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Colcord, Charles Francis Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1885–1935
Source: 
Papers, 15.33 feet

Description
Civic leader and businessman. Correspondence (1901–1935) relating to Colcord’s oil and other business activities; general correspondence (1909–1930) to Colcord; and correspondence (1909–1930) from Colcord, his wife, Harriet Scoresby Colcord, his sons, Ray and Sidney Colcord, and his brother, Will C. Colcord; genealogical material (n.d.) concerning the Colcord family; scrapbooks and newspaper clippings (1910–1934) relating to Colcord, including some concerning the 1934 Charles F. Urschel kidnapping case, for which Colcord offered a reward; miscellaneous printed material (1920–1934) collected by Colcord; and a manuscript of his autobiography, published in 1970.