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Related Materials: See also P028 Mesa Verde photograph collection.

 

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Collection Title], [Collection Number], Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.

 

Collection Description

Historical/Biographical Note: Mesa Verde National Park was established by an Act of Congress on June 29, 1906.  This Act also made Mesa Verde the first cultural park in the United States to be set aside in the National Park System.  Mesa Verde National Park was later designated a World Cultural Heritage Site on September 8, 1978 by UNESCO, a United Nations organization formed "to preserve and protect both cultural and natural heritage of designated international sites."

Mesa Verde, a Spanish term meaning "Green Table," continues to offer visitors from around the world a memorable opportunity to see and experience an ancient cultural and physical landscape.  Visitors walk through cliff dwellings and numerous mesa top villages built by Ancestral Pueblo people between about AD 600 and 1300.   The September 29, 1999 issue of the Durango Herald cited the October 1999 issue of the National Geographic Traveler declaring that Mesa Verde National Park has joined the Vatican City, the Acropolis and the Pyramids of Giza as one of "50 destinations of a lifetime" around the world.

 

Scope & Contents: This collection contains administrative histories, newspaper clippings, circulars, pamphlets, lithographic prints and color post cards with views of the Park, articles and reports about the National Park, and other printed materials pertaining to Mesa Verde National Park.  It was compiled from various sources.

 

Arrangement: Materials in this collection are arranged by series.  The series are numbered consecutively. Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.  Folder numbers start with 1 in each box. Items within each series (e.g., correspondence, reports) and within each folder are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.  The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific.

 

Acquisition Information: The Center of Southwest Studies' Mesa Verde printed materials (M 082) and photograph (P 028) collections were acquired through various sources.  Donors have included Mesa Verde National Park itself (including an accession though its former Superintendent, Robert C. Heyder, in 1987), and private citizens.  One of the accessions (9704005) was donated through Duane Smith, who had received records from Martha H. Struever's files regarding Lucy Peabody and her fight for Mesa Verde to become a national park.  That material had been in the possession of an elderly man in the Denver area who was the widower of Alicia Irvine's daughter.

 

Processing Information: Fort Lewis College Southwest Studies SW 340 Archives class student archival assistants Suzanne Casey and Seth Lampert arranged this collection in the fall of 1999 under the supervision of instructors Todd Ellison and NHPRC-funded Archival Fellow Anne Foster.  This work included copying newspaper clippings onto Permalife Bond paper and discarding the original clippings, along with non-archival plastic page protectors and a three-ring notebook.  This inventory was initially produced by Suzanne Casey, Todd Ellison, Anne Foster, and Seth Lampert in the fall of 1999, and was edited and converted into html by Todd Ellison in November of 1999 (last revised, February 2006).  This inventory and online finding aid were updated by Gretchen Gray and Tabitha Andersen in October of 2020.

 

Subjects:

Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
United States. National Park Service. Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
National parks and reserves--Colorado--Mesa Verde

 

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series Description

1.    Historical records, 1891-2004, 17 folders.  Originals or copies of printed materials regarding the founding and administration of Mesa Verde National Park.  These include such items as an administrative history Mesa Verde National Park, a copy of a transcription of letters of Gustaf Nordenskiöld written in 1891, and articles from the journals YMER and Photographic Times, and excerpts and editors’ notes and remarks from an oral history interview with Richard Wetherill II.  Updated 2020 Oct. to include a Lawrence Phipps letter, articles from The Great Divide, and correspondence from the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. Arranged chronologically.

 

2.    Tourism printed materials, 1915-2012, 58 folders.  Original or copies of various tourism materials concerning Mesa Verde National Park.  These include such items as several volumes of the Mesa Verde Notes newsletter, and Mesa Verde National Park brochures produced by the National Park Service in the United States Department of the Interior.  Updated 2020 Oct. to include more recent promotional items, including the Centennial Celebration in 2006. Arranged chronologically.

 

3. Postcards, 1930-2008, 9 folders.  Original postcards from Mesa Verde National Park and the San Juan Basin.  These include postcards by Laura Gilpin and by Petley Studios (Phoenix, Ariz.), and a series of postcards of the long-displayed Mesa Verde National Park Museum diorama. Updated 2020 Oct. to include Sky Mesa Country postcard portfolio and other postcards.

