Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association

Entry/Object ID

1987.12.1

Scope and Content

Journal containing minutes of the Lakeview Cemetery Association, from 1890 to 1934. The journal is spread out across three different folders in the larger Lakeview Cemetery Collection. The folders contain the journal itself and papers (mostly letters and minutes) kept within the inside covers of the journal. The journal contains a great deal of information pertaining to the Association's operation and maintenance of the cemetery, from its founding up through the Depression.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Minutes

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cemeteries, Burials, Meetings, Associations, Books, Papers, Correspondence, Budget

Search Terms

Lakeview Cemetery

Archive Details

Creator

City and County of Broomfield, Lakeview Cemetery Association

Date(s) of Creation

1890 - 1934

Archive Size/Extent

3 legal size file folders

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1890-1934, Circa 1987 (Photocopies) Date(s): 1890-1934 Finding Aids: See accession record 1987.12 for attached Lakeview Cemetery Collection finding aid. System of Arrangement: The journal is organized into three file folders within the Lakeview Cemetery Collection: -1987.12.1 FF 1 - Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association -1987.12.1 FF 2 - Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association - Front Cover Inserts, Letters, and Notes -1987.12.1 FF 3 - Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association - Back Cover Inserts, Letters, and Notes The original journal of minutes is located in the first file folder, with the remaining folders containing inserts in the covers of the journal.

Archive Items Details

Title

Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association

Description

Journal of minutes of the Lakeview Cemetery Association, from its founding in 1890 through the Depression in 1934.

Creator

Lakeview Cemetery Association

Container

1987.12.1 FF 1

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Collection

Title

Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association - Front Cover Inserts, Letters, and Notes

Description

Papers originally kept in the inside front cover of the journal of minutes for the Lakeview Cemetery Association. Papers include minutes, letters, and handwritten notes.

Creator

Lakeview Cemetery Association

Container

1987.12.1 FF 2

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Association

Title

Minutes of Lakeview Cemetery Association

Description

Papers originally kept in the inside back cover of the journal of minutes for the Lakeview Cemetery Association. Papers include minutes, letters, and handwritten notes.

Creator

Lakeview Cemetery Association

Container

1987.12.1 FF 3

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Collection

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brown, William

Related Entries

Notes

1987.12.2, 1987.12.3, 1987.12.4, 1987.12.5, 1987.12.6, 1987.12.7, 1987.12.8 Part of the Lakeview Cemetery Collection (1987.12.1-7).

Provenance

Notes

Admin or Biographical History: Started during Broomfield's formative years as a farming community, the Lakeview Cemetery, located at 200 Eagle Way, represents many aspects of Broomfield's history. The Lakeview Cemetery Association, which oversaw many of the cemetery's operations, was first established in 1890. Wealthy farm owner Adolph Zang sold the cemetery's land to the association for $50, having originally purchased it from the Union Pacific Railroad around 1885. Zang also served on the association well into the twentieth century, along with other prominent Broomfield residents, including William Brown and the Mitze and Crawford families. All of them served on the association as volunteers within the community. Although the association formally handled the operation and maintenance of the cemetery, the first recorded burial there occurred in 1888, before the land was formally acquired; the last burial under the association's oversight occurred in 1954. Throughout its operation, several homesteading families used the cemetery for their burials, including the Mitze, Crawford, Brown, Wright, and Colman families. After 1954, the Lakeview Cemetery Association disbanded as original members began to pass away. As a result, the cemetery had no consistent maintenance and upkeep, which prompted concern from Broomfield residents and city officials. The Broomfield city council proclaimed in 1972 that the cemetery had become "an unwanted eyesore" to the city, as only twenty to thirty graves of an estimated 114 were clearly marked. Starting in 1973, the cemetery came under the auspices of the City of Broomfield, and was maintained as a historic memorial park to the city's original homesteaders. The cemetery ultimately reopened as a burial ground for ashes in 1992. Source: Pettem, Silvia. Broomfield: Changes Through Time. Longmont, Colorado: The Book Lode, 2001. Custodial History: Materials in the Lakeview Cemetery Collection were gathered and accessioned from the City of Broomfield by the Broomfield Depot Museum in 1987. Many of the papers and record books had originally been passed down by family of original Lakeview Cemetery Association members before coming into the City's care.