AHJ_ah02958 Martin G. Wenger's Recollections of Robert Livermore, 1968 Wenger (Martin G.) Recollections of Robert Livermore Leslie C. Waggener and D. Claudia Thompson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2019

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Leslie Waggener. 2019 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Wenger, Martin G., 1890- Martin G. Wenger's recollections of Robert Livermore 1968 02958 0.10 cubic ft. (1 folder) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Recollections of Martin G. Wenger about Robert Livermore, a mining engineer and executive who engaged in mining exploration throughout the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. Biography of Martin G. Wenger

Martin George Wenger is the author of Recollections of Telluride, Colorado, 1895-1920, published in 1978. He grew up in Telluride and was a newspaper boy during the time of the mining labor strikes ca. 1901-1905 at the Liberty Bell, Smuggler Union, and Tomboy Mines.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains a 30-page handwritten manuscript by Martin G. Wenger dated 1968 about his recollections of Robert Livermore. Livermore (1876-1959) was a mining engineer and executive who engaged in mining exploration throughout the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. He was vice-president, and later president, of the Smuggler Union Mining Company, which operated the Smuggler Union Mine near Telluride, Colorado, until its closure in 1928. He was also a vice-president of North American Mines, Inc., and a partner in Hutchinson and Livermore, mining engineers, both located in Boston, Massachusetts. Wenger’s recollections about Livermore were privately printed in Colorado in 1978 in his Recollections of Telluride, 1895-1920.

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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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 Related Materials

The American Heritage Center houses the papers of Robert Livermore. There are no known other archival collections created by Martin G. Wenger at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Martin G. Wenger in 1968.

The collection was cataloged by Leslie C. Waggener and arranged by D. Claudia Thompson in January 2019.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Livermore, Robert, 1876-1959. Smuggler Union Mining Company. Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado -- History. Gold mines and mining -- Colorado. Silver mines and mining -- Colorado. Mining engineers -- Biography. Businessmen -- Colorado -- Biography. Strikes and lockouts -- Miners -- Colorado. Telluride (Colo.) -- History. Smuggler Union Mine (Telluride, Colo.) <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Agriculture and Natural Resources Mines and Mineral Resources Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce Science, Technology and Health