Miles Crawford Scrapbook Pages and Clippings of Broomfield Post Office

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Miles Crawford Scrapbook Pages and Clippings of Broomfield Post Office

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.3

Scope and Content

A collection of loose scrapbook pages and newspaper clippings kept by Broomfield resident Miles Crawford, circa 1956-1976. The pages primarily contain newspaper clippings and a few other documents pertaining to Crawford's work as Broomfield's postmaster, and some documenting the history of the Broomfield post office. Other subjects include postmaster Edgar J. Jones' service as postmaster up to 1901, the building of Broomfield Heights' post office in the 1950s, and Crawford's retirement as postmaster in the 1960s. Several other post office employees are also mentioned, including Crawford's wife, Emily, who served as a clerk.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scrapbook

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Page

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Leaf

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Newspaper clippings, Post offices, Postal service, Scrapbooks

Archive Details

Creator

Miles Crawford

Date(s) of Creation

1956 - 1976

Archive Size/Extent

One legal size file folder

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: circa 1956-1976 Date(s): 1956-1976 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Emily Crawford

Person or Organization

Miles Crawford

Person or Organization

Edgar J. Jones

Related Entries

Notes

2013.1.1, 2013.1.10, 2013.1.11, 2013.1.12, 2013.1.13, 2013.1.14, 2013.1.15, 2013.1.16, 2013.1.17, 2013.1.18, 2013.1.19, 2013.1.2, 2013.1.20, 2013.1.21, 2013.1.22, 2013.1.23, 2013.1.24, 2013.1.25, 2013.1.26, 2013.1.27, 2013.1.28, 2013.1.29, 2013.1.4, 2013.1.5, 2013.1.6, 2013.1.7, 2013.1.8, 2013.1.9 Related papers and photographs were originally owned by the Crawford family and later donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2013. All material is part of the same archival and photographic collection. Also see accession 2013.4 for material related to the Crawford family.

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: These pages were originally owned by Robert Crawford, and later donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2013 with several photographs and documents. Much of the material pertains to Robert's father, Miles Crawford, who was Broomfield's postmaster from 1944 to 1966, as well as to the general history of Broomfield from the late nineteenth century onward.