Books:
Noel, Thomas J. and Sandra Dallas, editor of The 250/150 Colorado Anthology (Lakewood, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2025
Noel, Thomas J. and William J. Hansen. Boom & Bust Colorado: From the 1859 Gold Rush to the 2020 Pandemic. Guliford, CN & Helena MT: TWDOT an imprint of Globe Pequot, 2021.
Noel, Thomas J. and Gail M. Beaton. The Woman’s Bank: A Denver Success Story. Denver: Colorado Studies Center, University of Colorado Denver, 2020. 67p., b+w & color images. Sources. Index.
Noel, Thomas J. with Shelby Carr. Charles Davis Vail: The Highway Engineer Who Transformed Colorado Roads. Denver: Colorado Studies Center, University of Colorado Denver, 2019. 94p., b+w & color images. Sources. Index.
Noel, Thomas J. The Bonfils-Stanton Story. Denver: Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, 2019. 51 p., b+w & color image. Sources.
Noel, Thomas J. E-470: More Than a Highway, The Story of a Global Tolling Industry Pioneer. Aurora, CO: E-470 Public Highway Authority, 2018. xii + 61p. index. sources. appendices. Color & b+w photos.
Noel, Thomas J. & Kathleen M. Norman. The Broadmoor Story: History, Tradition, Service, Excellence since 1918. Palmer Lake, CO; The Filter Press, 2018. 213 p. color & b+w photos.
Noel, Thomas J. & David Craig. C Lazy U Ranch: 1919-2019. Granby, CO: C Lazy U Ranch, 2018. vii + 138p. index. sources color & b+w photos, drawings, maps. 2,000 printed.
Hightower, Carol M. & Thomas J. Noel. Colorado. Tacoma Park, Maryland: Chelsea Publishing, Inc. in Association with The Library of Congress & Gates Frontier Fund, 2017. 257 p. Welcome by Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Personal Recollections by Bill Coors. Photography by Carol M. Highsmith. Mostly color photos being donated to the Library of Congress for free public use.
Leonard, Stephen J. & Thomas J. Noel. A Short History of Denver. Carson City: Univ. of Nevada Press, 2016. xviii + 211 p. index. bibliography. photos, drawings. paperback. $21.95
Noel, Thomas J. & Nicholas J. Wharton. Denver Landmarks & Historic Districts. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2016. xvi + 197 p. index. bibliography. appendices. Photos. drawings. maps. Paperback
Noel, Thomas J. The University Club of Denver: The First 125 Years, 1891-2016. Denver: University Club of Denver,2016. xviii + 149 p. index, bibliography, appendices b + w + color photos. Hardback.
Leavitt, Craig W. & Thomas J. Noel. Herndon Davis: Painting Colorado History, 1901-1962. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2016. 296 p. 173 color art works. 9” x 12” paperback $27.95
Noel, Thomas J. Colorado: A Historical Atlas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. xii + 368 p. index, 112 color maps, 109 color illustrations, 7 charts, bibliography. $39.95 hardback. $19.95 paperback. This book won the Angie Debo and Mountain States prizes for best book and also won the top prize from the Colorado Center for the Book for best history book in 2016.
Thomas J. Noel with Jane C. Harper & Craig W. Leavitt. Colorado Newspapers: A History & Inventory, 1859-2000. Denver: Colorado Press Association Founder & Center for Colorado & The West at the Auraria Library, 2014. xv + 432 p. bibliography, appendices, photos, drawings. paperback $49.95. 1,000 copies printed
Anschutz, Philip F., William J. Convery & Thomas J. Noel.
Ghost writer for Out Where The West Begins: Profiles, Visions & Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders. Denver: Cloud Camp Press, Inc., 2015. 392 p., index, chapter sources, color paintings, B & w photos. hardback. (Distributed by U. Of Oklahoma Press)
Noel, Thomas J., Craig W. Leavitt with Diane B. Wunnicke. A History of the Hilltop Heritage Conservation Overlay District in Denver Colorado. Denver: Center for Colorado & The West at the Auraria Library, 2013. 92 p. index. endnotes. color & b & w photos. maps. paperback. $5.00.
Abbott, Carl, Stephen J. Leonard & Thomas J. Noel. Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 2013. fifth, heavily revised edition. xvi + 553p. index. bibliography. endnotes. 125 photos, maps, drawings. biographies. Officials. Statistics and symbols. 6" x 9 1/4" hardback & paperback. $29.95
This thorough survey emphasizes the state's 20th century urbanization, multi-culturalism and boosterism.
Noel, Thomas J. University of Colorado Hospital: A History. Denver: University of Colorado Hospital Foundation, 2013. 155 p. index. Sources. color & b & w images. 9 ½ x 12 ½’ hardback. $50.
Gallagher, Dennis, Thomas Jacob Noel & James Patrick Walsh. Irish Denver. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing,
2012. (Images of America Series) 128 p., index, bibliography, b + w photos and drawings, 6 ½” x 9 ¼”
Paperback. $21.99.
Noel, Thomas J. & Debra B. Faulkner. The Colorado Story.
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith Education, 2011. xvii + 238 p.
