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Lamb Day Advertisement
Lamb Day Advertisement in Fort Collins Morning Express, September 26, 1909. The community wide barbecue was held for several years and sponsored by the Larimer County Stockgrowers Association.

The Ephemera Vertical Files

What is "ephemera"?

Modern usage defines "ephemera" as items that appear at first glance to be old, quaint, or curious but of little value and not really very interesting. The word can be applied to items other than paper, but has become so identified with paper that it is rarely used for any other type of collector item. Most ephemera is and was created for advertising purposes.

When the term is applied to the items contained in the Local History Archive, it refers to business receipts, calling cards, original advertising, personal budget books, and fragile primary source materials. We recommend that you research your topic through the photograph and vertical files before looking at the ephemera file. You will have greater success by doing so.

These files are only available for research in the Local History Archive. The contents of these files are not available on-line.




People A-L

Anderson, Peter -- land patent, calling cards, 1871 (less than 5 items)
Avery, E. D. -- insurance receipt, 1913 (less than 5 items)
Bair, Edith Pegg -- songbook "Song Thoughts of Children" by Bair (2 copies), 1933 (less than 5 items)
Baxter, Frank E. -- stock brand certificates, 1903 (less than 5 items)
Berry, W. A. -- Historical Series booklets by Berry, 1940s (less than 5 items)
Bosworth, Fay -- coupon book, 1900 (less than 5 items)
Bouton, Jay H. -- library board resignation letter, 1928 (less than 5 items)
Burnett, Frank Jones -- correspondence, typewritten manuscripts for "Golden Memories of Colorado" booklet by Burnett, 1980s (10 to 50 items)
Burnett, Mrs. Benjamin -- calling cards, undated (less than 5 items)
Calloway, Mary -- interview by Bernice Shultz of Calloway family history, 1934 (less than 5 items)
Collamer, A. and E. -- miscellaneous cards, announcements, correspondence, receipts, programs, most from 1940s (10 to 50 items)
Collins, Colonel William O. and Catherine -- obituaries and family history summary, 1880s-1930s (less than 5 items)
Coy, Burgis -- correspondence, life history summary, 1950 (less than 5 items)
Davis, John -- deed transfer paperwork, 1916 (less than 5 items)
Dickerson, Alice and Helen -- manuscript "Historical Notes of the Buckhorn Canyon and Surrounding Areas", 1977 (less than 5 items)
Drake, Lawrence -- Camp Wayne newsletters, YMCA membership card, 1924 (less than 5 items)
Flowers, L. W. -- stock brand deed, 1902 (less than 5 items)
Foltz, Lucille -- account books, 1890s (less than 5 items)
Forney -- manufacturing receipts, business information (5 to 10 items)
Fremont, Captain John C. -- issue of "Colorado Magazine", 1942 (less than 5 items)
Goeder, Frank P. -- marriage and graduation announcements, biographical record, 1930s (less than 5 items)
Graves, Millah -- promotion certificate from Laporte Presbyterian Sunday School, 1930 (less than 5 items)
Greenacre, Allen P. -- Irrigation District Election expenses memo, 1911 (less than 5 items)
Griffith, Mary -- typewritten manuscript "Sixty Years of Children and Chalk" by Griffith, 1951 (less than 5 items)
Hanna, James W. -- issue of 1938 "Colorado Magazine" with article by Mrs. Hanna, warranty deed (less than 5 items)
Harris, Jesse -- horse advertisements, 1889 (less than 5 items)
Hess Family -- bank books, funeral notices for Wasson, Mefford, and McGinley, 1900s (less than 5 items)
Hull, Frankalee R. -- miscellaneous Colorado Agricultural College memorabilia, Aggie football materials, booklet "Farmer Putnam's Philosophy", 1920s (10 to 50 items)
Ireland, Ruth -- handwritten memoir, 1987 (less than 5 items)
Jensen, Marion -- autograph book of Bellvue and Laporte residents, 1926 (less than 5 items)
Kemper, Reverend A. S. -- handwritten memoir "Reminiscences of a Pioneer Minister", undated but prior to 1911 (less than 5 items)
Ripple Brothers -- Moody-Warren Commercial Co. receipt, correspondence, farm accounting book (blank), 1930s (less than 5 items)


