BOETTCHER AND COMPANY RECORDS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Boettcher and Company collection contains material on the Boettcher Investment Company, Boettcher and Company, Claude Boettcher and family. Material consists of meeting minutes, by-laws, certificate of incorporation, notice of dissolution, promotional brochures and booklets, transcripts of interviews and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain material spanning 1925 to 1991. Limited personal photographs also form part of the collection.
Papers on the Boettcher Investment Company and Boettcher and Company comprise the bulk of the series. The papers on Boettcher Investment Company consist of a certificate of incorporation, meeting minutes, by-laws, resolutions, proxy, reorganization plan and notice of dissolution. The remaining material includes a booklet from an awards dinner for Claude Boettcher, transcripts of interviews with Cris Dobbins, a booklet on the history of Boettcher and Company, list of articles on Charles Boettcher II and a promotional brochure and flyer for the Company.
The series contains one print of Denver's Boston Building, located at 828 17th Street. The structure, built in 1890, is now on the National Register. Additional views include a residence on Lookout Mountain. Portraits, wedding and personal pictures of Ruth Boettcher Humphrey and Fannie Boettcher complete the series.
Eight scrapbooks contain material documenting the history of the company. A few newspaper articles contain information on several family members: Charles, Anna Lou, Claude and Edna Boettcher. Material in the scrapbooks includes: newspaper clippings, memos, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, photographs, financial statements, issue statements and promotional booklets.
Dates
- 1906-1991
ACCESS:
The collection is open for research.
OWNERSHIP:
Literary rights and copyrights have been assigned to the Denver Public Library.
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.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Boettcher and Company originated on September 1, 1910 as Boettcher, Porter and Company. The Company began as a partnership with three capital partners, Claude K. Boettcher, Gerald Hughes and John H. Porter. In 1912, Hume Lewis became the fourth partner. On March 25, 1925, when John H. Porter died, Louise C. Porter and Gerald Hughes (guardian for John Henry Porter, a minor) became partners in his place. At this time, all interests in the firm were liquidated except those of Claude Boettcher and Hume Lewis. In April 1925, Boettcher and Company formed as a successor to Boettcher, Porter and Company.
On August 1, 1928, Boettcher-Newton and Company formed with the partners consisting of James Q. Newton, Charles Boettcher II, James F. Burns, Jr., Robert P. Newton and Irving Eaton. On May 1, 1929, Boettcher-Newton and Company announced consolidation of the investment banking business of Boettcher and Company with its general commission business in securities and commodities. A New York office opened on August 1, 1929. Later in August, the Boettcher-Newton and Company relocated to 828 17th Street, Denver, Colorado. On December 28, 1933, a new partnership of Boettcher, Newton and Company formed and on the same date, Boettcher and Company Incorporated formed for transaction of capital bank finance and general investment business.
The partners continued to change during the 1930s and 1940s. On February 19, 1944, Boettcher and Company announced its membership on the New York Stock Exchange. James Q. Newton died in April of 1944. In May of 1944, Boettcher and Company became a limited partnership. The company continued operating as a limited partnership until 1957 when additional partners joined. On June 9, 1957 Claude K. Boettcher died. On April 11, 1962, Boettcher Investment Company, Inc. formed. In 1963, the firm became a member of the American Stock Exchange. Since 1964, limited and general partners joined the firm and several partners resigned. The firm continues to operate in Denver, Colorado.
Extent
1 Boxes
3 OVBoxes
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
PROVENANCE:
William Wendum donated the scrapbooks on June 24, 1991. The Library purchased additional material on December 30, 1991. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Magliocchetti donated papers on May 19, 2001.
SIZE:
Number of Boxes: 1
Oversize: 3 OVBoxes
LOCATION:
WH844
PROCESSED BY:
Ellen Zazzarino
June 2001
REVISED AND ENCODED BY:
Ann Brown
2004
Dennis Hagen
November 2008
PROJECT MANAGER:
Ellen Zazzarino
- Boettcher and Company -- Archives.
- Corporate collections. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Corporate records. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Corporation -- Colorado. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Investment banking -- Colorado -- Denver -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stockbrokers -- Colorado -- Denver -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- BOETTCHER AND COMPANY RECORDS
- Date
- Revised November 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
