VF Collection

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Title: VF Collection
Call Number: VF
Description: A collection of newspaper clippings and some documents about various topics related to Boulder history including current events. This collection was assembled by the staff of Carnegie Library for Local History and continues to grow with new additions from contemporary sources.
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: Clippings.
Collection: Vertical File collection.

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: Telecommunications clippings

Call Number VF Telecommunications

Date after 1971

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: the history of telecommunication in Boulder, including telephone service, and local radio and television stations. Included is information about radio stations KBOL, KBVL, KBCO and KGNU and television station Channel 54, Channel 4-KCNC as well as the radio program E-town.

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: Television clippings.

Call Number VF Television

Date after 1978

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on:Television shows shot or partially shot in Boulder County, and television professionals with ties to Boulder County.

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: Theater groups clippings.

Call Number VF Theater groups

Date after 1983

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on theater groups in Boulder. The following theater groups are mentioned in this folder: BDT Stage (formerly Boulder's Dinner Theatre), Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC), Nomad Players, and Upstart Crow Theatre.

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: Theaters clippings

Call Number VF Theaters

Date after 1930

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: the history of various theaters and movie theaters in Boulder. (Note: ETown Hall is properly spelled beginning with a lower case letter.)

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: Theaters - Boulder Theater clippings.

Call Number VF Theaters - Boulder Theater

Date after 1974

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on Boulder Theater.

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: Time capsules clippings

Call Number VF Time Capsules

Date after 1996

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: time capsules in Boulder, including one buried under a statue in front of the courthouse in 1914 and unknown until uncovered during renovation work in 1996, and one buried near the Municipal Building in 1959.

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: Tourism clippings

Call Number VF Tourism

Date after 1956

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: tourism in Boulder, including restaurants, nightlife and entertainment.

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: Automobile tours clippings

Call Number VF Tours - Automobile

Date after 1959

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: guides and automobile tours around Boulder County.

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: Trails clippings

Call Number VF Trails

Date after 1939

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: hiking and biking trails in Boulder County, including the use of e-bikes on trails. See also VF Open Space - Trails.

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: Transportation: history clippings

Call Number VF Transportation

Date after 1976

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: the history of transportation. Topics include early traffic signs, an early transport of Boulder timeline, gas rationing during World War II, horses, streetcars, trains, and automobiles.

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: Transportation: alternatives clippings

Call Number VF Transportation - Alternatives

Date after 1996

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: alternative transportation. Topics include: Boulder Tube to Work Day, studies and strategies for alternative transportation, car-free days, Boulder's first no driving day, and transportation ideas including an elevated cable transit system or gondola.

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: Transportation: automobiles clippings

Call Number VF Transportation - Automobiles

Date after 1969

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: automobiles. Topics include driving etiquette, the Stanley Steamer, the Model T and Model T club, the history of automobiles in Boulder, the auto camp for tourists now known as Eben Fine Park, electric vehicles, and the solar challenge.

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