Miles Crawford Memoir and History Writings

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Miles Crawford Memoir and History Writings

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.5

Scope and Content

A small collection of Broomfielder Miles Crawford's typed histories and memoirs of the Broomfield community, created circa 1965-1979. Crawford often recorded his knowledge of Broomfield history, both as he lived it and researched it on his own time. Subjects of his writings include: the Broomfield Post Office and all of its postmasters; the Jones' Hall building; the Broomfield Grange; early railroad history; Broomfield schools; Broomfield churches; Broomfield businesses and farms; and Broomfield Heights development. Miles Crawford himself served as Broomfield's postmaster from 1944 to 1966, and also carried on work in his family's honey business after retirement.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Reminiscence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Broomfield Heights, Jones' Hall, Loraine School, History, Broomfield

Archive Details

Creator

Miles Crawford

Date(s) of Creation

1965 - 1979

Archive Size/Extent

One legal size file folder

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: circa 1945-1979 Date(s): 1965-1979 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Harry R. 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, 2013.1.3, 2013.1.4, 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 documents 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.