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Collection M 032:
Jim Dyer papers:
Descriptive folder list of contents:

Items from Colorado Historical Society and items in Record Group 1

Contents of this page:
 These are both part of  collection M 032 at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.
 

Jim Dyer papers container list: items transferred to CSWS from Colorado Historical Society

Jim Dyer papers container list: Record Group 1 (family/ personal)


Materials in Colorado Historical Society (CHS) Collection Number 1275 that was transferred to the Center of Southwest Studies:

CHS Series 1: Jim Dyer's personal printed materials and correspondence, 1937-1996: in CHS Box 1, folders 1-8.

CHS Series 2: Jim Dyer's military service records, orders, and evaluation reports, 1959-1979: in CHS Box 1, folders 9-20.

CHS Series 3: Military training schools printed materials, records, term papers, and exams of Jim Dyer, 1950-1975: in CHS Box 1, folders 21-28; Box 2, folders 1-10; and Box 3, folders 1-3.

CHS Series 4: Military fitness reports and award recommendations records of Jim Dyer, 1971-1980: in CHS Box 3, folders 4-9.

CHS Series 5: Jim Dyer's Vietnam military service news releases, newspaper clippings, guides, and periodicals, 1956-1978: in CHS Box 3, folders 10-23.

CHS Series 6: Jim Dyer's logbooks and diaries, 1963-1977: in CHS Boxes 4, folders 1-5; and Box 5, folders 1-3.

CHS Series 7: Southeast Asian maps (and one of Pendleton Base and one of Durango), 1954-1981: in CHS Box 5, folders 4-16.

CHS Series 8: Jim Dyer photos and correspondence from Vietnam, 1963-1964: in CHS Box 5, folders 17 and 18 and in the first 2 folders of 2 folders (CHS photoprints #s 1-86) in CSWS Series 3.3, Box 1, Dyer family photos, and in the smaller oversize lidded flat box, which contains Dyer photos (CHS photo envelope #s 91.377.87 and .88) and a folder of Naval Gun Fire 2nd Battalion 12th Marines group photos at Okinawa, 1961-1962 (3x) (CHS #s 91.377.80 - .91.

 

Series

Box

Fol-der

Folder title

Date

 

1

1

Inventory of the paper of Jim Dyer (former collection 1275, formerly at the Colorado Historical Society) (showing the former organization of the materials when they were at CHS)

1991-06

CHS 1

1

2

Jim Dyer birth record, certificate of baptism, and Social Security Card (confidential/ this file is closed)

1937-1960

CHS 1

1

3

Jim Dyer Vietnamese identification cards (2 items; one includes a portrait photo)

1964

CHS 1

1

4

Jim Dyer incoming military correspondence, 1965, 1971-1972, 1977, and 1986.  Includes letters from Lester McDowell, Lt. Col. Shoults, Donald Cannava, et al.   Also a letter dated April 4, 1996 to Jim Dyer from Kathy ___, daughter of the late Col. Mark P. Tennessy, USMC.

1965/1996

CHS 1

1

5

Battery C, 1st Battalion,11th Regiment, U.S. Marines, history, typescript, 2 carbon copies

1967

CHS 1

1

6

"The Realities of the Military Press" manuscript by Jim Dyer, with correspondence from two editors of the Marine Corps Gazette.  Also, two newspaper clippings about U.S. Marines in Vietnam, to which Dyer was responding in 1965.

1965/1977

CHS 1

1

7

Operation Jackstay command chronology (by Jim Dyer, in his handwriting, March 26 – April 5, 1966) and report (two carbon copies of a typescript dated April 9, 1966).

1966-03-26/1966-04-09

CHS 1

1

8

Vietnamese Brigadier General redeployment ceremony invitation cards received by Edward J. Dyer

1971-08-02/1972-01-26

CHS 2

1

9

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.  Includes his original order, July 14, 1959; pay recommendation, 1960; Coronado, Aug. 25-Oct. 13, 1961; Travis, etc.

1959/1961

CHS 2

1

10

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.  Includes Bernard Fall, Bupers, Admiral Ricketts, survival, Frock LT, and postcard.

1962/1963

CHS 2

1

11

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.  Includes Intersoe, DD214, Junk Div 11 Cuaviet, 3 CD relief, etc.

1964

CHS 2

1

12

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1965

CHS 2

1

13

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.  Includes March 1, 1967 relief, etc.

