Rex and Wilma Hieronymus photograph album

1918-1924

578

1 box.

A beautifully prepared photograph album with locations hand written, and artistic embellishments drawn on many pages. The photographs focus on the lives of Rex Hieronymus and Wilma Graham. All of the pages have been numbered to preserve their original order. They have been rearranged for cataloging based upon the image locations. The photographs of locations outside Boulder County have not been digitized.

Rex Eugene Hieronymus was born in Illinois on 11 February 1895 to Robert E. and Lois C. Hieronymus. He appears to have had four siblings, Faith, Frantz, Grace and Robert C. According to the 1920 census for Boulder, Colo., Rex Hieronymus was listed as living with his aunt and uncle, Frank and Matilda Frantz, on Mapleton Avenue. He graduated from University of Colorado with an Engineering degree in 1922.
In 1923, Rex married Wilma Graham who attended the University of Colorado as a member of the class of 1922, but it is unclear whether or not she graduated. After graduation, Rex worked for General Electric in Schenectady, New York and the couple lived there for some years. In 1930, the couple lived in Proviso, Illinois, and in the 1940s Rex was a partner in a Chicago real estate company. They later moved to Denver, Colorado.
The couple had at least two children: Sharon, born in 1928 (married Keim) and Richard, born circa 1931. Rex died 29 January 1990 and Wilma died 5 June 1998 in Lakewood, Colorado. John Keim donated the album in 2007.

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.

Photographs.

Hieronymus, Wilma P. Graham, 1898-1998
Hieronymus, Rex E, 1895-1990

Donor: John Keim, 30 June 2007.