Southwest Colorado political campaigns: inventory of printed materials collection at SW Studies Center

Years this material was created: 1928-current (bulk years 1991-2006)
Quantity: 3 linear shelf feet (in 7 document cases)
© 2004 by Fort Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account, revised 2007

Printed materials pertaining to political campaigns in Southwest Colorado and the Four Corners area, representing all levels of government. Includes posters, brochures, leaflets, ephemera, bumper stickers, and other campaign materials. These printed materials pertain to Durango (Colorado) and its immediate locality -- the Colorado portion of the Four Corners region -- and all elections in which citizens of La Plata County participate.

At the right is a photo of U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy on the campus of Fort Lewis College in Durango on Saturday, June 18, 1960 to woo (in the words of LeRoy Goodwin, FLC's PR Director at the time) delegates at the Colorado State Democratic Party convention being held in the gymnasium, now the swimming pool (FLC's natatorium). (For more, click on the picture.)

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Arrangement note: The series (various elected offices and issues being voted on) are numbered consecutively. The organization of the series proceeds from the local level (Durango elections) to national (U.S. Presidential campaigns). Because we expect to add to this collection, we have not numbered the folders or the boxes. Items within each series are arranged chronologically.

Acquisition information: The collection has grown through numerous accessions received from Duane Smith and many others, and much of it from free distribution of the materials.

Processing information: The collection was initially arranged into files primarily by year by a SW Library work-study student in 12/1994 under the direction of Center secretary Catherine Conrad, and was subsequently processed at the Center of Southwest Studies by Todd Ellison and numerous assistants including Bret Connor, student archival assistant, in 2000. Data entry of the Colorado business cards was courtesy of Megan Martin in June, 2004. Volunteer Bruce Howard brought the arrangement and description up to date in the fall of 2007 and Renee Morgan typed the folder list and assisted Ellison with the updated inventory in November, 2007.

