The September edition of Denver Public Library’s Manuscript Collection News is now available at the DPL Web site.

Some highlights from this issue are:

  • New Manuscript Finding Aids
    • Captain Hildreth Frost Papers (WH144)
    • Adelaide French (WH155). Miss French was an active genealogist; in 1994 she was inducted into the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies’ Memorial Hall of Fame (David S. Vogels Award).
  • Hidden Treasures
    • Louisa Ward Arps Papers (WH1234). Papers and photographs from 1880 to 1985.
    • Jane Silverstein Ries (WH1785). Denver’s first woman landscape architect.
    • 10th Mountain Division: America’s Alpine Warriors Exhibit
  • Recent Donations
    • Western History (7 items)
    • Conservation Collection (2 items)
    • 10th Mountain Division (7 items, all personal papers of veterans)
  • Archivists Notes - information about upcoming “Elements of Preservation” workshop. See separate post on this workshop.

    • Past issues are also available. The July News, which includes a description of the Byers Family Collection (”Hidden Treasures”), is available here; the August News has a condensed description of the procedures the library uses to process donations, and is available here.