Henry O. Andrew collection 1878-1948 (bulk 1904-1948)

1878-1948

BHS 261

3 boxes

This collection contains manuscript notes of an early Boulder history by Andrew, correspondence on historical topics, and copies of newspaper articles about the Boulder County Pioneers Association. Also included are legal papers of the David Hogarth estate, the Andrew Macky estate, the Moffat Lakes Resort Company, the Vineland Lateral Ditch Company, a scrap album concerning World War I, and a copy of Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s book The improvement of Boulder, Colorado.

Henry Orestes Andrew was born in Boulder on 23 November 1874, and died in 1949. His parents arrived in Boulder in 1870 from southwestern Pennsylvania, after a short stay in Illinois. His father served as a county commissioner in Boulder County. Henry Andrew attended the White Rock country school, and then the Boulder public schools. He was graduated from the State Preparatory school - now Boulder High - in 1892.
The University of Colorado awarded Andrew a bachelor of arts in 1896 and a bachelor of law in 1899. Andrew married Bertha M. Thompson in 1906. They had one daughter, Mrs. Herman (Jean) Freudenberg. A well-respected attorney with law offices at the Masonic Temple building at 13th and Pearl, Mr. Andrew served as City Attorney of Boulder and later served four years in the Colorado State Senate. He was a prominent member of several Masonic lodges.
Henry Andrew was president of the Boulder Territorial Pioneers for several years, and wrote many biographies of early Boulder area pioneer families.

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.

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Documents.
Scrapbooks.

Andrew, Henry O. 1874-1949

Freudenberg, Jeanne Andrew Donor.

Hogarth, David
Macky, Andrew J, 1834-1907
Boulder Territorial Pioneers.
Moffat Lakes Resort Company.
Vineland Lateral Ditch Company.
Gold Hill Deep Mining and Tunnel Co. (Boulder, Colo.)
White Rock School (Boulder County, Colo.)
School District No. 14 (Boulder County, Colo.)
Mining Leases--Colorado--Boulder County
Location Certificates--Colorado--Boulder County
World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--United States--Public opinion
Ditch companies.

Donor: Jeanne Freudenberg Denver, CO. Gift 1949

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
The Boulder Historical Society later added two boxes of documents. These boxes are not fully organized and include: George L. Penisten's 1899 agreement with J. W. Andrew concerning Andrew's invention of the Revolving Stamp Pulverizer, property tax records, Location Certificates, Mining Deeds, Mining Leases, and a business card for "The Gold Hill Deep Mining and Tunnel Co., Office in Boulderado Hotel".