UA. Colorado State University Archives

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The 1870 Dinner is an annual event that honors members of Colorado State University's 1870 Club. The 1870 Club, named in honor of the institution's founding in 1870, honors corporations, foundations, organizations, and individuals who have given $1,870 or more to Colorado State University in a calendar year. The collection contains images of dinner attendees taken by university photographers. Materials include photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, slides, and three photobooks.

Abstract The Alumni Oral History Collection contains three oral histories of Colorado State University alumni captured in 2016. Topics include the interviewees' involvement in Black Student Services (now Black/African American Cultural Center), Black Student Alliance, Mexican-American Committee for Equality and the United Mexican-American Students, as well as efforts to oppose racial discrimination, and increase the number of people of color attending the university. The collection contains born...

Abstract The Alumni Photograph Collection consists of approximately 5,500 photographic items, film reels, correspondence, and news clippings. Subjects include athletics; aerial views of the campus and Fort Collins; buildings; campus scenes; faculty and staff; students; alumni; individuals; and student activities. The Ruth Wattles Collection, compiled by Wattles while researching for her manuscript, "The Mile High College: the History of Colorado A&M" is included as are Drama Club scrapbooks which...

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The Alvin M. Pettine Collection contains background research and biographical information on Pettine and his family, and an oral history conducted with Dr. Eric Pettine, Alvin's brother, by Dr. James E. Hansen. Materials include obituaries, family histories, and copies of the oral history on compact disc.

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The Association for Faculty Women scrapbook documents the social activities of the female faculty at Colorado State University. The collection consists of one scrapbook.

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In the 1990s, the Facilities Management Department created eight-by-ten inch negatives from the original building blueprints. The department still maintains the original blueprints in their storage facility. The blueprint negatives were transferred to the University Archive in 2006. This collection consists of modern negatives of University building blueprints and tracings. Note that the dates refer to the date of original creation; copies of materials were made in the 1990s.

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The Board of Governors for the Colorado State University System (formerly the State Board of Agriculture) was established by Colorado Governor John Routt in 1877. Records from the governing body of CSU include correspondence, financial documents, minutes, photographs, and reports related to a broad range of departments and programs.

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The Campus Events Collection includes programs, brochures, and other materials concerning various academic, professional, and social events at Colorado State University.

Abstract The Colorado State University Campus History Project began in 2012 for the purpose of updating two publications written by James E. Hansen II in 1974: Colorado State University Main Campus: Ringing Grooves of Change, 1870-1973; and A History of Colorado State University, 1870-1974. Each focused primarily on the school’s main campus. The new project produced a publication which encompasses the school’s various campuses, properties, and structures (CSU’s Sense of Place: A Campus History of...

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Charles L. Terrell was an alumnus of the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now Colorado State University) and served as secretary of the State Board of Agriculture (now the Board of Governors) from 1959 to 1976. The collection consists of historic campus images of Colorado State University.

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The Collection of Faculty and Student Profiles was created as part of Dr. James E. Hansen's project on the history of Colorado State University. Materials include identified data sets, lists of graduates, and summary information regarding student majors, courses, enrollment, and degrees.

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The Collection of Early Student Groups documents some of the earliest established student groups and societies at the Colorado Agricultural College. Societies and groups represented include the Athletic Association, Columbian Literary Society, the Student Council, and the Philo-Aesthesian Society. Materials include membership rosters, letters, receipts, minutes, and secretary ledgers.

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As a state institution, Colorado State University is subject to laws and regulations created by the Colorado government. The Collection on Legislation includes historical copies of state legislation, as well as related publications.

Abstract This collection contains materials documenting student unrest on the campus of Colorado State University from 1965 to 1971. Protests, sit-ins, building take-overs, and arson are covered in the collection, as well as the official university administration response. Materials include press releases, flyers, newspaper clippings, and reel-to-reel tapes. Items that have been digitized are available in CSU's digital repository, ...

Abstract The Mountain Campus Museum is housed in the original Koenig homestead cabin at the Mountain Campus. Since 1912, Colorado State University has used the Mountain Campus (formerly Pingree Park) for field research and training. The campus has primarily served CSU's Forestry students, though other university departments now use it. The museum remains in operation but some materials were transferred to the University Archive's Colorado State University Mountain Campus Museum Collection. The...

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The Community Organizations Collection contains the administrative and public relations paperwork of community organizations in the Fort Collins area.

Abstract In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Colorado State University produced a full-length documentary titled The Great Experiment: CSU at 150 which aired on Rocky Mountain PBS on October 1, 2020. Three years in the making, the documentary included newly digitized film and video such as a CSU-University of Colorado football game from 1919. This digital collection contains 53 interviews conducted specifically for the documentary between 2017 and 2020. CSU’s current and past president were...

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Donald Wayne Viney is an alumnus of Colorado State University and currently is a professor of philosophy and religion at Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas). The collection contains publications, newspaper clippings, and flyers.

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The Edison P. Lohr Collection of Visual Images from the Lindenmeier and Yampa Canyon Sites documents Lohr's excavations at the two archaeological sites in Northern Colorado. Materials include slides, photographs, and negatives.

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The Faculty and Alumni Scrapbook Collection contains scrapbooks and photo albums from students, alumni, and staff associated with Colorado Agricultural College (C.A.C.) and Colorado State University (CSU).