection dates: 1982
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-018. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Denver Branch Collection

This collection documents Denver Branch support for and participation in local, national and international W.I.L.P.F. activities and events. Items include chronologically arranged newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, broadsides, letters and cards, and several b/w photographs.

Collection dates: 1926-1967
Collection size: 1.5 linear feet

MSS-019. Colorado Council of Churches, Department of Migrant Ministry Collection

This collection consists of a variety of files from the Colorado Council of Churches, Dept. of Migrant Ministry including items from its Migrant Ministry, along with related materials of the Home Mission Council of the National Council of Churches. Specific items include minutes, letters, fiscal summaries, pamphlets, newsletters and broadsides.

Collection dates: 1948-1952
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-020. Willard E. Hawkins Collection

Hawkins was a Denver writer, editor and printer. His businesses included the teaching of writing courses and manuscript criticism. Included in this collection are monographs written by Hawkins and a journal edited by him, Author and Journalist, 1916-1940.

Collection dates: 1916-1940
Collection size: 3.0 linear feet

MSS-021. Denver's War on Poverty, Inc. Papers

The Denver War on Poverty agency was charged with the responsibility of developing and coordinating programs under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, reports and pamphlets which belonged to a member of the Board of Directors of that agency.

Collection dates: 1965-1966
Collection size: 1 linear foot

MSS-022. McCrary City Planning Documents Collection

Irvin McCrary was a Denver landscape architect and city planner who collected materials related to his professional interests. Items in his collection include city, street and transit plans of various U.S. cities, 1907- 1942, as well as several from English towns, 1913-1923. Also of note are a variety of planning documents of Denver 1929-1941.

Collection dates: 1907-1942
Collection size: 1.25 linear feet

MSS-023. Colorado State Planning Commission Collection

The Planning Commission, founded in 1934, was charged with monitoring the growth and development of the state of Colorado. This is a collection of the Commission's minutes, 1934-1940, covering such issues as land use, water conservation, zoning and erosion control.

Collection dates: 1934-1940
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-024. Ninth Street Historic Park Collection

Historic Denver, Inc., a non-profit historic preservation group, worked to preserve and restore a number of dwellings on 9th Street beginning in 1972. The process of placing 9th Street properties on the historic register, restoring the dwellings themselves and researching the occupants are all documented in this collection.

Collection dates: 1972-1976
Collection size: 8 linear feet

MSS-025. Auraria Relocation Collection

This small collection is comprised of documentation on the relocation of families from the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado in the early 1970's. That neighborhood, just west of downtown Denver, was chosen as the site for a proposed college campus. Although there were several protest by neighborhood residents, their homes were demolished to make way for what is now known as the Auraria Higher Education Center.

Collection dates: 1969
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-026. Frank C. Abbott Research Notes Collection

This collection is comprised of the records collected by Mr. Frank C. Abbott while doing research for his book "Auraria Higher Education Center: How It Came To Be". This book on the planning, development and construction of the Auraria campus in downtown Denver was published in 1999 by the Aurari Higher Education Center.

Collection dates: 1960 - 1976
Collection size: 3.00 linear feet

MSS-027. Denver Landmark Preservation Commission Records Collection

This collection is comprised of the records of the Denver Landmark Presevation Commission. These apaers have been donated to the Auraria Library, Archives and Special Collections Department by two commission members, Dr. Tom Noel and Dr. Stephen Leonard. These documents have been donated to benefit Auraria students studying Denver history, land use, urban planning, politics and government, and etc. While this collection contains an extensive amount of material from the commission, it is not the offical repository for the commissions records.

Collection dates: 1986 -
Collection size: 18.0 linear feet

MSS-028. Melvin Whitsett Carter Collection

This collection is comprised of material donated to the Auraria Library by the Melvin Whitsett Carter estate though the auspices of the Community College of Denver Foundation. Carter was a long time Art faculty member at CCD. He was a well known local artist, as well as an educator. He was recognized for his landscape paintings and his pen and ink figure sketches. The collection contains numerous sketchbooks, photograph albums and sketchbooks.

Collection dates: 1980-97 (bulk)
Collection size: 15.5 linear feet

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