People M-Z

Martin, William A. -- manuscript "Negus in Johnson County: History of the Johnson County Stock War" by Martin, undated (less than 5 items)
Martinez, Rudy -- War Department memo, 1946 (less than 5 items)
Mason, Joseph -- Streets of Fort Collins history pamphlet, 1940s (less than 5 items)
Michie -- receipts, postcards, 1950s (less than 5 items)
Miller, Frank -- correspondence, Larimer County Roundup Programs, 1930s (10 to 50 items)
Mills, Enos -- booklet "Early Estes Park" by Mills, biography of Mills, nature cards, 1950s (10 to 50 items)
Mosman, W. O. -- 1901 waterworks license, warranty deeds, 1890s (10 to 50 items)
Peasley, Marion -- war ration book, 1940s (less than 5 items)
Pennock Family -- correspondence, pamphlets, 1900s (10 to 50 items)
Peterson, Henry Clay and Family -- family histories, correspondence, wedding and funeral announcements, oil certificates, information on Setzler Family, 1890s (10 to 50 items)
Stone, Ezekiel -- land patent, 1891 (less than 5 items)
Stover, Frank P. -- drug store license application, membership cards, liquor and tobacco licenses, 1890s (5 to 10 items)
Strachan Family -- wedding announcement, 1898 (less than 5 items)
Sutherland, Thomas -- yellow ribbons (less than 5 items)
Tenney, R. Q. -- biography of Tenney by Ansel Watrous, 1918, postcard, 1881 (less than 5 items)
Thorpe, Violet -- obituary, Fort Collins High School reunion booklet, 1979 (less than 5 items)
Tresner Family -- memoirs, report cards, correspondence, information on the Tayloe Family, index to The History of Larimer County by Charlene Tresner (10 to 50 items)
Wathen, Mrs. S. A. -- memoirs, clippings, 1930s (10 to 50 items)
Watrous Family -- account books 1870s-1920s, monthly time book (blank), 1862 pocket diary, Twin Willows Tea Room pamphlet, 1964 commemmorative coins, calling cards (10 to 50 items)


