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Collection Summary |
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| Creator: | Hummel, Paul H. | |
| Title: | Papers of Paul H. Hummel | |
| Dates: | 1942-1963 | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear feet | |
| Identification: | APHH | |
| Abstract: | Paul H. Hummel (1888-1969), a longtime rancher in Boulder County, Colorado, purchased property there in 1920. In 1933 he began grazing cattle in the Roosevelt National Forest, and became an influential voice as ranchers and the Forest Service debated allowable grazing on Forest Service lands. The collection consists primarily of correspondence with Forest Service personnel and members of local and national organizations concerning grazing on Forest Service lands. It also includes correspondence and other information on a livestock demonstration program. | |
| Contact Information: | Colorado Agricultural Archive Archives and Special Collections Morgan Library Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019 USA Phone: 970-491-1844 Fax: 970-491-1195 Email: specialcollections@library.colostate.edu URL: http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/agriculture/ |
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Index Terms |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Colorado State University Libraries online catalog. Researchers seeking materials about related subjects, persons, organizations or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Cattle--Colorado--Boulder County. | ||
| Forest policy--Colorado. | ||
| Grazing--Colorado--Boulder County. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Hummel, Paul H. | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Valmont Farms and Cattle Company. | ||
| Places: | ||
| Roosevelt National Forest (Colo.) | ||
| Boulder County (Colo.) | ||
| Occupations: | ||
| Ranchers--Colorado--Boulder County. | ||
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Paul H. Hummel, a rancher in Boulder County, Colorado, was born in Kansas in 1888. Hummel purchased property in Boulder County in 1920 that would become his Valmont Farms and Cattle Company. Soon after, he expanded his operation to include feeder cows. In 1933 he purchased range cattle and in that year began grazing them on Forest Service lands in the Roosevelt National Forest. Hummel was involved in a variety of cattle organizations in Colorado and was an influential voice as the ranchers and the Forest Service debated allowable numbers of cattle and locations that cattle might graze on Forest Service lands. He was a member of a number of state and local livestock associations, among them the Boulder Stockmen's Association, the Colorado Livestock Industry Council, and the Colorado Cattlemen's Association.
Hummel and his wife Geneva E. had one daughter, Mary. Paul Hummel died in Boulder, Colorado, in April 1969.
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The Papers of Paul H. Hummel consists primarily of correspondence dated 1938-1963. There are letters from and to Forest Service personnel concerning grazing permits, changes in numbers of cattle allowed under the permits and locations for grazing on Forest Service lands. He corresponded with members of a variety of livestock associations on the local, state and national level about grazing on public lands. Hummel's involvement in the range demonstration program of the early 1950s is also reflected in the correspondence. Also included are some reports related to grazing issues and the demonstration program.
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Folders are arranged alphabetically, with approximate chronological order within folders.
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Papers of Paul H. Hummel, Colorado Agricultural Archive, Colorado State University.
The Papers of Paul H. Hummel was received by the Colorado State University Archives and Special Collections Department in October 1977 from Mary Wells, daughter of Paul Hummel, via Virginia Hutchinson then chairman of the Board of the Colorado State University Foundation. The collection was transferred from manuscripts to the Colorado Agricultural Archive in July 2004.
Processing was completed in August 2004. The materials were placed in acid free folders and reboxed, and metal fasteners were removed.
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Photographs of the Hummel farm (four photographs, three views) are located in the Boulder Public Library, Carnegie Branch. An oral history interview with Mary Hummel Wells, daughter of Paul Hummel, is also held by the Carnegie Branch.
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