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

Graduation announcements 1897-1913
Graduation announcements 1897-1913
Call Number 352-2-11
Date 1897-1913
Contents 4 items.
Description This folder contains four graduation announcements sent to Calvin and Elizabeth Armstrong Dean concerning schools in Kansas and Ohio, 1897-1913.

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Wedding invitations 1884-1924
Wedding invitations 1884-1924
Call Number 352-2-12
Date 1884-1924
Contents 14 items.
Description This folder contains fourteen wedding invitations sent to Calvin and Elizabeth Armstrong Dean from people in Colorado and other states, 1884-1924.

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Incoming correspondence: A-J 1879-1925
Incoming correspondence: A-J 1879-1925
Call Number 352-2-13
Date 1879-1925
Contents 11 items.
Description This folder contains items of Elizabeth Armstrong Dean's incoming personal correspondence.

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Incoming correspondence: K-Z and unidentified 1883-1928
Incoming correspondence: K-Z and unidentified 1883-1928
Call Number 352-2-14
Date 1883-1928
Contents 22 items.
Description This folder contains items of Elizabeth Armstrong Dean's incoming personal correspondence.

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Love letters with Calvin Dean 1883-1884
Love letters with Calvin Dean 1883-1884
Call Number 352-2-15
Date 1883-1884
Contents 11 items.
Description This folder contains letters to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Armstrong from Calvin Dean, from the time of their first acquaintance through their courtship in 1883-1884. One of the letters is a draft of Elizabeth's reply to Calvin's first letter. Most of Calvin's letters contain descriptions of his work in the cattle trade; they would not be considered passionate love letters.

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Elizabeth Armstrong Dean Invitations [1883]
Elizabeth Armstrong Dean Invitations [1883]
Call Number 352-2-16
Date [1883]
Contents 6 items.
Description This folder contains six handwritten invitations sent to Elizabeth Armstrong Dean, probably all from Arkansas City, Kansas, ca. 1883.

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Elizabeth Armstrong manuscripts
Elizabeth Armstrong manuscripts
Call Number 352-2-17
Date undated
Contents 7 items.
Description This folder contains undated handwritten poems and essays by Elizabeth "Lizzie" Armstrong, who later married Calvin Dean.

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Service organizations papers 1915-1928
Service organizations papers 1915-1928
Call Number 352-2-18
Date 1915-1928
Contents 18 items.
Description This folder contains items of Elizabeth Armstrong Dean's papers concerning membership in several local organizations, and printed materials from the American Red Cross, 1915-1928. Included: Instructions for knitting sweaters, mufflers, helmets, socks, wristlets, wash-cloths, bottle-covers

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Robert H. Dean daybook 1860-1874
Robert H. Dean daybook 1860-1874
Call Number 352-3-1
Date 1860-1874
Contents 1 v.
Description This folder contains an account book for the period 1863- 1868, with several papers attached in the back dating from 1860- 1874 (bulk 1863-1868). The name inside the front cover is R. H. Dean, probably Robert Harvey Dean, Calvin Dean's half-brother. The papers in the latter part of the volume include home remedies, recipes, bills and receipts. A bill attached to page 143 is addressed to Robert H. Dean. Most of the accounting entries are for domestic food purchases.

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Scrapbook 1884-1904
Scrapbook 1884-1904
Call Number 352-3-2
Date 1884-1904
Contents 1 v.
Description This folder contains a hard-cover scrapbook (with images of Santa Claus on the front cover) containing newspaper clippings about the Dean and Orr families and farming information for the period 1888-1904 in Kansas. Several pages of archival photocopies of clippings found loose in this volume, and several other loose papers, are also in this folder.

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Calvin Dean's notebook 1917-1933
Calvin Dean's notebook 1917-1933
Call Number 352-3-3
Date 1917-1933
Contents 1 v.
Description This folder contains an 8.5 x 3" notebook, apparently of Calvin Dean, which contains records of real estate transactions and U.S. savings bonds, weather, and addresses. A page of archivally photocopied Boulder, Colo., weather clippings found loose in this volume is also in this folder.

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Real estate notebooks 1926-1959
Real estate notebooks 1926-1959
Call Number 352-3-(4-7)
Date 1926-1959
Contents 4 v.
Description This folder contains four notebooks in which Marguerite Dean kept records of her housing expenses, loans made, payments and interest for the period 1926-1959 for 945 University Ave. (her home address) and 2205 Walnut, 704 Pleasant, 1228 7th, 403 Highland, 1024 University, 611 Concord, 2336 13th, 1501 Broadway ( 12th St.), and in Kansas and on a "country estate."

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