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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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Niwot school class
Niwot school class
Call Number
537-1-6
Date
1922
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
View of Niwot School children from the 9th and 10th grade posed on the steps of the schoolhouse. The students are named.
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Oral history interview with Alberta Myers Nicholson, 1988
Oral history interview with Alberta Myers Nicholson, 1988
Call Number
OH0418
Date
1988
Contents
2 sound cassettes.
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Niwot School photographs, 1909-1918
Niwot School photographs, 1909-1918
Call Number
492-1-31
Date
1909-1918
Contents
7 photographs.
Description
Second schoolhouse, 7710 Niwot Road, ca. 1909; another view of second schoolhouse, ca. 1909; Niwot school picnic at Lyons, undated; Niwot girls basketball team, ca. 1918; student body on stile in front of third schoolhouse, 1913; and 8th grade class, May 1911. Also first Niwot school at 81st and Oxford Road, ca. 1902.
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Niwot School girl's volleyball team
Niwot School girl's volleyball team: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-17
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
Six girls in uniform and a woman posed on steps of Batchelder School with a volleyball, marked Niwot.
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Niwot children
Niwot children
Call Number
527-1-11
Date
1890-1920
Contents
9 photographs (7 views).
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Steele family photograph collection, [re-photographed 1995]
Steele family photograph collection, [re-photographed 1995]
Call Number
534-1-2
Date
1888-1955
Contents
42 photographs.
Description
Copies of historic photographs in the Steele family's possession, re-photographed by Linda Kozloff-Turner.
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Niwot Elementary School classroom
Niwot Elementary School classroom: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-14
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
View of a classroom for grades 4-6, displaying student work.
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Niwot School girls playing basketball
Niwot School girls playing basketball: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-18
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
Girls playing basketball on an outdoor court, with a crowd watching. Some girls are wearing uniforms.
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Niwot
Niwot: Royal Neighbors
Call Number
213-3-9
Date
[1900]-1912
Contents
3 photographs
Description
Views of a group of women in mortar boards and sashes.
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Niwot school
Niwot school
Call Number
210-10-5
Date
1915
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
View of the third Niwot schoolhouse built in 1910. Only a corner of the building is visible. A girls' basketball game is in progress on the playground and there is a crowd gathered to watch it.
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Oral history interview with Carl and Isabel Snyder Knaus, Inez Dodd Johnson, and John Dodd, 1978
Oral history interview with Carl and Isabel Snyder Knaus, Inez Dodd Johnson, and John Dodd, 1978
Call Number
OH0018
Date
1978
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Niwot School classroom
Niwot School classroom: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-15
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
View of classroom, grades 9-10, with student work on display.
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Niwot School
Niwot School: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-11
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
View of the third Niwot School, built in 1910, north of the intersection of Diagonal Highway and Niwot Road.
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Inez Louisa Arbuthnot Twa document collection
Inez Louisa Arbuthnot Twa document collection
Call Number
998-17-12
Date
1923-1978
Contents
1 folder.
Description
This folder includes programs and graduation notes as well as Arbuthnot genealogy (1760-1978) compiled by Stella May Arbuthnot, accompanied by a two-page letter from donor, Lois Wolfsong, daughter of Inez Louisa Arbuthnot Twa.
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Spelling Bee, May 7, 1915
Spelling Bee, May 7, 1915: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-19
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
Students, wearing hats and suits, posed in front of a building. These are possibly the winners of individual school contests. One girl is wearing an "N" armband, for Niwot.
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Niwot Elementary School classroom
Niwot Elementary School classroom: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-13
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
View of an elementary school classroom, grades 1-3 with student art and a dollhouse on display.
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Oral history interview with Evan Gould, 1987
Oral history interview with Evan Gould, 1987
Call Number
OH0362
Date
1987
Contents
1 sound cassette.
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Visitation records of Boulder County Superintendent of Schools
Visitation records of Boulder County Superintendent of Schools
Call Number
791-13
Date
1890-1910
Contents
1 ledger., 1 folder (5 items).
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Prints from the J. H. Shriber collection of lantern slides
Prints from the J. H. Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
750-7-25
Date
[1915]
Contents
14 photographs.
Description
5"x7" prints made from selected glass slides in the Shriber slide collection. Twelve are of schoolhouses, one is a Niwot School classroom and one is a view of dumping sugar beets. See individual records at the following 604-1- call numbers: Culver School (5), Davidson School (6), Gooding School (7), Hygiene School (8), Lyons School (9), Nederland School (10), Niwot classroom (15), Pleasant View School (20), Salina School (23), Sunshine School (25), Superior School (26), Ward School (30), an unidentified school (32), dumping sugar beets (51)
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Niwot School girl's basketball team, 1915
Niwot School girl's basketball team, 1915: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-16
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
Six girls with a woman, posed on the steps of Batchelder School with a basketball, lettered 1915.
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Niwot School classroom
Niwot School classroom: from the Shriber collection of lantern slides
Call Number
604-1-12
Date
[1915]
Contents
1 slide.
Description
View of an elementary school classroom with student art on display.
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Rural School Exhibit
Rural School Exhibit
Call Number
210-sc7-9-3
Date
1913-1914
Contents
29 photographs
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Oral history interview with Don Spangler, 1998
Oral history interview with Don Spangler, 1998
Call Number
OH0939
Date
1998
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Niwot school
Niwot school
Call Number
210-1-31
Date
1888-1965
Contents
10 photographs (9 views).
Description
Views of Niwot schoolhouse, including the first school, built ca. 1880; the second school, built 1902; and the third school, built 1910.
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