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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: Authors (M-R) clippings.

Call Number VF Authors (M-R)

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on authors whose surnames begin with M-R. Authors mentioned in this folder include: Betty MacDonald, Labhiuun MacLain, Clarence Major, Theo Mandel, Donna Marek, Bob Mayer, Janet McReynolds, Thomas Meyer, Mary Midkiff, Harlys Millhiser, Leslie O'Kane, Beth Osnes, Wayne Overholser, Victor Pearn, Sylvia Pettem, Kathleen Phillips, Walter Plywaski, Madeline Porter, Rick Reily, Clyde Robertson, and Janet Robertson.

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: Authors (S-Z) clippings.

Call Number VF Authors (S-Z)

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on authors whose surnames begin with S-Z. Authors mentioned in this folder include: Reg Saner, Anne Wilson Schaef, John Schoolland, Ouida Sebestyen, Dan Simmons, Duane Smith, Phyllis Smith, Susan Solomon, Barbara Steiner, Janet Stevens, John Thorndike, Susan Washburn, Charles Weissner, Mimi Wesson, Stephen White, Gordon Wickstrom, Muriel Wolle, Nancy Wood, Renate Wood, Ruth Wood, Marjorie Zapf, and David Zindell.

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: Awards: Multicultural clippings

Call Number VF Awards - Multicultural

Date after 2006

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications about the multicultural awards given at the Boulder Community Action Program annual awards programs of 2006 and 2008.

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: Awards: Pacesetter clippings

Call Number VF Awards - Pacesetter

Date after 1991

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on winners of the Pacesetter Awards from 1991 to the present.

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: Baseball clippings

Call Number VF Baseball

Date after 1992

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: baseball history and baseball teams in Boulder County. Topics include the 1925 World Series in Boulder; baseball games at the "public square;" games played at Walker Ranch with 1864 rules; the Boys of Summer exhibit, which showcased the Boulder Collegians; and the Boulder Blues, an African American baseball team.

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: BASIC: Boulder Area Sports Interest Committee clippings

Call Number VF BASIC

Date after 1991

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: the Boulder Area Sports Interest Committee (BASIC), which was created in 1990. Residents were invited to join a planning committee in order to determine the need for a new sports comples as well as the feasibility and economic impact to the community. Included is a copy of the 1991 citizen survey, the unmet needs process, and a timeline which was printed in the Boulder Daily Camera. For more clippings on BASIC see the BDC envelope file for BASIC.

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: Bees and beekeepers clippings

Call Number VF Bees and Beekeepers

Date after 1984

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on raising of bees in Boulder County.

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: Bicycle racing clippings

Call Number VF Bicycle Racing

Date after 1996

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on bicycle racing and racing venues including: Uni Hill Criterium, Boulder Cycling Club, Niwot Cycling Team, Boulder/Denver Couriers, Red River Valley bicycle stage race, Colorado Bicycle Classic, Boulder Cyclocross Race, and Boulder Valley Velodrome.

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: Bicycle Races: Red Zinger Bicycle Classic clippings

Call Number VF Bicycle racing - Red Zinger Bicycle Classic

Date after 1976

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the Red Zinger bicycle classic, which is also known as the Coors International Bicycle Classic. Topics include: the history of the race, competitors, the race route and finish as well as the annual organization and planning of the event. Also inlcuded are articles on the Zinger Mini Classic.

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: Bicycle racing: USA Pro Cycling Challenge clippings

Call Number VF Bicycle Racing - USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Date after 2011

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race including: competitors, the race route and finish, the organization and planning of the event, and the influence of the Red Zinger/Coors Classic.

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: Bicycles and bicycling clippings

Call Number VF Bicycles and Bicycling

Date after 1895

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: early history of bicycles and bicycling, Boulder Ciclovia, Bike to Work day, bike safety, green bike lanes, bike corrals, bike-sharing, B-cycles, E-bikes, and bicycling studies. Also included are bicycle advertisements from 1895.

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: Bicycles and bicycling: right-sizing clippings

Call Number VF Bicycles and Bicycling - Right Sizing

Date after 2015

Contents 1 vertical file.

Description One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the right-sizing of Folsom Street.

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