1966/1967

CHS 2

1

14

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1968/1970

CHS 2

1

15

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1971

CHS 2

1

16

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1972

CHS 2

1

17

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1973/1975

CHS 2

1

18

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1976/1977

CHS 2

1

19

Jim Dyer’s military service records and orders.

1978/1979

CHS 2

1

20

Edward J. “Jim” Dyer’s U.S. Marine Corps evaluation reports (photocopies), with cover letter from U.S. National Personnel Records Center, Oct. 11, 2002.

1959/1979

CHS 3

1

21

The Armed Forces Officer / by the Department of the Navy.  (1 vol.; 267 pages)

1950

CHS 3

1

22

Counter Insurgency School course description, master training schedule, participants list, newsletter, glossary of terms, library bibliography, and notes and writings by Jim Dyer, including “The Supporting Arms Observer” and a 2-page piece set in the Olongapo Nite Club, Zambales, Philippine Islands.

1963-01

CHS 3

1

23

Miscellaneous notes and directives.  Includes a local security check list for outposts and an office mount-out check list.  Also the business card of Major Raymond Francis Fox, USMC.

1963/1966

CHS 3

1

24

Miscellaneous undated items.  Includes a typed menu, Jim Dyer’s pencil drawings of two planes, his sketched map from Barbara Tuchman’s book, Guns of August, and a label in Vietnamese.

1964/1976

CHS 3

1

25

Artillery notes by Jim Dyer, undated, with a set of photocopies.

1964/1976

CHS 3

1

26

Military leadership field manual FM 22-100 / by the Department of the Army.  (1 vol.; 59 pages)

1965-11

CHS 3

1

27

Character guidance discussion topics manual: duty, honor, country / by the Department of the Army.  (1 vol.; 45 pages)

1966-01

CHS 3

1

28

Operations against guerrilla forces, manual / by U.S. Marine Corps, with drawing and exam study notes by Jim Dyer, participant in USMC Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, Virginia, 1966-1967.

1966/1967

CHS 3

2

1

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School student staff study for class 1-68 on Reconnaissance element organic to the Marine Infantry Battalion, by Major E. J. Dyer, USMC, December 11, 1967.

1967-12-11

CHS 3

2

2

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School printed materials, including final planning schedule, syllabus, class 1-68 social register,

1967-08/1968-01

CHS 3

2

3

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School student notes on Special Tactics

1967/1968

CHS 3

2

4

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School student notes on Amphibious Operations

1967/1968

CHS 3

2

5

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School student notes on Operations

1967/1968

CHS 3

2

6

Introduction to strategy/ by General D’Armee Andre Beaufre, translated by Major-General R. H. Barry, reprint authorized for use at the Naval War College.  With Jim Dyer’s class notes.

1974

CHS 3

2

7

Naval War College course syllabi and assignments and Jim Dyer’s class notes (continued)

1974-09

CHS 3

2

8

Jim Dyer’s final examinations

1974

CHS 3

2

9

Jim Dyer’s final examinations (continued)

1974

CHS 3

2

10

Jim Dyer’s final examinations (continued)

1974/1975

CHS 3

3

1

Naval War College exam and management term paper by Jim Dyer

1975

CHS 3

3

2

Naval War College term papers by Jim Dyer.  Topics include the Soviet Naval Presence in the Arab World, 1967-1972 (March 3, 1975); the amphibious capability in support of the presence and sea control missions (March 25, 1975); Clausewitz’s concept of Absolute War (April 22, 1975); Did the experience of World War I prove Mahan’s theory of command at sea obsolete? (May 13, 1975); and the Cold War (June 3, 1975).

1975

CHS 3

3

3

Naval War College term papers by Jim Dyer, undated.  Topics include the Republic of China; China at 178 B.C.; and how an organization handles change.

1975

CHS 4

3

4

Fitness reports that Jim Dyer wrote regarding noncommissioned officers under his supervision.  In alphabetical order by name of individual.  Includes Dyer’s handwritten narrative evaluation and the Noncommissioned Officer Fitness Report form.  Confidential/restricted access.

1971

CHS 4

3

5

Fitness reports that Jim Dyer wrote regarding noncommissioned officers under his supervision.  In alphabetical order by name of individual.  Includes Dyer’s handwritten narrative evaluation and the Noncommissioned Officer Fitness Report form.  Confidential/restricted access.

