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The three promotional handbills in this envelope list the stores at the Crossroads Mall and describe the planned redevelopment of the Mall in 1981.

Mark Ruzzin, who was mayor of Boulder from 2004 to 2007, focuses his interview on his years of public service in Boulder, including his initial involvement with neighborhood issues in Boulder, as a member of the city's planning board, a city council member, and finally, mayor. Ruzzin stresses that as mayor, he strove for a collaborative, inclusive process in his relationships with other coucil members, city staff, and the public at large. He recalls passage of the city's Climate Action Plan and the process of using "sustainability filters" as major achievements. He also discusses the Transit Village, Valmont Butte, and the 29th St. Mall.

This folder contains a list of the Carnegie Branch Library's call numbers for photographs, as well as photocopies of those photographs, that were used on the Pearl Street Mall historic panels., In June 2001, the City of Boulder hired Silvia Pettem to pick twelve themes, select the photos, and write captions for these panels. Dave Tweed of Communication Arts (a Boulder graphics firm) was hired to do the layout and design. The panels were completed on July 17, 2003., The twelve themes (in order from 11th Street to 15th Street) are: (1) Pearl & 11th, (2) Pearl Street: Mud to Mall, (3) Colorful Characters, (4) Downtown Buildings & Businesses, (5) The 19th-Century Child, (6) Horse-drawn Vehicles & Liveries, (7) Boulder County Courthouses, (8) Mining & Agriculture, (9) Boulder's Railroads: Providing a Sense of Place, (10) The University & The Town, (11) Culture, Health & Tourism, and (12) 1400 Block of Pearl.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: the Pearl Street mall in Boulder. One article is about the death of Pearl Street Mall performer Claude Clayton (Mau Mau) on September 13, 2022.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: Crossroads shopping mall in Boulder, including redevelopment of the mall in 1999, followed by demolition of the mall and opening of new Twenty Ninth Street mall in its place in 2006.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: Boulder shopping malls excluding Crossroads, Pearl Street and Twenty Ninth Street malls.

Folder 09 contains archivally photocopied clippings and other published materials about the J.C. Penney Company's history, 1921-1976. Folders 10-12 contain archivally photocopied clippings and other printed materials compiled at the Boulder Daily Camera from the period 1950-1979 regarding the daily operations of the company's store in Boulder, Colorado.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: Crossroads shopping mall in Boulder.

Ted Tedesco, city manager of Boulder from 1967 to 1973, looks back with pleasure, humor, insight, and some nostalgia, on his tenure here. He begins by describing his background and early career as a jazz musician, followed by his decision to go to college and change careers. He describes himself as an "activist" city manager and details the role he played in managing issues such as the first approval for an open space tax, the defeat of prohibition laws, and the anti-Vietnam War riots in the late 1960s. He reflects on why he left Boulder and compares working as city manager in Boulder with his experience in San Jose.

Folder 04 contains a chronology compiled by Laurence Paddock at the Boulder Daily Camera for the period 1961-1979. Folders 05-10 contain archivally photocopied clippings and other printed materials from the Camera pertaining to Crossroads Mall, 1961-1979, and f.11 holds newspaper advertising supplements from 1965-1977.