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[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Colorado]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Colorado]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Biography''' | ||
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 {{FHL|342573|title-id|disp=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 [[Colorado]] is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the ''Bromwell Index ''(Family History Library {{FHL|342573|title-id|disp=films 1688547-8}}), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933. | ||
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''Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado''. . . . Two Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library {{FHL|193287|title-id|disp=book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142}}.) | ''Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado''. . . . Two Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library {{FHL|193287|title-id|disp=book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142}}.) | ||
'''Other Resources'''<br> | '''Other Resources'''<br> | ||
:*Mardos Memorial Library, [http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/ Colorado Selections] | :*Mardos Memorial Library, [http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/ Colorado Selections] | ||
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Colorado Biography
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.)
Other Resources
- Mardos Memorial Library, Colorado Selections
- Colorado State Archives, Colorado Biographies
- State Biographies, Colorado from GeneaSearch