 

4.    Newspaper clippings, 1890-2006, 12 folders.  Photocopies of newspaper articles concerning tourism, events, and news from Mesa Verde National Park. The latest articles include World Wide Web printouts from the Durango Herald in 1999. Updated 2020 Oct. to include pre-national park newspaper clippings, and various other newspaper clippings.

 

5.    Administrative records, 1920-2009, 15 folders.  Various records concerning maintenance, conservation, and fundraising projects of Mesa Verde National Park. These items include Ronald Switzer's brief history of emergency conservation work and Public Works Administration programs in the park during 1931-1942. Updated 2020 Oct. to include letters, memorandums, papers, and other various administrative information.

 

6.    Oversize printed materials, 1906-199-, 8 folders.

 

7.    Mesa Verde Museum Association, administrative and meeting records, 2000-2014, 18 folders. Various documents concerning the Mesa Verde Museum Association, financial documents, official correspondence, promotional materials, and other documents. Includes Articles of Incorporation, Financial Statements and Auditor’s Reports, and Strategic Planning materials.

 

 

Container Description

Box 1:     Series 1 -- Historical records, folders 1-17:

Folder 1:     The Establishment of Mesa Verde as a National Park: (Thesis) by Patricia E. Hoben [photocopy] 1966, 84 pages.

Folder 2:     Phipps, Lawrence, Letter to Senator, 1924 Aug. 16. Contains a photocopy of Lawrence Phipps’ Letter to the Senator concerning Mesa Verde National Park.

Folder 3:     Mesa Verde correspondence of the Office of Indian Affairs, et al., 1891-1925, 48 pages.  Note: these are archival photocopies made on 3/9/2004 at the Lakewood (Colo.) branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, from records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Consolidated Ute Agency Decimal File 1879-1952, box no. 129, 280-304, folder 005/307 labeled "Mesa Verde National Park, 1891-1913, [includes mention of] visit of Swedish royal family 1926."

Folder 4:     Letters of Gustaf Nordenskiöld written in the year 1891 and articles from the journals YMER and Photographic Times/ed. by Irving L. Diamond and David M. Olson; translated by Daniel M. Olson / Mesa Verde Association, 1991 [not paginated] [photocopy]

Folder 5:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, pages i-ix, pages 1-28, printed material [photocopy], 1970.

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, section III-IV, pages 29-115, printed material [photocopy], 1970.

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, section V, pages117-199, printed material [photocopy], 1970.

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, section VI-X, pages 201-285, printed material [photocopy], 1970.

Folder 9:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, section XII-XIII, pages 287-329, printed material [photocopy] 1970.

Folder 10:     Mesa Verde National Park: An administrative history, 1906-1970, section XIV-XVI appendices, pages 331- 388, printed material [photocopy], 1970.

Folder 11:    Mesa Verde Park World Heritage Cultural Site dedication program, 1981 June 29.

Folder 12:     Richard Wetherill, II, interview excerpts, editor's notes and remarks by Richard N. Sandlin, 1978.

Folder 13:     First World Conference on Cultural Parks, conference material, Sept. 1984.

Folder 14:     Why Was Mesa Verde Abandoned?: Evidence of Soil Exhaustion/ by Gustav Arrhenius, [199?], 8 pages.

Folder 15:     "In search of a lost race."  Photocopies of articles in The Illustrated American which sent "an expedition to explore the cliff dwellings of Colorado."   A compendium of photocopies of articles from this periodical, April 2, 1892, through August 27, 1892.  1 volume, spiral bound.

Folder 16:     The Great Divide, Cliff Climbing, 1889. Contains multiple photocopies of articles from The Great Divide from 1889. Contains 11 items from 1889 Mar. to 1889 Nov.

Folder 17:     Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, Memos, Correspondence, Letters, etc. circa 2004 Jan. 29. Contains printed Emails and other official correspondence as well as printed Article Inputs from an unknown electronic source.

 

Box 2:     Series 2 -- Tourism printed material records, folders 1-12:

Folder 1:     The Mesa Verde National Park, history brochure/ by Department of the Interior, 1915-1920.

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde National Park rules, regulations and general rules, 1915, 1920.

Folder 3:     Mentor Magazine, including article on Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellers/ by Ronne C. Shelse, 1922 June.

