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Lamborn, Robert Henry print view role Collector dates 1836-1895 city Denver state CO other cities Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; sex M historical notes Dr. Robert Henry Lamborn was a metallurgist and engineer who collected colonial and pre-Columbian works of art while building a railroad south from El Paso into Mexico. Lamborn's collection was given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1903. decades of activity 1880-1890 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:31 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Denver Public Library Western History, Genealogy Department Robert Henry Lamborn Papers, 1878 Feb. 25-1881 Jan. 20s. see details... Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives William Jackson Palmer letters, 1859-1903 (bulk 1859-1867). see details... Colorado College Special Collections Tutt Library William A. Bell Papers, 1871-1872. Part 2, Ms0306 see details... Brown University, John Hay Archives John Hay Library Lester Frank Ward Correspondence, 1865-1913, "King" to "Marcon" see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Mexican folk art. see details... Prints and Photographs Study Room (308) Humanities and Social Sciences Library Print Collection portrait file. / L / Robert H. Lamborn. see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Dalton Dorr Records, 1876-1904 see details... Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs New York Public Library Historical and Public Figures: A General Portrait File to the 1920s see details... «  back