1971/1972

CHS 4

3

6

Fitness reports that Jim Dyer wrote regarding noncommissioned officers under his supervision.  In alphabetical order by name of individual.  Includes Dyer’s handwritten narrative evaluation.  Also includes a page of terms to use for composing “a clearer and more realistic evaluation of an officer.”  Confidential/restricted access.

1975/1978

CHS 4

3

7

Fitness reports that Jim Dyer wrote regarding noncommissioned officers under his supervision.  In alphabetical order by name of individual.  Includes Dyer’s handwritten narrative evaluation.  Also includes 18 pages of instructions for “Accomplishing the Fitness Report” and two typed nonpunitive letters of caution from Dyer terms to use for composing “a clearer and more realistic evaluation of an officer.”  Confidential/restricted access.

1976/1977

CHS 4

3

8

Award recommendations (in chronological order).

1972/1980

CHS 4

3

9

Award recommendations (undated).

1972/1980

CHS 5

3

10

Newspaper clippings (all but one of these articles are from 1963).

1956/1963

CHS 5

3

11

USS Wedderburn Westpac (Western Pacific) cruise yearbook.  Dyer is pictured on page [9].  Contains no personal notes.

1960

CHS 5

3

12

Launch, periodical, Fall issue, by Martin Company (Orlando, Florida).  Producer of “weapons with which the Navy fights.”

1962-09

CHS 5

3

13

Newspaper clippings.

1964

CHS 5

3

14

Saigon pocket guide (1 booklet; 48 pages with a foldout airline schedule and a foldout city map, Aug. 1, 1964), and Chue mung Nam moi booklet (in Vietnamese) (1966).  2 small booklets.

1964-08-01/1966

CHS 5

3

15

Newspaper clippings.

1965

CHS 5

3

16

Newspaper clippings.

1966/1967

CHS 5

3

17

Trajectory, Marine Corps Report, Vol. 6, No. 1 / by Lockheed Missiles & Space Company  (1 vol.; 60 pages).

1968

CHS 5

3

18

U.S. Marines support Korean Marines, news release by Dan Hansen, USN, for the U.S. Naval Support Facility, Danang.  Describes U.S. Marine Major Edward J. Dyer, 33, of Kansas City, Kansas, and his unit about ten miles south of Danang.  3 pages, mimeograph.

1971-12-06

CHS 5

3

19

Hoi An Crash, statement by D. E. Heim, MSGT, USMC typescript, carbon copy (1 page).  This statement recounts heroic efforts by Jim Dyer et al.; Dyer leaped from a helicopter to rescue a pilot whose Army helicopter had crashed into the ocean.

1972-02-22

CHS 5

3

20

Newspaper clippings.

1972/1973

CHS 5

3

21

Newspaper clippings, undated.

1956/1976

CHS 5

3

22

NATO exercises Team Work 76, field training participants orientation booklet, newspaper, newsletter, cartoon, and a page showing Lt. Jim Dyer and Lt. Jim Vincent holding a captured Vietcong flag.  (6 items)

1976-09

CHS 5

3

23

Marine Corps Gazette, Vol. 62, No. 7, includes an article on Artillery by E. J. Dyer.  (2x)

1978-07

CHS 6

4

1

Log record/ journal of Jim Dyer, 3rd Coastal District Junk Force.  Labeled Volume I.

1963-09-16/1964-08-26

CHS 6

4

2

Log record/ journal of Jim Dyer, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines.  Includes added notes for the period of July - Sept. 1966.  Labeled Volume II.

1966-02-02/1967-02-28

CHS 6

4

3

Log record/ journal of Jim Dyer, 1st Anglico FMR, Air / NGF Platoon.  Labeled Volume III.

1971-06-04/1972-06-02

CHS 6

4

4

Log record/ journal of Jim Dyer, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines.  Labeled Volume IV.

1975-07-29/1976-05-11

CHS 6

4

5

Log record/ journal of Jim Dyer, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines.  Labeled Volume V.

1976-05-13/1977-02-18

CHS 6

5

1

Journal book of Lt. E. J. Dyer, U.S. Navy.  B-26.  Contains names and contact information, to-do lists, Vietnamese phrases with English translations, etc.

1966

CHS 6

5

2

Tieng Viet illustrated notebook of Jim Dyer’s, with sketches and English-Vietnamese translations.

1967

CHS 6

5

3

Aviator’s flight log book # 1 of E. J. Dyer, U.S.M.C.  1 volume.

