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Ben Gray Lumpkin Papers
Collection
Identifier: M251
Overview
Ben Lumpkin (1901-1982) was a professor at the University of Colorado and a member of the Colorado Folklore Society. He did extensive research on the history of the Folklore Society and published an article about it entitled: "The Colorado Folklore Society." The article appeared in the Journal of American Folklore in the January-March 1969 issue.
Dates:
1875-1969
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Blanche DaCosta Whitney Collection
Collection
Identifier: M247
Overview
Blanche Da Costa Whitney was born September 24, 1882 in Chicago. She studied with Rudolph Ganz at Chicago Musical College before joining Mme Schumann-Heink, a noted opera signer, to Europe. Da Costa sang leading opera roles in Germany. She was forced to leave Germany by World War I and returned to America. She had a son, Frederick Berman, by her first husband. Her son died in 1945. She married Warren C. Whitney, vice president of A. B. Chase Piano Company in 1918. They moved to Denver in...
Dates:
1882-1957
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Cal Golden Papers
Collection
Identifier: D059
Overview
This collection contains memorabilia from Cal Golden's time as a Square Dance Caller. The collection includes awards, realia, audio recordings, textiles, and photographs. Cal used the textiles for his performances. The awards, realia, and photographs were gifts or depict Cal performing.
Dates:
1928-2012
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Charles J. Norton Collection
Collection
Identifier: M245
Overview
Charles Norton was a local Denver collector, particularly of Native American materials. This collection includes microfilm reels, reel to reel tapes and phonograph records.
Dates:
unknown
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Collection on Otto Mears
Collection
Identifier: B216
Overview
Otto Mears (1840-1931) was an entrepreneurial businessman who built railroads and was essential to the development of Southwestern Colorado. The son of an English father and Russian mother, he immigrated to the United States after being orphaned at an early age. After making it all the way to California he was placed in a boardinghouse at eleven years old when relatives could not be found to care for him. After serving in the Civil War he moved to Colorado where he began to build his empire....
Dates:
Other: 1892, 1948-1980
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Don and Vera Clausen Papers
Collection
Identifier: D056
Overview
This collection contains square dance materials produced and collected by Don and Vera Clausen.
Dates:
1956-2015
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Papers
Collection
Identifier: M208
Overview
The Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation is a civic and social charitable organization in Denver, Colorado. This collection contains personal papers, documents, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, posters, plaques, and a hand-painted sign reading "Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation".
Dates:
Other: 1883 - 1994
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Glenn Giffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: D019
Overview
Glenn Giffin, an alumnus of the University of Denver, was the Music and Dance critic at the Denver Post for 32 years, from 1970 to 2002. After his retirement from the Post, he served as curator of the Carson-Brierly Dance Library at the University of Denver. The collection consists of press kits and sound recordings of individuals Giffin interviewed as part of his duties as critic at the Post. The collection also contains personal papers, publications, and other memorabilia belonging to...
Dates:
Other: 1950-2001
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
International Tap Association Papers
Collection
Identifier: D015
Overview
The International Tap Association was founded at the Colorado Dance Festival in 1987 with a mission of advocacy for tap dance as an art form. This collection contains CDs, a DVD, and a book related to American film director, dancer, and actor Robert Scheerer.
Dates:
Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Jane Diggs Folk Dance LP Collection
Collection
Identifier: D085
Overview
This collection contains 78 LPs and 45 LPs of folk dance music. Records were used by folk dancing groups in New Mexico. The music ranges from Spanish to Eastern European.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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