Details
Title

Milo G. Derham papers 1841-1948 (bulk 1905-1937)

Date

1841-1948

Call Number

BHS 297

Contents

3 boxes (99 folders).

Description

This collection contains financial documents, papers, speeches, and other printed materials pertaining to Milo Derham.

Summary

92 of the 99 folders in this collection are papers created by Milo Derham, chiefly in his role as dean and director of the summer session at the University of Colorado, Boulder, which was organized in 1904. Most of his files are handwritten and typed notes for speeches. Often, a file contains several drafts of the same speech.
The collection also contains six folders of legal records and receipts ca. 1841-1920, the provenance of which is unknown.

History

Milo G. Derham, who received his B.A. from Cornell College in 1892 and his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1904, was director of the university's summer school from 1913 to 1929 when he was made its dean, a post which he held until his retirement in 1937. Derham's 34 years of service at the university had begun in 1903 with his appointment as assistant instructor in Latin. He was named the head of the department of classics in 1920. He died in April 1949.
Under Derham's leadership, the enrollment of the summer quarter grew from 385 to several thousand in 1937 when, as professor emeritus of classics and dean emeritus of the summer school, he retired. Under Derham's administration, the summer school operated without state appropriations and it inaugurated a writers' conference in 1930 which offered professional training by experienced writers, many of them of national renown. [Source: Glory Colorado!, by William E. Davis, 1965.]

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Documents.

Donor

Derham, Milo G. 1868-1949

Subjects

Derham, Milo G, 1868-1949
University of Colorado Boulder., Summer quarter--Administration
Writers' Conference (University of Colorado, Boulder)--Administration
Summer schools--Colorado--Boulder--Administration
Summer schools--Colorado--Boulder--History
Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder
Lectures and lecturing--Colorado--Boulder

Acquisition Note

Donor: Milo G. Derham Boulder, CO. Gift Date unknown

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

Pike County, Ohio land records 1841-1860
Pike County, Ohio land records 1841-1860
Call Number 297-1-1
Date 1841-1860
Contents 7 items.
Description This folder contains Pike County, Ohio land records of Joseph Peniston, including a certificate, three deeds, field survey notes, assignments of land warrants and a tax receipt.

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Louisville, Ohio deposition 1863 August 26
Louisville, Ohio deposition 1863 August 26
Call Number 297-1-2
Date 1863
Contents 3 p.
Description This folder contains a deposition made in Louisville, Ohio, on 26 August 1863 before Joseph Peniston, justice of the peace for Pebble Township, Pike County, Ohio, by Maria D. Rochester, plaintiff, in her case against John Farrol. The case concerned a bay mare.

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Barry family receipts 1881-1900
Barry family receipts 1881-1900
Call Number 297-1-3
Contents 6 items.
Description This folder contains various receipts of Mrs. John M. Barry, Mary E. Barry, Mildred Barry and D. E. Barry from several Boulder businesses and the University of Colorado, between 1881 and 1900.

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Colorado Chautauqua Association bill and check 1901 March 2-5
Colorado Chautauqua Association bill and check 1901 March 2-5
Call Number 297-1-4
Date 1901
Contents 2 items.
Description This folder contains paperwork to reimburse Albert A. Reed of Boulder for his travel expenses to Omaha on behalf of the Colorado Chautauqua Association in March 1901.

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Charles A. Wolcott daybook 1912-1920
Charles A. Wolcott daybook 1912-1920
Call Number 297-1-5
Date 1912-1920
Contents 1 v. (252 p.)
Description This folder contains a ledger of the monthly purchases of produce by Charles Wolcott from February 1912 through January 1920. The front of the ledger notes that Mrs. Charles A. Wolcott gave him the volume.

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Wolcott bills and receipts
Wolcott bills and receipts
Call Number 297-1-6
Date 1917-1919
Contents 11 p.
Description This folder contains various bills and receipts of Charles Wolcott from 1917 through 1919, regarding his expenses for medical care, home heating and utilities, magazine subscription and piano tuning.

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Derham autograph books 1882-1895
Derham autograph books 1882-1895
Call Number 297-1-7
Date 1882-1895
Contents 3 v.
Description This folder contains three autograph books of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Derham, containing messages from relatives and friends, many of them from Altona, Thomson, other towns in Illinois, and from Clinton, Iowa and from Boulder County, Colorado.

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Advantages and disadvantages of studying alone speech 1889 April 25
Advantages and disadvantages of studying alone speech 1889 April 25
Call Number 297-1-8
Date 1889
Contents 13 p.
Description This folder contains the text of a speech that Milo Derham wrote for the second division, apparently at his school, in April 1889.

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function of the higher education in a democratic community 1889
The function of the higher education in a democratic community 1889
Call Number 297-1-9
Date 1889
Contents 18 p.
Description This folder contains the text of a speech that Milo Derham apparently wrote in his freshman class, ca. 1889.

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Bismarck and the rise of the German empire speech 1890 March 26
Bismarck and the rise of the German empire speech 1890 March 26
Call Number 297-1-10
Date 1890
Contents 17 p.
Description This folder contains the text of a speech that Milo Derham wrote, apparently for a course in his school, on 26 March 1890.

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University of Colorado notes 1905-1906
University of Colorado notes 1905-1906
Call Number 297-1-11
Date 1905-1906
Contents 6 p.
Description This folder contains notes by Milo Derham at the University of Colorado, Boulder, from January 1905 through June 1906. They concern administrative matters.

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University of Colorado, Boulder chapel address 1906
University of Colorado, Boulder chapel address 1906
Call Number 297-1-12
Date 1906
Contents 9 p.
Description This folder contains the text of a speech that Milo Derham gave at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1906. He spoke of the college student's responsibility to show allegiance to the state as well as to the university which provided the education.

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