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Boulder (Colo.) churches clippings, 1916-1954.
Boulder (Colo.) churches clippings, 1916-1954.
Call Number
301-2-35
Contents
1 folder (9 p.)
Description
This folder contains archival photocopies of newspaper clippings about churches in Boulder, Colorado. Martin Parsons collected the clippings.
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Black Business Ventures collection.
Black Business Ventures collection.
Description
Newspaper clippings, photographs and documents about businesses from the Black Business Ventures in Boulder list that is part of the Charles Nilon collection (see call # 756-1-23). This is a collection of materials compiled from other Carnegie Library for Local History collections.
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Berkley family photograph, [1880-1900]
Berkley family photograph, [1880-1900]
Call Number
220-1-19
Date
[1880-1900]
Contents
3 photographs (1 view)
Description
The Granville Berkley, Sr. family at the original house at 2108 Walnut Street, with the family and two servants who were brought along on the trip across the plains.
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Boulder's Black Community lists, 1880 and 1901.
Boulder's Black Community lists, 1880 and 1901.
Call Number
756-1-14
Date
1880-1915
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains two lists of Black residents transcribed from the 1880 and 1901 census as well as a photocopied newspaper article from 1915 about a banquet held by the Boulderado hotel's African American staff.
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Boulder's Black Community Obituary References, 1880-1949.
Boulder's Black Community Obituary References, 1880-1949.
Call Number
756-1-15
Date
1880-1949
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder contains a packet of 3x5 inch cards and 2 legal pages of references to obituaries of Black residents in the local papers between the years of 188- to 1949.
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1500 Pearl Street
1500 Pearl Street
Call Number
207-13-17
Date
[1880]-1980
Contents
10 photographs (6 views).
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"Notes on Boulder in 1883
"Notes on Boulder in 1883: an Experiment, and a Beginning, in Local History."
Call Number
328-259-(1-2)
Date
1883
Description
This research was compiled in 1939 by Clarence L. Spears. "This study is an experiment in that it takes a year, selected more or less arbitrarily, and attempts to determine the general situation, from an examination of the documents dealing with that year and from interviews with persons familiar with Boulder in that year; it attempts also to compare, after the passage of more than fifty years, the values of records with the memories of people who knew the town in that year, and have remained through the changing scenes.
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Glass Plate Negative S-3398
Glass Plate Negative S-3398
Call Number
S-3398 Photo
Date
[1885-1910]
Contents
1 digitized image.
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Central School
Central School: grade school class
Call Number
210-2-30
Date
1887
Contents
4 photographs (2 views)
Description
View of a grade school class on the steps of Central School, Frances Nichols, teacher.
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2220 and 2228 Pine Street.
2220 and 2228 Pine Street.
Call Number
207-14-43
Date
[1887-1910]
Contents
2 photographs.
Description
Photographs of houses with families outside in the 2200 block of Pine Street. One photo shows O.T. Jackson and family.
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James M. Clay family, portraits and clipping
James M. Clay family, portraits and clipping
Call Number
420-Clay-James
Date
1890-1927
Contents
2 photographs., 1 folder.
Description
Two photographs of James Clay, his wife, and daughter, as well as James Clay's 1927 obituary.
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Lyman's Tally Ho Stable
Lyman's Tally Ho Stable
Call Number
207-9-17
Date
1894
Contents
5 photographs (1 view)
Description
View of Lyman's Tally Ho Stable at 1028 Pearl Street. Also in the photo are portions of the Telephone Stables at 1036 Pearl Street and the office of the Boulder News at 1024 Pearl Street. Posed in the foreground are O.T. Jackson driving his horse- drawn Stillman Hotel and Cafe hack and Joe Lyman driving a horse-drawn hack from his stable.
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Flood of 1894 : Goss and 22nd Streets
Flood of 1894 : Goss and 22nd Streets
Call Number
225-3-20
Date
1894
Contents
2 photographs (1 view).