1971-06/1972-05

CHS 7

5

4

Luong Kim and Cap Saint Jacques (Vietnam), topographic maps / by the  Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.  Scale: 1:50,000.  2 maps.

1954

CHS 7

5

5

Okinawa, topographic map / by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.  Scale: 1:100,000.  1 map.

1959

CHS 7

5

6

Quang Tri (Vietnam), topographic maps / by the U.S. Army or  U.S. Air Force (?), undated (2 map fragments).

1954/1960

CHS 7

5

7

Khanh Hung, Changwat Udon Thani, and Nakhon Rat Sima (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand), USAF Pilotage Chart topographic maps / by the  Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, U.S. Air Force.  Scale: 1:500,000.  3 maps.

1962

CHS 7

5

8

Vinh, Kratie, Luang Prabang, and Battambang (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand), USAF Pilotage Chart topographic maps / by the  Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, U.S. Air Force.  Scale: 1:500,000.  4 maps.

1962

CHS 7

5

9

Saravane, Quang Ngai, and Da Nang (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand), USAF Pilotage Chart topographic maps / by the  Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, U.S. Air Force.  Scale: 1:500,000.  3 maps.

1962

CHS 7

5

10

Nha Trang, Hue, and Phnom Penh (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand), USAF Pilotage Chart topographic maps / by the  Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, U.S. Air Force.  Scale: 1:500,000.  3 maps.

1962

CHS 7

5

11

Taiwan, topographic map / by Combined Service Forces, Republic of China.  Scale: 1:500,000.  1 map.  Title on map: W'ai-wan highway (route numbered).

1967

CHS 7

5

12

Cam Lo, Da Nang, et al. (South Vietnam), USAF Pilotage Chart topographic maps / by the  Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, U.S. Air Force.  Scale: 1:500,000 or  1:250,000.  6 map fragments, some annotated (by Jim Dyer?); one laminated for use.

1962

CHS 7

5

13

North Vietnam, map fragment.  Scale: 1:500,000.  1 item.

1965

CHS 7

5

14

Military base unidentified map segments and local security diagram, undated.  4 items.

1964/1976

CHS 7

5

15

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base USGS topographic map, partial, undated.  1 item.

1964/1976

CHS 7

5

16

Old West Durango (Colo.) picture map and business and service directory.  1 item.

1981

CHS 8

5

17

Jim Dyer’s photos and letters home from Vietnam, 2-ring notebook of b/w photoprints and correspondence, etc.  1 volume.

1963-09-03/1964-03-24

CHS 8

5

18

Jim Dyer’s photos and letters home from Vietnam, 2-ring notebook of b/w photoprints and correspondence, etc.  1 volume.

1964-01-26/1964-11-07

CHS 8

 1

 

2 folders of photoprints #s 1-86 from the CHS collection have been added to Series 3.3, Box 1, Dyer family photos.

 

 


Jim Dyer papers container list: Record Group 1 (family/ personal)

 

Record Group 1: PERSONAL/POLITICAL/OFFICIAL RECORDS:

Series 1.1 (Dyer family history) and Series 1.2 (Jim Dyer personal papers): Box 1

Series 1.1: Dyer family history
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.1    Dyer family history, genealogies, research, circa 1860 to present.  Includes 2 copies of the 
            34-page pamphlet by Henry W. Dyer (born 1830) regarding events of the Civil War, entitled 
            "Recollections of Events in Which the Compiler Was a Participant," printed by 
            Kootenanie Valley Times, December 1916.

2     1.1    Land warranty deed, Ferdinand Huber, 1868 June 29.
3     1.1    Personal will, John O'Connor, 1884 Feb. 15.
4     1.1    Records of an Active Life, book by Heman Dyer, 1886.
5     1.1    Pension claim, Michael Powers, 1888 Jan. 25 - 1889 Dec. 4.
6     1.1    Dyer family, cemetery deeds, 1889 Nov. 26 -1971 Jan. 21.
7     1.1    E. J. Dyer, Sr., printed materials, 1906-1913.  (Jim Dyer's grandfather.)  Includes the original of 
            his marriage certificate (his second marriage -- to Margaret O'Connell of Leavenworth, Kansas) 
            dated October 14, 1907.

8     1.1    Personal papers, correspondence, E. T. and Margaret Dyer, 1909 Nov.       
             12-1946 July 30.