Index. Glossary. Maps. color and black and white images. 10” x 11” hardback. $44.95
This fourth grade Colorado History text book is part of a packet that includes 1) An Audio Book 2) Digital Resources 3) an English Language Learning Book
4) A Student Guide and 5) A Teacher Guide.
Noel, Thomas J. & Debra B. Faulkner. Mile High Tourism: Denver’s Convention & Visitor History. Denver: VISIT DENVER: The Convention & Visitor Bureau & the Center for Colorado & The West, 2010. Foreword by Mayor John Hickenlooper. vi + 163 p. index. sources. color photos. appendices. $39.95 hardback
Noel, Thomas J. and Amy Zimmer. Showtime: Denver's Performing Arts, Convention Centers & Theatre District. Denver: Denver Theatres & Arenas, 2008. 144 p. Over 400 color and black and white photos, index, sources. $49.95 hardback. 14 x 11 inches
Limited deluxe hardback edition of 1900 copies.
Noel, Thomas J. Colorado Historic Places: Sites Supported with the Colorado Historical Society’s State Historical Fund. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers, 2007. 392p. Index, bibliography, 300 color and black and white illustrations. Maps. appendices.
Noel, Thomas J. Riding High: Colorado Ranchers & The First 100 Years of the National Western Stock Show. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing Co, 2005. xxi + 318 p. index. bibliography. appendices. maps. 350 photos and drawings. 9 x 12 hardback $50. paperback $32.
Noel, Thomas J. & Debra B. Faulkner. Colorado: An Illustrated History of the Highest State. Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, 2006. 400 p. index, bibliography, 400 color & b + w images. 9 ½ x 12 ½ inches. $34.95 hardback
Noel, Thomas J. Sacred Stones: Colorado’s Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre. Denver: Division of Theatres and Arenas, 2004. Photos, index, appendices, bibliography. 129 pages. Foreword by Crosby, Stills & Nash. 12” x 9.” $34.95 hardcover.
Leonard, Stephen J., Thomas J. Noel & Donald L Walker, Jr.
Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer. Denver: Colorado Historical Society, 2003. vii + 187 p., endnotes, bibliography, index, photos, 6” x 9” hardback $24.95/ paperback $19.95.
Noel, Thomas J. and Cathleen M. Norman. A Pikes Peak Partnership: The Penroses and the Tutts. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2000, 2002 paperback reprint. xii + 264p. index. bibliography. chapter endnotes. black and white and color photos. drawings. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" hardback.
Noel, Thomas J. & William J. Hanson. The Montclair Neighborhood. Denver, CO: Historic Denver, Inc., 1999. (Historic Denver Guides) 112p. index. bibliography. photos. drawings. maps. $9.95. 5" x 7" paperback.
Noel, Thomas J. & Dan W. Corson. Boulder County: An Illustrated History. Boulder: Historic Boulder, Inc., 1999. 312 p., index, bib., color photos, drawings, maps, 10" x 12" hardback, $49.95
Noel, Thomas J. Colorado: A Liquid History & Tavern Guide to the Highest State. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 1999. 254 p., index, bib, photos, drawings, map. $27.95 paperback. ISBN 1-5591-260-5
Noel, Thomas J. , Stephen J. Leonard & Kevin Rucker. Colorado Givers: A History of Philanthropic Heroes. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 1998. xiii + 129 p. index. bibliography, appendices. Photos, 6” x 9” hardback, $24.95
Noel, Thomas Jacob & Kevin E. Rucker. Eaton Metal Products: The First 80 Years, A Story of Vision and Commitment. Denver, CO: A.B. Hirschfeld Press, 1988. 179p. index. endnotes. bibliography. photos. drawings. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" hardback
Noel, Thomas Jacob. Mile High City: An Illustrated History of Denver. Encinitas, CA: Heritage Publishing Company & Historic Denver, Inc., 1997/1999 paperback reprint. 500p. index. bibliography. b & w and color photos and drawings. maps. 10" x 11 1/2 hardback.
Noel, Thomas J. BUILDINGS OF COLORADO. London & N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. 2002 paperback reprint.(BUS Series of the Society of Architectural Historians)xviii + 669p., index, bibliography, maps, photos, drawings, glossary of architectural terms, $45 hardback, $26 paperback reprint.
Noel, Thomas Jacob. Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts: A Pictorial Guide. Foreword by Denver Mayor Wellington Webb. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1996. xxii + 162p. index. bibliography. photos. maps. appendices. "lost landmarks." $34.95. 9" x 11 1/2" hardback. ISBN 0-87081-427-3
Noel, Thomas J. Thomas Hornsby Ferril and the American West co-editor with Bob Baron and Steve Leonard (Golden: Fulcrum Pub. Co., 1996) 166 p., bib., illus. Intro. by John C. Buechner.
Noel, Thomas J. Colorado: The Highest State. with Duane A. Smith. Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1995, second revised edition, 2011. 324 p., index, bib., maps, photos, drawings, high school textbook with workbook
Noel, Thomas Jacob. Growing Through History With Colorado:
The Colorado National Banks: The First 125 Years, 1862‑1987. Introduction by Harold Kountze, Jr. Afterword by Will F. Nicholson, Jr. Denver, CO: Univ. of Colorado at Denver, Colorado Studies Center & Colorado National Banks, 1987. 160p. index. bibliography. b & w and color photos and drawings. maps. appendices.
