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City Council photographs 1971
City Council photographs 1971
Call Number
511-1-10e
Date
1971
Contents
6 photographs.
Description
Photographs of Boulder City Council members and chambers in 1970 and 1971; Council members in 1921 at a New Year's party; and Council members inspecting city reservoirs in 1957 and 1958.
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Boulder City Council
Boulder City Council
Call Number
750-O-20
Date
1974-1975
Contents
1 oversize photograph.
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Boulder City Councils
Boulder City Councils
Call Number
511-O-1
Date
1966-2003
Contents
19 oversize photographs.
Description
Photographs of Boulder City Council members over the years.
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"Reflections on Leadership," with Ruth Correll and Janet S. Roberts, OH1699
"Reflections on Leadership," with Ruth Correll and Janet S. Roberts, OH1699
Call Number
OH1699
Date
1999
Description
In this program produced by Channel 8 TV, former Boulder City Council member, Janet Roberts, and former council member and mayor, Ruth Correll, talk about their cutting-edge roles as women active in politics in Boulder, particularly during the 1950s through 1970s. Roberts credits the League of Women Voters for arousing her interest in politics and giving her the skills to become only the fourth woman on the Boulder City Council. They discuss issues on which they worked that remain relevant, especially the issues of affordable housing and growth management. They also comment on the relative lack of corruption in Boulder politics compared to that in some eastern cities, and the openness of Boulder to citizen participation. The program also includes commentary by Linda Jourgensen, another former Boulder mayor.
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Oral history interview with Timothy M. Fuller, 2009
Oral history interview with Timothy M. Fuller, 2009
Call Number
OH1550-V
Date
2009
Description
Tim Fuller, who served on the Boulder City Council from 1972 through 1974, discusses this tumultuous and formative time in Boulder politics. As student protests against the Vietnam War sometimes spilled over into riots in the streets and eighteen-year-olds were able to vote for the first time, the people of Boulder broke with a history of conservative politics and elected a majority of council members who pursued a socially liberal agenda. This agenda included the creation of a Human Rights Commission and the passage of a controversial ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, which was overturned by a vote of the people and led to a recall effort. Fuller discusses these events in detail and with the perspective of thirty-plus intervening years.
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Oral history interview with Zoe Menkick McCollum, 2005
Oral history interview with Zoe Menkick McCollum, 2005
Call Number
OH1350-V
Date
2005
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Oral history interview with Richard E. Geesaman, 2009
Oral history interview with Richard E. Geesaman, 2009
Call Number
OH1571-V
Date
2009
Description
Richard Geesaman talks about his love of Boulder, where he has lived since the 1950s. He talks about his work as a physician in private practice and for IBM, the creation of the Boulder County Department of Health, and his service as a council person on the Boulder City Council. He discusses the political atmosphere for the city council during the 1970s, including its conservative/liberal mix, the gay rights ordinance passed by the city council during that time, the collegiality of the council members, and the city manager form of government. He also talks about the problem of overly large houses being built in Boulder at the time of this interview.
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