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...

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...

Abstract From the introduction: Driving along Indiana Street in rural Jefferson County, Colorado, south of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, a knoll a short distance north of State Highway 72, you may notice a rectangular plot of ground enclosed by a low galvanized chain link perimeter fence with nothing in it but grasses and one isolated pinyon pine tree. But if you were to take a closer look, you might notice some small stone monuments nearly buried in the grass, and wonder what they...

Scope and Contents These files contain Jean Theobald's research on the history of the Wide Acres residential area in Jefferson County, Colorado. The Daniels Welchester Neighborhood Association asked Theobald to do this history in the late 1990s. Wide Acres was developed in the 1920s by W.A.J. Bell as a country living environment for successful businessmen who worked in Denver and could commute there on the Interurban streetcar. Its perimeters were marked with large, stone pillars with green...

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Tracings of recorded subdivision plats; surveys by former county surveyors; maps showing road, railroad, or ditch rights of way; and miscellaneous maps created by private engineers or surveyors all compiled and/or collected by the former Jefferson County Abstract Company of Golden, Colorado.

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Book containing stock certificates for shares in the Jefferson County Abstract, Real Estate and Investment Company of Golden, Colorado. The book contains intricately designed certificates and receipts showing number of shares owned, date, certificate number, corporate seal and signatures, and is dated from 1891 to 1939.

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This collection contains the first Uniform Building Code of Colorado created by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission in 1948 (revised July 1, 1949). Also the 1962 Jefferson County Building Code (which includes a chapter on fallout shelters) and the 1970 Jeffco Building Code Volume I-A.

Scope and Contents This collection contains both bound and loose issues of various newspapers. Bound issues of the Golden Transcript (also known previously as Colorado Transcript and Golden Daily Transcript), are dated from October 1960 to June 2012. Miscellaneous bound issues include the Jefferson Herald (Arvada), dated June 11, 1964 to June 7, 1965; the Jefferson City Sentinel (Lakewood), dated January to June 1967 and all of 1969; The Daily Times (Jefferson County), dated October 1993 to August...

Scope and Contents The "County Line" employee newsletter was created in 1976 for the purpose of enhancing employee communications within the county. It was first published monthly by the Personnel Department, then by the Administrative Services Division, and later by the Public Information Office. It became bi-monthly starting in 2000.The newsletter highlighted a different employee every month; celebrated national and local awards as well as the employee of the month; recent hires, anniversaries,...

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Base maps showing railroad lines and other routes, platted towns, and topography. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Cartographer unknown.

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This collection contains official bonds and oaths of office for Jefferson County’s elected and appointed officials filed for the record with the Clerk and Recorder, Clerk to the Board. Collection also includes official notices of appointment; letters of application, citizen petitions and letters of recommendations to the BCC regarding appointed positions; and resignation letters and notices of revocation of appointment.

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Orthorectified aerial photographs of Jefferson County labeled with section corners and descriptions. 259 black and white prints in bound volumes and index.

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Photographic negatives of planimetry maps, numbered 1-271, orthorectified aerials covering Jefferson County, Colorado. Envelopes may contain two photos, one unlabeled (circa 1976) and one labeled 1985.

Scale 1" : 800'

Use Orthophoto Map Index. Squares with the red X are the areas that are available.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook containing inventory of land and buildings owned by Jefferson County. Beginning pages list code classification inventory number, description, location, year built, original cost and legal description of property. Following pages contain name and address of each building, photograph, year built with original cost and legal description of property. Photos include: Airport Buildings (1960-70); Branch Libraries (1968-71); Courthouse (1952); Dog Pound (1967); Fairgrounds and Engineering...

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Accession Logs, Acquisition Reports and Book Stock Control Reports. Accession logs list author, title, publisher, source and either cost or gift, of all books received by the library. Starts with Nov. 16, 1955, number 7501 and continues through number 14150, which is undated. Book Stock Control Reports record purchases, gifts and withdrawals of books. Used to document the total number of books owned by the library system at a given time.

Scope and Contents Collection contains: Annual Reports; Circulation Statistics; Financial Statistics; Librarians' Statistical Reports; Miscellaneous Statistics; and Public Services' Monthly Worksheets and Report. Annual reports are a resume of Jefferson County Public Library's activities and achievements for the previous year. Full narrative is presented to the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners by the Library's Board of Trustees. Reports include circulation statistics and budget and expenditures....

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Collection contains brochures, pamphlets, flyers, invitations, bookmarks, program schedules and other materials related to Jefferson County Public Library program information, and planning and promoting of special events and programs. Some contain suggested books for various categories, i.e. women, holidays, easy readers, etc. There is also information on story hour times and tips for storytellers, as well as general library information.

