Hyde, A. B. (Ammi Bradford), 1826-1921
Biography
Ammi Bradford Hyde was born March 13, 1825 in Oxford, New York. He graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. in 1846, and later received an M.A. from the same University. He began teaching in 1846 at the Cazenovia Academy in New York state. He was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1850, marrying Mira Smith on July 20 of that year. He served on the U. S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. After the war he joined the faculty at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and serving there until 1884, when he took a position at the University of Denver as Instructor of Greek, a position he held until 1911. While at Denver he served as Acting Chancellor from 1889 to 1890. Hyde was one of the founders of the American Philological Association, and was a member of the American Oriental Society, besides various other learned bodies. He was a member of American Oriental Society, American Philological Society, National Geographic Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Colo. Schoolmasters' Club, Denver Philosophic Society. He died in 1921, in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 97.
Citation:
Allen Breck, From the Rockies to the World (Denver, CO: University of Denver, 1997), p. 277.Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Account Book, 1845
Folder M157.01.0001.00008 contains one (1) 24-page booklet. "Ammi B. Hyde's Account Book Wesleyan University Middletown Ct.1845" is written in script on the front the cover, and various expenses and other accounting entries and notes are written in detail within the booklet.
Ammi Bradford Hyde, circa 1920
Ammi Hyde dressed in coat, white collar and dark tie with a fez-type hat, is seated with a pen in his hand and open books and a glass inkwell on a desk surface.
Ammi Bradford Hyde Papers
Ammi Bradford Hyde was faculty at the University of Denver (1880 - 1911), and served as Acting Chancellor, 1889 - 1890. The collection consists of personal items, photographs, personal correspondence, and other documents.
Biographical materials, 1920 - 1921
Folder M157.02.0002.00001 contains three (3) documents: two (2) Central Christian Advocate articles featuring Ammi Bradford Hyde ("The Central September 1, till January 1, 1920"; "March 30, 1921"); one (1) 6-page, typed document that appears to be a eulogy titled "Ammi Bradford Hyde -- Teacher" (author is not identified).
Box 1: Photos, circa 1900
Box contains labeled folders containing a photograph, a negative of same photo, one (1) framed photograph, and other personal items.
Box 2: Clippings, Biographical files, 1875-1921
Ammi Bradford Hyde was faculty at the University of Denver (1880 - 1911), and served as Acting Chancellor, 1889 - 1890. The collection consists of personal items, photographs, personal correspondence, and other documents.
Clippings and Biographical Information, 1875-1921
Series 2 contains newspaper and publication clippings, some biographical materials and information, and other materials related to his career.
Hyde, Ammi Bradford, 1898
Black and white print of Ammi Bradford Hyde, professor and vice-chancellor at the University of Denver.
Hyde, Ammi Bradford
Images of Ammi Bradford Hyde, professor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and acting chancellor at the University of Denver. Images include 4 black and white prints of portraits of Hyde, including one with Mrs. Hyde, and 1 medium format black and white negative and 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of headshots of Hyde.