Origsize: 8.5" x 11"; Origformat: Paper; Resolution: 300dpi
Name/Title
Research on the Naming of Broomfield by the Broomfield Historical Society
Entry/Object ID
2016.0.1
Scope and Content
Two letters of correspondence and one newspaper clipping concerning research into the naming of Broomfield, 1974-1991.
The first letter was handwritten by former Broomfield Historical Society President Rick Steele for Karen McGuire in 1980. It details Steele's own research into where Broomfield's name may have originated, listing several potential sources. It is accompanied by its original mailing envelope.
The second letter originally came from the United States Postal Service in 1991, following an inquiry by Broomfield Historical Society member Wayne McGuire, husband of Society President Karen McGuire. The letter was written by Melody Selvage, a Research Associate of Postal History with the USPS. The letter gives details into how Broomfield's first post office may have been one source of the town's name in the 1800s.
The newspaper clipping, "History: Broomfield Saves Governor from Indian Ambush" is dated September 11, 1974 from a Broomfield paper. The article therein suggests that a local Colorado hero in 1866 named "Broomfield" may have inspired the town's name.
Collection
Permanent Collection
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Names, Correspondence, Newspaper clippings
Search Terms
History, Broomfield
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Archival Material, Assorted
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1974 - 1991
Archive Size/Extent
One legal size file folder
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1974-1991
Date(s): 1974-1991
Date(s) Assembled: 1974-1991
Copy/Orig/Other: Original
