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Collection M 032:
Jim Dyer papers
inventory

Container list:

Record Groups 2.6 through 4, and Oversize

jim dyer
Jim Dyer, 1996

Folder list for Series 2.6, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4:
 

Box 1

Series 2.6: Jim Dyer voting records
Folder Series Folder title
1     2.6    Voting and attendance records, 1989-1990, 1995-1996.


RG3: PRESS RELATIONS/MEDIA ACTIVITIES RECORDS: Box 1

Series 3.1: Editorials
Folder Series Folder title
1     3.1    Editorials, drafts and notes, 1986-1988.
2     3.1    Editorials, drafts and notes, 1989-1990.
3     3.1    Editorials, drafts and notes, 1991-1992.
4     3.1    Editorials, drafts and notes, 1993-1995.
5     3.1    Editorials, drafts and notes, 1996, some undated.
6     3.1    Hummers, transparency cartoons, most undated (A).
7     3.1    Hummers, transparency cartoons, most undated (B).
8     3.1    News clippings, editorials, 1987-1995.

Series 3.4: Jim Dyer press releases
Folder Series Folder title
1     3.4    Press releases, drafts and notes, 1986-1993.

Series 3.5: Jim Dyer speeches
Folder Series Folder title
1     3.5    Speeches, drafts and notes, most undated (A).
2     3.5    Speeches, drafts and notes, most undated (B).
3     3.5    Speeches, drafts and notes, most undated (C).


RG4: OFFICE ADMINISTRATION/ CONSTITUENT SERVICES RECORDS

Series 4.1: Legislative procedures records: Box 1
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.1    Legislator's handbook, Colorado, 1986-1987.
2     4.1    Legislator's handbook, Colorado, 2001

3     4.1    Legislator's information packet, 56th General Assembly, 1987-1988.
4     4.1    Legislator's introduction memos, 57th General Assembly, 1989-1990.
5     4.1    Legislator's introduction memos, 58th General Assembly, 1991-1992.
6     4.1    Legislator's introduction memos, 59th General Assembly, 1993-1994.
7     4.1    Legislator's introduction memos, 60th General Assembly, 1995-1996 (still empty).
8     4.1    Internships, printed, correspondence, 1986-1993.
9     4.1    Colorado Legislative directories, 59th and 60th General Assemblies, 1993-1994, 1995-1996
10    4.1    Western Legislative Academy, handbook, 1999-2000 Aug. 1-4
11    4.1    Colorado Millennium Blueprint, Executive Summary, CACI Education foundation, 2000

Series 4.2: Legislative service records: (still in Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.2    Colorado Close Up, itinerary, correspondence, 1987-1994.
2     4.2    Constituent Appointments, 1986-1994.
3     4.2    Legislative services, applications for government positions, 1986-1994.
4     4.2    Legislative services, requests for recognition of appreciation, correspondence, 1987-1990.

Series 4.3: Legislative systems records: (still in Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.3    Legislative office manual, printed, 1995-1996.
2     4.3    Office policy memos, 1988-1993.
3     4.3    Legislative quips, quotes, articles, 1995-1996.

Series 4.4: Jim Dyer constituent mail: Box 1
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.4    Constituent correspondence re agriculture, 1986-1996.
2     4.4    Constituent correspondence re arts and humanities, 1986-1996 (samples only).
3     4.4    Constituent correspondence re business/labor/employment, 1986-1996 (samples only).
4     4.4    Constituent correspondence re conservation/environment, 1986-1996 (samples only).
5     4.4    Constituent correspondence re economy, Real Estate, housing, construction, 1986-1996 (samples only).
6     4.4    Constituent correspondence re education, 1986-1996 (samples only).
7     4.4    Constituent correspondence re gaming and lotto, sports, 1986-1996 (samples only).
8     4.4    Constituent correspondence re gun control, 1986-1996 (samples only).
9     4.4    Constituent correspondence re health care issues and legislation, 1986-1996 (samples only).
10    4.4    Constituent correspondence re insurance and workers' compensation, 1986-1996 (samples only).

