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

Helen Warton photograph.
Helen Warton photograph.
Call Number 756-2-45
Date [1925]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Small portrait of Helen Warton wearing cloche hat and collared coat, circa 1925.

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Mrs. Smith and her children photograph.
Mrs. Smith and her children photograph.
Call Number 756-2-46
Date [1920]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Portrait of Mrs. [Mary] Smith with her son, [Donald] Smith and daughter, [Marguerite] Smith, circa 1920. First names were written on a photocopy of this portrait (since removed) by researcher, along with "1910 census" and "2110 Goss".

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Mrs. Jeruska Bateese photograph.
Mrs. Jeruska Bateese photograph.
Call Number 756-2-47
Date [1970]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Portrait of Jeruska Bateese, circa 1970. The photograph's caption reads, "Mrs. Jeruska Bateese, over 100 years old and still living in her own home, receives regular visits from nuns".

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Mrs. Thomas photograph.
Mrs. Thomas photograph.
Call Number 756-2-48
Date [1940]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Snapshot of Mrs. Thomas in a winter coat walking down a snowy sidewalk, circa 1940. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "Mrs. Thomas played piano for Baptist Church [and] taught piano lessons". As this note is crossed out, the identity of the woman in the photograph is ambiguous.

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Bernice Kelly, Andrew Kelly, and Claudine McCloud photograph.
Bernice Kelly, Andrew Kelly, and Claudine McCloud photograph.
Call Number 756-2-49
Date [1930]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Snapshot of Bernice Kelly, Andrew Kelly, and Claudine McCloud, circa 1930. Buildings and two cars are present in the background.

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Sam Davidson photograph.
Sam Davidson photograph.
Call Number 756-2-50
Date [1930]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Snapshot of Sam Davidson standing with his elbow on a car, circa 1930. Note on the reverse of the photograph reads "Sam Davidson (chauffeur) from Texas."

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Portraits of African Americans
Portraits of African Americans
Call Number 756-2-51
Date [1910-1940]
Contents 10 photographs, 9 views (3 digitized).
Description Folder contains three photographs. Photos 1-2 are believed to be circa the 1920s and photo 3 is believed to be circa the 1940s. An additional folder labeled 756-2-51 part 2 contains six photocopied portraits of identified individuals.

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Early portraits of unidentified African Americans
Early portraits of unidentified African Americans
Call Number 756-2-52
Date [1850 - 1890]
Contents 11 photographs (3 views).
Description Three portraits of unidentified African Americans, pre-1900. These are copies of what appear to be cased images. Originals could have been daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, or tintypes.

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Portraits of unidentified African Americans, circa 1910-1925.
Portraits of unidentified African Americans, circa 1910-1925.
Call Number 756-2-53
Date [1910-1925]
Contents 3 photographs (3 views).
Description Three photographs of unidentified individuals, believed to be 1910-1925.

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Unidentified African Americans group photographs.
Unidentified African Americans group photographs.
Call Number 756-2-54
Date [1900-1940]
Contents 9 photographs, 7 views (6 digitized).
Description Six photographs of groups of unidentified individuals, undated.

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Dining Group photographs.
Dining Group photographs.
Call Number 756-2-55
Date [1925-1945]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Two snapshots of groups of people gathered around a table, believed to be circa 1920-1945. Folder also includes separate pages of notes which identify individuals and map seating arrangements. These notes identify Photo 1 as "Luncheon Picture" and Photo 2 as "Table Affair with Elderly Blacks".

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Boulder Blues Baseball Team photograph.
Boulder Blues Baseball Team photograph.
Call Number 756-2-56
Date [1911]
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description Photograph of the Boulder Blues baseball team. An accompanying note lists Tom Wallace as the manager and identifies Will Hall as first row, left., Advanced research, and a comparison of additional photos, suggests team members could be: back row (l-r): Tom Wallace, Joshua Reeves, George Morrison, Luther McKinney, and Clyde Steele or George Harris. Front row (l-r): Will Hall, Harvey Wright (one of next two men), Lee Morrison, and George Reeves.

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