Details
Title

Charles Buckingham collection 1876-1961 (bulk 1933-1961)

Date

1876-1961

Call Number

BHS 330

Contents

2 boxes (4 folders).

Description

This collection contains two folders of clippings and other printed materials concerning Charles G. Buckingham, his brother Walter's son Charles E. Buckingham, and their bank, the National State (later, the First National) bank of Boulder, Colorado. It also contains a scrapbook of clippings about that bank and federal regulation of banks and banking during the 1930s, and a scrapbook of engravings ca. 1876-1885.

History

Charles G. Buckingham and his younger brother Walter founded the Buckingham Brothers' bank in Boulder, Colorado, in 1874. This became the National State bank in 1877, then the First National bank in Boulder after a reorganization in 1933- 1934. Charles G. Buckingham was reputed to have been the oldest banker in the United States. His nephew Charles E. Buckingham (son of Walter) became president of the bank in 1940, succeeding his uncle Charles' successor Frank Tyler.
Both C. G. and C. E. Buckingham were active in Boulder community affairs. C. G. helped to establish the library at the University of Colorado, was instrumental in the construction of the Boulderado Hotel and gave the city a large tract of land in Left Hand Canyon for a park. His nephew C. E. Buckingham's main interests aside from banking were mountains and music.

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.
Documents.

Author/Donor

Buckingham family.

Donor

Buckingham, Charles E. 1874-1961

Subjects

Buckingham, Charles G, 1846-1940
Buckingham, Charles E. ("Carl"), 1874-1961
Buckingham, Walter A, 1848-1881
Buckingham family
National State Bank (Boulder, Colo.).
First National Bank (Boulder, Colo.).
Bankers--Colorado--Boulder--Biography
Banks and banking--Colorado--Boulder--History
Bank employees--Colorado--Boulder--Biography
Boulder (Colo.)--Obituaries

Acquisition Note

Donor: Charles E. Buckingham estate Boulder, CO. Gift 1962

Note

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

Charles G. Buckingham Papers 1937-1940
Charles G. Buckingham Papers 1937-1940
Call Number 330-1-1
Date 1937-1940
Contents 11 items.

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Charles E. Buckingham papers 1940-1961
Charles E. Buckingham papers 1940-1961
Call Number 330-1-2
Date 1940-1961
Contents 3 pages.
Description This folder contains archival photocopies of clippings from the Boulder Daily Camera et al., about C. E. Buckingham and the National State Bank of Boulder, Colo., and a letter of condolence that the bank sent to his sister Nell Buckingham.

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Boulder (Colo.) banks and banking scrapbook 1933-1938
Boulder (Colo.) banks and banking scrapbook 1933-1938
Call Number 330-1-3
Date 1933-1938
Contents 1 volume.
Description This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings concerning banks and banking in Boulder, Colorado and nationally.

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World culture scrapbook [1876-1885]
World culture scrapbook [1876-1885]
Call Number 330-2-1
Date [1876-1885]
Contents 1 volume.
Description This scrapbook contains copies of engravings that were published in such sources as Harper's Weekly, ca. 1876-1885. Many of the articles concern the U.S. centennial exhibition of fine art etc. from around the world, displayed in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1876. Others concern the Hudson River valley, New York. Some of the prints are of sketches and paintings by Winslow Homer.

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