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102 document(s) found, displaying results 1 to 20 Previous Page Next Page 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Alexander Film Company was founded by J. Don and Don M. Alexander in Spokane, Washington, in 1919 and moved to Englewood, Colorado, in 1923. With the development and manufacture of the Eaglerock airplane, the brothers also founded the Alexander Aircraft Company and the corporate name of Alexander Industries was adopted in 1924. Both the film and airplane companies were included in the corporation. In 1928 the corporation was moved to Colorado Springs after fire destroyed the Englewood plant. The corporation Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901. 2 terms found (view terms found in context) The records in this collection relate to the El Paso County Superintendent's Office and date from 1880 until the office was abolished in 1975. Included are the superintendent's Annual Report to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1907-1959), the superintendent's Record Books (1880-1963), teachers records (1890-1958), redistricting records (1895-1957), financial records (1950-1975), school board members records (1933-1975), audiotapes of school meetings (1965-1969), records of the El Paso County Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Records, including bylaws, meeting minutes and newsletters, of the International Tesla Society, a Colorado Springs based organization whose purpose included increasing awareness of Nikola Tesla and his inventions, the presentation of Tesla symposiums, and the maintenance of the Tesla museum. The International Tesla Society declared bankruptcy in 1999. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Records, primarily scrapbooks and membership related materials, for Kit Carson Circle No. 9 of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Colorado Springs chapter of the national women's patriotic organization. Also included is some membership information for Denver Circle No. 1 and proceedings from some of the Colorado and Wyoming Department annual conferences. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Personal papers of Ruth Banning Lewis, including schoolwork, professional correspondence, clippings, and political (largely anti-liberal and anti-Communist) mailings and publications. Among her many civic activities, Ruth Banning Lewis served on the Colorado Springs' District Eleven Board of Education from 1923-1935, was on the Colorado Springs City Council from 1943-1949, and was an organizer of the Volunteer Nurse's Aide Corps, and portions of this collection reflect her participation and interests in tho Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and book excerpts written from 1886-1985 about Nikola Tesla and his experiments, as well as a comprehensive index to publications from around the world in which Tesla or his work was mentioned. The articles and index were compiled by the Tesla Book Company which publishes books and information about Tesla and related subjects. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Records, primarily reports to the board and monthly meeting minutes, of the Visiting Nurse Association of the Pikes Peak Region, a health care oriented organization established in 1907 and in operation until 1986. Interested in all aspects of nursing and health care, the Association was instrumental in establishing and/or maintaining many public health programs in Colorado Springs and El Paso County such as clinics for the needy, dental clinics, child welfare clinics, school nursing, community health educa Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Ten notebooks from surveyors Edwin A. Sawyer and William Garstin provide field notes about property in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs from 1893 to 1940. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections 2 terms found (view terms found in context) This collection documents the history of the Chinook Bookshop, Inc. Materials include policy manuals, clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, and memorabilia. The collection is not comprehensive and includes only a sampling of business records. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library. 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Correspondence, testimony, ledger book, etc. re black history: civil rights, legal cases and NAACP business. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library. 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Correspondence, minutes, and reports document the expansion of Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, reports, clippings and case files document the Springs Area Beautiful Association's efforts to preserve the beauty of Colorado Springs from 1963 to 1999. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Compositions, biographical material, photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera and audio recordings document the life of composer, Jean Miller, in Colorado Springs. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Records, including meeting minutes, competition results, newsletters, and yearbooks of the Pikes Peak Camera Club, an organization established in 1930 to 'aid and benefit, by mutual cooperation, those interested in photography.' In addition to regular workshops and meetings, the Club holds monthly photograph competitions for its members and an annual Salon, a competition open to all amateur and professional photographers in the region. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library 2 terms found (view terms found in context) The Overlook Mutual Water Company Records of minutes, correspondence, financial documentation, legal documentation, and maps document the development of a privately owned water company on Cheyenne Mountain from 1918 to 1996. Repository: Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library 2 terms found (view terms found in context) The Penrose-St. Francis Hospital Collection is comprised of 21.4 cubic feet of material documenting both Penrose Hospital and St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs from 1887 to 2001. The Penrose Hospital records reference Glockner Sanatorium, Glockner-Penrose Hospital, Penrose Hospital, Penrose Cancer Hospital, Penrose Community Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Inn, Margery Reed Building, Sacred Heart Chapel, Webb Memorial Library, construction, admissions, nursing programs, physicians, employees and the Siste Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Building permits, tapping permits, and moving and wrecking permits document the history of residential and commercial property in El Paso County from 1878 to 1974. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Correspondence, guest transfer registers, registration books, and financial documentation comprise the Cliff House Records, 1872-1950, documenting the functions of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) The National Industrial Recovery Act created the Public Works Administration in the federal government on June 16, 1933 as an effort to stabilize employment and increase purchasing power during the Great Depression. Colorado Springs benefited from this program with financial support for various projects in the city. Projects included: Bijou Street bridge and viaduct, Uintah Street and Mesa Road bridges over Monument Creek, a new sewage plant, street improvements, rerouting Pikes Peak Auto Highway, Boulde Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 2 terms found (view terms found in context) Job files, financial documentation, photographs, orders, layouts, samples, and artifacts document the history of H & H Printing Company operations in Colorado Springs from 1910 to 1986. The majority of the collection includes customer files for local businesses and organizations. Repository: Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, 102 document(s) found, displaying results 1 to 20 Previous Page Next Page |
