Anne Evans, a pioneer in Colorado's cultural history
Subtitle: the things that last when gold is gone
By: by Barbara Edwards Sternberg ; with Jennifer Boone and Evelyn Waldron ; foreword by Tom Noel
Contributors: Boone, Jennifer; Waldron, Evelyn; Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Buffalo Park Press; Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Denver, Colo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780615383996
Subjects: Women; Biography; Civilization; History
Other titles: Things that last when gold is gone
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-546) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who was Anne Evans?; title: Patriarch John Evans : doctor, governor, Methodist, capitalist, philanthropist; title: New England mother : cultural pioneer; title: Life in Colorado Territory; title: Sand Creek and after; title: A birth in London and an uncommon childhood; title: Denver school days, "wild, free" mountain summers; title: Life lessons from cousin Nina; title: Paris, Berlin, Denver, New York : the artist years; title: Entering Denver's art world; title: John Evans dies, William Evans' star rises; title: The legacy of Margaret Evans; title: Tribulations and resurgence of William Evans; title: Anne Evans and the Denver Art Museum; title: A center of public happiness : the Denver Public Library; title: The dream of a civic center; title: Anne Evans and the theosophical movement; title: Anne Evans, Mary Kent Wallace and the Kent School; title: New Mexico : advocate for the art of Native Americans and the preservation of mission churches; title: Introducing Native arts at the Denver Art Museum; title: You must have a good time! Summer life on the Evans Ranch; title: The Evans/Denver University connections; title: Saving Central; title: Epilogue: Something so solid and substantial; title: Appendices. I. Family tree ; II. Chronology ; III. Anne Evans' accomplishments and honors.