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EPH. Ephemera

 Record Group
Identifier: EPH
Items created, manufactured, or used for a specific, limited use; typically intended to be used for a short period and discarded thereafter, although ephemera is often actually collected.

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

1952 Courthouse Cornerstone Time Capsule and Contents, 1877-2000 (Bulk 1952)

 Collection
Identifier: Series-120
Scope and Contents The collection contains the actual time capsule box and contents from the 1952 Jefferson County courthouse cornerstone in Golden. Box one contains the small copper box, measuring 8” wide by 12” long by 8” high. Three hand-written notes were taped to the bottom: "Frank Stanbro: The Greatest Deputy County Treasurer to Date. A Democrat. Aug. 2, 1952"; "Ruth K. Beville: The best South Carolina Democrat in Colorado. Position: Clerk for the most competent Treasurer Jefferson County ever had!!!!";...
Dates: 1877-2000; Majority of material found within 1952

Accretion to Morrison History Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-002
Dates: 1880-1905; Publication: 1932-1938; Publication: 1942; Publication: 1965

Archives Postcard Collection, circa 1901-1989

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series-166
Scope and Contents A collection of postcards gathered from numerous accessions into one box by the Archives. All are numbered with their original accession number identifying donor and related collection.Images represent Denver Mountain Parks: The Lariat Loop, Lookout Mountain and Buffalo Bill’s Grave, and Park of the Red Rocks; Mt. Evans; Tiny Town; Bear Creek Canon; Troutdale Hotel in Evergreen; Clear Creek Canon; Denver City buildings; Lutheran Sanatorium; the Colorado School of Mines emblem...
Dates: Publication: circa 1901-1989

Archives, Various Administrative and Financial Records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-023
Dates: Record Keeping: 1862-2019; Record Keeping: Majority of material found within 1975-1998

Archives, Various Election Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-028
Dates: 1948-1993

Archives, Various Records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-031
Dates: Publication: 1921-2013

Archives, Various Tax and Assessment Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-034
Dates: Record Keeping: Circa 1959; Record Keeping: Circa 1970

Arvada Hackberry Tree Collection, 1936-1937

 Collection — Small collection box 6, Envelope: 4
Identifier: Series-231
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and photographs gathered and assembled from various sources by the Archives regarding the tree on Hackberry Hill that was ultimately cut down due to the straightening of Wadsworth Blvd. north of Arvada in 1937. There are letters written to the Board of County Commissioners by citizens protesting destruction of the tree as well as resolutions and other correspondence by the Peace Pipe Chapter of the DAR; the Colorado State Forestry Association; the Woman's...
Dates: Event: 1936-1937

Billie C. Swenson Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-009
Dates: 1975-1995

Board of County Commissioners Newspaper Clipping Files, 1975-1994

 Series — Drawer 1, Reel: 1-23
Identifier: Series-110
Scope and Contents

Articles clipped from county and Denver metro area newspapers about the county commissioners, events and issues that occurred in Jefferson County, or current issues that effected Jefferson County. Subjects include: gravel pit, Historical Commission, I-470, Rocky Flats, Airport, Transportation, Water, Metro Co-op, Health Care, and any mentions of the commissioners themselves.

Dates: Publication: 1975-1994

Board of County Commissioners, Various Items

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017-017
Dates: 2008-2012

Canyon Courier and High Timber Times Bound Newspapers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-006
Dates: Publication: 1958-2020

Charles O. Moore Papers & Moore Family Papers, 1947-1990

 Collection
Identifier: Series-188
Abstract

Personal papers of Charles O. Moore, his wife Virginia and family related to various Jefferson County schools and Mr. Moore’s service to the R-1 school board in Jefferson County; Mrs. Moore’s service as president of the Mile-Hi Council of Girl Scouts; the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration in 1986; and the family’s trip to Europe in 1961.

Dates: 1947-1990

Clerk and Recorder, Various Records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1998-005
Dates: 1862-1972

Coal Creek Women's Club Scrapbooks

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2016-005
Dates: 1952-1983; 1938

Columbine Media Articles

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-003
Dates: 1999-2002

Columbine Tragedy Newspaper Clippings

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2011-010
Dates: Publication: 1999

CSU Extension Service Annual Reports and Scrapbooks

 Unprocessed Material — Volume 1-11
Identifier: 2012-005
Dates: 1934-1936; 1948-2003

Elected Officials' Swearing-in Ceremony Invitation and Program

 Unprocessed Material — Box 3
Identifier: 2017-014
Dates: 2017 January 10

Elections Department, Various Records

 Unprocessed Material — Box 2
Identifier: 1998-004
Dates: 1877-1970

Emergency Preparedness Planning, Program and General Information Files

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-006
Dates: 1957-1996

Fansher Family Photograph Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2019-002
Dates: 1949-1985

Festival of the West, Inc. Records, 1975-2004

 Collection
Identifier: Series-186
Abstract Records documenting the annual Festival of the West celebration. The Festival of the West began as a project of the Jefferson County Historical Commission for the Centennial-Bicentennial celebration of July 3-4, 1976. It was ranked among the top 20 national bicentennial events. The event was so popular that the Board of County Commissioners asked the Historical Commission to continue it and it grew into one of the biggest 4th of July festivals in the Denver metropolitan area. Held at the...
Dates: 1975-2004

Fremont School Records, 1893-1938

 Series — Small collection box 6, Envelope: 8
Identifier: Series-250
Content Description

Collection contains the first graduation program from the Jessie Benton Fremont School in Arvada, dated June 2, 1893; five class photos dated circa 1920 to 1938; and the Fremont Literary Society minute book, dated 1899 to 1907. (The literary society minute book is missing several pages.)

Dates: Event: 1893; Record Keeping: 1899-1907; circa 1920-1938

George W. Parfet, Jr. Papers, 1937-1940

 Collection — Small collection box 1, Envelope: 2
Identifier: Series-127
Abstract

Working papers of George W. Parfet, Jr. regarding issues before the Jefferson County Board of County Commisioners.

Dates: 1937-1940

Initiating a Granger, 1877

 Item — Small collection box 5, Envelope: 3
Identifier: Series-213-A
Scope and Contents Victorian-era drawing room play, also called an exhibition and parlor drama. Drawing room plays were developed during the Victorian period in the U.K. and were designed for entertaining guests in the drawing room of one's home. They include instructions for simple costumes and props as well as stage directions. Initiating a Granger, a farce, takes place in a student's room in an agricultural college where two freshmen are to be initiated into a grange organized by the...
Dates: Publication: 1877

IT Services Scrapbooks and Memorabilia, 1967-1995

 Collection
Identifier: Series-160
Scope and Contents Two scrapbook albums containing copies of news clippings, Board of County Commissioners' minutes, correspondence and various types of reports documenting the history of the Jefferson County Data Processing Department (created in 1968) and its first computer system (purchased in 1969). Folders 1-10 are all from one album, folder 11 contains copies of the second album's pages. Full run (4 issues) of "MIS...cellaneous," a newsletter produced by the Management Information Systems Department in...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1967-1995

IT Services, Various Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-009
Dates: 1996-2007

Jeffco Sister County Artifacts (2010-009)

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-009
Dates: Agent Relation: 1997

Jefferson County 4-H Club and Cooperative Extension History Files

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-005
Dates: 1975-2009