Correspondence about Eben G. Fine's book Remembered Yesterdays, et al. 1956-1958.

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Correspondence about Eben G. Fine's book Remembered Yesterdays, et al. 1956-1958.

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This folder contains correspondence A. A. Paddock sent in his effort to secure financial backing to publish Fine's book. It includes a reply from J. C. Penney, with his signature. There are also financial statements from the Boulder Historical Society about expenses and profits from the book, an accounting from the University Bookstore on sales, and some notes by Paddock about the final report on the sale of the book, et al.

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Boulder Public Library

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Boulder Public Library

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Boulder Historical Society and Museum (Boulder, Colo.)

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University Bookstore (Boulder, Colo.).

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Paddock, Alva A., 1887-1961.

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Members of the Giggey family were early residents of the Magnolia, Caribou, and Nederland areas of Boulder County, Colo. From the description of Giggey family biographical information [ca. 1956]. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427312052 Alva A. (A.A.) Paddock was the son of Lucius Carver (L.C.) Paddock (1859-1940), editor and publisher of the Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. from 1892 until 1940. He was named for his father's friend Alva Adams, a Pueblo businessma...

Fine, Eben G., 1865-1957.

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Eben Fine, known by some as "Mr. Boulder," gave more than 5,000 speeches around the U.S., showing his slides of Colorado and promoting the region as a tourist's paradise. He estimated that over 1 million people in 31 states had heard his presentations. His audiences ranged from a handful of people to 3,000; most of his talks were to service groups and schools. He began promoting Colorado after 2 employees of the Burlington railroad heard him address the National Druggist Assn. From t...

Penney, J. C. (James Cash), 1875-1971

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J.C. Penney, merchant and chain store executive, was born James Cash Penney, Jr., in Caldwell County, Missouri, the son of James Cash Penney, Sr., a farmer, minister, and civic leader, and Mary Frances Paxton. Three years after Penney was born, his family (which included twelve children) moved from their farm on 390 acres to Hamilton, a nearby town of 2,000 residents on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. They continued raising cattle and food on the farm and began participating...