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Muriel Sibell Wolle papers, 1926-1976.

Archival/Mixed Materials

1926

Title:	Muriel Sibell Wolle papers, 1926-1976.
Author:	Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
Call Number:	C MSS WH906
Web Site:	Finding aid in repository and online. Digitized images from the Muriel Sibell Wolle Papers.
Description:	34.5 linear ft. (35 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize file folder, 59 photo boxes, 1 photo oversize file folder)
Bio/Organization Note:	Colorado author, artist, historian, and lecturer. Born April 3, 1898 Brooklyn, N.Y. Long-time resident of Colorado and art professor at University of Colorado. Died January 9, 1977 Boulder.
Summary:	Papers related to Wolle's interest in western ghost towns. She researched the towns, made notes, tore articles and illustrations from magazines, collected newspaper clippings and organized these items in scrapbooks. Wolle made detailed notes of her interviews. The collection includes these notes as well as the forms and photographs and sketches of the towns and places that Wolle visited.
Subjects:	Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977 -- Archives. Women artists -- Colorado -- Boulder. Ghost towns -- Colorado. Ghost towns -- West (U.S.) Mining camps -- Colorado. Mining camps -- West (U.S.) Women authors, American -- Colorado.
Genre:	Albums (Books)
Other Author:	Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977
Other Title:	Stampede to timberline. Montana pay dirt.
Notes:	Books by Muriel Sibell Wolle: Stampede to Timberline : The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado, and Montana Pay Dirt, a Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State. Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo. Wolle art work is part of the DPL Western Art Collection.
Source:	Gift of Mrs. Wolle and estate, 1963, 1977, 1980. Gift; Estate of Ronald Clyde Hill; 2024.

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