9     1.1    James J. O'Connor, postcards to E. J. Dyer, Sr., correspondence, 1917-1919.
10    1.1    Clarence Brown, correspondence and bio-essays by Margaret Brown, 1986.
11    1.1    "Letters from Larry," (C. Brown), to Margaret Brown, 1942-1943.
12    1.1    "Letters from Larry," (C. Brown), to Margaret Brown, 1944-1945, p. 1-24.
13    1.1    "Letters from Larry," (C. Brown), to Margaret Brown, 1944-1945, p. 25-49.
14    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., correspondence, 1919 Apr. 14 - 1970 Dec. 14.
15    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., correspondence to and from parents, 1930 Feb.-1930 Oct. 15.
16    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., school records, story, 1918-1930.
17    1.1     Eleanor Brown Dyer, correspondence, wedding congratulations, 1935 Sept. 17- 
             1940 May 26.

18    1.1     Correspondence, E. J. to Eleanor Brown Dyer, 1936 Apr. 7 - 1937 Sept. 27.
19    1.1     War ration booklets, 1942 May- 1944 Nov.
20    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., memos and correspondence with Southwest Bell Telephone 
             Company, 1935-1938.

21    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., commendations and promotions, Southwest Bell, 1940-1970.
22    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., correspondence seeking a naval commission, 1943-1945.
23    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., correspondence to government on various issues, 1969-1970.
24    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., paperwork on inventions, 1944, 1960.
25    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., awards and honors, 1923-1961.
26    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., personal file, 1946-1970.
27    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., medical records, insurance, retirement, 1950-1971.
28    1.1     E. J. Dyer, Sr., mortgage and payoff, legal documents, 1950-1962.
29    1.1    "Mississippi Rememberings of Marguerite" (Jim's Aunt), personal memoir, undated.
30    1.1    "Clarence Brown, the Potter Years" (Jim's Uncle), personal memoir, undated.
31    1.1    Mary Dyer: Biography of a rebel Quaker / by Ruth Plimpton, 
            book (autographed, and notes between Jim Dyer and the the author), 1994.
32    1.1    To Try the Bloody Law: The Story of Mary Dyer / by Robert S. Burgess, 
            book (autographed, and notes between Jim Dyer and the author), 2000.

33    1.1    Recollections of events in which the compiler was a participant, Civil War memoirs of Henry W. Dyer, 1916, photocopy, 34 pages.
34    1.1    Dyer family genealogical information / compiled by George C. Dyer, 1989 Oct. 23.
35    1.1    Mary Barrett Dyer, Internet biographical information printouts, 2002 Sept. 25.

Series 1.2: Jim Dyer personal papers (still, Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.2    St. Benedict's College (Atchison, Kans.), Jubilee yearbook, 1924.
2     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1928.
3     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1932.
4     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1933.
5     1.2    E. J. Dyer, Who's Who Among Students...from St. Benedict's College, 1958-59, certificate.
6     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven "B" painting/ by Jim Dyer, [ca. 1933?].
7     1.2    St. Benedict's College centennial 1858-1958 original [mock] cover painted for Time Magazine, 1958 May 30.

8     1.2    Leavenworth High School (Kans.), June Bug yearbook, 1930. 
       [Archives only holds photocopies of the pages relevant to Jim Dyer, who loaned us the book for that purpose.]

9     1.2    Leavenworth High School, June Bug yearbook, 1931. 
      [Archives only holds photocopies of the pages relevant to Jim Dyer, who loaned us the book for that purpose.]

10    1.2    Leavenworth High School, June Bug yearbook, 1932. 
      [Archives only holds photocopies of the pages relevant to Jim Dyer, who loaned us the book for that purpose.]

Series 1.1 (Dyer family history): Box 2 (document case, on its side )
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.1    O'Connor family Bible.

Series 1.1 (Dyer family history): Box 3 (smaller oversize flat box)
1     1.1 Mary Dyer, baby dress.

