Joseph B. Sturtevant collection, 1899-1957

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Title: Joseph B. Sturtevant collection, 1899-1957
Call Number: 829
Contents: 6 folders in 1 box.
Description: This collection contains a notebook of hand-written poems with sketches and photographs to illustrate them by Joseph Sturtevant; other sketches by Joseph Sturtevant; notes made by Forest Crossen of interviews with Sam Sturtevant and Hal Coulson; chapters and an outline for a book by Forest Crossen about the life of Joseph Sturtevant.
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: Documents.
Author/Donor: Sinner, Rick
Pettem, Silvia
Subjects: Sturtevant, J. B. (Joseph Bevier), 1851-1910--Drawings
Coulson, Hal (Harold S.), 1875-1969
Sturtevant, Samuel B, 1879-1960
Crossen, Forest, 1905-1992
Acquisition Note: Donor: Silvia Pettem 3060 15th Street, Boulder, CO 80304 Gift 1993 given to Silvia Pettem and Rick Sinner by Forest Crossen in 1987.

: Sparkling gems of the Rocky Mountains / 1902-1909

Call Number 829-1-1

Date 1902-1909

Contents 86 p.

Description A collection of hand-written poems with sketches and photographs to illustrate them. The date on the cover is 1902 and the last dated section of the book is 1906. In the back are newspaper clippings about Sturtevant, dated between 1899 and 1909.

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: Sturtevant drawings, [undated]

Call Number 829-1-2

Date undated

Contents 12 drawings.

Description Original drawings by Joseph B. Sturtevant: nine are mountain landscapes of the Boulder area; one titled "Down on the ranch" shows children at play; one depicts a frontiersman shooting at Indians on horseback; and one is a drawing of Winfield Scott Hancock.

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: Where the morning glories twine around the same old door, 1910

Call Number 829-1-3

Date 1910

Contents 1 p.

Description Lyrics to a song, hand-written and illustrated with a sketch by Joseph Sturtevant and dated 1910.

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: Sam Sturtevant interview, [undated]

Call Number 829-1-4

Date undated

Contents 13 p.

Description Hand-written notes made by Forest Crossen from an interview with Sam Sturtevant, son of Joseph B. Sturtevant.

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: Rocky Mountain Joe manuscript, [undated]

Call Number 829-1-5

Date undated

Contents 46 p.

Description Type-written chapters and an outline for a proposed book by Forest Crossen on the life of Joseph B. Sturtevant.

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: Hal Coulson interview, [undated]

Call Number 829-1-6

Date undated

Contents 7 p.

Description Hand-written notes made by Forest Crossen from an interview with Hal Coulson, local photographer. Most of the information is on the technical aspects of photography, ca. 1890-1900s.

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