Subjects A-F

Advertisements -- 1985-1987 Buyers Guide, Vandervoort business card (less than 5 items)
Agriculture -- seed packet, egg record table, Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts director listing, booklet "Determining the Age of Farm Animals by Their Teeth", corn postcard (less than 5 items)
Agriculture -- Sugar Beets -- typewritten manuscript "Sugar Beets" by Eugene Hancock, irrigation contracts with Fort Collins Sugar Company (less than 5 items)
Arts -- Artwork -- album of Paul Gregg paintings (less than 5 items)
Arts -- Household -- booklet "301 Household Hints for Busy Housewives", 1903, booklet "Directions for using the Whitney Sewing Machine", 1874 (less than 5 items)
Arts -- Publications -- booklet "MOCA Studio Tour 2006-2007 Calendar", includes map of studios (less than 5 items)
Automobiles -- 1932 drivers license, 1939 cooling systems chart, booklet "Facts for Colorado Drivers" (less than 5 items)
Banks (3 folders) -- money orders, check stubs, bank books, advertisements for Poudre Valley Bank, First National, and others (50 to 100 items)
Buildings -- book "Building Code for the City of Fort Collins", 1925, booklet "Building for Permanence and Beauty" (less than 5 items)
Businesses -- Receipts -- Automobile -- includes Markley Motors, Mountain Motor Company, Ghent Motors (10 to 50 items)
Businesses -- Receipts -- Building Supplies -- includes Toliver-Kinney, E.G. Steele, and Powers Brothers companies (10 to 50 items)
Businesses -- Receipts -- Coal and Fuel -- includes Clayton Coal Company, Black Diamond Fuel Company, and Boulder Valley Coal (less than 5 items)
Businesses -- Receipts -- Grain and Feed -- includes Ranch-Way Feeds, Strang Grain Company (10 to 50 items)
Businesses -- Receipts -- Retail -- includes Woolworth, A.B. Tomlin, and A.L. Rohling's Big Store (5 to 10 items)
Businesses -- Receipts --Livestock and Farm Equipment -- includes Johnson Equipment Company, Poudre Valley Equipment Company, auction receipts (10 to 50 items)
Businesses -- Retail -- JC Penney -- pay stubs, 1941 employee handbook (10 to 50 items)
Businesses A-D -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (10 to 50 items)
Businesses E-H -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (less than 5 items)
Businesses I-L -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (10 to 50 items)
Businesses M-P -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (10 to 50 items)
Businesses Q-T -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (less than 5 items)
Businesses S-Z -- miscellaneous items for businesses sorted by type, including coupons, menus, business cards (10 to 50 items)
Celebrations -- Centennial -- Pioneer Panorama script, 1964 Centennial Program (less than 5 items)
Cemeteries -- Botsford family cemetery deeds, early Fort Collins cemetery notes (5 to 10 items)
Churches -- booklets, pamphlets, membership directories, includes First Baptist, St. Joseph, Methodist Episcopal, Full Gospel People's Tabernacle (10 to 50 items)
Churches -- First United Presbyterian -- membership directories, Easter programs (10 to 50 items)
Churches -- Salvation Army -- Evangeline Booth clippings (less than 5 items)
Colorado Historical Society -- pamphlet "Colorful Colorado", 1960s, Colorado history booklets (less than 5 items)
Colorado State University -- Dances -- dance cards (10 to 50 items)
Colorado State University -- General -- football ticket stubs, pamphlets (less than 5 items)
Colorado State University -- Professors -- manuscript "A View from the Rims" by G. P. Epling (less than 5 items)
Colorado State University -- Publications -- freshmen handbooks, booklet "An Illustrated Compendium of the Colorado State College", 1903 (5 to 10 items)
Education -- educational directories, 1914 listing of rural and village schools of Colorado, Arbor Day booklet (5 to 10 items)
Entertainment -- Rodeo -- 1921 program "Second Annual Roundup" managed by Frank Miller (less than 5 items)
Ethnic Groups -- Japanese -- booklet "Amache, Colorado" (less than 5 items)
Ethnic Groups -- Native American -- 1893 Colorado Magazine article "The Indian of Today",souvenir program from Oglala Sioux Pine Ridge Festival, 1941 (less than 5 items)
Fairs -- programs Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, 1921 and 1954 (less than 5 items)
Funeral Homes -- H. M. Balmer receipt, 1925 (less than 5 items)

