Collection contains microfilm Mflm195.
Collection also available on microfilm (C MSS WH55).
Photographers include: A.E. Rinehart, Denver, Colo., A.D. Jameson, Hileman & Hill, Perry & Bohm, Denver, Colo., Nast, Denver, Colo., Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, Calif., H.S. Bellsmith, Denver, Colo., and The Nichols Studio, Denver, Colo.
Collection includes former C Photo Collection 176: Byers family photograph collection; C Photo Album 241, C Photo Album 242.
Contact Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.
William Byers was a Colorado pioneer, surveyor, and newspaper editor. Founder of the Rocky Mountain News. Built the first telegraph line from Denver, Colo. to New Mexico. Served as director and vice-president of the Tramway Company. Elizabeth Byers founded and provided for the E.M. Byers School for Boys.
Repository also has: Frank S. Byers correspondence (C MSS -M526), Albert Bierstadt letter (C MSS -M60), J. D. Winters papers (C MSS WH389), William Thomas Russell papers (C MSS -M777), E. M. Byers School for Boys (C MSS WH561), 2 reels microfilm of original letter books (v.1-10) (C MSS Mflm140), 7 reels microfilm of correspondence from Byers to prominent persons of the day (C MSS Mflm132).
Some items are discolored and or soiled. Albums have embossed leather cover with metal clasps.
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