Walt Whitman letter written to William Ingram.

Walter Chatfield attended the University of Colorado after World War II. The collection contains rules and program booklets regarding the Chi Epsilon honorary society and ephemera and a photograph from Chatfield’s attendance at CU, 1946-1949.

Memorabilia collected by Walter and Virginia newton, New York City "shag" dance champions (1939-1940), containing the Newton's original scrapbook of their "Shag" dance championship, 1939-1940, and photographs.

Pamphlets, maps and clippings on the Union Pacific Railroad, Estes Park, Larimer County and Routt National Forest. Collection includes a 1940 Atlas of Larimer County, a 1930s map of state game reserves and a brief history of Estes Park.

Collegiate song books collected by Walter S. "Wally" Collins (1926-1997), including extensive research materials on the Yale Song Book.

Papers contain the vitae of Walter J. Rockler, as well as two articles written by him. One relates his experiences as a US Marine translator who participated in the US takeover of Saipan, as well as his earlier training at the US Navy US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School. The other details his work as a young prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials in Germany after World War II. SMss.

Typed transcript of the oral memoirs of Walter Packard, early water conservationist, socialist, and agricultural expert. Original held by Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. SMss.

Book of assay reports done for the Wanakah Mining Co. of Ouray, Colorado. SMss.

Ward Darley, Jr. (1903-1979), graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School in 1929, and was Dean of the Medical School (1945-1953), and president of the University of Colorado (1953-1956). The collection contains information on his term as president at CU, as well as on Darley’s life and work. Included are personal and professional correspondence, photographs, reports, speeches, publications, and research files.

Ward Hussey was a graduate of the World War II era US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School. The collection consists of photographs and records relating to Ward Hussey’s attendance at the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School and service in World War II.

Scrapbooks compiled by Warner Imig (1913-2005), Professor of Music (1937-1978) and Dean (1951-1978), University of Colorado Boulder College of Music; DMA honoris causa, University of Colorado, 1978.

Warren Bleecker was a graduate manager of athletics at C.U. before working closely in local and state government, serving as both president of the Colorado Tax Council and the president of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. He worked largely in the field of chemical and metallurgical research and became president of three separate related companies in Boulder. His collection includes his research, political career papers, and other related material regarding his life and works.

Papers contain information about Warren Johnston’s attendance in the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School, located at the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1942-1946; as well as information and correspondence about his consequent assignment on the Marianas Islands, where he ran the Tinian School for displaced Japanese and Korean children. Guide available in Special Collections and Archives.

Two notebooks listing articles from Denver newspapers about the water question in Denver, plus summaries of some of the articles. SMss.

Typed manuscript, probably completed for the WPA Historical Records Survey, concerning water and irrigation laws of the arid western lands. SMss.

Wayne D. Overholser was born in Pomeroy, Washington, in 1906 and presently lives in Boulder. From 1926-1945, he taught in Oregon schools before he turned to free-lance writing. He has published over 27 western novels and 400 western short stories and novelettes. The collection contains material on Colorado and the West: mining directories, descriptions of agriculture and ranching methods and geological survey records.

1 video tape containing We Were Never Supposed To Be Rich: The Story of Cripple Creek, Colorado, “The World's Greatest Gold Camp”

Furnas (1917-2011) served in the Navy intelligence branch for over 30 years. Furnas was a graduate of the US Navy Japanese Language School which was located at the University of Colorado from 1942-1944. The Furnas Collection contains documents pertaining to his service in the Navy, including correspondence and official records, there are also newspaper clippings and photographs.