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellers, article from the Mentor / by Ronne C. Shelse, 1922 June, Vol. 10 No. 5, pages 2 - 13 [photocopy].

Folder 5:     Mesa Verde National Park rules, regulations and general information, 1924, 1931 [2 items].

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde National Park rules, regulations and general information, 1931, 1932 [2 items].

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde National Park rules, regulations and general information, 1932, 1934 [2 items].

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde Notes newsletter, 1931-1933 [7 items].

Folder 9:     Mesa Verde Notes newsletter, 1934-1935 [4 items].

Folder 10:     Mesa Verde Notes newsletter, 1937-1939 [6 items].

Folder 11:     Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter, 1930 Oct.-1932 Oct. [12 items]. Contains 12 reprints of the Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter dated from 1930 Oct. to 1932 Oct. reprinted in 1938.

Folder 12:     Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter, 1932 Jul.-1934 Jan. [8 items]. Contains originals and reprints of the Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter dated from 1932 Jul. to 1934 Jan. with the reprints printed in 1938. Arranged chronologically.

Folder 13:     Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter, 1935 Aug.-1939 Dec. [12 items]. Contains originals and reprints of the Mesa Verde Notes Newsletter dated from 1935 Aug. to 1939 Dec. with reprints printed in 1940. Arranged chronologically.

 

Box 3:     Series 2 -- Tourism printed material records, folders 1-45:

Folder 1:     The Cliff Dweller Vol. 2 No. 3, 1937 Mar. 31. Contains one copy of The Cliff Dweller newspaper from 1937 Mar. 31.

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde: a brief guide / by Ansel F. Hall, 1938 [2 items].

Folder 3:     Mesa Verde National Park headquarters area and ruins, road maps, 1941 April.

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde National Park brochure/ by United States Department of the Interior, 1946.

Folder 5:     Clippings of snapshots of Mesa Verde, 1950 [2 items].

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde National Park photographic portfolio / by Mesa Verde Company, circa 1950.

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde Museum Association: Spruce Tree House Trail guide booklet, circa 1950.

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde Park information booklets, 1954 [2 items].

Folder 9:     Mesa Verde National Park maps, 1956 [2 items].

Folder 10:     Mesa Verde National Park, National Park Service brochure / by the United States Department of the Interior, 1957 June [7 items].

Folder 11:     Map and Guide to Mesa Verde National Park pamphlet / by National Park service, ca. 1959-1961 [6 items].

Folder 12:     Weekly Tourist Guide to the San Juan Basin, brochure / by the Durango-Cortez Herald, 1961 July.

Folder 13:     National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 125, No. 2, 1964 Feb., articles on Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings/ by Douglas Osborne, page 155, and William Belknap, page 196.

Folder 14:     Mesa Verde National Park pamphlet / by National Park Service, 1966 [2 items].

Folder 15:     Spruce Tree House, trail guide, [196?].

Folder 16:     Guide to Mesa Verde National Park/ Ansel F. Hall, circa 1970.

Folder 17:     Mesa Verde National Park Cliff Palace Guide / by Mesa Verde Museum Association, 1972.

Folder 18:     The prehistoric cliff dwellers and the effect of the super nova, book, circa 1974.

Folder 19:     Flowers of Mesa Verde National Park, pamphlet / by Stephen R. Wegner, 1976.

Folder 20:     Mesa Verde, pamphlet / by William C. Winkler, 1977.

Folder 21:     Lodging guide for Cortez, Colorado brochure, [197?].

Folder 22:     Spruce Tree House, pamphlet/ by Mesa Verde Museum Association, [197?].

Folder 23:     The Anasazi of Mesa Verde, history guide / by the fourth-grade students of Manaugh Elementary School (Cortez, Colo.), 1979-1980. 

Folder 24:     Mesa Verde Maps and Guides, 1971-1995 [17 items]. Contains several maps and guides for Mesa Verde National Park printed between 1971 and 1995.

Folder 25:     Mesa Verde Pamphlets, Flyers, Cards, Booklets, etc. 1976 Mar. 8-2007 Mar. 4 [18 items]. Contains pamphlets, flyers, cards, booklets, and other promotional materials for Mesa Verde National Park printed between 1976 Mar. 8 and 2007 Mar. 4.

Folder 26:     Mesa Verde National Park ruins views, (194? - 198?) [3 items].