Series 4.4: Box 2
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.4    Constituent correspondence re laws, prison, crimes, 1986-1996 (samples only).
2     4.4    Constituent correspondence re "left field", 1986-1996 (samples only).
3     4.4    Constituent correspondence re local government, licensing, 1986-1996 (samples only).
4     4.4    Constituent correspondence re military issues, 1986-1996 (samples only).
5     4.4    Constituent correspondence re Montezuma County prison proposal, reply form letter included, 1989.
6     4.4    Constituent correspondence re public utilities, 1986-1996 (samples only).
7     4.4    Constituent correspondence re real estate and housing, 1986-1997 (samples only)

8     4.4    Constituent correspondence re taxation, 1986-1996 (samples only).
9     4.4    Constituent correspondence re tourism, parks, recreation, 1986-1996 (samples only).
10    4.4    Constituent correspondence re transportation issues, 1986-1996 (samples only).
11    4.4    Constituent correspondence re various topics, 1986-1996 (samples only).
12    4.4    Constituent correspondence re women, children, families, 1986-1996 (samples only).
13    4.4    Constituent correspondence re workman's comp, 1986-1996 (samples only)


Series 3.2: Newspaper clippings, Box 1
Folder Series Folder title
1     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Agriculture, 1986-2001.
2     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Banking, 1988-2001.
3     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Campaign files, 1983-2001.
4     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Civil Rights, 1987-2001.
5     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Communication, 1987-2001.
6     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Conservation/Environment, 1987-2001.
7     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Democratic Party, 1987-2001.
8     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Denver, 1987.
9     3.2    Newspaper clippings, Durango, 1984-2001.
10    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Education, 1985-2001.
11    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Families, Women, Children, 1989-2001.
12    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Gaming, 1992-2001.
13    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Health, 1987-2001.
14    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Hispanic issues, circa 1987.
15    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Immigration, 1984-1987.
16    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Jim Dyer, Personal, 1952-2001.
17    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Labor/Business/Employment, 1985-2001.
18    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Law and Prisons, 1988-2001.
19    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Military-related, 1987-2001.
20    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Native American issues, 1987-2001.
21    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Public Utilities, 1987-2001.
22    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Saint Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas, ca. 1985.
23    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Sports, 1992-1994.
24    3.2    Newspaper clippings, State and Local Government, 1987-2001.
25    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Taxation, 1987-2001.
26    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Trade, 1986-2001.
27    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Transportation, 1989-2001.
28    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Water issues, 1986-2001.
29    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Welfare, housing, 1987-2001.
30    3.2    Newspaper clippings, Worker's compensation and insurance issues, 1986-2001.
31    3.2    Jim Dyer, Durango Herald weekly column, 1987 Jan. 11- 1994 May 22.
32    3.2    Jim Dyer, Durango Herald weekly column, 1995 Jan. 8-2001 May 13.  (Note on folders 31 and 32: there are some bad copies produced from the microfilm, in lieu of using the newspaper for the year 1989.)


Series 3.3: Dyer Photographs, Box 1
Folder Series Folder title                          
               (photo to the right: Jim Dyer with Roy Boehm and Lieutenant N. Son in Vietnam in May of 1964)
1     3.3    Photos- Dyer family, ca. 1865-1935.
2     3.3    Photos- Dyer family- postcard booklet, 1914-1918.
3     3.3    Photos- Dyer family- Scrapbook, E. J. Dyer, Sr., circa 1932.
4     3.3    Photos- Dyer family- Scrapbook, 1937-1939.
5     3.3    Photos- Dyer family, 1940-1950.
6     3.3    Photos- Patti Broshus, 1941-1960.
7     3.3    Photo book, Jim Dyer, ca.1945.
8     3.3    Photos- Dyer family, 1951-1960.
9     3.3    Drawings by Jim Dyer, 1955-to present.
10    3.3    Photos, St. Benedict's College, 1957-1984.
11    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Military, 1959-1960.
12    3.3    Photos- Dyer family & friends, 1961-1970.
13    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Military, 1962.
14    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Vietnam, 1st tour, 1963 May-1964 Nov.
15    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Military, 1965.
16    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Vietnam, 2nd tour, 1966 Feb.- 1967 May.
17    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Military, 1971-1976.
18    3.3    Photos- Dyer family and friends, 1971-1980.
19    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Vietnam, 3rd tour, 1971 May-1972 June.
20    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Power Motive Corporation, 1979-1986.
21    3.3    Photos- Dyer family, 1981-1990.
22    3.3    Photos- Jim Dyer, Fort Lewis College theater, 1983-1984.
23    3.3    Photos- Legislative & photo ops, 1984-1996.
24    3.3    Photos- Dyer family & friends, 1991-present.
25    3.3    Photos- Trip to Belize, 1997 Feb. 


