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Introduction/ scope and contents
Collection M 194, Series 1
Nina Heald Webber Southwest
Colorado printed materials
Nina Heald Webber, compiler and donor
Approximate
years: 1880-1990
Volume: more than 200 items, in more than 200 folders in 7.5 document case and 1 flat lidded
box
This collection consists of assorted historically significant printed materials, many of them rare, of southwest Colorado. Subjects include Durango, Mesa Verde National Park, and Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, and other small Rocky Mountain towns of the Western Slope of Colorado. This collection is useful for anyone researching the history of various Southwestern topics.
Administrative information
About the organization of this collection:
This collection is arranged in a single
series that is grouped by
a geographical region, then within that, by date.
The categories are:
1. Durango and vicinity
(in boxes 1 and 2)
2. Silverton and San Juan Mountains (in box 3)
3. Miscellaneous southwest Colorado mining towns (in box
4)
4. Mesa Verde National Park and related archaeological
sites (in boxes 5 and 6)
3. The greater Southwest region (in boxes 7 and 8)
4. Oversize items (in box 9 and in map
case drawer 3.33)
Acquisition of this collection: This collection was a gift from Nina Heald Webber to the Center of Southwest Studies (multiple accessions from 2002 to recently). The initial bulk of the collection was appraised on November 1, 2004 by Dr. David Farmer.
Processing information: Elizabeth deJong, archival student assistant at the Center, produced the folder list in October 2007. Todd Ellison, Certified Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies, produced item level descriptions, archivally re-housed the photographs, and produced this guide to the collection in October of 2007.
Subject terms:
Archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde
Cities and towns--Colorado--Ouray
Cities and towns--Colorado--Silverton
Cliff-dwellings--Colorado--Mesa Verde
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Friendly societies--Colorado--Silverton
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--San Juan Mountains
Historic buildings--Colorado--Silverton
Mesa Verde (Colo.)
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Miners--Colorado
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Ouray County
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Silverton
Mountain railroads--Colorado--San Juan Mountains
Mountains--Colorado--San Juan County
Mountains--Colorado--Telluride
National parks and reserves--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park
Ouray (Colo.)--Description--Views
Ouray Highway (Colo.)
Pueblo Indians--Colorado--Mesa Verde--Antiquities
Red Mountain (Colo.)
San Juan Mountains (Colo.)
Silverton (Colo.)
Social groups--Colorado--Silverton
Stagecoaches--Colorado--Ouray
Streets--Colorado--Ouray
Telluride (Colo.)
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| Series | Box | Folder |
Folder title |
Date range(s) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
Correspondence sent on Strater Hotel stationery (Durango, Colo.) |
1903-07-13/ 1903-09-18 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
Durango, Colo. politics, ballot ticket and pins |
1907/1912 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 |
A story told in Brief of Durango and La Plata County: In Picture and Words. |
1909/09 |
| 1 | 1 | 4 |
Hermosa House: Trimble Hot Springs, business flyer (Durango, Colo.) |
1900/1909 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 |
Souvenir letter from Durango, Colo. Collected photo reproductions |
1900/1909 |
| 1 | 1 | 6 |
Durango Smelter leather hanging with photo (Durango, Colo.) |
1900/1920 |
| 1 | 1 | 7 |
Souvenir for graduating La Plata County pupil, distributed by Hattie R. Mullen, teacher. |
1912 |
| 1 | 1 | 8 |
1913: Everyday Almanac and Home Helps, distributed by The Durango Trust Company (Durango, Colo.) |
1913 |
| 1 | 1 | 9 |
Envelopes originating from Durango, Colo. (5x) |
1913-06-07/ 1939-08-12 |
| 1 | 1 | 10 |
Fort Lewis College bulletins, printed materials (Hesperus and Durango, Colo.) |
1914/1960 |
| 1 | 1 | 11 |
Draft card for Eugene Martin, notice of classification (Durango, Colo.) |
1917/12/28 |
| 1 | 1 | 12 |
Road and Guide Book of the San Juan Basin, published and distributed by the Durango Exchange (Durango, Colo.) |
1919 |
| 1 | 1 | 13 |
Sparkling Orange Soda Water, bottle label from Durango Bottling Works (Durango, Colo.) |
1910/1919 |
| 1 | 1 | 14 |
Miscellaneous store advertisements (Durango, Colo.) |
1910/1950 |
| 1 | 1 | 15 |
City of Durango Baseball League Scorebook (Durango, Colo.) |
1925-06-25/ 1927-08-13 |
| 1 | 1 | 16 |
The Daily Desert Calendar: One Year of Desserts with Recipes and Seasonal Adaptation, by Margaret Wayne, calendar, distributed by the First National Bank (Durango, Colo.) |
1926 |
| 1 | 1 | 17 |
Better Service, catalogues published by the Graden Mercantile Co. (Durango, Colo.) |
1926-06/| 1928-02 |
| 1 | 1 | 18 |