Folder 27:     Empire Magazine feature articles on Mesa Verde/ by the Denver Post, 1963 Nov. 17, 1970, Sept. 27, and 1978 Nov. 19 and 26.

Folder 28:     Friends of Mesa Verde National Park membership brochure/ by Friends of Mesa Verde National Park, 1990.

Folder 29:     Friends of Mesa Verde National Park Visitor Center and Research Storage Facility fund raising pamphlet, 1991 August.

Folder 30:     Mesa Verde Country, Cortez, Colorado tourism pamphlet, [199?].

Folder 31:     Mesa Verde mural pamphlets: The Santa Fe Movement, [199?].

Folder 32:     Mesa Verde National Park visitors guide, [199?].

Folder 33:     A pictorial guide to Mesa Verde National Park tourism, pamphlet / by Ansel F. Hall, [19-?].

Folder 34:     General information for visitors to Mesa Verde National Park, [19-?].

Folder 35:     Mesa Verde Printed Materials, Booklet, Brochure, Save Amer., 1999-2001. On 2020 Oct. 21, Gretchen Gray and Tabitha Andersen found this folder empty while adding to collection. Keep an eye out for missing contents.

Folder 36:     Mesa Verde Visitors Information Bureau Leaflets, 1999-2005. Contains five leaflets from the Mesa Verde Visitors Information Bureau advertising Mesa Verde National Park.

Folder 37:     Mesa Verde Motel Leaflet, 2000. Contains one brochure for the Mesa Verde Motel from 2000.

Folder 38:     Mesa Verde Company Transit Pamphlet, 2002-2003. Contains one pink pamphlet with transit information of several towns from Dove Creek to Durango, CO.

Folder 39:     Mesa Verde Press, Anasazi Tours Pamphlet, date unknown. Contains one pamphlet advertising tours of Mesa Verde.

Folder 40:     Mesa Verde Book Series, 2004-2006. It contains several papers written for and about Mesa Verde, library indexes and inventories of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, meeting notes, information, submission guidelines and a questionnaire on the Mesa Verde Book Series.

Folder 41:     Mesa Verde (LPD 19) United States Navy, 2005. Contains one small envelope and a trifold informational brochure on the christening of the Mesa Verde (LPD 19).

Folder 42:     Mesa Verde Centennial Celebration, 2005 Dec. 8-2006 Dec.9. Contains brochures, leaflets, newspapers, a schedule of events at Mesa Verde National Park and other locations, and schedule of conferences taking place at Mesa Verde National Park during its centennial year.

Folder 43:     Mesa Verde Foundation 2006. Contains 501 (e)(3) organization information, Mesa Verde Foundation Board Meeting minutes and a newsletter, as well as promotional materials for the Fifth Annual Soukiini Dinner and Silent Auction from 2006.

Folder 44:     Mesa Verde Promotional Materials, 2007-2009. Contains a box from Mesa Verde promotional animal cookies (date unknown), a pamphlet from the Mesa Verde Association (date unknown), two pamphlets containing maps of Mesa Verde (2009), one visitor guide from 2007, one visitor guide from 2010, and two informational pamphlets (date unknown).

Folder 45:     Mesa Verde Foundation Newsletter, 2012 Spring. Contains a few pages of the Mesa Verde Foundation Newsletter from Spring 2012.

 

Box 4:     Series 3 -- Post cards, folders 1-9; Series 4 – clippings, folders 10-21; and Series 5 --administrative records, folders 22-36:

Series 3

Folder 1:     The Sun Temple, Mesa Verde, Colorado / by The Ambrotype Co. (Brooklyn, NY) and # 608, Knife Edge Road, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, postcards, [191? – 1930?]. [2 items].

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde National Park and San Juan Basin Colorado/ by Sanborn Souvenir Co. (Denver, Colo.), postcards, [1930?].

Folder 3:     Circular of General Information Regarding Mesa Verde National Park, CO, 1932. [1 item].

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde National Park Postcard series # 1- 24, 1948.

Folder 5:     Postcards of the Southwest / by Laura Gilpin, set no. 3 [195?] [5 items].

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde National Park Museum diorama series postcards, [195?], #s 2, 3 [2x], 4, and 5. [5 items].

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde National Park postcards / by Mesa Verde Company (Mesa Verde, Colo.) [196?] [22 items].