Subjects H-W

Health -- brochures from Eden Valley Health Center, receipts (5 to 10 items)
History -- Fort Collins -- manuscript "History and General Character of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado" by Harold Beier, 1958, (less than 5 items)
Hotels -- booklet "Colorado--Its Hotels and Resorts", 1904, Martin Hotel items, Hotel LaCourt items (5 to 10 items)
Hotels -- Northern Hotel -- matchbook cover, menus (less than 5 items)
Irrigation -- North Poudre Irrigation Company booklets, pamphlet "The Parshall Measuring Flume" by Ralph Parshall, 1936, irrigation agreements, meter cards (10 to 50 items)
Landmarks, Markers, Monuments -- rough draft of Larimer County place names, DAR markers (less than 5 items)
Media -- Fort Collins Express-Courier subscription slips (5 to 10 items)
Media -- Newspapers -- sheets from "Daily Bulletin", 1930s (less than 5 items)
Media -- Radio -- WWV station envelopes (10 to 50 items)
Military Post -- report "Archaeological Investigations at the Fort Collins Military Post" by Robert Burgess, 1992 (less than 5 items)
Mining -- booklet "Colorado Red Sandstone Company", 1911, booklet "Geology and Coal Resources of North Park, Colorado", 1915 (less than 5 items)
Mountains -- booklets "The Mountain Peaks of Colorado", 1923, "Rocky Mountain Letters, 1869- A Journal of an Early Geological Expedition to the Colorado Rockies", 1930, "Fourteen Thousand Feet--A History of the Names and Early Ascents of the High C"
Music -- sheet music "Where the Purple Lilacs Grow" by Walter Cooper, recital programs, song listings (5 to 10 items)
Parks and Recreation -- Poudre Canyon, Big Thompson Canyon, Mishawaka memoirs, Keystone Resort correspondence, City Park stationery (10 to 50 items)
Photography -- Miller Studio order form, 1955, print envelopes for various businesses (10 to 50 items)
Telephone -- booklet "The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone" by Thomas A. Watson, 1936 (less than 5 items)
Theatre -- programs from Opera House, America Theater, Empress Theatre, dance program from Kit Winn dance studios, script "Pageant of Colorado--An Epic Drama" by Lilian White Spencer, 1927 (5 to 10 items)
Tourism -- Colorado -- booklets "High Spots of Colorful Colorado", "Come up to Colorado", "Pikes Peak", tourism map clippings from 1920s (5 to 10 items)
Transportation -- Bridges -- contract for Cache la Poudre footbridge, 1922, contract for Cache La Poudre bridge near Livermore, 1873 (less than 5 items)
Transportation -- Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Trolley) -- operating agreements, construction contracts, brochures, tokens, program "Golden Spike Ceremony" 1986 (10 to 50 items)
Transportation -- General -- booklet "Early Beginnings of Transportation in Colorado", 1944 (less than 5 items)
Transportation -- Railroads -- Colorado and Southern -- ticket stubs, Georgetown Loop brochure, bills of lading (5 to 10 items)
Transportation -- Railroads -- Union Pacific -- history booklet, lobby cards (5 to 10 items)
Transportation -- Railroads --Miscellaneous -- time tables, postcards, ticket stubs, history booklets, includes information on Sante Fe, Denver and Rio Grande, Western Pacific, Burlington, and George Pullman (10 to 50 items)
Transportation -- Stage Lines -- Wells Fargo reciept, 1902 (less than 5 items)
Water -- booklet "Colorado River Storage Project, A Progress Report", 1960 (less than 5 items)
Weather -- booklet "Colorado Climatology" by Robert Trimble, 1918 (less than 5 items)
Wildlife -- brochure "Big Game Hunting Regulations", 1952, booklet "Colorado Outdoor Life", 1904, Dan Feaser sketches (5 to 10 items)

Government, Military, Organizations A-G

Government -- Charters -- city charters 1913, 1954 (less than 5 items)
Government -- Electricity -- rates and regulations pamphlets, wiring manuals, report "Department of Public Works, City of Fort Collins", 1926 (5 to 10 items)
Government -- Fire Department -- hose team ribbon, banquet cards, annual reports for 1935, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 (10 to 50 items)
Government -- Founding of Old Town -- 1891 land annexation (less than 5 items)
Government -- General -- ordinances, fallout shelter plan (5 to 10 items)
Government -- Library History -- dedication programs, memorandums, 1944 library card (5 to 10 items)
Government -- Police Department -- honorary sheriff card and letter, policeman's ball invitation (less than 5 items)
Government -- Post Office -- 1911 construction log, 1971 history of the post office, 1911 invitation for proposals for the construction of the Fort Collins post office (10 to 50 items)
Government -- Utilities -- meter books, Water Works licenses (10 to 50 items)
Military -- General -- WWII ration books, flag etiquette booklet (10 to 50 items)
Military -- Grand Army of the Republic -- 1938 convention program (less than 5 items)
Military -- Vietnam -- document "Social Actions and Concerns Committee of the Fort Collins Council of Churches action proposals on Vietnam" (less than 5 items)
Organization -- Extension Service Cherry Pie Baking Contest -- recipes, winners, images from 1959 contest (5 to 10 items)
Organizations -- Chamber of Commerce -- booklet of Christmas carols compiled by Chamber of Commerce, undated (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- Delphian Society -- booklet "Outline for Home Use" (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- Elks -- memorial service booklets, "What it Means to Be an Elk", anniversary program, 1950s (5 to 10 items)
Organizations -- Extension Service -- General -- 1940 booklet "History of the Big Thompson Canyon" by Drake Home Extension Club, 1959 Silver Service Tea guest book (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- General -- information on League of Women Voters, Fancy Stitchers Club, Rotary Club, Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, Camp Fire Girls, Camp Mowaka (5 to 10 items)
Organizations -- Grange -- National Grange song book (less than 5 items)

