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Inventory of the Pikes Peak Seniors Inc., Records, 1953-1988Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie LibraryEmail: http://library.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/SpecialCollectionsContact.aspURL: http://library.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/default.asp ©2005 Pikes Peak Library District
HistoryColorado Springs seniors started meeting in organized groups around 1953. The City of Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Department and the local Soroptimist Club (a service group) worked together to form the organization, known as Second Horizon. Eventually, the group became too large and broke into two smaller factions: the Blue Spruce of the Second Horizon and the Sunshine Club. The Second Horizon Association was officially dedicated on June 26, 1967. The group was funded under The Older Americans Act of 1965. For many years Second Horizon used the Acacia Hotel as a location for senior art classes, card groups, singing groups (the Gay Nineties), meals, and festivities. In January 1984 the Pikes Peak Seniors Inc. was formed with the mission to “promote the acquisition of a new multipurpose senior center for the improvement of the quality of life for the elderly members of this community.” In May 1986 a new senior center at 1514 N. Hancock opened in a 17,000 square foot former grocery store. It cost about $700,000 to renovate the old building. More than $350,000 of that amount was raised by private donations. According to the City of Colorado Springs website: “The CSSC came about through a partnership of Pikes Peak Seniors Inc. and the City of Colorado Springs. Both groups worked hard to raise funds to completely renovate the 17,000-square-feet former supermarket. Since opening its doors in 1986, this facility has remained an architectural and experiential gem. A spirited environment characterizes the Senior Center — life is buzzing in its every nook and cranny.” The Senior Center is still open today. ArrangementMaterials are arranged into three series by format: paper, scrapbooks, and slides. The paper materials are arranged alphabetically and the scrapbooks are arranged chronologically. Scope and ContentThis collection contains materials that document the creation and evolution of the Pikes Peak Seniors organization. Several names are seen throughout the collection, including: The Gay Nineties, Second Horizon, and the Sunnyside Club. These groups eventually merged into what became the Pikes Peak Seniors (see Administrative History above). The manuscripts are mostly administrative materials from the organizations’ presidents. Many of the manuscript materials were housed in binders before they were processed; the labels from those binders were then used as the folder labels. Several of these folder titles use the word “book” because that is what was used on the binders. In some cases there were several kinds of materials within one binder, such as correspondence, clippings, and reports. These materials were kept together to maintain their provenance. Other folders that are specifically labeled by type (such as correspondence) were found with that label. The scrapbooks contain mostly newspaper clippings and photographs. RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThe collection is open for research. Copy RestrictionsThe researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection. Preferred CitationPikes Peak Seniors Inc., Records, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District. Processing InformationRosemary Graham processed this collection in May 2005. Separated MaterialThere are no separated materials. Related Archival MaterialThere are no related materials. Subject HeadingsBlue Spruce club City of Colorado Springs- Arts and Recreation Department Groening, Malinda Human Services Complex Pikes Peak Seniors, Inc. Second Horizons Sunnyside Club Todd, Art Box and Folder ListSeries 1: Manuscripts
Series 2: Scrapbooks
Series 3: Slides
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