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Lecture tour report and list of engagements 1930-1940
Lecture tour report and list of engagements 1930-1940
Call Number
304-1-(33-39)
Date
1930-1940
Contents
7 p.
Description
These 7 folders contain Eben Fine's annual reports to the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, the Burlington Railroad, the Colorado and Southern Railway Company and the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company.
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Scrapbooks 1906-1955
Scrapbooks 1906-1955
Call Number
304-2-(1-4)
Date
1906-1955
Contents
4 items.
Description
These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, lectures, correspondence, pamphlets and photoprints dealing with Fine's career as a lecturer and promoter of Boulder, Colo.
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Eben G. Fine Writings [1924-1943]
Eben G. Fine Writings [1924-1943], First lesson, In my lifetime, Bit of history, Where shall I go?, Home for mountain trout
Call Number
304-1-15
Date
[1924-1943]
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains miscellaneous articles, biographical notes, and two letters written by Eben G. Fine between about 1924 and 1943.
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Eben G. Fine family Confirmation certificates 1899-1910
Eben G. Fine family Confirmation certificates 1899-1910
Call Number
304-1-2
Date
1899-1910
Contents
2 items.
Description
These confirmation certificates were issued at St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder.
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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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Recollections of Chief Buckskin Charlie 1940 Aug. 31
Recollections of Chief Buckskin Charlie 1940 Aug. 31
Call Number
304-1-29
Date
1940
Contents
6 pages.
Description
This folder contains a 6-page carbon copy typed transcript of a KOA radio program on 31 Aug. 1940 in which Eben Fine discussed his acquaintance with the Ute Indians and his friendship with Chief Buckskin Charlie that resulted from Fine's work in bringing a group of Ute Indians to Boulder to help celebrate the city's fiftieth (Semi-Centennial) anniversary in 1909. Fine used some of this material for a chapter in his Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company 1957), p. 27-49.
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Eben G. and Mary Coulson Fine Marriage certificate 1889 Sept. 24
Eben G. and Mary Coulson Fine Marriage certificate 1889 Sept. 24
Call Number
304-1-1
Date
1889
Contents
1 item.
Description
This marriage certificate was issued at Salt Lake City, Territory of Utah, where Eben Fine and Mary Coulson were married in a Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Eben G. Fine Autographs book 1955
Eben G. Fine Autographs book 1955
Call Number
304-1-13
Date
1955
Contents
1 v.
Description
According to the inscription inside the front cover, the [Dorothy] Pepers gave this book to "Uncle Eben" on 8 Nov. 1955, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. The book contains greetings from numerous friends.
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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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Autographs
Autographs
Call Number
304-1-9
Date
undated
Contents
17 items.
Description
These signatures were in an envelope of the Colorado Archaeological Society.
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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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Rockies
The Rockies: a storehouse of riches undated
Call Number
304-1-27
Date
undated
Contents
9 p.
Description
This folder contains Eben Fine's 9-page typescript for a talk on the natural mineral wealth in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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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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Correspondence, incoming 1889-1957
Correspondence, incoming 1889-1957
Call Number
304-1-42
Date
1889-1957
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains correspondence (or copies thereof) which Eben Fine received between 1889 and 1957. The 1889 letter is a typescript of the notification he was sent on 22 Feb. 1889 that he had passed the examination of the Colorado Board of Pharmacy. Most of the letters date from the 1930s and 1950s, commending Fine for his travelogs which promoted tourism in Colorado. H. S. Andrew wrote in 1953, recounting his memories of Fine's discovery of the Arapaho glacier field.
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Arthur Guiterman writings [1930-1939]
Arthur Guiterman writings [1930-1939]
Call Number
304-1-43
Date
[1930-1939]
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains poems, handmade greeting cards, and letters written by Arthur Guiterman, which Eben Fine received and collected. Guiterman's poetry appeared in the New York Times and in the Golden Book of Poetry.
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F.A. Boggess letter, 1951
F.A. Boggess letter, 1951
Call Number
304-1-46
Date
1951
Contents
2 p.
Description
A letter written by Eben Fine to F. A. Boggess in which he discusses how he disposed of his photograph collection.
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Newspaper clippings 1906-1957 (bulk 1930-1957)
Newspaper clippings 1906-1957 (bulk 1930-1957)
Call Number
304-1-14
Date
1906-1957
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains archival photocopies of newspaper clippings, mainly from the Boulder Daily Camera, concerning Eben G. Fine. Also in the folder are 4 index cards from the Camera's library, referencing the newspaper's articles about Mr. Fine and his family.
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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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Boulder, Colorado and her mountain wonderland
Boulder, Colorado and her mountain wonderland: A travelog undated
Call Number
304-1-11
Date
undated
Contents
2 items.
Description
This is a pamphlet (2 copies) written by Fine and published by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce.
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Eben G. Fine Last will and testament 1957 March 14
Eben G. Fine Last will and testament 1957 March 14
Call Number
304-1-45
Date
1957
Contents
5 p.
Description
This folder contains a typed copy of the will of Eben Fine, dated 14 March 1957. Fine died on 30 April 1957, at the age of 91.
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second adventure on the Arapaho Glacier [1955-1957]
A second adventure on the Arapaho Glacier [1955-1957]
Call Number
304-1-20
Date
[1955-1957]
Contents
6 p.
Description
This folder contains Eben Fine's 6-page typescript account of his adventure on the Arapaho Glacier on 13 September 1925. He used this material for a chapter in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 53-59.
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Boy's Hotel (Kansas City, MO.) booklet and correspondence 1928-1933
Boy's Hotel (Kansas City, MO.) booklet and correspondence 1928-1933
Call Number
304-1-40
Date
1928-1933
Contents
2 items.
Description
This folder contains a booklet, "Heinie's" Boys, concerning the Boys' Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, and a letter that Charles B. ""Heinie" Hahn wrote to Eben Fine on 6 Sept. 1933 inquiring into the possibility of building a boys' camp in Boulder.
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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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Mary Fonda Coulson Fine Funeral records 1930 Sept. 24
Mary Fonda Coulson Fine Funeral records 1930 Sept. 24
Call Number
304-1-3
Date
1930
Contents
12 items.
Description
This folder contains the memorial record of the funeral, condolence messages, a requiem, and various prayers and messages printed on cards.
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story of a paperweight
The story of a paperweight: A brief description of the geology of the petrified forest in Arizona undated
Call Number
304-1-25
Date
undated
Contents
3 items.
Description
This folder contains 3 printed copies of Eben Fine's 1-page story which he sent to friends and relatives with small polished specimens of petrified wood. Fine used this material for a chapter in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 80-81.
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