Time capsules
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 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
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Elections Department Time Capsule
Series — Carton 1
Identifier: Series-254
Scope and Contents
Time capsule is an antique wooden ballot box with notes written to future voters by women from the Jefferson County League of Women Voters inside its glass cylinder. The time capsule is meant to be opened in a ceremony in August of 2120 which would be the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote.
A video of the event is stored in SharePoint and also in the digital preservation system Preservica.
Dates:
August 18, 2020
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Elections Time Capsule
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-001
Dates:
Event: 2020; circa 1920
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
- Jefferson County Archives
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