Verna Hamm collection.

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Title: Verna Hamm collection.
Date: [1940-1990]
Call Number: 531
Contents: 1 box.
Description: Photographs and documents of Verna Hamm and her husband Harry Hamm, including materials related to Valmont Power Plant, Omnibus College and Mapleton Lodge.
Terms of Use: RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. 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: Documents.
Photographs.
Donor: Huffman, Margery.
Subjects: Hamm, Verna Minnie Armknecht, 1903-2001
Hamm, Harry F, 1887-1965
Hamm, William Francis, 1944-2000
Collection: Verna Hamm collection.
Acquisition Note: Materials were donated by Margery Huffman in 2014.
Note: Verna Minnie Hamm moved to Boulder in 1924, earned a degree in education from the University of Colorado and worked as a teacher at Washington School for 16 years. She married Harry F. Hamm in 1942 and the couple adopted a son, William, in 1946. Harry Ham worked for the Public Service Company at the Valmont Power Plant for many years until his death in 1965. Verna was a very active member of her community including the First United Methodist Church and several women's organizations. She died in Boulder at the age of 97 on 5 February 2001.

: Harry F. and Verna Minnie Hamm photographs.

Call Number 531-1-1

Date [1940-1990]

Contents 6 photographs (3 digitized).

Description Portraits and snapshots of Harry F. and Verna Minnie Hamm.

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: William Francis Hamm photographs.

Call Number 531-1-2

Date [1947]

Contents 6 photographs.

Description Photographs of William Francis Hamm as a child with family and around Boulder. Some photos are stamped “Owl Photo Co.” on back.

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: Valmont power plant party photograph, 1955.

Call Number 531-1-3

Date 1955

Contents 1 photograph.

Description View of a large group gathered for a meal in an unidentified room for a Valmont power plant event. Several people are seated at tables with full service settings. Harry and Verna Hamm identified on front, and Frank S. Henderson appears standing at the far back left of the room. Photo dated 24 October 1955 on back.

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: 1511 Broadway Street photograph.

Call Number 531-1-4

Date [1940-1949]

Contents 1 photograph.

Description View of the house at 1511 Broadway, circa 1940s. 1501 Broadway appears to the left.

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: Mapleton Lodge photographs.

Call Number 531-1-5

Date [1939]

Contents 10 photographs (5 digitized).

Description Exterior and interior views of the Mapleton Lodge at 1002 Mapleton Avenue, circa 1939.

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: Estes Park photograph, 1925.

Call Number 531-1-6

Date 1925

Contents 1 photograph.

Description View of unidentified buildings with cars parked outside. One building’s sign reads “HI Graw’s (or MI Graw’s) curio shop” and “cottages for rent.” Written at bottom of photo, “Estes 1925 7 Keys to Baldpate.” Photo does not appear to be of Baldpate Inn.

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: Josephine Antoine article, 1947.

Call Number 531-1-7

Date 1947

Contents 3 pages.

Description Photocopy of a three-page article titled “I was an Adopted Child” by Josephine Antoine. Written on front of article, “Billy Boy, Mommy went to University with Josephine in 1925-1926-27. Also a friend of Daddy’s.” Inscription believed to have been written by Verna Hamm to her adopted son William.

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: Omnibus College scrapbook, 1934.

Call Number 531-1-8

Date 1934

Contents 7 sheets (4 images digitized).

Description Seven loose sheets (14 pages) of a scrapbook created by Verna Armknecht (Hamm) about her trip on the Omnibus College in 1934. Pages include route maps, photos and clippings related to the Omnibus College and sites visited, as well as Verna’s certificate of membership and participation and bank checks paid to the college. There are two loose items that likely detached from the scrapbook including a group photo of participants with tents and a bank check.

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: Verna Hamm scrapbook pages, 1940-1949.

Call Number 531-1-9

Date 1940-1949

Contents 4 sheets.

Description Four sheets (8 pages) of a scrapbook created by Verna Hamm. Many of the materials relate to the adoption of her son William, including newspaper clippings, cards received and a letter from the Colorado State Home about the adoption and obtaining health records. There are also photos of Verna and her husband Harry F. Hamm and clippings about their marriage as well as clippings about Verna’s parents Henry and Wilhelmine Armknecht. Items date from 1940-1949.

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: Verna Hamm state teacher’s certificate.

Call Number 531-1-10

Date 1930

Contents 1 document.

Description A “Temporary Graduate State Teacher’s Certificate” for Verna Armknecht, dated 6 August 1930, valid for teaching in the State of Colorado for five years.

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