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde National Park postcards / by Petley Studios (Phoenix, Ariz.), [196?][2 items].

Folder 9:     Sky Mesa Country: A Photographic Portfolio of Mesa Verde (Mesa Verde, CO) 2008. [1 item].

 

Series 4

Folder 10:     Chapin Frederick, Cliff Dwellings of the Mancos Canyons. Published by The American Antiquarian, 1890 Jul.

Folder 11:     Early Magazine Articles, Mesa Verde, Peabody, Lucy, The Modern World, “First Automobile Club…” 1899-1917.

Folder 12:     Mesa Verde newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1903-1952.

Folder 13:     National Park Service Newspaper Kiva Krier, 1935 Aug. 23. Contains photocopies of the Kiva Krier newspaper dated 1935 Aug. 23 and photocopies of The Cliff Dweller newspaper dated 1938 Feb. 28. All contain information pertaining to Mesa Verde National Park.

Folder 14:     Mesa Verde newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1953-1958.

Folder 15:     Mesa Verde newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1959-1962.

Folder 16:     Mesa Verde newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1963-1970.

Folder 17:     Mesa Verde newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1971-1984.

Folder 18:     Mesa Verde Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1984-.

Folder 19:     Mesa Verde Durango Herald newspaper articles Web printouts, 1999-.

Folder 20:    “Women to the Rescue,” Durango Magazine, 2000 Summer/Fall. Contains three pages from Durango Magazine dated 2000 Summer/Fall. Article on pages 28-29, written by Duane A. Smith.

Folder 21:     Mesa Verde Newspaper Clippings, 2006. It contains three newspapers with articles about Mesa Verde National Park. First is Section D of the Newsday paper, Travel, dated 2006 Jul. 9. Missing pages D-7 through D-10. Second is a page from the Durango Herald, dated 2006 Sept. 16. Article on page 6A. Third is another page from the Durango Herald, dated 2006 Mar. 24. Page 2B contains a half-page spread concerning the Mesa Verde Centennial Book Series.

 

Series 5

Folder 22:     Letters Pertaining to Mesa Verde, 1920-1986. It contains five letters pertaining to Mesa Verde National Park.

Folder 23:     Winkler, William Mesa Verde Navajo Employees at Mesa Verde National Park, circa 1927. Contains several documents concerning Navajo employees at Mesa Verde National Park, including one computer printout of a photo circa 1927.

Folder 24:     A brief history of emergency conservation work and the public works administration programs in the Mesa Verde National Park 1931-1942 / by Ronald Switzer.

Folder 25:     Nordenskiold Advisory Committee Meeting, 1991 Jan. 29. Contains one printed meeting minutes of the Nordenskiold Advisory Committee Meeting from 1991.

Folder 26:     CCC Camp at Mesa Verde, Newsletter and reminiscence, circa 1933 Sept. Contains six copies of the Mesa Verde Notes from various months and years, as well one photocopy of the Kiva Krier from 1934, and a biography of Alfred Lee Rowell.

Folder 27:     Memorandums for the Regional Director, Region Three Mesa Verde 1945-1953. Contains several memorandums for the regional director.

Folder 28:     The 1972 and 1974 excavations of a potential prehistoric reservoir site 5MV1936 / Report / by Jack E. Smith, 1999 Nov. Wright Paleohydrological Institute (WPI) [1 Vol., 24+9 pages and folded maps]. Contains one spiral bound volume with loose inserts.

Folder 29:     Mesa Verde, CO Employee Handbook by ARA Services, 1981 [1 Vol. & Loose Inserts]. Contains one employee handbook and an employee regulation pamphlet from 1981.

Folder 30:     Visitor center planning meeting correspondence and printed materials, 1987.

Folder 31:     Mesa Verde National Park and Yucca House National Monument management assessment workshop results report, 1994. 

Folder 32:     Mesa Verde Fires 2000 Jul./Aug. Contains financial documents concerning the fires that burned in 2000 Jul./Aug.

Folder 33:     Wright Water Engineers, Mesa Verde Prehistoric Reservoir Sedimentation, 2001. Contains one document about Mesa Verde Prehistoric Reservoir Sedimentation from 2001.

Folder 34:     Mesa Verde National Park Archeological Conferences, 2006 Centennial Year, 2006. Missing 2020 Oct. 28.