Series 3.6: Audio-visual materials, Box 1

VHS tapes (12 items):

1- Sterling, Colorado
1- KUSA workers compensation series
1- Tax Fairness & Medical Care Savings Accounts Candidate Video
1- Editorial on Channel 4 TV for S.W. Colorado
1- State of Education, KRMA May 1988
1- Draft Reg. Bill - Stateline 2/6/87
1- Jim Dyer: 30 spot 1986
1- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
1- Cortez - a century Heritage-Progress-Dreams
1- A Video tour of the Colorado State Capitol
1- Balancing Nature: Trapping in Today's World
1- CUHIP/ Colorado Uninsurable health insurance plan, from KJCT and KREX(Grand Junction, Colo. TV stations)
Canistered tape reels (7 items):
1- SP. L 77-Cal 77
1- California to Newport
1- NATO I
1- NATO IV
1- Taiwan I
1- Taiwan II
1- Camp Lejeune
Uncanistered tape reel (1 item):
1- Jim Dyer KRTZ 10/28/86
Cassette tapes (7 items):
1- Jim Dyer 17:20
1- black tape w/white front only on one side says "Dyer-side 1"
1- Amanda Bandy 6/28 Jim Dyer (side one); Amanda Bandy 6/20 & Jeff Digton 6/20 (Home Quotes) (side two)
1-For the Record, Legislative Wrap-Up, 1997 May 22
1-Jim Dyer, Making Waves on KDUR, 1998 May 14
1-Class of 1955, Hayden High School (Topeka, Kansas)
1- says, Jim Dyer on side A

Series 3.7: Sample of One month's mail for a legislator, Box 1

One box of mail for a legislator, 2001 Sept.



Series 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11: Box 1

Series 4.5: Jim Dyer 59th District issues records
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.5    59th District files: analysis of political attitudes in 59th district, report, 1986.
2     4.5    59th District files: Colorado Initiatives program, awards lists, correspondence, 1986-1991.
3     4.5    59th District files: Grants and projects, 1988-1995.
4     4.5    59th District files: Great Colorado Payback, awards, correspondence, 1988-1994.
5     4.5    59th District files: impact report, (Archuleta, Montezuma, La Plata, San Juan counties), 1990.
6     4.5    59th District files: Archuleta County, grants, projects, proposals, 1987-1989.
7     4.5    59th District files: Archuleta County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1990-1991.
8     4.5    59th District files: Archuleta County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1992-1996.
9     4.5    59th District files: La Plata County, budget, 1987.
10    4.5    59th District files: La Plata County, grants, awards, projects, 1981-1991.
11    4.5    59th District files: La Plata County, grants, awards, projects, 1992.
12    4.5    59th District files: La Plata County, grants, awards, projects, 1993-1994.
13    4.5    59th District files: La Plata County, "Public attitudes toward land use and wildlife in La Plata County," report, 
             1996 Mar.

14    4.5    59th District files: Montezuma County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1981-1988.
15    4.5    59th District files: Montezuma County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1989.
16    4.5    59th District files: Montezuma County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1990-1992.
17    4.5    59th District files: Montezuma County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1993-1996, some undated.
18    4.5    59th District files: San Juan County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1981-1988.
19    4.5    59th District files: San Juan County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1989-1991.
20    4.5    59th District files: San Juan County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1992.
21    4.5    59th District files: San Juan County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1993-1994.
22    4.5    59th District files: San Juan County, grants, awards, correspondence, 1995-1996, some undated.

Series 4.6: Jim Dyer reply form letters
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.6    Reply form letters, 1988-1991.
2     4.6    Reply form letters, 1991.
3     4.6    Reply form letters, 1992-2000, some undated.


Series 4.7: Jim Dyer statistical surveys records
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.7    Constituent surveys, samples, results, demographic analysis, 1988, 1990, 1993.
2     4.7    Statistical surveys, 1986.

Series 4.8: Jim Dyer telephone messages
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.8    Telephone messages, samples only, undated.

Series 4.9: Jim Dyer letterhead
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.9    Letterhead, undated.

Series 4.10: Jim Dyer travel files
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.10    Travel files, itineraries, correspondence, 1986-1988.

Series 4.11: Jim Dyer mailing lists
Folder Series Folder title
1     4.11    Mailing and gift lists, undated.


Oversize materials

Oversize materials in smaller flat lidded box #3 at the start of the CSWS collection, numbered in the sequence of series 1.1:
Folder Series Contents
1      1.1    Mary Dyer, baby dress, white, embroidered, size 1/2, hand made in Madeira, Portugal, undated.
     1.8    Elect Jim Dyer campaign posters (2x)
     1.18   American Humane Association and Children Services, recognition of sponsorship for child abuse prevention month, 2001 April 3
     1.18   Commonwealth of Kentucky, Commission of Kentucky Colonel, 1988 Aug. 19
    
3.3    Dyer oversize photos  (from CHS's Dyer Collection) (CHS photo envelope #s 91.377.87 and .88).
    
3.3    Naval Gun Fire 2nd Battalion 12th Marines group photos at Okinawa, 1961-1962 (3x) (from CHS's Dyer Collection) (CHS #s 91.377.80 - .91)
    
