City and County of Denver, City Council Records
Scope and Contents
Collection contains City Council papers including: legislation, correspondence, photographs and negatives of Denver Mayors (1859-1947, n.d.), committee reports, budget information and 18 oversize ledgers (1912-1973) with newspaper clippings of ordinances passed in any given year. Redistricting materials include maps, resolutions, articles, memos, minutes, meeting summaries, notes, letters, timetables, population projections (1991-1992, 2001-2002). Various project records: reports, plans, agendas, drafts, applications, correspondence, proposals, summaries (1994-2012).
Dates
- 1859-2011
Creator
- Bradley, William, (Person)
- Denver (Colo.). City Council, (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Denver City Charter approved by Denver citizens in 1904 created a mayor-council form of government. The City Council makes laws, budgets city money, and can investigate city agencies and employees. The laws passed by Denver City Council are in the form of ordinances. City ordinances must first be advertised in newspapers before they become legal.
Extent
34 Boxes
18 OVFolios
1 PhotoEnvelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, William Bradley, 1982. Gift, City Council, City and County of Denver, 1984, 2005, 2009, 2012.
- Administrative records. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Apportionment (Election law) -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Budgets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Denver (Colo.) -- Politics and government. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Negatives (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ordinances, Municipal -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