Telephone directories (Durango; Bayfield; Cortez; Dolores; Ignacio; Mancos; Silverton, Colo., and Aztec; Farmington, N.M.) |
1926/1961 |
| 1 | 1 | 19 |
Come to Durango, Colo.: The Land of Sunshine, Smiles and Pleasure, tourism advertisement and map |
1920/1940 |
| 1 | 1 | 20 |
Durango menus (Canton Café and Parson’s Drug Co.) (Durango, Colo.) |
1920/1950 |
| 1 | 1 | 21 |
Durango and the San Juan Basin, tourism promotional pamphlet, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce (Durango, Colo.) |
1930 |
| 1 | 1 | 22 |
Durango Chamber of Commerce, letters to promote tourism (Durango, Colo.) |
1933/1940 |
| 1 | 1 | 23 |
Graden’s Grists (Vol. 2, No.2) Fall Edition (Durango, Colo.), newsletter advertisement |
1937 |
| 1 | 1 | 24 |
Burnside: A Home Owned Store (Durango, Colo.) receipt slip ‘Acct in full to date: 49cents |
1933-02-02 |
| 1 | 1 | 25 |
City of Durango, Colorado $100 Public Improvement Bond, cancelled, Water Works Improvement District 1 |
1935 |
| 1 | 1 | 26 |
Choice Recipes and Menus, by My Made, distributed by Draper’s Quality Meats and Groceries (Durango, Colo.) |
1937 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 |
Spanish Trails Fiesta official programs and pamphlets (Durango, Colo.) |
1941-08/ 1958 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 |
Seventh Annual San Juan Basin Fair (Durango Colo.) |
1941-10-23/ 1941-10-25 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
The Ute Indians of Southwestern Colorado, by Helen Sloan Daniels. Published by the Durango Public Library (Durango, Colo.) |
1943 |
| 1 | 2 | 4 |
Durango Demons football official programs (Durango High School, Durango, Colo.) |
1944-09-22/ 1944-09-29 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
The Story of Durango, Colorado, by Mrs. Arthur W. Ayres for the Durango Chamber of Commerce, revised with assistance of A. M. Camp |
1949 |
| 1 | 2 | 6 |
Durango, Colorado: Tourist Center of the Southwest, pamphlet with map, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce |
1940/1959 |
| 1 | 2 | 7 |
Durango High School student notebook binder (Durango, Colo.), of Richard Everett |
1940/1949 |
| 1 | 2 | 8 |
Songs and Cheers of the Durango High School, distributed by Durango High School (Durango, Colo.) |
1940/1959 |
| 1 | 2 |
9 |
Picture of Mercy Hospital (Durango, Colo.) |
1940 |
| 1 | 2 | 10 |
The Founding of Durango, Colorado in 1880, by Mary C. Ayers |
1940/1949 |
| 1 | 2 | 11 |
Durango (Colo.) tourism travel brochures |
1940/1980 |
| 1 | 2 | 12 |
Looking back and ahead: Seventy years of faithful Service in the San Juan Basin of the 4 Corners Area: the First National Bank of Durango, Colorado, pamphlet |
1952 |
| 1 | 2 | 13 |
Durango newspaper clippings, miscellaneous |
1953/1984 |
| 1 | 2 | 14 |
Cherry Creek Lodge, advertising pamphlet, distributed by Ben and Kay Franklin (Durango, Colo.) |
1953 |
| 1 | 2 | 15 |
Vacation in Colorful Colorado: Great San Juan Basin, map advertisement by Gardenswartz Sporting Goods |
1950/1959 |
| 1 | 2 | 16 |
The First Annual Narrow Gauge Downs Pari-Mutuel Betting and 3rd Annual Navajo Trail Fiesta brochure (Durango, Colo.) |
1968-08/ 1968-11 |
| 1 | 2 | 17 |
The Diamond Circle Theatre in the famous Strater Hotel (Durango, Colo.), 1969 season program |
1969 |
| 1 | 2 | 18 |
The Strater Hotel Story, by Marion Jarvis |
1969 |
| 1 | 2 | 19 |
Come on in Dearie: or Prostitutes and Institutes of Early Durango, by Marion Jarvis |
1976 |
| 1 | 2 | 20 |
Purgatory Ski Resort brochures, distributed by the Durango Chamber of Commerce (Durango, Colo. |
1977/1982 |
|
1 |
2 | 21 |
Trimble Hot Springs: a historical tale, by Leith Lende Bear |
1985 |
|
1 |
2 | 22 |
Chuckwagon brochures (Durango and Ouray, Colo.) |
1980/1986 |
|
1 |
3 | 1 |
Bill of Fare: Silverton Northern R.R. Co.; Car: Animas Forks, menu (2x) |
1880/1890 |
|
1 |
3 | 2 |
The Hotel Grand (Silverton, Colo.), stationery and envelope |
1897-07-12 |
|
1 |
3 | 3 |
Advise of U.S. Postal Money Order (Silverton, Colo.) |
1899-04-15 |
|
1 |
3 | 4 |
San Juan Mines Souvenir Book , photo view book (San Juan, Colo.) |
1899 |
|
1 |
3 | 5 |
Map of the Southern Portion of the Silverton Quadrangle, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, topography, by Frank Tweed and Arthur Stiles, shoes mines, prospects and codes |
1909 |
|
1 |
3 | 6 |
Souvenir of Silverton: Containing views of points of interest in the District, souvenir letter |
1910-05-12 |
|
1 |
3 | 7 |
Silverton, Colorado travel brochures |
1919/1989 |
|
1 |
3 | 8 |
Standard Bottling Works (Silverton, Colo.) bottle labels |
1910/1919 |
|
1 |
3 | 9 |
Town of Silverton (Colo.) water supply bond, 500 dollars |
1934-05-01 |
|
1 |
3 | 10 |
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers membership card of Edward Valentine (Silverton, Colo.) |
1937-07-15/ 1939-07-10 |
|
1 |
3 | 11 |
The Daily Menu of the Bent Elbow, menu (Silverton, Colo.) |
1930/1969 |
|
1 |
3 | 12 |
Supreme Court Decision in Silverton Miners’ Union Case. Informational pamphlet, distributed by Silverton Miners’ Union, Local No. 26 (Silverton, Colo.) |
1942-12-23 |
|
1 |
3 | 13 |
San Juan National Forest pamphlets, distributed by the U.S. Forest Service |