THE WPA GUIDE TO 1930S COLORADO. New Introduction by Thomas J. Noel (Lawrence: Univ. Press of Kansas, 1987), 511 pp., index, reading list, chronology, maps, illus. New Intro by T.J. Noel $12.95 paperback.
Noel, Thomas J. The City & The Saloon: Denver, 1858-1916. Niwot: Univ. Press of Colorado, 1996 reprint of 1982 Univ. of Nebraska Press hardback edition and 1984 Bison Book paperback with new (1996) Foreword on the neo-puritanical 1990s.
Noel, Thomas J. The Historical Atlas of Colorado. (with Prof. Dick Stevens & Paul Mahoney). Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1994, 2000 paperback revised edition. 160p. index, maps, bib.
ISBN 0-8061-2555-1 $29.95
Leonard, Stephen J. & Thomas J. Noel. Denver: Mining Camp To Metropolis. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1990; paperback 2nd ed., 1991. 544p. index. endnotes. photos. maps. appendices. ISBN 0-87081-240-8 $35
Over two thirds of this tome focus on the 20th‑century city, including pathbreaking chapters on automobility, aviation, women, ethnic groups, use of leisure time, and Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder and Jefferson Counties.
Winner of the American Society of State & Local History national AWARDS OF MERIT in 1991.
Noel, Thomas J. The University Club of Denver: The First Hundred Years (Denver: University Club, 1991) with Margaret Ekstrand. 98 p., index, bib., illus.
Noel, Thomas J. Colorado Catholicism & The Archdiocese of Denver, 1857‑1989 (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 1989), 468 pp., index, bib., illus., maps.
NOEL, Thomas J. & Barbara S. Norgren, DENVER: THE CITY BEAUTIFUL & ITS ARCHITECTS (Denver: Historic Denver, Inc., 1987, 1993 reprint), 248 pp., index, source notes, illustrated glossary of architectural terms, biographical sketches of architects, illus., maps, watercolor dust jacket by Barbara Froula, $21.95 hardback.
Made the local best seller list and was reprinted several times
Fay Metcalf, T. J. Noel & Duane A. Smith. Colorado: A History of the Highest State (Boulder: Pruett Pub. Co., 1984), 272 pp., index, bib., appendices, illus., maps & two companion volumes, a Teacher's Guide and an Activity Tablet. $12.95 hardback. Reprinted in 1986 and 1989.
Noel, Thomas J. THE DENVER ATHLETIC CLUB, 1884‑1984. (Denver: The Denver Athletic Club, 1983), 106 pp., index, illus., maps, $21 hardback.
Noel, Thomas J. DENVER'S LARIMER STREET: MAIN STREET, SKID ROW & URBAN RENAISSANCE. (Denver: Historic Denver, Inc., 1981; reprinted 1982), 208 pp., index, illus., maps, $24.95 hardback, $12.95 paper.
Noel, Thomas Jacob. Denver: Rocky Mountain Gold. Tulsa, OK: Continental Heritage, Inc., 1980, reprinted 1981. 156p.index. bibliography. b & w and color photos and drawings. maps. appendix sketches of leading Colorado businesses. $25 hardback.
This coffee table treasure sold 16,000 copies and won prizes from the Denver Partnership, the Univ. of Colorado and the Colorado Authors League.
Noel, Thomas J. RICHTHOFEN'S MONTCLAIR, A PIONEER DENVER SUBURB: A BRIEF HISTORY, ILLUSTRATED WALKING TOUR & RESEARCH GUIDE TO DENVER HOUSE & NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY. (Denver: Graphic Impressions, Inc., 1976; reprinted by Pruett Press in Boulder, 1978), index, bib., illus., maps, $8.95 paper, $16.95 hardback.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
St. Joseph Hospital
Ross & Company Real Estate
The Broadmoor Hotel
BOOKLETS
Thomas J. Noel & G. Brown with George Krieger. Red Rocks From Dinosaurs to Rock ‘N Roll: The Official Souvenir Book. Denver: City & County of Denver, 2003. 27p., bibliography, color & black and white photos, 9” x 9” paperback.
Noel, Thomas J. Teatro: From Arapaho Tipis to A Grand Hotel. Denver: David Owen Tryba Architects, 1999. 42p. photos. drawings. bibliography. 6" x 6" paperback.
Noel, Thomas J. University of Colorado 25th Anniversary History. Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, 1999. 12p. photos. drawings. 11" x 8 1/2" paperback.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Southeast Colorado: A New Heriage Tourism Frontier,” in Rudi Hartmann, editor. Southeast Colorado Heritage Tourism Report.
Denver: Wash Park Media, 2009. pp. 5 – 35.
“William D. Haywood: The Most Hated & Feared Figure in America,” in Steve Grinstead & Ben Fogelberg, editors, Western Voices:
125 Year of Colorado Writing. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing & the Colorado Historical Society, 2004. pp. 177-191.
“Colorado” chapter for the book anthology These United States
edited and introduced by John Leonard (N.Y.: Nation Books, 2003), pp. 58-65. This chapter also ran as an article in The Nation Magazine.
