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The best collection of published biographies in [[Portal:Colorado|Colorado]] is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the ''Bromwell Index''(Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=342573&disp=Colorado+portrait+and+biography+index++ films 1688547-8]), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933. | The best collection of published biographies in [[Portal:Colorado|Colorado]] is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the ''Bromwell Index ''(Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=342573&disp=Colorado+portrait+and+biography+index++ films 1688547-8]), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933. | ||
Two representative biographical encyclopedias are: | Two representative biographical encyclopedias are: | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 24 November 2008
The best collection of published biographies in Colorado is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the Bromwell Index (Family History Library films 1688547-8), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933.
Two representative biographical encyclopedias are:
Stone, Wilbur Fiske. History of Colorado. Four Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1918-19. (Family History Library book 978.8 H2sw; film 1320948 items 1-3.) Volumes 2-4 contain biographies.
Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado. . . . Two Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142.)
Online Resources
http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/arcbiog.html