Organizations H-Z, Schools

Organizations -- Masons -- 1907 and 1909 Masonic Directories, 1964 anniversary program (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- Mountain Clubs -- 1968 summer schedule of the Colorado Mountain Club (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- Pioneer Association -- 1911 banquet invitations (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association -- membership certificate, newsletters (5 to 10 items)
Organizations -- WCTU -- convention program, 1912 Laporte chapter minutes (less than 5 items)
Organizations -- YWCA -- 1938 Blue Triangle Club membership directory (less than 5 items)
Schools -- District Record -- 1911 Larimer County District Board meeting record (less than 5 items)
Schools -- District Reorganization -- 1950s brochures and clippings (10 to 50 items)
Schools -- Elementary -- 1940s school bulletins (less than 5 items)
Schools -- General -- pamphlets 1890, 1908, 1911 Rules and Regulations, curriculum guides, miscellaneous clippings (10 to 50 items)
Schools -- High Schools -- Fort Collins High -- 1937 class reunion materials, 1930 Lambkin yearbook (50 to 100 items)
Schools -- High Schools -- Poudre High School -- 1987 and 1990 issues of Kaleidoscope (less than 5 items)

Real Estate Abstracts

Abstracts -- 321 North Loomis -- (less than 5 items)
Abstracts -- 529 South Whitcomb -- (less than 5 items)
Abstracts -- Miscellaneous -- various addresses in Fort Collins (10 to 50 items)
Abstracts -- Scott Sherwood Addition -- (less than 5 items)
Abstracts -- Thunderbird Subdivision -- (less than 5 items)

Places Outside of Fort Collins, Other States

Bellvue -- Post Office information, real estate abstract (less than 5 items)
Boulder -- correspondence (less than 5 items)
Boulder County -- booklet "Boulder County" 1913 (less than 5 items)
California -- correspondence (less than 5 items)
Cherokee Park -- resort pamphlets, clippings (10 to 50 items)
Colorado -- General -- statistical information, tourism brochures (10 to 50 items)
Colorado Springs -- tourism brochures, Broadmoor booklet (5 to 10 items)
Dearfield -- 1988 issue of Colorado Heritage with article (less than 5 items)
Denver -- tourism booklets and brochures (5 to 10 items)
Eggers -- undated precinct petition with signatures of Eggers residents (less than 5 items)
Elbert County -- 1959 booklet "History of Elbert County" (less than 5 items)
Estes Park -- tourism brochures, 1910 pocket map (less than 5 items)
Fort Morgan -- pictorial brochures (less than 5 items)
Georgetown -- history booklets (less than 5 items)
Glenwood Springs -- history booklet (less than 5 items)
Greeley -- book "Listening for Gabe and Growing Old" by J. Max Clark, 1903, book "Greeley Quotations" compiled by Ladies of Unity Circle, 1899 (less than 5 items)
Keota -- 1922 sheet from Keota News, history pamphlet (less than 5 items)
Leadville -- booklet "Everybody Came to Leadville" by Edward Blair, 1971 (less than 5 items)
Loveland -- business cards, envelopes (less than 5 items)
Manhattan -- 1887 issues of "Manhattan Prospector", French Creek Mining and Milling Company stock certificate, wedding invitation (5 to 10 items)
Nebraska -- 1898 booklet "Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition" (less than 5 items)
Ouray -- tourism booklet (less than 5 items)
Pueblo -- tourism booklets and brochures (less than 5 items)
Stout -- history clippings, 1980 issues of "Stout Bugle" (less than 5 items)
Timnath -- Timnath Community Players materials (5 to 10 items)
Washington D.C -- booklet "McKinley Memoir", Supreme Court justices (less than 5 items)
Wellington -- 1911 Harvest Festival program (less than 5 items)
Wyoming -- Cheyenne -- correspondence (less than 5 items)
Wyoming -- Yellowstone -- 1959 booklet "Earthquake! Yellowstone's Living Geology" (less than 5 items)