“Denver’s Original Riverfront Park” lead chapter by Thomas J. Noel, pp. 5-9. for Altherr, Thomas L., editor Above the Fruited Plain: Baseball in the Rocky Mountain West. Cleveland, OH: Society for American Baseball Research, 2003. 112 p. photos. drawings. 8” x 11” paperback. $14.95
Thomas J. Noel “Rewriting the Past for the Present: Public Monuments and Political Correctness, the Colorado State Capitol and Sand Creek.” pp. 192-195. Gulliford, Andrew, ed. Preserving Western History. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Photos, maps, appendices, index. vii + 415 pages. 8-1/2” x 11”. $34.95 paperback.
Tom Noel “Political Correctness and Public Monuments,” pp. 70-72 in Gregory Ainsworth & Rudi Hartmann, editors, Horror and Human Tragedy Revisited: The Management of Sites of Atrocities for Tourism. N.Y.: Cognizant Communication Corporations, 2005. v + 266p. index. references. Photos. maps. drawings. $45 softback.
“Colorado” chapter for John Leonard, Editor, These Uniged States: Original Essayx by Leading American Writers on the States within the Union.N.Y.: Nation Books, 2003, pp. 58-66.
Lough, James & Christie Smith. Sites of Insight: A Guide to Colorado Scared Places. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2003. 228p., index, 6” x 9” paperback $19.95, & hardback $34.95.
“Mists of the Huerfano” pp. 37-43 by T. J. Noel
Noel, T.J. Editor, The Glory That Was Gold. Denver: Central City Opera House Associaton Guild, 1992. 325 p., index.
"The Disposable West" in Holthaus, Limerick, Wilkinson & Munson, eds. A Society to Match My Scenery. Niwot: Univ. Press of Colorado, 1991. pp. 124-26
"Streetcars & Suburbs: The Impact of Denver's First Light Rail Network," in Coal, Cinders and Parlour Cas: A Century of Colorado Passenger Trains. Golden: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1991. (Colorado Rail Annual # 19)
"The Multifunctional Frontier Saloon," pp. 265‑75 in Part Two Life in Industializing America of N. L. Shumsky & T. J. Crimmins, American Life, American People, (N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988).
First two chapters in Weiss, Sonia with contributions by Thomas J. Noel and Rosemary Fetter. Denver Metro: A Millennium Celebration (Carlsbad, CA: Heritage Media Corp., 2001. 400p. index. bibliography. Partners in Denver (sketches of sponsoring businesses and governmental agencies) color and b & w photos. 10" x 11 1/2" hardback.
"RESEARCHING DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY," in James L. Collins, ed., THE WESTERN WRITER'S HANDBOOK (Boulder: Johnson Books, 1987), pp. 143‑151
"The Immigant Saloon", in George E. Pozetta, ed., Immigration, a 20‑volume anthology scheduled for early 1990s publication by Garland Pub. Co., Hampden, Ct.
BOOK INTRODUCTIONS & FOREWORDS
Abrams, Jeanne. Dr. David Spivak
Across Colorado: Recipes and Recollections; More than a
Cookbook by the Volunteers of the Colorado Historical Society.
Niwot: Roberts Rinehart, 1997.
Alice Millett Bakemeier, Hilltop Heritage: A History and Guide to
a Denver Neighborhood. Denver: Cranmer Park/Hilltop Civic Association, 1997.
Arps, Louisa Ward, Denver in Slices. Athens: Univ.of Ohio Press, 1998.
The Mile High United Way’s 125th Anniversary publication (2012).
Linda R. Wommack, Colorado’s Landmark Hotels (Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 2012)
Gail M. Beaton, Colorado Women: A History (Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 2012) P. 380
Beaton, Gail. Colorado Women.
Colorado Historical Society. More Across Colorado: More than a Cookbook: Recipes & Reflections. Denver: Volunteers of the Colorado Historical Society, 2005. 328 p. index. illus. pp. IV-V.
Convery, William J., III, Pride of the Rockies: The Life of Colorado's Premier Irish Patron, John Kernn Mullen (Univ. Press of Colorado, 2000)
"Denver Yesterday & Today," co.author of the Historic Intro for Denver Today. Denver: Spotlight Publications, 1991.
Denver Yesterday & Today," co-author of the Historic Intro for Denver Today. Denver: Spotlight Publications, 1991.
Emrich, David Emrich, Hollywood Colorado. Lakewood: Post Modern Company, 1997.
Faulkner, Debra., Touching Tomorrow: The Life of Emily Griffith (Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 2006)
Fetter, Rosemary. Climb Every Mountain: The Story of Graland Country Day School. Denver: Graland Country Day School & Hirschfeld Press, 2002. 130p. index. illus
Fetter, Rosemary. The Denver Rotary Club.
Field, Kinberly. Westminster: The Frist 110 Years.
Goodstein, Phil, Denver's Capitol Hill: One Hundred Years of Life in a Vibrant Urban Neighborhood Denver: Life Publications, 1988.
Colorado Genealogical Society. COLORADO FAMILIES: A TERRITORIAL HERITAGE (Denver: Colorado Genealogical Society, 1981).
Grinstead, Steve & Ben Fogelberg, editors, Western Voices: 125 Year of Colorado Writing. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing & the Colorado Historical Society, 2004.
