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Eben G. Fine papers 1889-1957 (bulk 1930-1957)
Eben G. Fine papers 1889-1957 (bulk 1930-1957)
Call Number
304
Date
1889-1957
Contents
2 boxes (49 folders)
Description
This collection contains records and clippings about the Eben Fine family, texts of lectures and articles Fine wrote, letters of appreciation, poems, greeting cards, etc., relating to Fine's work as a photographer and travelog lecturer during 1922-1957, and other papers Fine acquired during his decades of civic involvement in the affairs of Boulder, Colorado. Some of the articles in this collection were used in Fine's autobiography, Remembered Yesterdays, published in 1957.
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Tributes to Eben G. Fine [1940-1957]
Tributes to Eben G. Fine [1940-1957]
Call Number
304-1-44
Contents
1 folder.
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Visitor's welcome night [1955-1957]
Visitor's welcome night [1955-1957]
Call Number
304-1-23
Date
[1955-1957]
Contents
4 p.
Description
This folder contains two 2-page typed versions by Eben Fine regarding the origin of the visitors' welcome night program at the Boulder Chautauqua in 1929. Sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, the program promoted tourism in Boulder. Fine used this material in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 74-75.
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Some interesting experiences of my lecture tours [1955-1957]
Some interesting experiences of my lecture tours [1955-1957]
Call Number
304-1-22
Date
1955-1957
Contents
11 p.
Description
This folder contains Eben Fine's 11-page typed account of reminiscences from his promotional lecture tours for the Burlington Railway Company and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. He used this material in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 68-70, 72-72, 83-99.
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adventure on the Arapaho Glacier
An adventure on the Arapaho Glacier
Call Number
304-1-18
Date
1945
Contents
9 p.
Description
This folder contains Eben Fine's 9-page typescript account of his discovering the Arapaho Glacier on 14 July 1900. He revised this material a decade later for a chapter in Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 13-19.
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Life grows richer
Life grows richer: when you study the wonders and glories of nature 1936 March
Call Number
304-1-26
Date
1936
Contents
8 p.
Description
This folder contains 2 copies of an autobiographical article by former Rexall druggist Eben Fine, in which he recounts his shift from pharmacy work to outdoors photography, which became his hobby after his retirement from the pharmacy business in 1925 when he began presenting illustrated lectures on "Rambles through the Rockies." The article was in the Rexall Ad-Vantages magazine of March, 1936, p. 26-27, 60-61.
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adventure and discovery [1955-1957]
An adventure and discovery [1955-1957]
Call Number
304-1-17
Date
[1955-1957]
Contents
6 p.
Description
This folder contains a 6-page carbon copy typescript of Eben Fine's account of his discovering the Arapaho Glacier on 14 July 1900. He used this material for a chapter in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 13-19. For a previous version of this chapter written in 1945, see BHS 304 b1 f18.
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Autobiography of Eben G. Fine [1955-1957]
Autobiography of Eben G. Fine [1955-1957]
Call Number
304-1-16
Date
[1955-1957]
Contents
21 p.
Description
This folder contains a 21-page typescript of Eben G. Fine's autobiography, parts of which he incorporated into the preface and early chapters of his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company,1957), p. 1-26 ff.
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