Series 1.2 (Jim Dyer personal papers): Box 2
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.2    Hayden High School (Topeka, Kans.), Shamrock yearbook, 1952.
2     1.2    Hayden High School, Shamrock yearbook, 1953.
3     1.2    Hayden High School, Shamrock yearbook, 1954.
4     1.2    Hayden High School, Shamrock yearbook, 1955.  Jim Dyer is the "Wildcats in action" football player on the lower right corner of page [41], with a note of commendation from his coach.
5     1.2    Hayden High School, alumni directory, 1911-1988.
6     1.2    Hayden High School, Class of 1955 reunion, directory, 1970.
7     1.2    Hayden High School, reports and newsletters, 1989-1993.
8     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1956.
9     1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1957.
10    1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1958.
11    1.2    St. Benedict's College, Raven yearbook, 1959.
12    1.2    Old Cathedral Parish (Leavenworth, Kans.), printed materials, clippings, 1977.
13    1.2    St. Benedict's College, Alumni newsletters, directory, 1984-1993.
14    1.2    St. Benedict's College, President's reports, 1987-1992.
15    1.2    U.S. Naval School, yearbook, 1959.
16    1.2    USS Wedderburn, Westpac cruise, yearbook, 1960.
17    1.2    USS Wedderburn, newsletters, correspondence, 1988-1996.
18    1.2    U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School Register, 1968.
19    1.2    Radford High School (Hawaii), Ka Po'e 'Ae'a yearbook, Shari Ferguson, 
            1960-1961.

20    1.2    Radford High School, senior memory book, Shari Ferguson, 1962.
21    1.2    Radford High School, Ka Po'e 'Ae'a yearbook, Shari Ferguson, 1961-1962.

Series 1.2 (Jim Dyer personal papers): Box 3
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.2    Dominican School, Taipei, yearbook, 1974.
2     1.2    Durango High School, yearbook, 1985-1986.
3     1.2    Jim Dyer printed materials, circa1938.
4     1.2    Jim Dyer early memories, circa1938-1951.
5     1.2    Jim Dyer family report cards, 1943-1994.
6     1.2    Jim Dyer pencil sketches, 1952.
7     1.2    Jim Dyer pencil sketches, various athletes, 1953.
8     1.2    Jim Dyer pencil sketches, baseball players, 1953.
9     1.2    Jim Dyer pencil sketches, 1953-1963.
10    1.2    Jim Dyer personal materials, football flyers, 1954.
11    1.2    Jim Dyer high school essays, 1954-1955.
12    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, 1954-1956.
13    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, 1957-1957.
14    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, 1957.
15    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, 1958.
16    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, 1959.
17    1.2    Jim Dyer draft for Raven yearbook, 1959.
18    1.2    Jim Dyer personal memories, 1957-1968.
19    1.2    Sharon Ferguson Dyer diplomas, correspondence, 1962-1994.
20    1.2    Jim Dyer; his children's folder, most undated.
21    1.2    "Speak Chinese," language text, 1970.
22    1.2    Taiwan travel receipts, correspondence, 1972.
23    1.2    Family passports, 1972.
24    1.2    China, 2 essays by Jim Dyer on language and culture, 1973.
25    1.2    "Influence of Military on Foreign Policy," essay by Jim Dyer, 1973.
26    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes on China, (A), 1973.
27    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes on China, (B), 1973.
28    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes, Naval War College, 1974.
29    1.2    Jim Dyer, trip to Belize, itineraries and travel information, 1997.
30    1.2    Jim Dyer, "Inventory of Papers of Jim Dyer held at the Library of the Colorado Historical Society (Denver, Colo.)," 1991 June.
31    1.2    "Japanese Tomato Ring," written instructions, undated.
32    1.2    "The Vietnam War," essay by Zack Greenberg, 1998 March 16.