Hosokawa, William. Out of the Frying Pan: Refelctions of a Japanese American. Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1998.
Kreck, Dick. Murder at the Brown Place: A True Story of Seduction & Betrayal. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 2003.. 214 p. index, bibliography, photos.
McEncroe, Donna. OFF THE MALL (Denver: The Denver Partnership, 1985). pp. iv v.
Pierson, Francis J. Summit of Destiny: Taming the Pike’s Peak Country, 1858-1916. Denver: Charlotte Square Press, 2008. 325 p., index, map, photos,
Riley, Marilyn Griggs., High Altitude Attitudes: Six Savy Colorado Women (Boulder: Johnson Books, 2006)
Turner, Lisa Ray & Kimberly Field, The Denver Mint: 100 Years of Gangsters, Gold and Ghosts. Denver: Mapletree Pub. Co., 2006.
Sagstetter, Beth and Bill, The Mining Camps Speak: A New Way to Explore the Ghost Towns of the American West. Denver: Benchmark Publishing of Colorado, 1998.
Smith, Duane A. Trail of Gold & Silver.
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 20??
Sternberg, Barbara, Jennifer Boone & Evelyn Waldron. Anne Evans-A pioneer in Colorado’s Cultural History. The Things That Last When Gold is Gone. Denver: Center For Colorado and the West, 2011.
Student, Annette. Denver’s Riverside Cemetery. Denver: The Author, 2006. 322 p.
Townshend, Richard B. A Tenderfoot in Colorado. Boulder: University Press of Colorado reprint, 2008. (Timberline Series)
Whitacre, Christine The Denver Club, 1880-1995. Denver: Historic Denver, Inc. 1998.
Whitely, Lee. The Cherokee Trail: Bent's Old Fort to Fort Bridger: The 1999 Merrill Mattes Brand Book. Denver: Denver Posse of the Westerners, 1999. Brand Book Volume XXXIII. Foreword by Thomas J. Noel. 162 p., index, bibliography, maps, photos.
Whitely, Charles. DENVER TODAY (Aurora: Spotlight Publications, 1987), pp. vii ix.
Wommack, Linda. Colorado’s Landmark Hotels. Palmer Lake: Filter Press, 2012.
Zamonski, Stanley W. THE 59ERS (Frederick, Colo.: Jende Hagan Bookcorp, 1983. pp. v vi.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
International Mining History Congress Proceedings
Milos, Greece: International Mining History Association, Sept. 10-16, 2000. Proceedings. T.J. Noel research presentation on
"Greek Revival Architecture & Impact on American Mining Towns," pp. 540-45. This is the published version of a talk given to the International Congress of Mining History Congress.
Encyclopedia ARTICLES
“Denver” entry for Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Thousand Oaks, CA./ London, UK: Sage Publications, 2007. Vol. I, p. 214-216.
The New Book of Knowledge articles on Denver and on Colorado for 1996 publication.
Many Articles for the Colorado Encyclopedia
Articles
“Traveling Through History: Doc Holiday Slept Here,” in
True West Magazine, Vol. 59, April, 2012, pp. 53-59.
“Colorado’s Rush to Culture: A Gold Rush Legacy,” in Journal of the West Spring 2011, pp. 41 – 49.
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“Preservation Pays Off For Municipalities,” in Colorado Municipalities Magazine, June 2007, pp. 6-7.
“Colorado Waterways Reborn,” in Citizen’s Guide to Colorado’s Environmental Era. Denver: Colorado Foundation for Water Education, 2005. pp. 10-14.
"Georgetown's Liquid History," in The Colorado Gambler, May 22, 1996, p. 6
"Leadville: Saloons of the Two-Mile High City," in The Colorado Gambler, August 14, 1996, pp. 16-18.
"Breckenridge's Old Time Saloons," The Colorado Gambler, Nov. 13, 1996, p. 4 & 15.
"The Mark of History: Denver's Landmarks & Historic Districts," The Denver Post, Empire Magazine, Oct. 13, 1996.
Every other Sunday Column, "The Great Divide" for The Denver Post
Encyclopedia articles:
"Mary Coyle Chase" for The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives,
Vol. I, pp. 144-45, illus., bib., (N.Y.: Charles Scribners Sons, 1998)
"Denver" for Encyclopedia of The American West. N.Y.: Macmillan Reference USA/ Simon & Schuster, 1994. Vol. 2, p. 439-441.
"Denver" article for the Dictionary of American History (N.Y: Charles Scribners Sons, 1994?)
"Putting Women in the Picture," with Rosemary Fetter in Colorado Heritage , Spring, 1993, pp. 22-39.
On May 31, 1991, T. Noel began a bi‑weekly column on local history in The Denver Post.
"Unexplored Western Skies: Denver International Airport," Journal of the West, XXX (Jan., 1991), pp. 90‑100.
"Carl Blaurock," Denver Westerner's Roundup, Nov.‑Dec, 1990, pp. 11‑12.
"Yuma Parish Celebrating Its Centennial," The Denver Catholic
Register, Oct. 26, 1988, p. 4.
"Spiritual Rebirth: Hispanic Denver's Annunciation Parish," Colorado Heritage, 1988, Issue 3, pp. 42‑47.
