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Records of the Colorado Potato Growers Exchange
Collection
Identifier: ACPG
Abstract
The Colorado Potato Growers Exchange (CPGE) was formed in 1923 to eliminate speculation and waste in the marketing of potatoes. Twenty separate groups banded together as a central statewide selling agency. The CPGE stabilized the potato market so effectively that it later added onions (1928) and pinto beans (1968) to its operations. The CPGE was the first statewide co-operative formed on a commodity basis. The majority of the records are minutes of the executive committee, copies of the...
Dates:
1923-1981
Records of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair
Collection
Identifier: MCSF
Abstract
The Colorado Science and Engineering Fair had its beginnings in 1955, when a committee was formed to investigate the possibility of holding an annual statewide science fair. The first fair was held April 28, 1956, and known both as the Annual Regional Science Fair and the Colorado-Wyoming Science Fair. In 1970 the name was changed to the Colorado State Science Fair when Wyoming ended its participation in the fair. In 1993 the name was changed again to the Colorado Science and Engineering...
Dates:
1954-2005
Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association
Collection
Identifier: ACSF
Abstract
Colorado conservationists formed the Colorado State Forestry Association, also known as the Colorado Forestry Association (CFA), in 1884 to support the conservation, management, and renewal of forests through the dissemination of educational materials, promotion of forestry legislation, and creation of forest reserves. The Records of the Colorado State Forestry Association consists primarily of the correspondence of CFA president William G. M. Stone with prominent conservationists,...
Dates:
1873-1933; Majority of material found within 1905-1916
Records of the Colorado State Grange
Collection
Identifier: ACSG
Abstract
The Colorado State Grange was established in the Colorado Territory in 1874 to give support and encouragement to rural and agricultural communities. This fraternal society remains active in supporting communities through education, emergency relief, and legislative activism. The collection contains financial ledgers, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, issues of the organization's newspaper Colorado Granger, correspondence and other material related to the Colorado...
Dates:
1873-1985; Majority of material found within 1917-1974
Records of the Colorado State University Libraries
Collection
Identifier: ULIB
Abstract
The Records of the Colorado State University Libraries documents events, people, and organizations associated with the libraries at Colorado State University. The library at Colorado State University was established in 1880 in the Old Main building; today library services are centralized in the William E. Morgan Library, constructed in 1964. The collection includes information relating to the construction and renovation of Morgan Library, administrative correspondence, memos, letters,...
Dates:
1891-2023; Majority of material found within 1950-1999
Records of the Colorado State University School of Education
Collection
Identifier: USCE
Abstract
The School of Education at Colorado State University offers courses of study in teaching and learning; organizational learning, performance, and change; and higher education leadership and counseling. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Records in the collection include papers, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, one floppy disk of photographs, videotapes, textiles, and ephemera. In addition to education files, club and fraternity records are in the...
Dates:
1917-2012; Majority of material found within 1980-2012
Records of the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Collection
Identifier: WRRI
Abstract
Colorado State University has long been a leader in the West in water research and engineering. The University was a logical choice to oversee the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI) when, in 1964, Congress passed the Water Resources Research Act to better coordinate the nation's water research programs. The mission of CWRRI on the CSU campus was to bring water concerns and problems to the attention of water experts in higher education, facilitate research into these issues...
Dates:
1949-2007; Majority of material found within 1965-1985
Records of the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company
Collection
Identifier: WCHS
Abstract
Formed in 1882 in Loveland, Colorado, the Consolidated Home Supply Ditch and Reservoir Company (CHS) delivers water for agricultural purposes through its system of ditches and reservoirs located in Larimer and Weld counties. The company and its system, which draws from the Big Thompson River, are well documented through minute books, water records, and files of recent secretaries. Supplementing these are stock, financial, and legal records, as well as photographs, maps, plans, and drawings....
Dates:
1874-2012; Majority of material found within 1950-2005
Records of the CSU Women's Association
Collection
Identifier: UUWA
Abstract
Formed in 1910 as the Colorado Agricultural College Woman's Association, the Colorado State University Women's Association is an educational, service, and social organization. Since 1925, it has provided loans and scholarships to CSU students and contributed to several CSU funds. The collection documents the history of the CSU Women's Association, primarily from the 1970s through the 2010s. The fundraising and social activities of the organization the most prominent topics. Materials include...
Dates:
1964-2022; Majority of material found in 1980-2018
Records of the Denver Agricultural and Livestock Club
Collection
Identifier: ADAL
Abstract
Founded in 1946, the Denver Agricultural and Livestock Club actively fosters agricultural programs such as the 4-H Club, Future Farmers of America, the National Western Stock Show, scholarships, and local agricultural events. The objective of the Club is to foster closer relationships and acquaintances among individuals living in and around Denver interested in the field of agriculture and to promote agricultural and livestock projects. Collection materials include minutes, correspondence,...
