Case files.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Jane Silverstein Ries Papers is comprised of client files, business records, awards and ephemera, architectural landscape drawings and photographs from Ries’ professional and personal life, including drawings and photographs from her childhood and her years as a student at Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women. The collection spans nearly all of Reis’ life time (1909-2005), with a concentration on the peak of her career between the 1960s-1980s. Client files,...

Scope and Contents This collection primarily focuses on Judge Richard Paul Matsch’s involvement in the Keyes v. School District No. 1 case in Denver, the outcome of which ordered Denver Public Schools to racially integrate its schools by busing some students to schools. Some notable groups involved with the case included the Community Education Council (CEC) and the Congress of Hispanic Educators which advocated on the part of black and Hispanic communities for more equitable education policies and integrated...