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Dean Fogerty talks about his nearly fifty-year career in the tech industry in Boulder, first for IBM and then for Ricoh after it bought out a division of IBM. Fogerty discusses the changing company culture and work environment throughout the years, major projects and advances, and the company’s place within Boulder and the tech world as a whole. He especially focuses on his work with printers, his international travels working for trade shows, and the communications innovations that he and his team made during his tenure.

Sally Haines first joined what is now the Boulder County Farmers Markets in its early years as a seller of medicinal herbs that she wildcrafted. In the years that followed, she became a board member, the president of the board, and finally, the market manager. In this interview she explores many of the seminal changes that made the market what it is today, including offering new products (such as meats, cheeses, and prepared foods), moving the Wednesday market to the late afternoon and evening, opening the beer and wine garden at the Wednesday market, and joining of the Boulder and Longmont farmers' markets. She also talks about the economics of running the market and some of the governance issues that have been part of the Boulder market's growth.

William Gross began making trips to spend summers in Eldora with his family when he was only one year old in 1918. In these recordings (done in 1983 and 2008) he describes life in Eldora; childhood adventures there; transportation to Boulder and Eldora; and roads, buildings, and stores in Boulder during the 1920s and 1930s. At the end of the recording he discusses his port-secondary education, including undergraduate years at the University of Colorado, and some of the jobs he has held in the petroleum industry.

Reports to the stockholders from the president or other executives on the state of Arapahoe Chemicals, Inc.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the growth and development of Boulder throughout the first half of the turn-of-the-century. Topics include: Pearl Street without cars, businesses and credit, local events, the prices of groceries, beer brewing and consumption, and facts about Boulder.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: One-story painted brick commercial building with remodeled facade with two glass doors and large display windows topped by hipped roofed hood over entrance. Flat roof with brick cornice. Decorative brickwork near corner of building., STYLE : Twentieth Century Commercial, DATE BUILT : 1927, STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Alterations to this building have diminished its historic integrity.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Tan brick and red brick facade; little ornamentation., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This relatively unaltered two- story structure adds to the architectural diversity of the Downtown Boulder Historic District., DATE BUILT : 1910., STYLE : Nineteenth Century Commercial.

This folder contains photographs of the bridge in the 1700 block of Broadway Street over Boulder Creek. Included are both the old bridge and the current one, as well as shots of Central Park.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Flat roof, red brick., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Although this is a modern building with an incompatible setback, its size and scale do not detract from the character of the district. Both the site and the building are also significant for their association with the " Daily Camera," Boulder's most historic and long-lived newspaper., DATE BUILT : 1960., STYLE : Modern.