"Cities of Sleep: Denver's Cemeteries are History‑Rich Reflections of the Community," cover article for Denver Magazine, October, 1987, pp. 28‑35.
"Paving the Way to Colorado: The Evolution of Auto Tourism in Denver," Journal of the West, XXVI (July, 1987), pp. 42‑49, an invited, refereed article.
"Presentation Parish Celebrating 75th Anniversary," Denver Catholic Register, Nov. 18, 1987, p. 6.
"Cemetery Has Been Bone of Contention," Denver Catholic Register, Oct. 28, 1987, pp. 5‑8.
"Catholics in Colorado: A Centennial Special", Denver Catholic Register, Aug. 5, 1987, pp. 1‑64, except for 1 p. forword by Archbishop J. Francis Stafford.
"Holy Rosary Parish Continuing Its Slavic Traditions," Denver Catholic Register, May 27, 1987, p. 4.
"The Carnival Parish: St. Catherine of Siena,", Denver Catholic Register, April 22, 1987, pp. 10‑11.
"Colorful Past Flavors North Denver Parish," Denver Catholic Register, Mar. 22, 1987, p. 5.
"Immaculate Conception Basilica,"Colorado Heritage News, March, 1987, pp. 5‑7.
"Denver's Downtown Church," Denver Catholic Register, Feb. 11, 1987, pp. 18‑19.
"Small Church with Intimacy and Spirit: Mother of God," Denver Catholic Register, Feb. 4, 1987, p. 14.
"Denver's Early Italians build Church of Their Own," Denver Catholic Register, Dec. 17, 1986, pp. 22‑23.
"Miserable Shanty Becomes Basilica," Denver Catholic Register, Dec. 9, 1986, pp. 9‑15.
"Zang! Zang! went the Bell at St. Elizabeth's," Denver Catholic Register, Sept., 24, 1986, p. 37.
"Sacred Heart Church," Denver Catholic Register, Aug. 27, 1986, pp. 10‑11.
"Local Church Grew Out of Mining Towns," Denver Catholic Register, June 25, 1986, pp. 4,20.
"All Aboard Canada's Polar Bear Express," Sunday Magazine of the Rocky Mountain News, May 11, 1986. pp. 6‑7, travel section.
"William D. Haywood: The Most Hated & Feared Man in America," Colorado Heriatage, 1984, Issue 2, pp. 2‑12. Refereed article in the journal of the Colorado Historical Society. This article won the Colorado Authors League prize for best adult, non‑fiction article published in 1984.
"The Rush to Culture: Colorado's Other Gold Rush," Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, May‑June, 1984, pp. 25‑29.
"Major Colorado Stagecoach Lines," Denver Posse of the Westerners Roundup, XL (Sept.‑Oct., 1984), pp. 3‑6.
"The Oxford Hotel: Denver's Grand Little Hotel," a brochure,1983.
"Moral Geography in Denver," Denver Posse of the Westerners Roundup, XXXVIII (Nov.‑Dec., 1982), pp. 3‑17.
"Red Baron of the West: Walter von Richthofen," Frontier (airlines) Magazine
magazine), June, 1981, pp. 21‑24.
"The Fastest & Easiest Way to Become an Important Man: Social Mobility in Denver," Red River Valley Historical Review, Spring, 1981. A scholarly, refereed journal.
"Saving the Silver Queen: Georgetown", Rocky Mountain Magazine,March‑April, 1981, pp. 12‑16.
"A Chat with Louis L'amour," Colorado Heritage News, Jan., 1981. This feature interview won the Colorado Authors League award for best adult, non‑fiction article of 1981.
"A Welcome Refuge on Larimer Street," Empire Magazine of The Denver Post," April 15, 1979.
"Mists of the Huerfano: The Lost Town of Chavez," Greenhorn Valley News, June 22, 1978.
"Gay Bars & The Emergence of the Denver Homosexual Community,"The Social Science Journal, XV (April, 1978), pp. 59‑74. Refereed, I think.
"The Immigrant Saloon in Denver," Colorado Magazine, LIV (Summer, 1977), pp. 201‑19.
"The Multi‑Functional Frontier Saloon," Colorado Magazine, LII (Spring, 1975), pp. 114‑36. Refereed article which won the Hafen Prize for best 1975 article in Colorado Magazine.
"Mixing Paint & Paint Medicine,"(a history of the Punch Bowl Tavern), Sunday Magazine of the Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 21, 1974.
"Early Colorado Postcards," Empire Magazine of The Denver Post, Feb. 17, 1974.
"W. Wilberforce Ramsey, Esq. & The California Gold Rush," Journal of the West, XII (Oct., 1973), pp. 563‑75. refereed.
"Denver's First Clubs," Empire Magazine of The Denver Post, Mar. 4, 1973.
"The Denver Pacific: Denver's First Railroad," Colorado Magazine, L (Spring, 1973), pp. 91‑116.
"Hiking & Hitchhiking in the French Alps," Trail & Timberline, Magazine of the Colorado Mountain Club, No. 627 (Summer, 1969).
Earlier articles as co‑editor of my high school newspaper and as a feature writer for student and/or staff newpapers at the Univ. of Tennessee, the Univ. of Denver & the Univ. of California, Riverside.
