Repositories With Local History Resource Materials

Astor House Museum
Golden History Museums
822 12th Street, Golden, CO 80401
Telephone: 303-278-3557

Available Materials:

Manuscripts, photographs, books, and artifacts focusing on the history of Golden.

Colorado Historical Society
1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
Telephone: 303-866-2305 (Library and Reference)

Available Materials:

Manuscripts, maps, books, photographs, oral history tapes on Colorado history, including many items relating to Jefferson County
Newspapers on microfilm (most titles published in Colorado)

Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO 80403
Telephone: 303-279-4591 or 800-365-6263

Available Materials:

Manuscripts, photographs, maps, books, and artifacts focusing on railroads in Colorado and the West

Colorado State Archives
1313 Sherman Street--Room 1B20, Denver, CO 80203
Telephone: 303-866-2358

Available Materials:

1st Judicial District (Jefferson and Gilpin Counties) court records
Legislative records concerning the creation of counties and early territorial records
State and federal census records

Denver Public Library, Western History/Genealogy Department
10 West 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, CO 80204
Telephone: 720-865-1111

Available Materials:

Manuscripts, maps, books, photographs on Colorado history, including many items relating to Jefferson County
Newspapers on microfilm: many titles published in Colorado

Golden History Center
Golden History Museums
923 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401
Telephone: 303-278-3557

Available Materials:

Extensive photograph and artifact collections and some manuscripts focusing on the history of Golden

Hiwan Homestead Museum4208 S. Timbervale Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439
Telephone: 720-497-7650

Available Materials:

Houses the manuscript and extensive photograph collections of the Jefferson County Historical Society with a special emphasis on the mountain areas of the county and local history information files

Jefferson County Public Library

Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80002
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)
Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Arvada Citizen, 1966-1970

Arvada Enterprise, 1903-1970

Arvada Citizen-Sentinel, 1970-1979

Arvada Sentinel, 1979-current

Arvada Sun, 1911-1919

Edgewater Library, 5843 W. 25th Avenue, Edgewater, CO 80214
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)

Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Edgewater Tribune, 1981-current

Evergreen Library, 5000 Highway 73, Evergreen, CO 80439
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)

Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Canyon Courier, 1958-current

Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)
Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Golden Globe, 1873-1917

Golden Outlook,1956-1959

Golden Transcript (formerly Colorado Transcript), 1866-current

Western Mountaineer,1859-1860

Lakewood Library, 10200 W. 20th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80215
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)
Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Jefferson County Republican, 1919-1945 (with gaps)

Jefferson Record, 1956-1969

Jefferson Sentinel, 1953-current

Wheat Ridge Sentinel, 1981-1994

1885 Colorado census on microfilm

Local History and Genealogy Collection (books and periodicals)

Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling Street, Arvada, CO 80005
Telephone: 303-235-JCPL (5275)

Available Materials:

Newspapers on microfilm:

Arvada Sentinel, 1993-current

Houses collections of the Arvada Historical Society, including photographs

Houses the Library's small manuscript and photograph collection

Houses the Library's Colorado Collection of books about Colorado history

Microfiche of two early Jefferson County maps

Jefferson County R-1 School District, Professional Library
13950 W. 20th Avenue
P.O. Box 4001
Golden, CO 80401-0001
Telephone: 303-982-5945

Available Materials:

School board minutes, student census records, and employee directories of many pre-R1 school districts

Lakewood Heritage Center
801 Yarrow St., Lakewood, CO 80226
Telephone: 303-987-7850

Available Materials:

Manuscript, photograph, and artifact collections focusing on the history of Lakewood.

National Archives-Rocky Mountain Region
P.O. Box 25307
Denver Federal Center, Buildings 46 & 48
Denver, CO 80225
Telephone: 303-407-5740

Available Materials:

Bureau of Land Management records of early federal land surveys, including Jefferson County
U.S. District Court records, including Jefferson County
Federal census records for Colorado, 1860-1920
Records of the Denver Ordnance Plant (now the Denver Federal Center)
Records of federal agencies in Colorado, including those in Jefferson County

U.S. Geological Survey Field Records Library
Box 25046, MS 914
Denver Federal Center, Building 20
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Telephone: 303-236-1005

Available Materials:

Earth science research materials--field notes, maps, aerial photographs, etc., including investigations in Jefferson County

U.S. Geological Survey Field Photograph Collection
Box 25046, MS 914
Denver Federal Center, Building 20
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Telephone: 303-236-1010

Available Materials:

Extensive collection of photographs from geological survey activities conducted throughout the United States, including Jefferson County

Wheat Ridge Historical Society
P.O. Box 1833
4610 Robb St.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034
Telephone: 303-421-9111 or 303-467-0023

Available Materials:

Small manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts collections focusing on the history of Wheat Ridge

Compiled by Jefferson County Records Management & Archives Department

Last Modified:Nov 3, 2011 09:24 AM