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Oral history interview with Richard Behrmann, 1995
Oral history interview with Richard Behrmann, 1995
Call Number
OH1615
Date
1995
Description
Richard Behrmann is a long-time resident of Niwot and Longmont in Boulder County. He was active in farming, as were his father and grandfather. He provides detailed accounts both of farming activities (such as threshing, how to keep a "buck rake" running straight) and of equipment (such as descriptions of Pitman mowers and grain binders). He also provides information about school and social life (including about Jitney dances), his brother's experiences in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and local lore.
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Colorado Representative, 1897-1900
The Colorado Representative, 1897-1900
Call Number
401-10
Date
1897-1900
Contents
2 bound volumes.
Description
Two bound volumes of The Colorado Representative which contain all the issues published from June 10, 1897 through December 29, 1898; and January 5, 1899 through December 27, 1900. Some issues are simply titled The Representative. Excellent source for news from the mining camps and small towns in Boulder County including: Altona, Caribou, Eldora, Gold Hill, Gresham, Magnolia, Nederland, Rowena, Sugarloaf, Sunshine, Valmont, Wallstreet, and Ward.
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Altona
Altona
Call Number
328-257-3
Date
1947
Contents
1 folder.
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Mabel Guise Montgomery, Scrapbook
Mabel Guise Montgomery, Scrapbook
Call Number
289-1-17
Date
1859-1939
Contents
1 item.
Description
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings on the history of Boulder, Colo. It also contains typewritten excerpts from old letters to the editor about Boulder and Gold Hill.
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Left Hand, Jim Creek album: part 2.
Left Hand, Jim Creek album: part 2.
Call Number
715-20-(53-60)
Date
[1880]-1955
Contents
12 photographs (5 digitized).
Description
The photographs digitized in this record were glued onto pages 53-60 in an album titled "Left Hand, Jim Creek" which was organized by Martin R. Parsons. There are 60 pages in the album that include views of Altona, Lefthand Canyon, Springdale, Jamestown and the surrounding area and families. If a photograph has been digitized, it is thought to be a unique image in the Carnegie Library for Local History collections.
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Stewart and Bader farms in or near Altona
Stewart and Bader farms in or near Altona
Call Number
213-1-1a
Date
[1885-1899]
Contents
5 photographs (3 views).
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Harold Steele Collection
Harold Steele Collection
Call Number
750-4-25
Date
undated
Contents
4 photographs.
Description
This envelope contains four photographs donated by Harold Steele.
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The Colorado Representative, 1897-1902
The Colorado Representative, 1897-1902
Call Number
401-11-14
Date
1897-1902
Contents
1 folder.
Description
Six unbound issues of The Colorado Representative, "devoted to the material and social interests of Boulder County." It was a newspaper published in Boulder between 1900 and 1902 which promoted the beliefs of the People's Party.
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Scrapbook collection
Scrapbook collection
Call Number
806
Date
[1930-1980]
Contents
14 boxes.
Description
This collection consists of scrapbooks from various donors.
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Schoolland Slide Collection
Schoolland Slide Collection: Various locations A-D
Call Number
601-1-1
Date
1890-1973
Contents
5 slides.
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Mapleton School: May Fete.
Mapleton School: May Fete.
Call Number
750-P7-3
Date
1919
Contents
2 photographs (1 view).
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Colorado Representative, 1898-1903
The Colorado Representative, 1898-1903
Call Number
401-1-10
Date
1898-1903
Contents
3 35 mm. microfilm reels ;
Description
Three microfilm reels of The Colorado Representative which contain all the issues published from June 30, 1898 through February 12, 1903.
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Altona clippings
Altona clippings
Call Number
VF Places (Altona)
Date
after 1896
Contents
1 vertical file.
Description
One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: Altona, Colo.
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Peter Haldi letter 1891 April 24
Peter Haldi letter 1891 April 24
Call Number
300-2-9
Date
1891
Contents
2 p.
Description
This folder contains a letter that the U.S. Land Office in Central City, Colorado, wrote to Peter Haldi Sr., Esq., on 24 April 1891, answering Haldi's earlier letter in which Haldi requested correction of the description of the land he was applying for under the homestead act.
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Focus Magazine 1965 January 10
Focus Magazine 1965 January 10
Call Number
767 n65/01/10
Date
1965
Contents
1 issue.
Description
One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on:
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