Details
Title

Dean family papers 1851-1981 (bulk 1900-1979)

Date

1851-1981

Call Number

BHS 352

Contents

16 boxes (260 folders).

Description

This collection contains papers created and collected by members of the Dean family from 1851 to 1981.

Summary

It includes family history and papers of Albert Dean (box 1), papers of Calvin and Elizabeth Dean (box 2), notebooks (box 3), legal papers (box 4), school papers and social and financial correspondence of sisters Martha "Mattie" and Marguerite Dean (boxes 5-8, 10-14), and records of the Phi Delta Delta legal fraternity (box 9), secret societies (box 15) and the D.A.R. (box 16).

History

Calvin Dean was a rancher who raised prize bulls in Kansas and Oklahoma. He moved with his family to Boulder, Colorado in 1909-1910. The family home was at 945 University Ave., Boulder, Colorado. Calvin and his wife Elizabeth Armstrong Dean had two daughters, Marguerite and Martha (called Mattie), who never married.
Mattie Dean graduated State Preparatory School (Boulder, Colo.) in 1912 and became a pharmacist. Marguerite Dean graduated the University of Colorado with a B.A. in 1912, an M.A. in 1914, and a law degree in 1924. Between 1912 and 1924 she taught school in Nebraska and Sunshine, Colorado. Neither sister married and both lived at the family home until their deaths.

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

Correspondence.
Clippings.
Documents.

Author

Dean family.

Donor

Dean, Martha E. 1893-1981

Subjects

Dean, Marguerite, 1891-1978
Dean, Elizabeth Armstrong, 1860-1924
Dean, Calvin, 1851-1933
Dean, Albert, 1840-1913
Dean, Martha E, 1893-1981
Dean family
Daughters of the American Revolution., Arapahoe Chapter (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence--1910-1980
Knights Templar (Masonic order)., Columbia Lodge No. 14 (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Order of the Eastern Star., Queen Esther Chapter No. 5 (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem., Mizpah Shrine No. 4 of Colorado (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence--1927-1978
Phi Delta Delta., Phi Chapter ( Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Freemasons--History
Christmas cards
Women--Colorado--Boulder--Societies and clubs
Real property--Kansas
Real property--Colorado--Boulder County
Women lawyers--Colorado--Boulder
Clubs--Colorado--Boulder
Boulder (Colo.)--Social life and customs

Acquisition Note

Donor: Martha E. Dean 945 University Ave., Boulder, CO. Gift 1981

Note

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

Pages

Albert Dean business correspondence 1864-1898
Albert Dean business correspondence 1864-1898
Call Number 352-1-13
Date 1864-1898
Contents 18 items.
Description This folder contains incoming business correspondence of Albert Dean, most of it pertaining to his cattle trading in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Partnership agreement with Martin Snyder 1883 March 16
Partnership agreement with Martin Snyder 1883 March 16
Call Number 352-1-14
Date 1883
Contents 1 item.
Description This folder contains the articles of co-partnership signed on 16 March 1883 by Albert Dean of Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, and Martin H. Snyder of Winfield, Kansas, for acquiring livestock "in southern Kansas and the Indian Territory."

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Incoming correspondence 1911-1928
Incoming correspondence 1911-1928
Call Number 352-2-1
Date 1911-1928
Contents 20 items.
Description This folder contains Calvin Dean's incoming correspondence for the period from 1911 to 1928. Postcards, telegrams, and greeting cards are included.

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Calvin Dean business correspondence 1874-1926
Calvin Dean business correspondence 1874-1926
Call Number 352-2-2
Date 1874-1926
Contents 24 items.
Description This folder contains incoming business correspondence of Calvin Dean, most of it pertaining to his financial transactions.

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Calvin Dean letters of introduction 1909-1915
Calvin Dean letters of introduction 1909-1915
Call Number 352-2-3
Date 1909-1915
Contents 8 items.
Description This folder contains letters of introduction and recommendation for Calvin Dean, from banks in Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.

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Outgoing correspondence concerning Armstrong estate 1919
Outgoing correspondence concerning Armstrong estate 1919
Call Number 352-2-4
Date 1919
Contents 4 items.
Description This folder contains four letters from Calvin Dean to his sister Maggie Teasdall concerning negotiations over the Armstrong inheritance.

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Shorthorn cattle sale catalogs and flyers 1901-1910
Shorthorn cattle sale catalogs and flyers 1901-1910, Record of unfashionable crosses in short-horns, Short form of entry, American short-horn herd book
Call Number 352-2-5
Date 1901-1910
Contents 8 items.
Description This folder contains tickets, sale catalogs, and advertisements for cattle shows in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and a blank form for registering American shorthorn cattle.

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Calvin Dean bank account books 1903-1933
Calvin Dean bank account books 1903-1933
Call Number 352-2-6
Date 1903-1933
Contents 2 v.
Description This folder contains two bank books of Calvin Dean. One is for 1903-1910 in Newkirk, Okla.; the other is for 1924-1933 at the National State Bank in Boulder, Colo.

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Calvin Dean business cards and insurance license [1925]
Calvin Dean business cards and insurance license [1925]
Call Number 352-2-7
Date [1925]
Contents 8 items.
Description This folder contains Calvin Dean's business cards as a breeder of shorthorn cattle, insurance agent, and Freemason member. Also, his insurance agent's license for 1925.

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Calvin Dean bills and receipts 1915-1928
Calvin Dean bills and receipts 1915-1928, Rules, regulations and suggestions for monument builders and lot owners in Green Mountain Cemetery
Call Number 352-2-8
Date 1915-1928
Contents 11 items.
Description This folder contains Calvin Dean's bills and receipts and other personal financial papers. The receipts are from businesses in Boulder, Colo., Kansas and Wyoming. Also in here is a pamphlet from the Boulder Cemetery Association concerning Green Mountain Cemetery regulations in 1924.

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Kansas real estate deeds
Kansas real estate deeds
Call Number 352-2-9
Date 1887-1898
Contents 2 items.

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Boulder, Colo., real estate papers 1906-1933
Boulder, Colo., real estate papers 1906-1933
Call Number 352-2-10
Date 1906-1933
Contents 15 items.
Description This folder contains title abstracts and deeds, etc., for property in Boulder County, Colorado, 1906-1933.

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