Details
Title

Charles F. Cobb papers 1888-1920

Date

1888-1920

Call Number

BHS 267

Contents

2 boxes (22 folders).

Description

These are business records of a freight business and a feed and coal store owned by Charles Cobb, and publications of the Retail Credit Men's Association, of which Charles Cobb was a member.

History

Charles Cobb came to Boulder in 1887 at the age of 25. He owned a freighting business called C.F. Cobb's Rocky Mountain Freight Teams, and hauled supplies up to the mining camps from Boulder, and ore from the mines to the mills. In the mid 1890s he quit this business and opened a feed and coal store at 1002 Walnut, which he operated for the next 35 years.

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.

Author

Cobb, Charles F. 1862-1943

Donor

Paddock, Laurence T. 1927-

Subjects

Charles F. Cobb (Boulder, Colo.)
Boulder Retail Credit Men's Association (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Boulder Credit Rating Association (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Retail Credit Men's Association (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Businessmen--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Business records--Colorado--Boulder
Coal trade--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Flour industry--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Freight and freightage--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Freight and freightage--Colorado--Salina--Records and correspondence
Credit bureaus--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Business enterprises--Colorado--Boulder
Merchants--Colorado--Boulder
Boulder (Colo.)--Commerce
1002 Walnut Street (Boulder, Colo.)
1000 block of Walnut Street (Boulder, Colo.)

Acquisition Note

Donor: Lawrence T. Paddock Boulder, CO. Gift 1981

Ownership Note

Collected by A. A. "Gov" Paddock and part of his estate.

Note

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

Charles F. Cobb daybooks 1888-1898
Charles F. Cobb daybooks 1888-1898
Call Number 267-1-(1-3)
Date 1888-1898
Contents 3 folders.
Description Charles Cobb operated a freight business out of Salina Colorado, hauling supplies from Boulder up to the mines in Salina and Gold Hill, and hauling ore from there down to Boulder.

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Charles F. Cobb account books 1888-1895
Charles F. Cobb account books 1888-1895
Call Number 267-1-(4-5)
Date 1888-1895
Contents 2 folders.
Description Records kept by account name of customers for whom Cobb hauled various loads.

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Charles F. Cobb business papers 1889-1899
Charles F. Cobb business papers 1889-1899
Call Number 267-2-1
Date 1889-1899
Contents 1 folder.
Description Includes a hand written check, a bill of sale for some horses, a bank book, a promissory note, and income totals and averages.

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Charles F. Cobb tax receipts 1889-1893
Charles F. Cobb tax receipts 1889-1893
Call Number 267-2-2
Date 1889-1893
Contents 1 folder.
Description Receipts for taxes paid to Boulder County on property in Boulder and Salina and on a gold mine in the Gold Hill mining district; also, records of road taxes paid to the State of Colorado.

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Boulder (Colo.) lodge membership dues receipts 1889-1899
Boulder (Colo.) lodge membership dues receipts 1889-1899
Call Number 267-2-3
Date 1889-1899
Contents 1 folder.
Description Dues receipts for Ancient Order of Foresters, Gold Hill chapter, Court Pride of the Rockies no. 7650; Ancient Order of United Workmen, Centennial State Lodge no. 8; Knights of Pythias, Boulder Lodge no. 76 K.P.; Woodmen of the World, Pacific Jurisdiction, Camp no. 20.

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Charles F. Cobb miscellaneous papers
Charles F. Cobb miscellaneous papers
Call Number 267-2-4
Date undated
Contents 1 folder.
Description Newspaper clipping announcing the marriage of Miss Katie D. Cobb (sister to Charles F.) to Mr. Lew G. Thomas; calling card of Mrs. E. A. Porter of Denver.

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Charles F. Cobb pharmaceutical prescriptions
Charles F. Cobb pharmaceutical prescriptions
Call Number 267-2-5
Date undated
Contents 1 folder.
Description Several prescriptions and a liniment recipe, all apparently for a sore or sprained leg.

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Rating books 1905-1909
Rating books 1905-1909
Call Number 267-2-(6-8)
Date 1905-1909
Contents 3 folders.
Description Rating books contain names, credit rating and outstanding debts of numerous Boulder citizens who had credit with various businesses. The supplements update the rating books.

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Information sheets 1918-1920
Information sheets 1918-1920
Call Number 267-2-(9-11)
Date 1918-1920
Contents 3 folders.
Description Monthly lists of cases before the courts for collection, those newly deceased whose estates owe money, people who have moved, those whose public services have been connected or disconnected, new accounts for collection.

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Delinquent lists 1917-1919
Delinquent lists 1917-1919
Call Number 267-2-(12-15)
Date 1917-1919
Contents 4 folders.
Description Dealers in various commodities banded together to share information on creditors. Includes coal dealers, garage dealers, feed store owners, and Charles Cobbs' own coal business delinquent list.

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Weekly transcripts 1920
Weekly transcripts 1920
Call Number 267-2-16
Date 1920
Contents 1 folder.
Description A synopsis of all documents filed with the County Clerk and Recorder of Boulder County each week.

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Correspondence 1916-1919
Correspondence 1916-1919
Call Number 267-2-17
Date 1916-1919
Contents 1 folder.
Description Circulars sent to member merchants.

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