Name/Title
Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch Company meeting minute bookEntry/Object ID
2012.7.2Scope and Content
Meeting minute book of Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch Company, 1921-1955. The book is 8.5" x 14" with a black, textured hard cover and brad binding reinforced with red tape. Gold-colored lettering stating "Records of Minutes" can be seen on the front. The physical book was commercially made by The W.H. Kistler Stationary Co. in Denver, Colorado. Contents include: the Company's articles of incorporation; Company by-laws; typed stockholder meeting minutes; typed board of director meeting minutes; sample stock certificates; and director resignation letters.
The minutes detail decisions made each year since the Company's founding in 1921 by board of directors Adolph F. Zang, Charles Patterson, and Minnie E. Zang at the Company's Denver office at the American Bank and Trust Company Building. Adolph F. served as president, Charles Patterson as vice president, and Minnie E. as secretary and treasurer. The company consolidated Broomfield Reservoir, The Railway Reservoir, A.J. Zang Number 4, and A. Nissen & Company's Reservoir Number 6 to provide irrigation to Broomfield as a not-for-profit company using assets of the Adolph J. Zang Investment Company. The original board did not resign until 1947. By 1955, the Company's interests were all sold to the Turnpike Land Company in order to develop the Broomfield Heights community.Collection
Permanent CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
MinutesNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Companies, Meetings, Real estate development, Water useSearch Terms
Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch Company, The Broomfield Company, Turnpike Land CompanyArchive Details
Creator
Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch CompanyDate(s) of Creation
1921 - 1955Archive Size/Extent
One book of three stored in an archival banker boxArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1921-1955
Date(s): 1921-1955
Copy/Orig/Other: OriginalRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Patterson, CharlesPerson or Organization
Philip ZangPerson or Organization
Minnie Elizabeth ZangPerson or Organization
Adolph Frank ZangPerson or Organization
Kenton EnsorRelated Entries
Notes
2012.7.1a, 2012.7.1b, 2012.7.3, 2012.7.4a, 2012.7.4b, 2012.7.5, 2012.7.6, 2012.7.7, 2012.7.8a-b, 2012.7.9
All related records and artifacts are part of the same collection pertaining to Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch Company, The Broomfield Company, Turnpike Land Company, and Transamerica Development Company. The assets and/or operations of the former two companies came under the ownership of Turnpike Land Company in 1955. Turnpike dissolved in 1964, with its assets going to Transamerica.Provenance
Notes
Custodial History: This book and its contents are part of a larger group of records originally owned by Bob Ide, who donated them to the Broomfield Depot Museum in 2012 (see accession 2012.7). He obtained the records from his employer, Transamerica Development Company, in the 1970s after he worked selling many of their assets in the Broomfield area. Transamerica had acquired the documents from Turnpike Land Company in 1964, which itself had previously acquired the records of Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch Company in 1955; Broomfield Reservoir and Ditch was founded in 1921 by the Zang family.