The museum will be closed for Winter break for two weeks. The dates that are affected are as follows:
- Saturday, December 23rd
- Tuesday, December 26th
- Saturday, December 30th
- Tuesday, January 2nd
Just because we are closed, however, doesn’t mean you can’t arrange a visit by calling Nell Mitchell at 719-251-O764. Richard lives near the museum and is often available to open it up by appointment.
New Shelves!
Sometimes when we’re closed, there’s still a lot of work being done. Richard has been cleaning out a room in our basement and adding shelves for the many old ledgers we have.
Here’s what the old shelves look like:
And here are the new shelving units:
The unit on the left was an old Univac Tape Transfer Device unit that had been repurposed for holding satellite TV equipment at the hospital. The unit on the right was a rusted metal unit that had only two shelves before. Richard re-claimed some wood and added 11 new shelves to those units. Now the old ledgers don’t have to be pilled up on top of each other.
Colorado State Hospital Museum 
I was wondering if you had intake registration for a Eugene Wendell Gimer, he was an (inmate?) In 1940 and possibly 1935, this according to 1940 US federal census records. He is my great uncle and was curious as to why he was there. According to the census he was married, perhaps you have records of who his wife may have been? Thank you, Joseph Gimer. I can be reached at g_i_joe@cox.net or at phone 702 575 8269
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Good morning! Sorry for the late reply, I am just getting started taking over the blog. I would love to help, and will start looking next Tuesday when I’m back in! Thank you for your interest, I’ll be in contact.
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