Lakeview Cemetery Papers

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Lakeview Cemetery Papers

Entry/Object ID

1987.12.6

Scope and Content

Papers, mostly photocopies, of the Lakeview Cemetery Association and various interested parties involved in the oversight of the Lakeview Cemetery. Types of documents include correspondence, journal pages, maps, and articles. Many of the documents give insight into issues surrounding the cemetrery from the 1930s through 1980, whether its maintenance and oversight of the cemetery or changing of responsibility for its care. Most of the papers are photocopies made by museum staff around 1987; many photocopies are of original documents elsewhere in the Lakeview Cemetery Collection (1987.12), however some copies do not have corresponding originals.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Correspondence, Photocopies, City officials, Cemeteries, Burials, Beautification of cities & towns, Papers, Records (Information)

Search Terms

government-City of Broomfield, 06/06/1961-11/14/2001, Lakeview Cemetery

Archive Details

Creator

Lakeview Cemetery Association, Other parties involved in changing of oversight of Lakeview Cemetery around 1973.

Date(s) of Creation

1935 - 1987

Archive Size/Extent

5 legal sized file folders

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Circa 1935-1987 Date(s): 1935 circa-1987 Finding Aids: See accession record 1987.12 for attached Lakeview Cemetery Collection finding aid.

Archive Items Details

Title

Correspondence - Cemetery Oversight

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1935 - 1980

Container

1987.12.6 FF 1

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Collection

Title

Cemetery Plot Maps, Photocopies

Container

1987.12.6 FF 2

Notes

Date: Undated Location: Lakeview Cemetery Association

Title

Article Page - "The End of the Open Range"

Container

1987.12.6 FF 3

Notes

Date: Undated Location: Lakeview Cemetery Collection

Title

Cemetery Plot Notes Photocopies

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1987

Container

1987.12.6 FF 4

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Association

Title

Cemetery Document Photocopies

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1987

Container

1987.12.6 FF 5

Notes

Location: Lakeview Cemetery Collection

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1987.12.1, 1987.12.2, 1987.12.3, 1987.12.4, 1987.12.5, 1987.12.7, 1987.12.8

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 many original members had begun 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.