11 District Attorney, 1992-2000, 2 folders in Box 2

Folder title	Year(s)	Contents notes
General election, Durango Herald articles	1994	State of Colorado candidates
General election, Durango Herald articles	1998	State of Colorado candidates
General election, Durango Herald articles	2000	State of Colorado candidates
General election, Durango Herald articles	2001	State of Colorado candidates
General election, Durango Herald articles	2002	State of Colorado candidates
Animas Fire District election, Durango Herald articles	2000	Jim Barrett, Curt Bianchi, Charles “Bud” Fitts and Ken Morrow
Durango City Council election, Durango Herald articles	1999	Anne Cordova, John Gamble, Tom Howley, Tim Maher, Mike Matheson and Cindy Smart
Durango City Council election, Durango Herald articles	2001	Virginia Castro, Joe Colgan, Tom Howley, Doug Lashley and Aaron Tucson
Durango City Council election campaign materials, 1997, 1999, and 2001	1997/2001	Joe Colgan, Lon Erwin, Martha Enriquez, John Gamble, Dale Garland, Lee Goddard, Doug Lashely, Doug Lyon, Michael Rondon, Renee Parsons, Aaron Tucson, Sidny Zink, Virginia Castro, Linda Geer, Tom Howley, Mike Matheson, Jerry Swingle and Jim Sheppard
Durango Mayor, election campaign materials	undated	Tim Maher
Durango ballot issues printed materials, 2001, 2002, 2004	2001/2004	Friends of the Public Library, Growth Initiative and 3A/3B (Durango School District 9-R)
Durango Recreation Center, Durango Herald articles	1999
Bayfield and Ignacio elections, Durango Herald articles	2000/2002	Bayfield Mayor, Town Board Ignacio Mayor, Town Board
La Plata County Assessor election campaign materials	2002	Patty Dressel, Craig Larson and Steven Waller
La Plata County Clerk election campaign materials	1998	Virginia Castro, Linda Daley, Bob Gomez and Leta Saner
La Plata County Commissioner election, Durango Herald articles	1999
La Plata County Commissioner election, Durango Herald articles	2000
La Plata County Commissioner election, Durango Herald articles	2002
La Plata County Commissioner election campaign materials,1988, 1989, 1996, 2002	1988/ 2002	Franklin Anderson, Sheryl Ayers, Sherlin Baty, David Black, Doris Brennan, J Paul Brown, Jeffrey Bryson, Louis Cummins, Bud Deering, Jeff Deitch and Al Gurule
La Plata County Commissioner election campaign materials	2000/2002	Josh Joswick, Fred Klah, _ Lloyd, Jeff Mannix, Lynn Shine, Jerry Swingle, Bill Tarpley and Jean Walter
Montezuma County Commissioner election campaign materials	1989/1990	Bill Bayer
District Attorney election campaign materials, 1992, 1996, 2000	1992/2000	Roger Candelaria, Tom Compton, Kyle Ipson, Richard Jaye, Sarah Law and Jeff Wilson
Distict Attorney election, Durango Herald articles	2000
La Plata County Sheriff election campaign materials	1989/1990	Jerry Abernathy, Al Brown, Frank Carr, Bill Gardner, Duke Schirard and Michael Swilling
La Plata County Sheriff election, Durango Herald articles	2002
La Plata County Treasurer election campaign materials	1998	Twila Bell and Edward Murray
La Plata County Surveyor election campaign materials	undated	Richard Moreno
La Plata Electric Association board members	2001	Bill Watts
La Plata County elections, ballot issues	2001/2002	Referendum 2, Home Rule, Property Tax Increase, Open Space and Durango Mountain Resort
La Plata County Democratic Committee	1989/2003
L Plata County Republican Committee	1992/2002
La Plata County New Party	1997
Colorado League of Women Voters, ballot issues, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000	1988/2000
San Juan Citizens Alliance	2002
Southwest Republican Women’s Club	2000
Club 20, campaign issues	1998/1999
Western Colorado Congress	1995
State of Colorado Governor elections, campaign materials, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994	1986/1994	Roy Romer
State of Colorado Governor elections, campaign materials, 1997, 1998, 2000	1997/ 2000	Bill Owens
State of Colorado, Governor elections, campaign materials, 1990, 1994, 1998	1990/1998	John Andrews, Bruce Benson, Rollie Heath, Tom North, Gail Schoettler, Ted Strickland and Isaac Watts
Governor Bill Owens, Durango Herald articles	1998-1999
State of Colorado, Lt. Governor election campaign materials	1997/1998	Connie Abel, Kathy Arnold, Mike Callihan, Jim Congrove, Joe Rogers, Gail Schoettler and Bernie Buescher
State of Colorado, Attorney General election campaign materials, 1990, 1997, 1998	1990/1998	Dick Freese, Gale Norton, Ken Salazar, Joe Smith, John Suthers, Jeff Wells and Duane Woodard
State of Colorado, Secretary of State elections, campaign materials	1999/ 2000	Ron Baumter, Aaron Harbor and Sherrie Wolff
State of Colorado, Treasurer elections campaign materials, 1989-1990, 1996, 1997	1989/1997	Bill Owens, Dick Sargent and Gale Schoettler
State of Colorado, Board of Education election campaign materials	2000/2002	Bill Barnekow, Pat Chlouber, John Evans, Christine Pacheco-Koveleski, Hazel Petrocco, Jared Polis and Sterling Schaaf
State of Colorado, Board of Education, Durango Herald articles	2000/2001
Colorado Board of Regents elections, campaign materials	1996	Bob Caldwell, Mike Dino, Jay Fax, Maureen Johnson, Harvey Phelps and Joe Gschwendtner
Colorado Board of Regents election, Durango Herald articles	2000
State of Colorado, Judiciary elections campaign materials	undated	Commissions of Judicial Performance Colorado Judicial Institute
State of Colorado, 6^th District Senate campaign materials	2002	Jim Isgar
State of Colorado, Senate 6^th District elections, campaign materials, 1994, 1998, 2002	1994/2002	Ben Alexander, Kay Alexander, Amanda Bandy, Ann Brown, Sam Cassidy, Bob Diner, Margy Masson and Jasper Welch
State of Colorado Senate 6^th District, campaign materials	1998	Vote Smart: Ben Alexander, Jim Dyer and Jasper Welch
State of Colorado Senate 6^th District, Durango Herald articles, 1999, 2000, 2001	1999/2001
State of Colorado, Senate, 6^th District, Durango Herald articles	2001	Jim Dyer
State of Colorado, General Assembly, 27^th District, campaign materials	2004	Bill Crane
State of Colorado, General Assembly, 47^th District election campaign materials	2004	Buffie McFadyen
State of Colorado, General Assembly, 58^th District, campaign materials	undated	Bob Hale
State of Colorado, General Assembly, 59^th District, campaign materials	1999	Amanda Bandy, Julie Cooley, Jim Dyer, Mark Larson, Scott McInnis, Lonnie Nations and Wm Zimsky
State of Colorado, General Assembly, 59^th District Durango Herald articles	1999/2000
Colorado Democratic Party	1989/1994
Colorado Republican Party
Colorado Republican Leadership	1997/1998
Colorado Federation of Republican Women	1996/1998
SAARP Voters Guide	2000
American Constitution Party (Colorado) campaign materials	1998
Americans for Better Government, voter information guides	1994
Center for Environmental Citizenship	undated
Christian Coalition of Colorado voter guides, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004	1996/2004
Citizens for Responsible Government, campaign materials	1998
Colorado Conservative Voters	2002
Colorado Citizens for Right to Work	1998
Colorado Education Association, ballot issues	undated
Colorado for Family Values	1996
Colorado Proposal for Statewide Mobility Program	undated
Colorado Task Force on Religious Freedom, ballot issue	1996
Colorado Union of Taxpayers	1996
Denver Post, Voter Information	1994
Family Research Council, ballot initiatives	1998
Focus on the Family, Ballot Amendments	1998
Variable newsletter	1992
State of Colorado elections Amendments on campaign materials and Referenda Initiatives	1996/2004
General elections voter information guides	1986/1996
General elections voter information guides, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004	1996/2004
U.S. Senate election campaign materials	1996/2000	Ben Nighthorse Campbell
U.S. Senate election campaign materials	1996	Wayne Allard
U.S. Senate election campaign materials	2004	Ken Salazar
U.S. Senate election campaign materials, 1996, 1997, 2004	1996/2004	Bill Armstrong, Hank Brown, Pete Coors, Terry Considine, Charles Duke, Bill Eggert, Bud Fredlerg, Josie Heath, Ken Kramer and Kick Laman

Preface	Introduction/ Scope and contents	Administrative info
Series		Folder titles
Political campaigns business cards, circa 1920-1938		Related collections at the Center
Center of Southwest Studies collection inventories		Center of Southwest Studies

Collection 142:

Southwest Colorado political campaign materials

inventory

11 District Attorney, 1992-2000, 2 folders in Box 2

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