Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 2

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Dietrich Charles Abrams
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 2
Item Description: 
Abrams, Dietrich Charles - Biographical information for Dietrich Charles "Dick" Abrams; "Pioneer Life in Laramie as Recalled by D. C. Abrams", interviewed by Maude B. Ingham for "Stories of Pioneer Life", no published source; captioned photos of subject's family, friends and life
Date: 
Undated
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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born: Apr. 8, 1869, at Laramie (Wyo. Terr. - now Albany Co., Wyo.)
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Deputy U. S. Clerk of Court - Deputy U. S. Marshal
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reporter - insurance agent
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Secretary, Vice-Commission
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government customs house, employee
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member: Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star and Episcopalian Church
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Abrams, Katherine Delaney Terrell (wife - m: ? - d: 1900)
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early education: Sisters's School and high school at Laramie - also Denver school
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University of Wyoming graduate (1887-1892) - Master's Degree in science (1897)q
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talented musician, piano and pipe organ
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owned mocassins made of Big Nose George's skin - UPRR Museum (Omaha, Neb.)
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attended German Lutheran Church as child - joined Episcopal Church
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died: Sep. 13, 1945
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buried: Greenhill Cemetery (Plot: Row IOOF, Lot 53, Space 3-1/2 - Memorial ID: 51482797) at Laramie
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later residences: Denver (Colo.), Juneau and Ketchikan (Alaska); Portland (Or.) Seattle (Wash.); Grant's Pass (Wash.)
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occupations: newspaper reporter, (Laramie Boomerang) and insurance co.
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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