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Photographs and Documents

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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.

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Helen Gilman collection.
Helen Gilman collection.
Call Number 729
Date 1937-2003
Contents 1 box.
Description Materials related to psychic Helen Gilman including a "Guest Book" that records thousands of her visitors. On the interior cover of the book is written, "Started this book, April 12 1937." Each entry includes the visitor's name, a date (believed to be the visitor's birth date) and where the visitor was from. There is also one folder each of writings by Gilman (including poems), photographs of Gilman in her older age, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and documents.

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Borden family collection.
Borden family collection.
Call Number 730
Date [1885-1973]
Contents 1 box.
Description Photographs and documents of the Irene (Gilbert) and Edmund Borden family.

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Nederland Area Historical Society collection.
Nederland Area Historical Society collection.
Call Number 731
Date 1886-1933
Contents 1 box.
Description Nine Nederland School District registers (district # 18, 1900-1932), one Sugarloaf School District treasurer's cash book (district #34, 1886-1917), and one Nederland Social Club record book (1914-1922).

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The Photo Works aerial negatives collection.
The Photo Works aerial negatives collection.
Call Number 732
Date [1975-2002]
Contents 42 binders.
Description Negatives and proof sheets of aerial photographs in the Boulder area dating ca. 1975-2000 taken by The Photo Works. This collection is not yet completely identified or organized.

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Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial collection.
Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial collection.
Call Number 733
Date 1974-1977
Contents 5 boxes.
Description Documents related to the 1976 Colorado Centennial and U.S. Bicentennial celebrations held in Boulder, including meeting minutes of the Boulder Centennial-Bicentennial Commission, pamphlets, events and projects, downtown Boulder walking tour, Bicentennial poem and other miscellaneous documents.

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Richard Sassoon collection.
Richard Sassoon collection.
Call Number 734
Date [1975-2013]
Contents 2 boxes.
Description Documents collected by Richard Sassoon during his time studying and teaching Buddhism. Documents relate primarily to Buddhist organizations and study in Boulder, Colorado organized by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and are dated in the 1970s and 1980s. Materials refer to: Shambhala, Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, Karma Dzong, Vajradhatu, Nalanda Foundation, Naropa Institute, and Kalapa Assembly, and some talks by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Many items relate to Buddhist courses, including training manuals and course syllabi. There are also a small number of items related to Richard Sassoon (including 3 photographs), his writing, the Sassoon family and the A.R.T.S. Anonymous organization. This collection is not yet fully organized. Most files currently reside in the original folders with notation from Richard Sassoon.

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William Reynolds collection.
William Reynolds collection.
Call Number 735
Date [1960-1995]
Contents 2 boxes.
Description Photographs and documents related to the building development work of the W.W. Reynolds Companies in Boulder. The collection consists mainly of photographs and a few documents with a large number of aerial photographs of the Boulder area.

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Carnegie Library COVID-19 Community Stories Project collection.
Carnegie Library COVID-19 Community Stories Project collection.
Call Number 736
Date 2022-2023
Contents 1 box.
Description 75 questionnaire responses to the Carnegie Library COVID-19 Community Stories Project. Responses are available to read digitally at call#736-1 and printed copies are also available in the Carnegie Library reading room.

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Boulder Heights Fire Protection District collection.
Boulder Heights Fire Protection District collection.
Call Number 738
Date 1950-2004
Contents 4 boxes.
Description Records of the Boulder Heights Fire Protection District. The collection also includes a small number of photographs. This collection is not yet completely organized.

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Boulder Business Collection
Boulder Business Collection
Call Number 748
Date 1950-2008
Contents 85 boxes.
Description This collection, compiled by the Boulder Public Library's Reference staff, contains advertisements and clippings from various local and national newspapers and magazines about businesses in the City and County of Boulder. The first 65 boxes of the collection are organized and cataloged alphabetically by business name, the final 20 boxes (boxes 66-85) are organized alphabetically by subject area and an inventory of subjects is included in the cataloging record.

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Municipal Government Reference Collection
Municipal Government Reference Collection
Call Number 749
Date after 1983
Contents 96 boxes.
Description This collection was compiled by the Reference Staff at the Boulder Public Library.

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Small photograph collections, 1880-current
Small photograph collections, 1880-current
Call Number 750
Description Small collections of photographs from various donors.

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