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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

Order of the Eastern Star printed materials 1912-1959
Order of the Eastern Star printed materials 1912-1959
Call Number 352-15-(4-10)
Date 1912-1959
Contents 7 folders.
Description These seven folders contain manuals, rosters, programs and other printed materials of the Queen Esther Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and of the Grand Chapter of Colorado and the national organization., The Queen Esther Chapter No. 5 of Boulder was organized in 1891.

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Order of the Rainbow for Girls printed materials 1935-1945
Order of the Rainbow for Girls printed materials 1935-1945
Call Number 352-15-11
Date 1935-1945
Contents 4 items.

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Mizpah Shrine, printed materials 1927-1978
Mizpah Shrine, printed materials 1927-1978
Call Number 352-15-(12-17)
Date 1927-1978
Contents 6 folders.
Description These six folders contain manuals, rosters, programs and other printed materials of the Mizpah Shrine No. 4 chapter of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, of which Marguerite Dean was long a member, and printed materials from other organizations within the White Shrine of Jerusalem., The Mizpah Shrine No. 4 of Boulder was organized in 1921.

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Records of the Daughters of the American Revolution [1910]-1979 (bulk 1933-1979)
Records of the Daughters of the American Revolution [1910]-1979 (bulk 1933-1979), History of the D.A.R. in Colorado 1894-1953
Call Number 352-16
Date [1910]-1979
Contents 15 folders.
Description The 15 folders in this box contain manuals, rosters, programs, annual yearbooks and other printed materials of the Arapahoe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which Marguerite Dean was a member. Also, some printed materials from the Colorado and national bodies of the D.A.R., The Arapahoe Chapter, Boulder, was organized in 1910.

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Dean family oversize
Dean family oversize
Call Number 352-O-1
Date 1912-1937
Contents 7 items.
Description This folder contains various diplomas and certificates of Martha E. ("Mattie") and Marguerite Dean, sisters who lived in Boulder, Colo. There is also a portion of an undated hanging map/advertisement printed by W.H. Danielson; Hardware, Stoves, Graniteware; Mine and Mill Supplies. 1413 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colo.

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