Rick Steele Collection (Lafeyette Depot Papers)

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Rick Steele Collection (Lafeyette Depot Papers)

Entry/Object ID

1976.1.1Lf

Scope and Content

This collection holds papers and records primarily collected by past station managers of the LaFeyette Train Depot. Records span from 1951 to 1973. Records were eventually accumulated at the Broomfield Train Depot. The collection is composed of the following series: Lafayette – Records (3 linear feet): This subseries contains paper records relating to the Lafayette Depot. Materials include administrative, financial and other documents. Lafayette – Bound Materials (1 linear foot): This subseries contains correspondence, reports, tariffs and other records that were found bound professionally or with string. In order to preserve the records as object, the decision was made to keep original bindings intact.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railroad depots, Railroads, Trains

Search Terms

Railroad stations--United States

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Archival Material, Assorted

Archive Details

Creator

Colorado and Southern Railway Company

Date(s) of Creation

1951 - 1973

Archive Size/Extent

4 boxes

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1951-1973 Date(s): 1951-1973 Appraisal: In consideration for donation to another institution Finding Aids: See accession 1976.1 multimedia link for Ricke Steele Collection finding aid. Includes 1976.1.1Bd, 1976.1.1Lf, and 1976.1.1Lu as one collection. System of Arrangement: The Rick Steele Collection was originally processed by Aly Jabrocki, MLIS, CA, in Fall 2014. Collection was further processed by Kevin Smith, CA, in Summer 2017. The arrangement for the overall collection's catalog records is now organized by train depot: Broomfield (1976.1.1Bd), Lafeyette (1976.1.1Lf), and Louisville (1976.1.1Lu). The Lafeyette Depot papers (1976.1.1Lf) originally had the following object ID numbers, as designated by numbered bags where the material was found at the Broomfield Train Depot: 1976.1.1aa.Lf, 1976.1.1.bb,Lf, 1976.1.1.c.Lf, 1976.1.1.d.Lf, 1976.1.1.dd.Lf, 1976.1.1.ee.Lf, 1976.1.1.mm.Lf, 1976.1.1.x.Lf, 1976.1.1.y,Lf, 1976.1.1.z.Lf Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Archive Items Details

Title

Accounting Ledgers

Date(s) of Creation

1953 - 1956

Container

FF1

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Bills of Lading

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF2

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Car Inspection Certificates

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF3

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Car Inspection Tags

Date(s) of Creation

1957

Container

FF4

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Car Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF5

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Car Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF6

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Circulars

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF7

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Coal Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF8

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Coal Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1954 - 1957

Container

FF9

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Correspondence and Memos

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF10

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Correspondence and Memos

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF11

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Correspondence and Memos

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF12

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Correspondence and Memos

Date(s) of Creation

1952 - 1959

Container

FF13

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Correspondence and Memos - Telegrams

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1953

Container

FF14

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Crop Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF15

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Damage Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1953 - 1957

Container

FF16

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Notices

Container

FF17

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Date: 1950-1965 circa Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts - Part A

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Container

FF18

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts - Part B

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Container

FF19

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts and Records - Part A

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Container

FF20

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts and Records - Part B

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Container

FF21

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts and Records - Part C

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Container

FF22

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1954 - 1955

Container

FF23

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Delivery Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF24

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 19

Title

Employee Records

Date(s) of Creation

1953 - 1954

Container

FF1

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Empty Car Orders

Date(s) of Creation

1956 - 1967

Container

FF2

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Bills

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF3

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Bills

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF4

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF5

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1954 - 1967

Container

FF6

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF7

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Freight Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF8

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Monthly Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF9

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Monthly Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF10

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Railroad Telegraphers Constitution

Date(s) of Creation

1952

Container

FF11

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF12

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1952 - 1955

Container

FF13

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Remittance Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1951 - 1953

Container

FF14

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Remittance Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF15

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Remittance Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1955 - 1957

Container

FF16

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Reports

Container

FF17

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Date: undated Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF18

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF19

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF20

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 20

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF1

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF2

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF3

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF4

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF5

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1967 - 1970

Container

FF6

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1970 - 1971

Container

FF7

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Notes

Date(s) of Creation

1943 - 1973

Container

FF8

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Station Records

Date(s) of Creation

1957

Container

FF9

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Switch Lists

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

FF10

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Switch Lists

Date(s) of Creation

1954 - 1957

Container

FF11

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Tariffs

Date(s) of Creation

1951 - 1955

Container

FF12

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Telegrams

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF13

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Telegraph Signals

Date(s) of Creation

1956 - 1957

Container

FF14

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Training Pamphlets

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

FF15

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Train Orders

Date(s) of Creation

1947 - 1950

Container

FF16

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Trasportation News

Date(s) of Creation

1969

Container

FF17

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Unaccounted Freight

Date(s) of Creation

1956 - 1957

Container

FF18

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Utility Bills

Date(s) of Creation

1951 - 1957

Container

FF19

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Waybills

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

FF20

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Waybills

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF21

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Waybills

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF22

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Winter Driving Tips

Container

FF23

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Date: undated Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Yard Checks

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

FF24

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Yard Checks

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Container

FF25

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 21

Title

Bound Materials - Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1959 - 1963

Container

item 1

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Station Demurrage Book

Date(s) of Creation

1957 - 1959

Container

item 2

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

item 3

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

item 4

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Freight Balance Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Container

item 5

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Tariff

Date(s) of Creation

1952

Container

item 6

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Tariff

Date(s) of Creation

1952

Container

item 7

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Yard Checks

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

item 8

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Freight Reports

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

item 9

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Correspondence and Memos

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Container

item 10

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Freight Bills

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Container

item 11

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Title

Bound Materials - Delivery Receipts

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Container

item 12

Subjects

Rail transportation

Notes

Location: Depot Collection Storage Bsmnt Container: Box 22

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1976.1.1Bd, 1976.1.1Lu Related papers all part of the Rick Steele Collection.

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: Collection was donated to the Broomfield Depot Museum (then the Broomfield Historical Society) by railroad collector Rick Steele in 1976. Steele collected all records from the depot after it was relocated to Lac Amora Park that year.