James William Denver Collection
Scope and Contents
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Lawyer and Union general. Correspondence (1855-1888) of the Denver family, from politicians concerning national politics and political appointments, and from Denver's legal practice, including cases involving damage claims for cotton illegally seized by the U.S. Government during the Civil War; a manuscript account (n.d.) of Denver's activities as a Union brigadier general, 1861-1863; a pamphlet (1884) endorsing Denver as a Democratic nominee for the presidency; typescripts of a journal (1850) kept by Denver during an overland journey from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, to California; pamphlets (1865-1891) of speeches by Denver and others, and bills of Congress in which Denver had an interest; and a genealogical chart (n.d.) of the Francis Xavier Rombach family. James William Denver Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1849-1891
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.5 ft. (.5 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchased from Paul North, Jr., and Charles Apfelbaum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--North, Paul, Jr. and Charles Apfelbaum. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.
- California -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- California -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Claims Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Confiscation -- Confederate States of America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton trade -- Confederate States of America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Democratic Party Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Denver, A. St. Clair
- Denver, James William, 1817-1892
- Denver, Louise Catherine, 1833-1914
- Elections -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogies Subject Source: Ftamc
- Journals (notebooks) Subject Source: Ftamc
- Law firms -- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Overland journeys to the Pacific Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rombach family
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Claims Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
