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Single paragraph biographies of Colorado's enterprising cities, their leading business houses and progressive men.

This folder contains lists and descriptions as well as criteria and the nomination process for the Nation Register of Historic Places and Centennial Farms designations for Boulder County.

Mary Martinez describes her childhood during The Depression. She first lived in Denver; after her mother died when Mary was five, she lived in Milliken, CO with her grandparents who were immigrants from Mexico. She describes working in the beet fields. After her grandparents died, she and her five sisters had to support themselves. They hired as agricultural workers in Johnstown and were helped by the WPA and relief programs. She describes how the family and others stole coal from trains during the Depression for heating. She married a coal miner, came to Longmont in the 1940s. She tells about her drive to obtain education and do meaningful work, which included acquiring her GED degree at age 42, becoming a nurse's aid, and later a Licensed Practical Nurse, the first Latina in the area to become an LPN. She worked at Longmont United Hospital for many years. She also talks about her other community involvements, serving in the state Office of Volunteers, and the close-knit nature of her family.

Alfred Howe, referred to as Bart in this interview, talks about his life in Boulder County and his career at IBM and StorageTek. Originally from Oklahoma, he and his wife Mary moved to the Boulder area in 1970, drawn in part by their love of the outdoors. He mentions some of the changes that he has witnessed over the 45 years that he's lived in the area, such as population growth and changes in the sports programs at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He praises the area's excellent school system and says that he enjoys the cultural entertainment opportunities in a university town. He discusses the inner workings of IBM and StorageTek, comparing them as companies and discussing the tension between the two companies initially until competition decreased as they began moving in different directions. He reflects on the Vietnam War and discusses how and why his ideas about that war changed over time. He speculates that the future will bring issues around water scarcity and fracking to Colorado.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the historic buildings, structures, and districts in Longmont, Colo.

Marta Moreno is the Executive Director of El Comit{u1EBB}, a non-profit organization that focuses on helping underserved people in Longmont, primarily Latinos, solve legal problems, achieve citizenship, recoup wages, and overcome unfair treatment among other services. She talks about growing up in El Paso, Texas, the influence of nuns and priests had in her life, and her educational experiences there. She moved to Boulder in the mid-1970s when her husband was hired as a mechanical engineer for IBM. She talks about leading a movement to have the Catholic churches here offer Spanish Mass. Later she moved to Longmont. She describes discrimination against Latinos in El Paso and in Boulder County. She ends by explaining the history of El Comit{u1EBB}, and describes many of the ways in which it helps the community.

Views of Longmont including fireworks at the Boulder County Fair and Sunset Park Lake.

Edwina Salazar is the executive director of the OUR Center in Longmont, Colorado. She was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1948. Her father's family, of Jewish origin, was from Northern New Mexico but had moved to the San Luis Valley in Colorado. Her mother's family members were farm workers who settled in Erie. Ms. Salazar attended a liberal Catholic school in the 1960s where the nuns and priests were active in civil rights and anti-war movements. Her mother, who died when Edwina as 14, cleaned houses and insisted Edwina get an education so she could do better. Ms. Salazar attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins where she discovered her passion for social work. She describes civil rights and anti-war agitation while she was there. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in social work. She moved to Longmont in 1992, where she helped arrange for a monument in Kensington Park for two unarmed Hispanic youths killed by police in 1980. She describes the OUR Center and her work with it.

This folder contains a carbon copy typescript (25 p.) autobiography of Chauncey Stokes, including his account of his spiritual conversion in ca. 1848. Also in this folder are two archival pages of photocopied clippings and Daily Camera index references.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on Longmont, Colorado.