Details
Title

A. T. Wheeler photograph collection

Date

1885-[1939]

Call Number

513

Contents

2 boxes (304 photographs in 30 folders).

Description

This collection contains photographs of the Wheeler family. It includes the Samuel R. Wheeler family, the Alfred T. Wheeler family, and in-laws. They encompass portraits and group photographs, and were taken on family occasions, on outings in the mountains, and while living as caretaker of Boulder's watershed. Historical photographs include the flood of 1894, and Alfred T. Wheeler's service in the Colorado National Guard during miners' strikes in Cripple Creek and Telluride.
Samuel R. Wheeler was the organizer and first pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Boulder. He served in that position from 1893 to 1903.
Alfred T. Wheeler was the son of Samuel R. Wheeler. He was caretaker of the Boulder watershed.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. 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

Photographs.

Author/Donor

Wheeler, Alfred T., 1868-1938
Lederer, Rena Beth Wheeler, 1906-, Donor

Subjects

Wheeler family
Van Horn family
Lederer family
Colorado. National Guard. 1st Squadron Cavalry. Troop D.
Seventh Day Baptist Church (Boulder, Colo.)
Strikes and lockouts--Miners--Colorado
Mountains--Colorado
Floods--Colorado--Boulder
Rocky Mountains--Pictorial works
Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Telluride (Colo.)
Boulder (Colo.)--Pictorial works

Acquisition Note

Donor: Rena Beth Wheeler Lederer Gift 1988

Local Note

There are many glass plate negatives stored in the "Negatives Room" on the mezzanine.

Pages

Samuel R. Wheeler family photographs [ca. 1891]-[190-]
Samuel R. Wheeler family photographs [ca. 1891]-[190-]
Call Number 513-1-1
Date [1891-1909]
Contents 4 photographs.
Description Portrait photographs of members of the Samuel R. Wheeler family.

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S.R. Wheeler family reunion photographs 1907-1909
S.R. Wheeler family reunion photographs 1907-1909
Call Number 513-1-2
Date 1907-1909
Contents 5 photographs, 3 views (2 digitized).
Description Members of the Andrews and Wheeler family at the Andrews home, 382 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder. T

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Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler 50th wedding anniversary photograph 1913
Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler 50th wedding anniversary photograph 1913
Call Number 513-1-3
Date 1913
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Samuel R. Wheeler family members celebrating the 50th wedding anniversary of Samuel and Sophia, 1913.

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Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler 60th wedding anniversary photographs 1923
Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler 60th wedding anniversary photographs 1923
Call Number 513-1-4
Date 1923
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Samuel R. Wheeler family members celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Samuel and Sophia, 1923.

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Samuel R. Wheeler homes photographs
Samuel R. Wheeler homes photographs
Call Number 513-1-5
Date [1891-1929]
Contents 4 photographs (2 digitized).
Description Photographs of members of the Samuel R. Wheeler family at their two homes in Boulder; at 400 Marine Street and 632 University Avenue.

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Alfred T. Wheeler family photographs 1905-1908
Alfred T. Wheeler family photographs 1905-1908
Call Number 513-1-6
Date 1905-1908
Contents 7 photographs, 6 views (6 digitized).
Description Photographs of members of the Alfred T. Wheeler family at their home at 765 University Avenue in Boulder. Two are wedding portraits of Alfred T. Wheeler and Irene L. Van Horn, married 4 July 1905.

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Alfred T. Wheeler home photographs [1900-1909]
Alfred T. Wheeler home photographs [1900-1909]
Call Number 513-1-7
Date [1900-1909]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Two photographs of the Alfred T. Wheeler home at 765 University Avenue, one showing Mrs. Wheeler sitting on the porch.

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Lederer family photograph 1937
Lederer family photograph 1937
Call Number 513-1-8
Date 1937
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Members of the Lederer family and their home at 525 College Avenue.

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Lederer family home photographs [1920-1940]
Lederer family home photographs [1920-1940]
Call Number 513-1-9
Date [1920-1940]
Contents 6 photographs, 5 views (5 digitized).
Description Photographs taken of or near the Lederer family home at 525 College Avenue.

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Van Horn family photographs 1885-1900
Van Horn family photographs 1885-1900
Call Number 513-1-10
Date 1885-1900
Contents 5 photographs, 4 views (4 digitized).
Description Members of the James Van Horn family and their home.

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Clarke family photographs [1885-1912]
Clarke family photographs [1885-1912]
Call Number 513-1-11
Date [1885-1912]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Members of the Clarke family and their home at 2245 Water Street (now Canyon Blvd.).

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Hoeing and seeding photograph [1919]
Hoeing and seeding photograph [1919]
Call Number 513-1-12
Date [1919]
Contents 2 photographs [1 digitized].
Description Members of the Wheeler family hoeing and seeding at a house at 1115 6th Street, 1919.

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