Colorado. State Archives

General retention and disposition schedules to provide state agencies the legal standards to retain and dispose of common records that are found in most offices including schedules list for permanently valuable records that must be retained. Includes timetables that will allow agency officials to dispose of records of non-permanent value legally.

Listing of the Territorial Governors Collection (1861-1876) and Statehood Governors Collections (1876-1963). Each link leads to scope and contents notes, biography, bibliography, series description, and information on accessing the collection for each governor.

The records span the years 1933-1942 although the bulk of the collection falls between 1936-1942. Record series in the collection include: enrollment records; reports; manuals and handbooks; correspondence; rosters; station lists; publications; maps; publicity; photographs and other photographic media; and miscellaneous.

Colorado state government history, including constitutional history and a brief history of the counties' names.

Summary of the Colorado State Archives sources in the area of corrections from the 1870's on. Features prisoner index, examples of prison records, a Short history of the State Penitentiary by Gerald E. Sharard, and examples from the mug shots collection.