3.3    Jim Dyer group photos, 1993-2000 (3x).  Includes a group photo of members of the 59th General Assembly, State of Colorado, 1993-94; group photo of Jim Dyer with Don Whalen, Dr. Chet Wigton, and a member of the State Board of Agriculture on the golf course at Tamarron for the 2nd annual Don Whalen Presidential Golf Tournament, June 2, 1990; and Western Legislative Academy group photo and Jim Dyer's certificate of completion, Aug. 4, 2000.
     1.18   FMF 1/11 C Battery U.S. Marine Corps flag, undated (circa 1960s).  Gold-trimmed white letters and symbols on a field of (faded) red (from CHS's Dyer Collection).
     1.18   Vietcong flag, undated (circa 1964-1976).  Orange and chartreuse green with a gold star sewed on (from CHS's Dyer Collection).  See also the page in CHS Box 1 Folder 7 showing Dyer and Vincent holding a captured Vietcong flag.
10     1.18   Vietnam (?) flag, undated (circa 1964-1976).  Yellow, with orangish-red bands (from CHS's Dyer Collection).

On top of this box is a folder containing a wooden plaque of appreciation to Jim Dyer from Fort Lewis College, 1993.


Oversize materials in larger flat lidded box #4 at the start of the CSWS collection, numbered in the sequence of series 1.1:
Folder Series Contents
     1.18   U.S. Marine Corps flag, undated (from CHS's Dyer Collection).
    1.18   Vietnam (?) flag, undated (circa 1960s).  Orange and red bands (from CHS's Dyer Collection).

3      3.3    Jim Dyer portrait art print by Keith Campbell and Richard E. Hackett, 1990 (accession 2003:04006).
4      4.4    Colorado Farmer's and Ranchers Against Communism letter and envelope to Jim Dyer, Aug. 29, 1997, defaced poster with comments to the defacer [by Jim Dyer?].
5     
3.3   Topeka (Kansas) house and high rise building watercolor painting by Jim Dyer, June 1, 1958.  A log house is in the foreground; a high rise office or apartment building is in the background.
6
     3.3   Diploma, Edward James Dyer, June 2, 1933, Bachelor of Arts, St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kans. (framed under glass).
 

Oversize materials in flat map file drawers:
Folder Series Contents
1      1.2    Asian woman, oil portrait, by Jim Dyer, 1962.
        1.2    Two boats and a man on a dock, watercolor, by Jim Dyer, "11 Mar 62, Naha Okinawa" (1 item).
        1.2    Ford Model A car body pieces, patterns (17 items).
       2.1    Map of Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Bill Files: H. B. 96-1376, 1996

        3.3    Mekong River black and white aerial photos, 1962 (4 items).
        3.3    Battery "M" large group photo, 1975.
        3.3    Colorado General Assembly portrait photo composites, 11" x 14" (5 items).

House of Representatives only

1- 1987-1988 56th GA
1- 1989-1990 57th GA
1- 1991-1992 58th GA
1- 1993-1994 59th GA
1- 1995-1996 60th GA
      3.3 Colorado General Assembly poster photo composites, 22" x 17" (2 items).

Senate and House of Representatives

1- 1987-1988 56th General Assembly
1- 1989-1990 57th General Assembly
1     1.1    Pencil sketches by Jim Dyer, 1960-1965 (24 items) (in 1 folder).
2     1.2    Vietnamese junk (boat), blueprints, large (2 items; 1 is very fragile).
3     1.2    Fort Lewis College play posters, designed by Jim Dyer, ca. 1983 (3 items).
4     2.5    Colorado Department of Highways construction programs map, 1988 (1 item).
5     2.5    Colorado Department of Highways, construction projects map, tricolor, 1988 Sept. (1 item).
6     2.5    Colorado traffic volume map, tricolor, 1984 (1 item).
     2.5    Colorado Geological Survey state land status map, 1979 (1 item).
     2.5    Pen and ink drawing of Colorado Capitol Building in Denver, print, 1886 (1 item).
9     2.5    Delta County prison proposal map, blue and white (1 item).
10    2.5    Delta County prison site proposal map, blue and white (1 item).
11    2.5    Durango and local issues, Pagosa Lakes Ranch Exhibit II map (1 item).

 

Oversize materials in art storage:

     3.3   G.I. (General Infantry soldier) oil painting by Jim Dyer, 1963 (1 item).
     3.3   National forests: 1891-1991, poster signed Mark Segal, #258/10000, 6 ft. x 18 in. (1 item).


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