Carey, Raymond G. (Raymond Giddens), 1901-1972
Person
Biography
Professor of History, University of Denver, 1945-1971. Conducted research on the Sand Creek Massacre.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Raymond G. Carey Collection on Sand Creek Massacre
Collection
Identifier: M045
Abstract
Raymond Carey (1901-1972), professor of history at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from 1945 to 1971, conducted research on the massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado, which took place on November 29, 1864. In this incident, the troops of the Colorado Third Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington, attacked a group of 500 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians who were encamped on the banks of the Sand Creek, about 40 miles from Fort Lyon, near the present-day town of Lamar....
Dates:
1950-1971
Raymond G. Carey Papers
Collection
Identifier: M122
Abstract
Born in Iola, Kansas, Raymond Carey (1901-1972) studied at Southwestern College (Kansas), Oxford University, and the University of Chicago. He was a professor of history at the University of Denver from 1945 to 1971, specializing in modern European history. This collection includes a copy of Carey's dissertation, materials from his classes, and French historical documents.
Dates:
Other: 1700-1970
Testimony of J.B. Abbott, 1856 December 9
Item
Identifier: M045.02.0005.0010.00001
Abstract
The document contains a transcribed manuscript of a testimony by J.B. Abbott given about his journey to come to live in Kansas and the consequences that followed a murder of a person who lived nearby. Abbott went to Kansas for the Kansas and Nebraska Bill with a company numbering about 140. He claimed some land of his own south of Lawrence. When the murder occurred in 1955, him and some others began investigating. The townspeople began selling out stores of their guns in fear of another...
Dates:
1856 December 9
The Denver Clarion, vol. 77, issue 39, 1972 November 29
Item
Identifier: clarion_v077i39_19721129
Abstract
Students must decide: “Is it worth it to me?” Professor Carey dies Saturday. ABA shelves proposed law student morals test.
Dates:
1972 November 29
"The Pet Lambs", 1957 July 12
Item
Identifier: M045.02.0003.0013.00001
Abstract
The document contains a clipped article from the The Masonic News-Digest written by Colonel John M. Chivington titled "The Pet Lambs." It contains a first person account of a series of military engagments in New Mexico, Missouri, and Colorado that Chivington participated in as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. The document also contains an account of an address given by Chivington at the annual meeting of Colorado Pioneers in Denver on September 13, 1983,...
Dates:
1957 July 12