Visitor's welcome night [between 1955 and 1957].

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Visitor's welcome night [between 1955 and 1957].

This folder contains two 2-page typed versions by Eben Fine regarding the origin of the visitors' welcome night program at the Boulder Chautauqua in 1929. Sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, the program promoted tourism in Boulder. Fine used this material in his book, Remembered Yesterdays (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company, 1957), p. 74-75.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7455511

Boulder Public Library

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Colorado Chautauqua Association

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J. A. Davis was the president of the Chautauqua board of directors at this time. From the description of Colorado Chautauqua Association Scrapbook. 1912-1913. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427262533 Secretaries for the association during this time were Ira M. DeLong (in 1900) and J. W. Freeman (1901). From the description of Board of directors and executive committee minutes, etc. 1900-1901 (bulk 1901). (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id...

Boulder Chamber of Commerce

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In 1969, the Boulder branch of the Ball Brothers Research Corporation was renamed Ball Corporation Aerospace Systems Division. From the description of Boulder businesses : buildings. [undated] (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427304737 Hikes at the Arapaho Glacier were held for a number of years. The Boulder Chamber of Commerce organized the hikes annually on the second Sunday in August from 1939 through 1976. Thousands of people participated in this public even...

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...