BOOK REVIEWS
Journal of American History review, 2005 of Coleman, Annie Gilbert. Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2004. Photos, maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. 299 pages. 6” x 9-1/2”. $29.95 hardcover.
Journal of American History review, March 2001, pp. 1514-1515, of Clark C. Spence, For Wood River or Bust: Idaho's Boom of the 1880s. Boise: University of Idaho Press & Idaho Historical Society, 1999.
Faces Along the Bar: Lore and Order in Workingman's Saloons, 1870-1920. by Madelon Powers (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1998), in Spring, 2000 Pacific Historical Review, pp. 108-109.
Review of Ida: Her Labor of Love by Carol Crawford McManus (Ouray: Western Reflections, Inc., 1999) in The Denver Westerners Roundup, Nov.-Dec., 1999, p. 25-26.
Review of David Dary, Seeking Pleasure in the Old West (N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995) for The New Mexico Historical Review, July, 1996, pp. 284-85.
Review of Alexander Drummond, Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature. (Niwot: Univ. Press of Colorado, 1995) for the Denver Posse of Westerners Roundup, Sept.-Oct., 1996, p. 22-23.
Review of Mike Foster Strange Genius: The Life of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (Niwot: Roberts Rinehart, 1994) in Western Historical Quarterly, Autumn 1996, p. 395-396
1996 Manuscript reviews for National Geographic, Western Historical Quarterly, University Press of Colorado
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
AHR, Feb., 1985, p. 229‑30 review of R. D. McGrath, Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes; Violence on the Frontier (Univ. of Calif. Press, 1984). AHR, Jun, 1986, p. 750 review of S. A. Kerr, Organized for Prohibition (Yale Univ. Press, 1985).
ARIZONA & THE WEST: Winter, 1985, pp. 383‑84 review of T.G. Alexander & J.B. Allen, Mormons & Gentiles: A History of Salt Lake City (Boulder: Pruett Pub. Co., 1984).
BUSINESS HISTORY REVIEW (pub.by Harvard Univ. business school): Winter,1984 review pp. 283‑84, of C.P. Simon & A.D. Witte, Beating the System: the Underground Economy (Autumn, 1982).
Essays & Monographs in Colorado History (1991/appeared March, 1993), p.118-20 rev. of The Invisisble Empire in the West: Toward A new Historical Appraisal of the KKK. (Univ. of Illinois Press, 1992).
Journal of American History
JAH, March, 1991, pp. 1383‑84, review of Andrew Gulliford, Boomtown Blues: Colorado Oil Shale, 1885‑1985 (Univ. Press of Colorado, 1989).
JAH, Sept., 1991, p. 682 review of Richard Hogan, Class & Community in Frontier Colorado (Univ. Press of Kansas, 1990).
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (the top journal in this field): June, 1989 review of F. Haber, K. Fuller & D. Wetzel, Robert S. Roeschalub: Architect of the Emerging West, p. 191
The Journal of Arizona History, Fall, 2003 review of Duane A. Smith, Henry M. Teller: Colorado’s Grand Old Man. Boulder: Univ. Press of Colorado, 2002.
WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
T. Noel appointed to WHQ Board of Editors in 1990.
Jan., 1984 review, p. 62 of H.C. Miner, Wichita (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1982).
Feb., 1991, pp. 83‑84, compartive revie of Eugene P. Moehring, Resort City in the Sunbelt (Univ. of Nevada, 1989) and John F. Sears, Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions (Oxford Univ. Press, 1989).
Noel has also published book reviews in Colorado Magazine (3), Colorado Essays & Monographs (2), the Denver Posse of the Westerners Roundup (2), the Denver Catholic Register (1),Historic Denver News (1) Montana: The Magazine of Western History (3), the New Mexico Historical Review (1), the Rocky Mountain News (29)
Gitelman, Howard M. Legacy of the Ludlow Massacre: A Chapter in American Industrial Relations (U. of Penn., 1988), 355 pp.. Noel review in the Rocky Mountain News, Sunday Magazine, Nov. 13, 1988, p. 28‑m.
Simmons, Virginia McConnel, Valley of the Cranes: Exploring Colorado's San Luis Valley. Boulder. Roets Rinehart, Inc., 1988. 64 pp. in Denver Westerner's Roundup, XLV (Nov.‑Dec., 1989). pp. 15‑16.
Hogan, Richard. Class and Community in Fronteir Colorado. Lawrence: Univ. Press of Kansas, 1990. reviewed in The Journal of American History, Sept. 1991, p. 682.
Brown, Robert L. Cripple Creek Then and Now reviewed in Rocky Mountain News, Sunday Mag., Oct. 27, 1991.
Malone & Etulain, The American West: A 20th Century History. Univ. of Nebrasaka Press, 1989. reviewed in Essays and Monographs in Colorado History, #2, 1990, pp. 95‑97. [this review did not appear until 1991]
Simmons, Virginia M. The Upper Arkansas. Boulder: Pruett, 1990. reviewed in the Denver Westerners Roundup, May‑June, 1991, p. 19.
Suggs, Cg.C., Jr. Colorado's War on Miltiant Unionism. Univ. of Okla. Press, 1991, reviewed in RMN, Dec. 3, 1991.
