Details
Title

The Silvia Pettem Collection, 1897-1992

Date

1897-1992

Call Number

709

Contents

4 boxes.

Description

This collection consists of photographs and documents collected by Silvia Pettem and used in her work of documenting Boulder County history.

Summary

Box 709-1:
Copies of official documents used in her research on Mary Rippon and her daughter, Miriam Edna Housel Rieder.
Portrait of Miriam Housel (daughter of Will Housel and Mary Rippon) taken when she was 8 years old, 17 January 1897, Boston.
Portrait of a man who may be Louis B. Reed, once the District Attorney of Boulder County.
Box 709-2:
Photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them.
Box 709-3:
1891 Caribou autograph book.
Box 709-Oversize:
1. Summer/Fall 1992 edition of the Trolley Times.
2. Eleven Longmont Times-Call Sunday magazines which contain articles written by Pettem during 1984-1986.

History

Silvia Pettem is the author of numerous books, booklets, and articles on Boulder County history.

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.

Author/Donor

Pettem, Silvia

Subjects

Mark, J. Leonard, 1889-1951
Reed, Louis B, 1874-1952
Rieder, Miriam, 1889-1957
Rippon, Mary, 1850-1935

Collection

Silvia Pettem Collection

Acquisition Note

Donor: Silvia Pettem Gift

Pages

Boulder
Boulder: Evolution of a City
Call Number 709-1-1
Date [1910-1989]
Contents 27 photographs.
Description Photographs used in the book "Boulder : Evolution of a City" by Silvia Pettem: 7 prints from slides in the Schoolland collection (envelope d); 17 prints from photographs at the Boulder Daily Camera (envelope a); 1 print from an interior photo of Old Chicago by owner Brad Niederman (envelope c); and 2 original photographs (envelope b).

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List of photographs used on the Pearl Street Mall Historic Panels
List of photographs used on the Pearl Street Mall Historic Panels
Call Number 709-1-2
Date 2003
Contents 80 leaves (photocopies).
Description This folder contains a list of the Carnegie Branch Library's call numbers for photographs, as well as photocopies of those photographs, that were used on the Pearl Street Mall historic panels., In June 2001, the City of Boulder hired Silvia Pettem to pick twelve themes, select the photos, and write captions for these panels. Dave Tweed of Communication Arts (a Boulder graphics firm) was hired to do the layout and design. The panels were completed on July 17, 2003., The twelve themes (in order from 11th Street to 15th Street) are: (1) Pearl & 11th, (2) Pearl Street: Mud to Mall, (3) Colorful Characters, (4) Downtown Buildings & Businesses, (5) The 19th-Century Child, (6) Horse-drawn Vehicles & Liveries, (7) Boulder County Courthouses, (8) Mining & Agriculture, (9) Boulder's Railroads: Providing a Sense of Place, (10) The University & The Town, (11) Culture, Health & Tourism, and (12) 1400 Block of Pearl.

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State of the Heart, 1902-2002
State of the Heart, 1902-2002: the first 100 years of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley
Call Number 709-1-3
Date 2002
Description This folder contains a booklet written to commerate the 100-year history of the humane society.

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The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On: The shift in medical care from general practitioner to medical specialist
Call Number 709-1-4
Date 2003
Description Booklet that outlines the progression from general practitioners to specialists at the Boulder Community Hospital. Concentrates on the years between 1922 and 1960, and the practices of various Boulder physicians.

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Hous es on 9th and 13th streets
Hous es on 9th and 13th streets
Call Number 709-2-1
Date [1938-1958]
Contents 5 photographs (3 views).
Description This envelope contains photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them.

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Houses on 14th and 17th streets
Houses on 14th and 17th streets
Call Number 709-2-2
Date [1920-1959]
Contents 4 photographs.
Description These photographs were given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them.

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Hous es on Lincoln and Mapleton
Hous es on Lincoln and Mapleton
Call Number 709-2-3
Date [1930]-1957
Contents 5 photographs.
Description This box contains a group of photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them.

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Houses on Marine, Pearl and Pine
Houses on Marine, Pearl and Pine
Call Number 709-2-4
Date 1897-[1950]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description This envelope contains a group of photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them.

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Houses on 19th, Arapahoe and Canyon
Houses on 19th, Arapahoe and Canyon
Call Number 709-2-5
Date [1950-1959]
Contents 5 photographs (3 views).
Description This envelope contains a group of photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. The prints are either stamped "M.R. Parsons" or have his handwriting on them. Possibly taken in the 1950s.

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Silvia Pettem Collection
The Silvia Pettem Collection: portraits
Call Number 709-2-(6-28)-Photo
Date undated
Contents 18 envelopes.
Description These envelopes contain a group of photographs given to Silvia Pettem by a single donor, and donated to the Carnegie Library for Local History on 28 January 2012. There are 122 photographs of people arranged alphabetically. Some of the unique names are listed below.

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Cari bou autograph book, 1891-1893
Cari bou autograph book, 1891-1893
Call Number 709-3-1
Date 1891-1893
Contents 5 pages.
Description Five digitized pages from the 1890s Caribou autograph book of Frances "Fannie" A. Jones.

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Cari bou autograph book, 1891-1896
Cari bou autograph book, 1891-1896
Call Number 709-3-2
Date 1891-1896
Contents 5 pages.
Description Five digitized pages from the 1890s Caribou autograph book of Frances "Fannie" A. Jones.

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