Details
Title

Norma Leveque papers 1892-1963 (bulk 1900-1939)

Date

1892-1963

Call Number

BHS 310

Contents

3 boxes (94 folders).

Description

Materials collected by Norma LeVeque, pertaining to the University of Colorado, Boulder, and with Boulder as well as the Gold Hill Mining District.

Summary

Box 1 of this collection contains newspaper clippings collected by Norma LeVeque, most dealing with the University of Colorado, Boulder, and with Boulder in general. There is also correspondence from Ralph Carr, former governor of Colorado, in which he tells anecdotes about his early life in Cripple Creek, Colo.
Boxes 2 and 3 of this collection contain legal documents, notes, maps, receipts, stock certificates and other papers relating to the mining involvements of W. B., Earl M., and Norma E. LeVeque in the Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder, Colo., ca. 1905-1963.

History

Dr. Norma Ebolie LeVeque, collector of all of these materials, was a biology professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Earl M. LeVeque was her brother. William B. LeVeque was their father. All three were heavily involved in mining operations at the Richmond lode and other mines in the Gold Hill Mining District of Boulder County, Colo., ca. 1905-1963.

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

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Maps.
Documents.

Author

LeVeque, Norma E, 1892-1969

Donor

LeVeque family
LeVeque, W.

Subjects

Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950
LeVeque, Earl M, 1898-1947
LeVeque, Norma E, 1892-1969
Antoine, Josephine, 1908-1971
LeVeque, William B
University of Colorado Boulder--Faculty
Richmond Mining Association (Boulder, Colo.).
Richmond Mining Company (Boulder, Colo.).
Richmond Gold Producers, Inc. (Denver, Colo.)
American Association of University Women., Boulder Branch.
Women--Colorado--Boulder
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Gold Hill Mining District
Businesswomen--Colorado--Boulder County
Ore deposits--Colorado--Boulder County--Gold Hill Mining District--Maps
Mine maps
Mine management--Colorado--Boulder County
Miners--Colorado--Boulder County
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Boulder County--Statistics
Ores--Colorado--Boulder County--Gold Hill Mining District--Sampling and estimation
Mineral industries--Finance--Colorado--Boulder County--Accounting
Mining corporations--Colorado--Boulder County
Mining leases--Colorado--Boulder County--Gold Hill Mining District
Assaying--Colorado--Boulder County
Richmond mine--Gold Hill Mining District
Sussex mine--Gold Hill Mining District
Baltimore mine--Gold Hill Mining District
Mining supplies trade.
Le Veque see LeVeque.

Acquisition Note

Donor: W. LeVeque 176 Cole Ave., Providence, R.I. Gift 1985 Jan. 31 Boxes 2 and 3
Donor: LeVeque family Gift 1973 Box 1

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
Nine photographs that were with the papers in boxes 2 and 3 were removed and placed with the small photograph collections, BHS 100-2-20.

Pages

Norma LeVeque newspaper clippings 1933-1937
Norma LeVeque newspaper clippings 1933-1937
Call Number 310-1-1
Date 1933-1937
Contents 2 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings, primarily about Norma LeVeque, but also about her brother Earl's family. One article discusses prominent Colorado women mentioned in a national publication in 1937.

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American Association of University Women, Newspaper clippings
American Association of University Women, Newspaper clippings
Call Number 310-1-2
Date 1936
Contents 2 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings describing the activities of the American Association of University Women, Boulder branch. Included is an article about prominent Colorado women; also a receipt for a contribution to a fellowship fund made by Norma LeVeque.

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Josephine Antoine newspaper clippings 1936-1948
Josephine Antoine newspaper clippings 1936-1948, Colorado Alumnus
Call Number 310-1-3
Date 1936-1948
Contents 13 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings about Josephine Antoine, her opera career and her connection to Boulder. There is also a playbill for the Central City opera house performance of "The Bartered Bride", in which she appeared in 1940, and an issue of the Colorado Alumnus devoted to her.

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Ralph L. Carr Correspondence 1944-1949
Ralph L. Carr Correspondence 1944-1949
Call Number 310-1-4
Date 1944-1949
Contents 6 items.
Description This folder contains typewritten Christmas letters written by Ralph Carr in the form of anecdotes about his early life in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Carr was governor of Colorado from 1939-1943. There are also two newspaper clippings about Carr.

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Boulder County mines newspaper clippings 1935
Boulder County mines newspaper clippings 1935
Call Number 310-1-5
Date 1935
Contents 3 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings about mining in Boulder County, Colorado.

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University newspaper clippings 1932-1938
University newspaper clippings 1932-1938
Call Number 310-1-6
Date 1932-1938
Contents 12 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings about the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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Writer's Conference newspaper clippings 1937
Writer's Conference newspaper clippings 1937
Call Number 310-1-7
Date 1937
Contents 5 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings about the events and participants at the Writers' Conference held at University of Colorado, Boulder in July-August 1937.

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Boulder (Colo.) newspaper clippings 1937
Boulder (Colo.) newspaper clippings 1937
Call Number 310-1-8
Date 1937
Contents 2 p.
Description This folder contains newspaper clippings about the murder of James Baird, and about a master plan being developed for Boulder parks.

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Baltimore mine (Gold Hill Mining District, Colo.) printed materials 1897-1939 (bulk 1935)
Baltimore mine (Gold Hill Mining District, Colo.) printed materials 1897-1939 (bulk 1935)
Call Number 310-2--(1-4)
Date 1897-1939
Contents 4 folders.
Description These folders contain records pertaining to the LeVeque family's involvement in the Baltimore mine in Boulder County, Colorado, and in related lode mining claims within the Gold Hill Mining District.

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guide to the geology of the Boulder region
A guide to the geology of the Boulder region: Boulder, Colorado pamphlet/ 2nd printing, revised 1960
Call Number 310-2-5
Date 1960
Contents 1 v. (16 p.)
Description This folder contains an illustrated booklet about the geology of Boulder County, Colorado. Philip Worcester, Professor of Geology and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Colorado, first wrote it in 1932.

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Modern mining in Boulder County pamphlet [1934]
Modern mining in Boulder County pamphlet [1934]
Call Number 310-2-6
Date 1934
Contents 1 v. (11 p. and map).
Description This booklet contains sections about the history of mining in Boulder County, Colorado, the county's mining possibilities, and a map showing the structure and ore deposits as of Apr. 1934.

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Boulder Minerals Corporation prospectus 1936
Boulder Minerals Corporation prospectus 1936
Call Number 310-2-7
Date 1936
Contents 1 item.

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