Folder 35:     Superintendent Larry Weise Retirement Programs, circa 2009 Oct. 26. Contains two copies of booklets made for the retirement of Larry Weise, former Superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park. Booklets contain written information as well as pictures.

Folder 36:     Ross, Kenny, Oral History Transcription, no date. Contains one printed transcription from Kenny Ross regarding dioramas.

 

Box 5:      Series 6 -- Mesa Verde National Park oversize materials, folders 1-8:

Folder 1:     Mesa Verde National Park 75th Anniversary 1906-1981, Montezuma Valley Journal souvenir edition, 1981 June.

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde National Park administration building heating plan, 1940 April 20 / by P. L. D.

Folder 3:     Mesa Verde Park brochures / by National Park Service, [197-] [3 items].  A 1979 item was separated out from M016 (Durango Chamber of Commerce records) brochures folder on 10/2/1997.

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde National Park brochures / by National Park Service, [199-] [2 items].

Folder 5:     Mesa Verde National Park oversize postcards, [193-] [6 items].

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde, pamphlet / by Ansel F. Hall, 1951 [3 items].  One was autographed July 1951 by the author “to our friends the Franklins.”

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde National Park tour "letter" No. 12/ by El Paso Products Co. (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 1950 [1 item, dimensions 16.25" x 6.25"].

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde National Park sites b/w placemat photos, untitled and undated [3 items, dimensions 11.25" x 14.5"].

 

Box 6:     Series 7 -- Mesa Verde Museum Association, Administrative, and Meeting Records, folders 1-11:

Folder 1:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Articles of Incorporation, 2001. Contains Articles of Incorporation, but also some agenda and minutes for Board of Director’s meetings and financial documents from the same year.

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report, 2000-2008. Contains 4 spiral-bound Financial Statements and Auditor’s Reports from various years between 2000 and 2008.

Folder 3:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Strategic Planning, 2005 Jan. 11. Contains official correspondence about the Strategic Planning Retreat, schedule, participants, plans, and the Strategic Planning document.

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2002 Jan. 31-2002 Jul. 25. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde.

Folder 5:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2003 Apr. 30-2003 Oct. 21. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, and website traffic information.

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2004 Jan. 30-2004 Oct. 28. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde.

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2004 Oct. 28-2005 Jul. 20. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde. Includes information for the centennial celebration of Mesa Verde as a national park.

Folder 8:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2006 Aug. 7-2011 Nov. 28. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde, across several years.

Folder 9:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2006 Feb. 20-2007 Jan. 31. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde. Includes information for the centennial celebration of Mesa Verde as a national park.

Folder 10:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2007 Jan. 31-2007 Sept. 30. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, promotional materials for Mesa Verde, and a form for membership.

Folder 11:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2008 Oct. 15-2011 Jul. 27. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, and one document that may be unrelated.

 

Box 7:     Series 7 -- Mesa Verde Museum Association, Administrative, and Meeting Records, folders 1-7:

Folder 1:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2008 Jan. 24-2008 Oct. 15. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, drafts of a strategic plan for Mesa Verde, and a form for a job opening.

Folder 2:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2009 Jan. 13-2009 Oct. 23. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and other official correspondence, promotional materials for Mesa Verde, a form for membership, and biographical sketches of members of the Board of Directors.

Folder 3:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2010 Jan. 25-2010 Jul. 28. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, promotional materials for Mesa Verde, and a biographical sketch of a member of the Board of Directors.

Folder 4:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2011 Mar. 31-2011 Oct. 26. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, promotional materials for Mesa Verde, policy documents, and statements of interest for seats on the Board of Directors.

Folder 5:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings 2012 Oct. 12-2012 Oct. 30. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, printed Emails and official correspondence, an employee handbook, and information about bylaws.

Folder 6:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2013 Jan. 16-2013 Oct. 30. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, bylaws of the Mesa Verde Museum Association, and statements of interest for seats on the Board of Directors.

Folder 7:     Mesa Verde Museum Association Board of Director’s Meetings, 2014 Jan. 21-2014 Jul. 30. Contains agenda and minutes of Board of Director’s meetings, financial documents, official correspondence, and promotional materials for Mesa Verde.

 

In a flat file drawer ("map case"):

Mesa Verde National Park “Where the Spirits Rise,” tourism poster, [198-].