Format:
Book
Title:
Colorado givers : a history of philanthropic heroes / Thomas J. Noel with Stephen J. Leonard and Kevin E. Rucker.
Author:
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Call Number:
361.740978 N682co
Publisher, Date:
Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c1998.
Description:
xiii, 129 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., ports. (some col.), 1 map ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Philanthropists -- Colorado -- Biography.
Charities -- Colorado -- History.
Other Author:
Leonard, Stephen J.
Rucker, Kevin E.
Contents:
1. Gold Rush Origins. Native Generosity. The "Sudden Riches Disease" -- 2. Women's Touch. Elizabeth Sumner Byers: Colorado's Pioneer Philanthropist. Aunt Clara Brown: Up From Slavery. Visiting Nurses. Emily Griffith: A Teacher for All Times. Anne Evans: A Giver on Many Fronts -- 3. Religious Charity. Catholic Nuns. The Sisters of Charity. The Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of St. Francis. Mother Frances Cabrini. Protestant Givers. Henry M. Porter. Eben-Ezer Sanitarium. The Salvation Army. The Volunteers of America. Goodwill Industries. The Denver Rescue Mission. Rev. Edgar M. Wahlberg: The Social Conscience of Colorado. Myron Reed: A Radical Christian. Frances Wisebart Jacobs and Jewish Charity -- 4. Organizing Charity. The Charity Organization Society. The Unemployed Citizens League. State Charity -- 5. Notable Colorado Philanthropists. Governor John Evans: "We shall do all the good we can." Rufus "Potato" Clark: King of Spuds. William Jackson Palmer: Founder and Patron of Colorado Springs. Winfield Scott Stratton: Midas of the Rockies. John Kernan Mullen: Irish Patron of the Rockies. The Thatchers of Pueblo. Albert E. Humphreys Sr. and Colorado's First Foundation. Charles Boettcher: A Diversified Tycoon. William E. Heginbotham: Bankrolling Phillips County. Anna and Alonzo Petteys: Friends of Northeastern Colorado. The Coors Family of Golden. The Gates Family Foundation. Mary and Verner Z. Reed. Julie and Spencer Penrose. The Denver Post Philanthropies: Bonfils and Tammen. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Henry Sachs of Colorado Springs. Arthur and Helen Johnson: Patrons of Denver's Zoo. "Buck" Burshears: La Junta's Lord of the Dance. Elizabeth and Walter Paepcke: Aspen's Saviors. Private Martinez and General Rose: The Ultimate Sacrifice -- 6. The Foundation Era -- App. Selected Colorado Grant Providers.
ISBN:
0870815326 (alk. paper)