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Baur's Collection, 1932-2001
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The Baur's Collection (1906-2001) documents the establishment and growth of the O. P. Baur Confectionery Company in Denver, Colorado. This mixed collection contains materials related to the corporate history of the business, including photographs, advertisements, menus, employee newsletters, baking & confectionery artifacts, and most notably over 1,000 recipes dating from 1934-1961, which comprise eight bound volumes of recipes.
Colloquially known as Baur's, and established when Colorado was still a territory, the company was founded by German immigrant Otto P. Baur in 1870, and soon became synonymous with quality, Old World elegance, and unique creations. It quickly became a fixture in the Denver community, with many of Baur's modern-minded decisions serving as historic touchstones. In 1860, Otto Baur personally served free biscuits to the Native Americans who camped in Denver. During the Great Depression, his shop passed out free ice cream cones to children--a gesture that soon became an anticipated annual event. And in the late 1930s, before the era of racial integration, Baur's took a stand and served amid protests, the racially-mixed party of the legendary African-American singer Marian Anderson, who was in town for several performances.
Although Baur's closed in 1970, just shy of a century in business, the longevity of Baur's popularity as a Denver institution reflects their dedication to the community, to their cadre of loyal employees, to modern management practices, and most of all to creating a range of exceptional products. Access note: Digital photos on CD in the "Photographs and moving image" series are available only for educational and research use. They may not be reproduced. Permission for reproduction, publication, or commercial use of any kind must be granted by the donor. Please contact the Stephen H. Hart Library & Research Center for more information. The Baur's Collection is part of a larger donation (Accession 2013.77 and 2014.10) of materials that include artifacts and photographs in addition to archival documents. Please contact the Research Center staff for more information. Arrangement Note: This collection is arranged by material type, alphabetically, and chronologically. When possible, original order was maintained.
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The Baur's Collection (1906-2001) documents the establishment, growth, and popularity of the O. P. Baur Confectionery Company (1874-1970) in Denver, Colorado, and the many confectionery and culinary recipes that made them famous. In addition to the company's extensive civic and cultural contributions, they embraced modern management techniques while upholding the exceptional quality that had become synonymous with the Baur name for nearly 100 years. As the third-oldest family-operated business in the city, Baur's became the "most popular and longest-lived confectionery, catering, and restaurant firm in Denver." (National Register of Historic Places Report, 2006). The collection includes over 1,000 recipes dating from 1934-1961, newspaper articles, advertisements, photographs, menus, a corporate history, newsletters, and a range of artifacts including baking and confectionery tools and supplies, circa 1906-2001. It also contains 57 photographs that depict the employees, products, stores, and events of the company from circa 1880-1955, as well as "Sweet Magic Baur's," a moving image film produced circa 1947 that documents the company's production line.
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This collection was donated by Lee Jacobs Carlin, the daughter of John H. Jacobs, who was the great nephew of Otto Baur, the original founder of O. P. Baur Confectionery Company. John H. Jacobs was president of Baur's from 1940-1950.
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See also History Colorado's Otto P. Baur and Bertha Stockdorf Collection, Mss.01368, and the Fisher and Fisher Architectural Records, WH932, Box 12, Western History Collection, The Denver Public Library, concerning details about the flagship location of the O. P. Baur Confectionery Company at 1512 Curtis Street, Denver. Photographs and moving images in Series IX are stored with the Photography Department in Ph.00562. The Baur's Collection is part of a larger donation (Accession 2013.77 and 2014.10) of materials that include artifacts and photographs in addition to archival documents. Please contact the Research Center staff for more information.
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