Details
Title

Boulder Club collection 1887-1940 (bulk 1887-1932)

Date

1887-1940

Call Number

coll. BHS 255

Contents

1 box.

Description

This collection comprises the official records of the Boulder Club, contained in a book of minutes and 11 folders of loose papers that document the proceedings and status of the club. The loose papers originally were filed in the minute book; the numbers of the pages next to which they were filed has been written on the back of the papers.

History

The Boulder Club was incorporated in December 1889 "for social purposes." Organized on 13 January 1887, the club first met in rooms over the Maupin store in the Berlin block in Boulder. In February 1891, property at Twelfth (now Broadway) and Spruce was purchased from a Mr. Dittmer, and the clubhouse was constructed in the early 1890s. The club was officially closed at that location on 1 September 1938, when the building was turned over to the Boulder YMCA, which held the first
mortgage. In 1940, Merton W. Stoffle purchased the landmark building to raze it and build a gas station. The club was disbanded.

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.

Format

Documents.
Clippings.

Author

Boulder Club

Donor

Paddock, Laurence T. 1927-

Subjects

Boulder Club (Boulder, Colo.)
Men--Societies and clubs
Clubs--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence

Acquisition Note

Donor: Laurence T. Paddock Boulder, CO. Gift 1988 Boulder Club

Ownership Note

The Boulder Club gave the minute book to the Boulder Daily Camera in 1938 when its building was turned over to the Boulder Y.M.C.A., according to an article in the Camera on 2 November 1938. Laurence T. Paddock sent it to the Carnegie Library in mid-1988 along with other materials that are part of the A. A. Paddock Collection.

Boulder Club minute book 1887-1938
Boulder Club minute book 1887-1938
Call Number 255-1-1
Date 1887-1938
Contents 1 v. (361 p.)
Description This volume contains the minutes of the Boulder Club, and supplementary information concerning the club's business. Loose papers from this book have been placed in BHS 255 b1 f05-12, Boulder Club Records. Pages 1-24 and 330-359 are blank.

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Annual reception materials 1888-1891
Annual reception materials 1888-1891
Call Number 255-1-2
Date 1888-1891
Contents 2 items.
Description An invitation to the club's first annual reception on 13 January 1888 and a program for the annual reception and banquet on 9 January 1891.

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Boulder Club history 1890-1940
Boulder Club history 1890-1940
Call Number 255-1-3
Date 1890-1940
Contents 2 p.
Description Contains a typescript of some of the club's minutes for 1887-1892 and a news clipping dated 7 March 1940 announcing the "Boulder Club Building to be Replaced by Modern Gas Station." These had been loose or pinned to the pages, in BHS 255-1-1, the club's minute book.

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Boulder Club Bylaws
Boulder Club Bylaws
Call Number 255-1-4
Date 1912
Contents 11 p.
Description This is a pamphlet of the club's bylaws, as amended to 1 February 1912. It was next to page 327 in the club's minute book, BHS 255 b1 f01. The names of the charter members of 1887 are listed on page 2.

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Boulder Club records 1906-1936
Boulder Club records 1906-1936
Call Number 255-1-(5-12)
Date 1906-1936
Contents 8 folders.
Description The papers in these folders were loose or pinned to the pages of the Boulder Club minute book. They include secretary's and treasurer's reports and a few other papers from BHS 255 b1 f01 such as a list of prospective members in 1913.

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