Details
Title

Charles Nilon collection.

Date

1859-1991

Call Number

756

Contents

2 boxes.

Description

This collection contains photographs and papers about African-Americans in Boulder County, Colorado. Included are family photographs of the McVey, Epperson, Lewis, Morrison, Reeves, and Lingham families; photographs and information about the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Second Baptist Church of Boulder; and biographical information about Afro-American pioneers and early gold miners. Also newspaper clippings about Dearfield, Colorado, an African-American community in Weld County.

History

Charles H. Nilon was professor emeritus of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder and was director of the Black Studies Program.

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

Photographs.
Documents.

Author

Nilon, Charles H., 1916-1991

Subjects

Nilon, Charles H., 1916-1991
African Americans--Colorado--Boulder County
African American churches--Colorado--Boulder
Pioneers--Colorado--Boulder County

Acquisition Note

Charles Nilon Gift 1989

Ownership Note

The material in this collection was collected by Charles Nilon from African-American families living in Boulder County, from the Boulder and Colorado census, and local newspapers.

Note

All materials in this folder are from the private collection of Charles Nilon, although some unidentified photographs are from the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum.

Pages

Blacks in Boulder printed materials.
Blacks in Boulder printed materials.
Call Number 756-1-25
Date [1930-1982]
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains Charles Nilon's correspondence with Laurence Paddock requesting information and photographs of African Americans in Boulder, a letter from Sam Mackey to L.C. Paddock, two undated lists of names and addresses of African Americans in Boulder, a Colorado Daily article concerning discrimination against Blacks in Boulder, abstracts from "Early Days in Boulder", a page titled "References to colored people in Boulder", and a newspaper article about Leroy Morrison.

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Boulder's Black community notes.
Boulder's Black community notes.
Call Number 756-1-26
Date undated
Contents 1 folder.
Description Folder contains extensive lists of African Americans in the Boulder city directories 1871-1901 as well as notes about the number of African Americans in Boulder, where they lived, where they moved from, and what they did for a living.

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Boulder's Black community miscellaneous printed materials.
Boulder's Black community miscellaneous printed materials.
Call Number 756-1-27
Date 1880-[1990]
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains a letter to Charles Nilon from Lawrence Paddock regarding information on African Americans in Boulder, captions on the lives of Oscar White and Samuel B. Mackey [Sampson B. Mackey], a photocopy of a map of Boulder circa 1880, a program for "Pioneers of Boulder County" presented by Boulder Historical Society and Museum, and a brief list of names including members of the Reeves family.

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Graduation exercises programs.
Graduation exercises programs.
Call Number 756-1-28
Date 1923-1927
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains a graduation program for Central School, dated June 1, 1923, and an announcement of graduation exercises for State Preparatory School dated June 8, 1927.

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Charles Nilon photographs.
Charles Nilon photographs.
Call Number 756-2-1
Date [1970-1979]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Three photographs of Charles Nilon, circa 1970s.

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Benjamin and Charlotte Epperson photograph.
Benjamin and Charlotte Epperson photograph.
Call Number 756-2-2
Date [1880]-1898
Contents 3 photographs (1 view).
Description Studio portrait of Benjamin and Charlotte Epperson, circa 1880-1898.

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Charlotte Epperson photograph.
Charlotte Epperson photograph.
Call Number 756-2-3
Date [1906-1920]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Studio portrait of Charlotte Epperson, circa 1906-1920.

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William Epperson photograph.
William Epperson photograph.
Call Number 756-2-4
Date [1906-1920]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Photograph of William Epperson sitting outside on a trailer with his foot on a milk can, circa 1906-1920.

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Katie Howard photograph.
Katie Howard photograph.
Call Number 756-2-5
Date [1906-1920]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Studio portrait of Katie Howard, circa 1906-1920.

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Jerusha Epperson photograph.
Jerusha Epperson photograph.
Call Number 756-2-6
Date 1906-1920
Contents 4 photographs (1 view).
Description Studio photograph of two women in overcoats and large straw hats, ca. 1906-1920. Jerusha Epperson is written on the back of the photo, however, it is unclear which of the ladies she is.

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William Jones photograph.
William Jones photograph.
Call Number 756-2-7
Date [1915]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Studio photograph of William Jones as a child, wearing a sailor suit and standing on a chair, circa 1915.

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Allen Lewis photograph.
Allen Lewis photograph.
Call Number 756-2-8
Date [1913]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Photograph of Allen Lewis standing in front of a brick wall, circa 1913.

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