Radium Hot Springs Records
Scope and Contents
Collection contains draft of requirements for organizing; typescript copies of certificate of incorporation, charter, and by-laws. Quit claim deed, brochure and correspondence, including letter from president N.C. Merrill.
Dates
- 1924-1930
Creator
- Excelsior School and Club Association (Denver, Colo.) (Person)
- Radium Hot Springs (Idaho Springs, Colo.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Corporation formed in 1930 to operate a bathing institution with hotel in Idaho Springs, Colo. At that time, bathing in hot radium spring water was thougth to provide relief from, among others, rheumatisim, arthiritis, kidney trouble, nervousness, high blood pressure, neuritis, and diabetis. Drinking irradiated water was also promoted as a currative. The facility was formerly known as the Idaho Springs Sanitarium Company and the Hot Springs Hotel Company.
Extent
1 envelope (7 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
- Brochures Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clear Creek County (Colo.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Health resorts -- Colorado -- Idaho Springs -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Idaho Springs (Colo.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Legal documents Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- Colorado -- Clear Creek County -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radium -- Therapeutic use -- Colorado -- Idaho Springs -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radium Hot Springs (Idaho Springs, Colo.) -- Archival resources.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