Dates:
1946-1979; Majority of material found within 1969-1978
Records of the Department of Civil Engineering
Collection
Identifier: UCIE
Abstract
The Department of Engineering at Colorado State University (then the State Agricultural College of Colorado) began in 1883 with courses in practical mechanics and drawing. The collection contains financial records, memoranda, faculty trip records, seminar planning papers, and correspondence.
Dates:
1969-1975, 1997
Records of the Department of Communications Disorders
Collection
Identifier: UDCD
Abstract
The Records of the Department of Communications Disorders documents the department at Colorado State University from its founding in 1964 to its closing in 1995. Materials include histories, reports, manuals, and slides.
Dates:
1957-1995; Majority of material found within 1962-1967
Records of the Department of Women's Physical Education
Collection
Identifier: UWPE
Abstract
The Records of the Department of Women's Physical Education documents the development of women's athletics and physical training at Colorado State University. Records include programs, photographs, and scrapbooks of social gatherings such as the May Fete and dance performances, courses offered by the department in various sports such as swimming and gymnastics, and intra and extramural activities such as tennis, The Swan Club, and basketball. Scrapbooks, handbooks, financial statements and...
Dates:
1920-1988; Majority of material found within 1930-1970
Records of the Facilities Management Department
Collection
Identifier: UFMD
Abstract
The Board of Agriculture of the Colorado Agricultural College and General Assembly of the Colorado legislature instituted the Facilities Management department through the establishment of a building committee in 1878. As the campus expanded, the responsibilities of the department did as well. The Records of the Facilities Management Department document the growth of the department and the campus. The collection contains records pertaining to the construction and maintenance of buildings...
Dates:
1916-2015; Majority of material found within 1950-1970
Records of the Faculty
Collection
Identifier: UFAC
Abstract
The Records of the Faculty is an aggregation of items acquired from many different sources. Combining a wide range of materials including faculty and staff records, department histories, correspondence, faculty and staff obituaries, notebooks, transcripts, scrapbooks, photographs, one blueprint and sketch, one manuscript, publications, reports, newsletters, playbills, and ephemera, the collection touches on various topics related to the faculty and staff at Colorado State University as well...
Dates:
1881-1981; Majority of material found within 1922-1973
Records of the Financial Administration
Collection
Identifier: UFIA
Abstract
Records of the Financial Administration consists of historical financial information about the Colorado A & M College (now Colorado State University) in the form of reports, correspondence, agreements, bond notices, invoices, bills, miscellaneous financial information, photographs, and negatives. Materials were collected from the office of the university's long-time Business Manager Joseph M. Whalley.
Dates:
1940-1962
Records of the Great Western Sugar Company
Collection
Identifier: AGWS
Abstract
The Great Western Sugar Company, incorporated on February 27, 1905, was the dominant producer of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska beet sugar for over sixty years. Each new factory of the Great Western Sugar Company quickly became the hub of the agricultural community in which it was built. Materials include financial and administrative records, correspondence, reports, company publications, subject files, newspaper clippings, photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, slides, audio and...
Dates:
1893-1984; Majority of material found within 1901-1977
Records of the Homecoming Parade
Collection
Identifier: UPAR
Abstract
Homecoming at Colorado State University can be traced back to 1914 when a football game between alumni and the current college team was played. Over the years new traditions were added including painting of the Aggie "A", the bonfire, and the homecoming parade. The collection documents the planning and activities of the homecoming parade, and includes financials, photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1978-2007; Majority of material found within 1995-2007
Records of the Humanities and Social Sciences College
Collection
Identifier: UHSS
Abstract
The Humanities and Social Sciences College documents the development of the Division of Science & Arts through to the School of Humanities & Social Science to the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences and finally to the start of the College of Liberal Arts. Key individuals to the college can be viewed in the list of Persons within the Index Terms. Departments such as Anthropology, Art, English, Economics, Journalism, Foreign Languages, History, International Studies,...
Dates:
1902-1993; Majority of material found within 1968-1979
Records of the Institute for Shipboard Education
Collection
Identifier: MISE
Abstract
The Institute for Shipboard Education was founded in 1971 and manages Semester at Sea, which began in 1963. The Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) operates as a non-profit organization and offers study abroad education programs and academic courses at the baccalaureate level while aboard a cruise vessel. The ISE serves students from academic institutions throughout the world. Material in this collection includes yearbooks, scrapbooks, newsletters, newspapers, photographs, a board game,...
Dates:
1897-2020; Majority of material found within 1970-2010