John B. Schoolland collection 1865-[1979]

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Title: John B. Schoolland collection 1865-[1979]
Date: 1865-[1979]
Call Number: 775
Contents: 1 box.
Description: This collection consists of typewritten drafts of four sections of John Schoolland's book "Boulder in Perspective"; a pamphlet "Over Trails of Yesterday", 1948; and a pamphlet encouraging easterners to invest in gold properties in Colorado, 1865.
History: Dr. John B. Schoolland was the director of the Counseling Service at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was active in historical research about Boulder and was instrumental in bringing Engine No. 30 to Central Park. He wrote a pamphlet on the history of the Switzerland Trail of America railroad, and two books on Boulder history, "Boulder Then and Now", and "Boulder in Perspective."
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.
Author: Schoolland, John Bernard 1894-1987
Subjects: Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Gilpin County
Mining districts--Colorado--Gilpin County
Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Salida
Boulder (Colo.)--History
Russell Mining District (Gilpin County, Colo.)
Salida (Colo.)--History
Acquisition Note: Donor: John B. Schoolland Gift 1987.

: Typewritten chapters from Boulder in perspective : from search for gold to the gold of research [1970-1979]

Call Number 775-1-1

Date [1970-1979]

Contents 50 p.

Description Typewritten drafts of four sections of John Schoolland's book Boulder in Perspective : from Search for Gold to the Gold of Research. The chapters are "The Boulder Fair", 8 p.; "People's Courts", 7 p.; "Miners' Courts", 4 p.; and "The Indians", 31 p.

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: Over trails of yesterday: stories of colorful characters that lived, labored, loved, fought and died in the gold and silver west 1948

Call Number 775-1-2

Date 1948

Contents 1 pamphlet.

Description A pamphlet about the history of Salida, Colorado.

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: A brief description, and a few plain statements concerning a gold property: located on the Topeka, Junction, Frank, Ohio, Pacific, and other well known lodes, situated in Russell Mining District, Gilpin C

Call Number 775-1-3

Date 1865

Contents 1 pamphlet.

Description A pamphlet encouraging easterners to invest in gold properties in Colorado, 1865.

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