1992
Sam Speas & Margaret Cole, Goin' Railroading. Boulder: Pruett Pub. Co., 1991. 180 pp., index, bib., illlus., in Rocky Mountain News,
March 29, 1992. Sunday Magazine.
ELECTRONIC MEDIAE
"Denver: Emergence of a Great City,", script and visuals selection for a 28‑minute history of Denver co‑sponsored by the Denver Public Library, the mayor's office and Mile High Cablevision narrated by Bob Palmer, 1986.
Colorado History television vignettes for channels 2,4,7,9 and 57.
Colorado History radio programs for the Voice of America and Denver Stations KIMN, KOA, KNUS, KFCR (NPR).
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
"Welcome to Denver & Its Saloons," introductory presentation for
1977 national convention of the Western History Association. 1981 conference of Western University Press Association, 1984 Society of Industrial Archaeologists, 1988 Convention of Colorado College of Surgeons, 1989 Convention of Applied Sociologists and other groups.
Served on Local Arrangements Committee and gave papers in two sessions for the 1988 National Public History Convention.
*Commentator for sessions at the 1983, 1984 and 1987 Western History Conventions.
Delivered paper, "Paving the Way to Colorado: The Evolution of Auto Tourism" at 1986 Western History Association Convention, St. Paul.
Arranged session on aviation history and gave a paper, "Western Skies: The Urbanizing Impace of Airports" at 1989 Western History Association Convention, Tacoma.
Guest lectures for the Univ. of Denver, Colorado School of Mines, Metropolitan State College, Colorado Womens College, Regis College.
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, Author & Speaker for the "Five States of Colorado" program, 1987‑88.
Lectures and/or walking tours for American Association of Living History Museums, American Genealogical Society, American Archaeological Society, American Institute of Architects (Denver Chapter), A.A.U.W., American Society of Civil Engineers, CU‑Med School Wives, A.T.& T., Colorado Historical Society, Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver Mayor's Office, Denver Public Library, Junior League of Denver, Denver Chamber of Commerce, Denver Committee for the Arts, Denver Public Schools,
Federation of Colorado Garden Clubs, Historic Denver, Inc., Kaiser Permanete Physician Orientation, Mountain & Plains Bookslellers Association, Nat'l Conf. of Episcopal Clergy,
Univ. of Denver Mortar Board, U.S. Management Training Seminars, and other local, state, regional and national organizations.
GRANTS
El Pomar Doundation, $50,000 for "The Penrose and the Tutts"
J.K. Mullen and Weckbaugh Foudnations, "$40,000 for "John Kernan Mullen"
National Park Service, $18,000 for historic site studies
National Science Foundation Grant for Ph.D. dissertation research at Harvard Business School, 1977.
Colorado Historical Foundation, "Denver Photo‑history," 1980.
Adolph Coors Foundation, "Rocky Mountain Spring Waters," a proposed corporate history of the Coors Companies, rejected 1981.
Historic Denver, Inc. & Denver National Banks, "Larimer Street: Main Street, Skid Row & Urtban Renaissance," 1982.
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, "Silver Cities" book and art exhibit, rejected 1982.
Adolph Coors Foundation, "Silver Cities", rejected 1982.
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, "Boom & Bust Policy Making," rejected, 1983
Mountain Bell Telephone Co. (with Prof. Mark Foster), Proposal for CU‑Denver to do their corporate history, rejected 1984.
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, "Main Street" book and photo exhibit, rejected 1983.
Empire Savings Banks, Colorado Photo History, rejecterd 1984.
Denver Water Dept. (with Prof. Mark Foster), corporate history book, pending.
Colorado National Banks, Corporate History, 1984.
CU‑Denver V.P. for Academic Affairs, 1985 Faculty Development Award for A Colorado Guidebook
CU President's Fund for the Humanities, Grant to establish a Public History Program at CU‑Denver, 1986.
Archidocese of Denver, Centennial History Book, 1986.
Yale Univ., Beinecke Library Fellowship, rejected 1987.
CU‑Denver, CLAS mini‑grant for graduate research assistants for
Colorado: Buildings of the U.S., 1988.
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, Grant Proposal for "Colorado: Buildings of the U.S.", 1988, rejected
ditto, CEH for Colorado, 1990, rejected
CU‑Denver FUSP grant for Colorado Catholicism, 1989
CU‑Denver FUSP grant for Denver, 1990
Gates Foundation, $20,000; Dobbins Foundtion $2,500; Colorado Historical Foundation $4,500; NEH $36,000 for Colorado Buildings
Featured Speaker & T.V. show on "Denver Visions Past" for Rocky Mountain News, Channel 9 & CU-Denver GSPA syposiu, "Town Meetings West.", Mar. 21, `92
CONSULTING
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Humanist for:
Barbara Montoya (CU‑Denver grad student), Denver Firefighters: Oral History project, 1984.
Betty Moynihan, Augusta Tabor's History, 1984.
Leadville Civic Association, Leadville History Show, 1985.
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Humanities in the Schools, 1986.
Sister Julia Benjamin, Oral History of Catholic Nuns,
"Sharing Hearth & Home: The Sisters of Saint Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, Sacred Heart Province,"1988.