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Title

J. Raymond Brackett University of Colorado photograph collection
Glass plate negatives of Professor J. Raymond Brackett (1854-1922) : showing scenes of the University of Colorado from 1890 to 1915

Date

1885-1915

Call Number

BHS 139

Contents

168 photographs, in two boxes.

Description

This collection consists of photographs of campus buildings taken by J. Raymond Brackett, a professor of English at the University of Colorado from the mid-1880s to the mid-1910s. Early photographs of Old Main dating from the late 1870s were made by an unknown photographer but have been included in this collection. Each photograph is annotated.

History

Prof. J. Raymond Brackett was a professor of English and Greek at the University of Colorado. He came to Boulder in 1884. Through his hobby of photography, he left a record of how the University looked between 1890 and 1915.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Alternative Title

Glass plate negatives of Professor J. Raymond Brackett (1854-1922) : showing scenes of the University of Colorado from 1890 to 1915

Format

Photographs.

Author/Donor

Bartlett, Albert A.
1923-2013
Kupfner, George.
Brackett, J. Raymond
1854-1922

Subjects

University of Colorado Boulder--Buildings
Boulder (Colo.)--Schools

Acquisition Note

Donor: University of Colorado Centennial Commission (1876-1976) Gift 1976

Ownership Note

Five series of these notebooks were produced as a project carried out through the support of the University of Colorado Centennial Commission (1876-1976) under the title "The glass plate negatives of Prof. J. Raymond Brackett (1854-1922): showing scenes of the University of Colorado from 1890 to 1915," by Albert A. Bartlett and George Kupfner.

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Hospital Building photographs 1898-[1919]
Call Number 139-2-1
Date 1898-[1919]
Contents 10 photographs.
Description Views of the University Hospital and Nurses' Cottage. Extensive notes by A.A. Bartlett are included in envelope with each photo that describe details and surroundings.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Interiors. 1893-[1919]
Call Number 139-2-2
Date 1893-[1919]
Contents 12 photographs (1 digitized).
Description Early University of Colorado interior views including classrooms and dormitories. Extensive notes by A.A. Bartlett are included in envelope with each photo that describe details.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Library, 1902-1911
Call Number 139-2-3
Date 1902-1911
Contents 27 photographs.
Description This series of photographs is of the original University of Colorado library, now the Little Theater. It includes floor plans, exterior shots, including the building under construction in 1903, and as late as 1911, and interior shots from around 1904. Extensive notes by A.A. Bartlett are included in envelope with each photo that describe details and surroundings.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Macky Auditorium photographs 1911-1912
Call Number 139-2-4
Date 1911-1912
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Two photographs of Macky Auditorium from over Varsity Lake and dam. Notes by A.A. Bartlett describing each photo are included in envelope.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Old Main photographs 1877-1911
Call Number 139-2-5
Date 1877-1911
Contents 15 photographs.
Description Photographs of the Old Main building, some with Varsity Lake and surrounding campus area. Notes by A.A. Bartlett describing each photo are included in envelope.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Medical Building photographs 1884-1910
Call Number 139-2-6
Date 1884-1910
Contents 6 photographs.
Description Photographs of the Medical Building. Notes by A.A. Bartlett describing each photo are included in envelope.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Power plant and Hunter Building photographs 1910-1919
Call Number 139-2-7
Date 1910-1919
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs of the power plant and the Hunter building. The interurban tracks can be seen in some of the shots. Notes by A.A. Bartlett describing each photo are included in envelope.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: President's House photographs 1903-1910
Call Number 139-2-8
Date 1903-1910
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs of the President's House. Notes by A.A. Bartlett describing each photo are included in envelope.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Varsity Lake
Call Number 139-2-9
Date 1895-1910
Contents 18 photographs.
Description Photographs of Varsity Lake. The original steel bridge appears in many of the shots, as do the poplar trees on the dam.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Woodbury Hall photographs 1890-1910
Call Number 139-2-10
Date 1890-1910
Contents 9 photographs.
Description Photographs of Woodbury Hall. Some views show the tennis courts adjacent to the hall.

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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: President's Office, 1893-1913
Call Number 139-2-11
Date 1893-1913
Contents 9 photographs.
Description Photographs of the President's Office, President Baker in his den and other miscellaneous views including a procession on campus, a University of Colorado seal, a view of campus from the northeast with Macky Auditorium, Dean Fred Burton Renney Hellems standing in front of a tent, and a photo of two original documents related to the securing of the University of Colorado in Boulder (promissory note and portrait of a Captain David Nichols).

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Paintings by C. H. Cox
Paintings by C. H. Cox
Call Number 139-2-12
Date 1900
Contents 12 photographs (6 views).
Description Photographs taken by Brackett of scenic paintings. Two photos are identified as having been painted by C. H. Cox circa 1900. The similarity in the style makes it possible that all were painted by Cox.

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