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Early Jefferson County, Colorado, library branches documented in this collection are: Conifer, Edgewater, Fruitdale/Bonnie Bonham, Kittredge, Morrison, West Alameda and Wheat Ridge. Files consist of Borrower's Registers; Circulation and Financial Reports; Board Meeting Minutes; By-Laws; Community Chest Correspondence and Reports; Other Correspondence; History; and Public Programs in these early branches. Not all items are included for every branch listed.

Content Description Collection consists of the following:"Jefferson County Schools before 1950" by the Jefferson County Retired Teachers Association, 1977. A history of all public school buildings in Jefferson County prior to reorganization in 1950. Includes hand-drawn maps showing locations of school buildings in the county from approximately 1870-1950, brief descriptions of how the buildings got their names, and biographical information on early educators in the county. Covers Arvada, Golden,...

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School census lists for the following Jefferson County, Colorado, Public School districts: District 1 (Golden), District 13 (Rockland), District 18 (Pine/Estabrook), District 23 (Lothrop), and District 48 (Daniels).

Scope and Contents Computer system specifications, criteria, and miscellaneous documentation regarding implementation of Jefferson County, Colorado's first computerized accounting and financial reporting system. The system was designed to provide accurate and timely recording, classifying, and summarizing of accounting transactions and subsequent preparation of meaningful financial reports. Implemented by Alexander Grant and Company of Denver. The organizational units directly involved in the system were the...

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Memorial address on the life and character of William McKinley, President of the United States, by Hon. John Hay. Delivered before the two Houses of Congress February 27, 1902. Appendix: Proceedings in the House of Representatives, February 27, 1902.

Scope and Contents Docket books of civil and criminal cases heard before Jefferson County Justices of the Peace. The dockets provide narrative summaries of the proceedings. Information includes names of plaintiff and defendant, name of JP and precinct number, charge, dates and kinds of filings, dates and notes on proceedings, plea, disposition, judgment, sentence, fine and court costs. Civil books may also contain ists of marriages performed by the JP. Supplementary records such as summons, motions, receipts,...

Scope and Contents Ken-Caryl Ranch, Littleton, Colorado, began on Oct. 17, 1914, when John Charles Shaffer purchased 2,660 acres of land southwest of Denver, naming the ranch for his sons, Kent and Carroll. This collection contains historical information gathered on the Ranch by descendants of the original owners. Photocopies only of manuscripts, photographs, and newspaper and newsletter articles about the ranch and its former land owners. Includes "Ken-Caryl Ranch History" by Jo McCormick; "Memories of the...

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Booklet containing the rules and regulations adopted by the Lakewood Sanitation District of Lakewood, Colorado.

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Reports and research materials related to the historic Lindsay Ranch located on the former Rocky Flats property in Arvada, Colorado. There was an effort in 2000, supported by County Commissioner Pat Holloway, to determine if the property qualified for National or State Historic Register listing, and if so, to ensure preservation of the ranch after the decommissioning of Rocky Flats. This collection is a compiliation of materials gathered by the archives.

Scope and Contents Records of livestock brands and earmarks registered in Jefferson County, Colorado. The Stock Brand Index book shows name of brand owner, drawing of brand or mark, placement on the animal and book and page in which the brand certificate was recorded. Two early record books (books 16 and IIA only) contain the certificate of stock brand or the deed of registration. Book IIA includes a few entries of people from Gilpin, Park, Boulder, Arapahoe, Clear Creek and Otero counties. Collection...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and telegrams between the Provost Marshall of Colorado and the Local Board for Jefferson County regarding allotments, calls for volunteers, induction lists, instructions and train schedules for movement of men to various military training camps during World War I. Induction lists include serviceman's name, order and serial numbers, home address, and name of camp entrained to during the war. These lists are not records of the men who registered in Jefferson County for the WWI...

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District secretary's record book for School District 25, Lorraine-Mandalay. Contains "Record of District Meetings," dated May 1880 to May 1916, and "Proceedings of the District Board," dated June 1915 to May 1925.

Also contains copy of letter dated 1956 from Katherine E. Church, Church Ranch, on the history of the Mandalay School built on land donated by the Church family.

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Map of the Denver metropolitan areas, abstracted by R.W. Gelder, Civil Engineer, Greeley, Colorado in 1915. Map covers the area in ranges 67-70 west and townships 2-5 south, including areas of Jefferson, Adams and Arapahoe Counties adjoining Denver. Shows ownership of rural land.