Description
A view taken of the flood damage at Goss Street from 22nd Streets. The house in the center of the photograph is 2202 Goss Street.
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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: championship team
Call Number
226-O-2
Date
1896
Contents
1 oversize photograph.
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Boulder Hose Company No. 1
Boulder Hose Company No. 1: championship team
Call Number
226-1-6
Date
1896
Contents
5 photographs (1 view)
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Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium
Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium: staff
Call Number
223-1-43
Date
[1897]
Contents
1 photograph.
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Flood of 1897: on the 11th Street railroad bridge.
Flood of 1897: on the 11th Street railroad bridge.
Call Number
225-4-9
Date
1897
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
Photograph taken on the 11th Street railroad bridge with crowds of people on the bank of Boulder Creek watching the floodwater.
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Chautauqua album, photographs
Chautauqua album, photographs
Call Number
715-10-(51-60)-Photo
Date
[1898-1910]
Contents
10 photographs (5 digitized).
Description
These photographs were glued onto Pages 51-60 in an album titled "Chautauqua" which was organized by Martin R. Parsons. There are 78 prints in the album. If a photograph has been digitized, it is thought to be a unique image in the Carnegie Branch Library collections.
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Colorado Chautauqua
Colorado Chautauqua: Dining Hall staff
Call Number
212-1-11
Date
1898-1919
Contents
13 photographs (11 views).
Description
Views of the Colorado Chautauqua Dining Hall serving and kitchen staff posed on the steps of the Dining Hall, inside the Dining Hall, by the kitchen door, and cooking outdoors.
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John Wesley McVey newspaper clippings.
John Wesley McVey newspaper clippings.
Call Number
VF Ethnic Groups - African Americans: John McVey.
Date
1902-1913
Contents
1 digital file.
Description
Newspaper clippings about John Wesley McVey, the Iowa Barber Shop at 1530 Pearl and McVey's poolroom at 1526 Pearl. Copies of the clippings can be found in the Carnegie Library vertical file "Ethnic Groups - African Americans."
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McVey family collection
McVey family collection: family photos
Call Number
750-4-37
Date
1904-[1985]
Contents
12 photographs (8 views).
Description
This envelope contains photos donated by Kenneth W. McVey.
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Morrison and Reeves Orchestra newspaper clippings.
Morrison and Reeves Orchestra newspaper clippings.
Call Number
VF Ethnic Groups - African Americans: Morrison and Reeves orchestra.
Date
1905-1908
Contents
1 digital file.
Description
Newspaper clippings about the Morrison and Reeves family orchestras playing around Boulder, including a 1908 wedding announcement for Lee Morrison and Georgia James. Copies of the clippings can be found in the Carnegie Library vertical file "Ethnic Groups - African Americans."
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O.T. Jackson Daily Camera newspaper clippings.
O.T. Jackson Daily Camera newspaper clippings.
Call Number
928-JacksonO.T.
Date
1905-1945
Contents
1 digital file.
Description
Newspaper clippings about O.T. (Oliver Toussant) Jackson and Jackson's Resort and other business interests. These original Daily Camera clippings, as well some clippings from Denver area newspapers that were not digitized, can be found in the Daily Camera clipping folder files under Jackson, O.T.
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McVey family collection
McVey family collection: people
Call Number
750-4-38
Date
[1908-1949]
Contents
8 photographs (5 views).
Description
This envelope contains photos donated by Kenneth W. McVey.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic: Memorial Day parade on Pearl Street
Call Number
216-4-5
Date
1912
Contents
6 photographs
Description
Views of a parade by Grand Army of the Republic members on Pearl Street in the 1600 block. State Preparatory School is in the background in several views with "12" on the chimney, indicating the year. Another view shows the horse-drawn fire truck from Station no. 3, horses are Doc and Pat, drivers are Ed Miller and Art Pettengill. Other views show school girls (some of them African Americans) and Spanish American War veterans.
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