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George Morrison portraits
George Morrison portraits
Call Number
249-13-83
Date
1904-1930
Contents
2 photographs.
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Old Timers portraits
Old Timers portraits
Call Number
715-3-(56-59)-Photo
Date
[1900-1919]
Contents
11 photographs (4 digitized).
Description
These portraits were glued onto Pages 56-59 in an album titled "Old Timers" which was organized by Martin R. Parsons. There are 229 prints in the album. If a photograph has been digitized, it is thought to be a unique image in the Carnegie Branch Library collections.
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George Morrison documents.
George Morrison documents.
Call Number
756-1-22
Date
1970-1986
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains two newspaper clippings about George Morrison, Colorado Heritage Magazine (1986, issue 2) which contains the article, "Two Gentlemen of Note: George Morrison, Paul Whiteman, and their Jazz" by Joan Reese, the poem "I'll Do the Best I Can" written and signed by George Morrison, and a brief biography of the Morrison and Reeves families.
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Morrison family photographs.
Morrison family photographs.
Call Number
756-2-24
Date
[1905-1975]
Contents
8 photographs (6 views).
Description
Four snapshots and two portraits of the Morrison family. Individuals primarily include George Morrison, his brother Lee Morrison, and their immediate families.
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George Morrison's Orchestra photograph.
George Morrison's Orchestra photograph.
Call Number
756-2-25
Date
[1945]
Contents
3 photographs (1 view).
Description
Photograph of George Morrison's Orchestra on stage with a bold floral background. Orchestra members are unidentified.
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Reeves-Morrison family photograph.
Reeves-Morrison family photograph.
Call Number
756-2-30
Date
[1960]
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A snapshot of the Reeves-Morrison family at Thanksgiving dinner, circa 1960. Individuals are identified as (l-r) George Morrison Sr., Caleb Allen, Trudi Michelle Morrison-Saunders (young girl), Reona Allen (standing, middle), Cleora Reeves, Willa May Morrison (seated), George Morrison Jr., Vicki Jeanne Morrison-Sloan, Cleora's cousin - name not given, Marian May Morrison-Robinson, and a daughter of George and Willa May Morrison.
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George Morrison Daily Camera newspaper clippings.
George Morrison Daily Camera newspaper clippings.
Call Number
928-MorrisonGeorge
Date
1955-1974
Contents
1 digital file.
Description
Newspaper clippings about George Morrison and his career as a musician and orchestra and band leader. These original Daily Camera clippings, as well some clippings from Denver area newspapers that were not digitized, can be found in the Daily Camera clipping files under Morrison, George.
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Anthony Ray letter, 1993 November 7
Anthony Ray letter, 1993 November 7
Call Number
998-11-20
Date
1993
Contents
1 Document.
Description
A letter written to Billie Arlene Grant by Anthony Ray in response to her inquiry about experiences of African Americans in Boulder. In it he discusses the University of Colorado and higher education for African Americans; people living in the Goss/Grove neighborhood, and the careers they went on to.
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Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups: African Americans clippings
Call Number
VF Ethnic Groups - African Americans
Date
after 1895
Contents
1 vertical file.
Description
One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: various Boulder County African American issues, news and personalities, including noted sports stars, the famous jazz musican George Morrison, and one-time Boulder resident Oliver T. Jackson who in 1911 founded a town of Dearfield in Weld County. Also included are: a Boulder County history article about the showing of the movie' "Birth of a Nation"; the history of Lincoln Hills and Camp Nizhoni, which were the only African American resort and girls' camp just six miles South of Nederland in Gilpin County; and articles about Eddie Taylor's Everest ascent as part of the first all-Black summit team.
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George Morrison newspaper clippings.
George Morrison newspaper clippings.
Call Number
VF Ethnic Groups - African Americans: George Morrison.
Date
[1992]-2002
Contents
1 digital file
Description
Newspaper clippings about musician George Morrison. The original clippings can be found in the Carnegie Library vertical file "Ethnic Groups - African Americans."
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