Organizations
Collection for organization entities.
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- The Plaindealer newspaper (Ouray, Colorado)
- A newspaper in Ouray that began in 1877 and later merged with the Ouray Herald.
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- The Reviewers Club (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- Early Grand Junction social organization and literary society. According to Lucy (Ferril) Ela, The Reviewers Club rose from the ashes of the Twentieth Century Club, a women’s organization that was formed by Harriet (Dyke) Ottman around 1901, after her arrival from the Midwest. The Twentieth Century Club was short lived and Ottman left Grand Junction for two years. In another version of the Twentieth Century Club's history given at a "Women of Western Colorado" presentation at the Palisade Library on June 24, 1982, the club was founded by a Mrs. Ogilivy from Boston in 1892 and renamed the Twentieth Century Club in 1894. In 1897, a subscription library founded by the organization became the foundation of the Grand Junction Public Library. Upon her return in 1904, Ottman and a Mrs. White formed the Summer Club, a women’s group that met to study various topics. Fifteen former members of the Twentieth Century Club joined them. In the fall of 1904, the organization changed its name to the Reviewers Club. It continued to be led by Ottman until 1947, when she died. The club met every Monday afternoon at 2 pm, with no time limit set. In the early days, no refreshments were served and members did not present written papers (in later years, refreshments were sometimes served). Instead, members gave presentations on different topics using notes. According to Ela, Ottman had a wide knowledge of world literature, art, drama, religion, and of topics such as the women’s movement. This made the organization’s programs well-balanced. Sometimes the club had musical performances. Other times it put on plays. Topics covered included the Bible as literature, psychology, psychiatry, and the countries of the world. The organization continued to meet at least until 1982. The club suspended meetings during World War I. During this time, members donated to a fund named for Harold Aupperle, a local boy who had died during the war. Because Aupperle was concerned about the plight of Armenian orphans displaced by the Armenian Genocide, the club created a fund that gave money to this cause. Ottman was the programming chairperson during that time. Early members included Harriette (Dyke) Ottman, Mrs. White, Elizabeth Adams, Mrs. Vickery, Mrs. Beeson, Charlotte Baylis, Maude Winifred (Price) Bull, Pauline Mast, Josephine Biggs, Sue Gallagher, Estelle Davis.
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- The San Miguel Basin Forum
- A newspaper, published since 1971, until present, located in Nucla, Colorado. "Serving Montrose and San Miguel counties."