SPR. Superintendent of the Poor
Record Group
Identifier: SPR
Records of the early office of the Superintendent of the Poor
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clerk and Recorder, Various Historical Records
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-005
Dates:
1860-1963
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Clerk and Recorder, Various Records
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1998-005
Dates:
1862-1972
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Miscellaneous Financial and BCC Records
Unprocessed Material — Box 1-2
Identifier: 2022-007
Dates:
1869-1936
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Poor Farm and Pauper Records, 1893-1939
Collection
Identifier: Series-196
Scope and Contents
Records of aid provided to the county's poor by Jefferson County government. Registers of the Poor may include name, address, nationality, where born, when person came to Colorado, age, sex, aid given (groceries, rent, coal, burial, etc.), whether sent to Poor Farm or hospital, how long supported, dollar amount, cause of poverty, and date of discharge. The Pauper Record book is divided into sections: County Farm; Pauper and Mother's Compensation; Blind Benefit; and...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1893-1939
