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Jane Brautigam was Boulder’s city manager from 2008 to 2020. She describes how she grew into her career as a city manager; other places she worked, both as a city attorney and a city manager; and how she came to be hired as Boulder’s city manager. Her wide-ranging discussion of issues handled as Boulder’s city manager include guiding Boulder through the financial crisis of 2008 (the Great Recession), capital bond projects undertaken including facilities updates and expansions, zoning policy changes, attempts to municipalize the city’s electrical system, providing services for the unhoused population, policing and race, priority-based budgeting, transportation including RTD services and the Folsom bike lane experiment, prairie dog management, the city/university relationship, student alcohol use, planning for the CU conference center, the CU South land with regard to flooding and development, racial equity, and handling emergencies—such as floods, fires, and the Covid pandemic. Other topics include the variety of problems with which a city manager deals, a city manager as a facilitator of solutions to these problems, Boulder in 2008, the relationship between city manager and city council, characteristics of a good city manager, retirement, and continuing to serve on nonprofit boards and as a mentor to others. Note that further biographical information about Jane Brautigam is available at Boulder’s Carnegie Library for Local History; and Jane’s curriculum vitae is added to the bottom of the transcript.

Photograph of Forest Crossen standing in an unidentified outdoor location wearing a dark coat and hat with a gun tucked into his pants. Photo is believed to date circa 1945-1950 based on Crossen's presumed age.

A real estate appraisal card, compiled by the Boulder County Assessor, used for taxation purposes. The date span reflects the earliest and latest entries made on the card.

A photograph of four men inside a building. Three of the men are standing and one is signing a piece of paper at a long table. "City Hall" is written on the back of the photograph. The following names are written on the back of the photograph: Standing - Francis Reinert, Frank Thurman, Frank S. Henderson. Seated - Harold C. McClintock, City Manager. The photograph is dated 1941.

This box contains documents and correspondence about committees, programs, and events organized by the Boulder Centennial-Bicentennial Commission.

Real estate appraisal cards, compiled by the Boulder County Assessor, used for taxation purposes. The date span reflects the earliest and latest entries made on the cards.

This folder contains newspaper clippings and documents about the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. The clippings were compiled by the Reference Staff at the Boulder Public Library.

One photograph of City Attorney Steve Barnett and City Manager Bob Westdyke at a meeting. "Barnett and Westdyke" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated September 5, 1979. The photograph is signed "Cleveland."

One photograph of the interior of a courtroom. A judge is sitting at a table with a name plaque that reads "Judge Rex H. Scott." "City of Boulder new Municipal Courtroom" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated November 1963.

Views of University of Colorado Boulder student Helen Lenore Moore and her friends, circa 1912-1916. These photographs are part of a photo album from which select images have been digitized. The album is believed to have been created by Helen Moore and includes many captions and comments related to the photographs.

The photographs digitized in this record were glued onto the pages of an album titled "Railroads, Snow Scenes and other Photographs" organized by Martin R. Parsons. There are 54 pages in the album that show railroads and snowy city scenes from the Boulder, Colorado area. If a photograph has been digitized, it is thought to be a unique image in the Carnegie Library for Local History collections or of superior quality than a previously digitized image. Some photographs may have been taken by photographer Joseph B. Sturtevant.