RICHARD Y. BATTERTON PAPERS

The papers in this collection range from 1943 to 1963. Documents from Batterton's service as Manager of Public Works comprise a portion of this collection. The remainder consists of Batterton's mayoral papers. These papers reflect a cross-section of departments of Denver City and County government.

The papers of the Department of Public Works reflect activities for street maintenance, garbage and sewage disposal, street lighting, signs and Stapleton Airport among other projects. Batterton received memos and letters from private citizens, the city council and the Mayor requesting special services. He also kept reports and memos from the divisions that he managed. The papers are organized alphabetically by division of the Department of Public Works. Some projects such as Court House Square extended into Batterton's term as mayor. Papers relating to issues that span all the years are contained in this series.

All city departments reported to Batterton during his term as Mayor. The collection includes reports, memos and correspondence from other cities, all city departments and Denver citizens. When issues such as the police scandal arose, Batterton demanded reports from the city officials involved. These papers are underlined and annotated with his comments. He also kept copies of his return correspondence, speech transcripts, press releases and meeting minutes. The papers are organized alphabetically by department and by issue.

As Mayor, Batterton belonged to local as well as state and national organizations. The newsletters, correspondence and meeting minutes from these organizations comprise this series.

This series contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Batterton's term as mayor and maps of streets and subdivisions that were of concern to the Department of Public Works, and a scrapbook of photographs related to Batterton's career. Papers regarding annexations, revisions to public buildings, street lighting changes, water mains and parking garages are also included in this series. The OVFolio contains a plaque presented to Denver by Brest, France. Also included are clippings and portraits of Batterton.

This series contains black-and-white photographs and negatives of the Avondale Urban Renewal Project, various alley projects (each location noted on back of photograph), a meeting photograph and before-and-after images of the 1961 Motor Vehicle Department reorganization.

Reel-to-reel tapes of Batterton's speeches during his campaign for Denver Mayor in 1963 comprise this series. He dicusses his opponents and justifies his role during the 1962 Denver police scandal.