Series 1.2 (Jim Dyer personal papers): Box 4
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.2    Military orders, documents, 1971-1984.
2     1.2    Naval War College officers book, 1974-1975.
3     1.2    Chinese fortune teller's reading, Taipei, 1975.
4     1.2    Ford Model "A" restoration manual, 1977.
5     1.2    Ford Model "A" restoration correspondence and receipts, 1977-1979.
6     1.2    Personal relocation to Durango, Colorado, notes, 1978-1979.
7     1.2    Personal notes on soccer team, Durango, 1978.
8     1.2    Welcome letter and Durango publication, 1979.
9     1.2    Power Motive heavy equipment sales, 1978-1980.
10    1.2    Heavy equipment sales, calendars, bids, 1981.
11    1.2    Heavy equipment sales, calendar, memos, 1982.
12    1.2    Heavy equipment sales, resume, example of work, customer lists, 1982.
13    1.2    Heavy equipment sales, calendar, correspondence, 1983.
14    1.2    Jim Dyer mental ability and career tests, 1983.
15    1.2    Fort Lewis College application and degree plan, transcripts, 1981-1986.
16    1.2    Jim Dyer theater playbills, correspondence and clippings, 1981-1992.
17    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, Ft. Lewis College, 1982-1983.
18    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, Ft. Lewis College, 1983-1984.
19    1.2    Jim Dyer creative writing exercises and essays, Ft. Lewis College, 1984.
20    1.2    Jim Dyer career course notes, 1984-1986.
21    1.2    Jim Dyer class notes and essays, Fort Lewis College, 1985.
22    1.2    Jim Dyer applications and transcripts, Salve Regina College, 1987.
23    1.2     Brown Water, Black Berets, book by T. Cutler, 1988.
24    1.2    U.S. Marines in Vietnam, draft by C. Arnold and C. Melson, 1989.
25    1.2    Jim Dyer resumes and profiles, 1982-1994.
26    1.2    Jim Dyer, Colorado Historical Society and Fort Lewis College, collection documentation and correspondence, 1987-1996.
27    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1966-1985.
28    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1986.
29    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1987-1988.
30    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, circa1988.
31    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1989-1991.
32    1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1992-1993.
33    1.2    Jim Dyer, "Shari Dyer's Excellent Adventure, as told by Edward J. Dyer, Jr., her bibliographer," undated.
34    1.2    "The United States and Vietnam: An Oral History, Major James Dyer," essay written by Scott Diamond (step-son of Jim's cousin Mark Brown), 1996 Dec. 2.
35    1.2    Military rosters, printed material, undated.

Series 1.2 (Jim Dyer personal papers): Box 5
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, 1994-1996.
2     1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, undated (A).
3     1.2    Jim Dyer personal, journals, notes, undated (B).
4     1.2    Jim and Shari Dyer, personal medical/insurance records, 1985-2001.
5     1.2    Jim Dyer, personal finances, lists/charts, 1983-2001, some undated
.

Series 1.4 (Vietnam and European correspondence): Box 1, Vietnam correspondence, Jim to Shari
(see Addendum 2 for selective calendar of contents)

Series 1.4 (Vietnam and European correspondence): Box 2, Vietnam correspondence, Shari to Jim
(see Addendum 2 for selective calendar of contents)
 

Series 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7: Box 1

Series 1.3: Jim Dyer personal papers
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, to parents, 1959 Apr. -1960 Sept.
2     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, to parents, 1960 Oct.-1961 Nov.
3     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, to parents and family, 1961 Sept. -1962 Dec.
4     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, to parents, 1963 Jan. - 1965 Nov.
5     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence to parents, 1966 Jan.-1966 July.
6     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence to and from parents, 1966 Aug.- Dec.
7     1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence to parents, 1967 Jan.- May.
8     1.3    Correspondence, Dyer family to Shari, 1967 Jan.- Feb.
9     1.3    Jim and Shari Dyer, wedding and anniversary mementos, 1966-1971.
10    1.3    Marriage certificate, Jim and Shari, signed 1967 Jan. 4.
11    1.3    Congratulations correspondence to Shari, 1967 Jan.- Feb.
12    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence with family, 1966-1993, some undated.
13    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence from mother, Eleanor, circa 1971.
14    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence from his sister, Mary, circa1971-1972.
15    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, 1971 July- 1993 Nov.
16    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, D'Wayne Gray, 1985-1987.
17    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, 1994 Nov. - 1996 Apr., some undated.
18    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence, cards, 1994 Nov.-2001, some undated.
19    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence with colleagues and civic leaders, 1971-1989.
20    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence with colleagues and civic leaders, 1990-1991.
21    1.3    Jim Dyer, correspondence with colleagues and civic leaders, 1992-1996.

Series 1.5: Jim Dyer awards and honors (still in Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.5    Jim Dyer, awards and honors, 1953-1979.
2     1.5    Jim Dyer, awards and honors, 1984-1999.
3     1.5    Jim Dyer, awards and honors, 1996-1998.

Series 1.6: Jim Dyer appreciation letters (still in Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1983-1987.
2     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1988..
3     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1989.
4     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1990.
5     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1991.
6     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1992.
7     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1993.
8     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 1994-1996.
9     1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, undated.
10    1.6    Jim Dyer, appreciation letters, 2000-2001.

Series 1.7: Jim Dyer awards and honors (still in Box 1)
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.7    Jim Dyer, congratulatory correspondence, 1986.
2     1.7    Jim Dyer, congratulatory correspondence, 1987.
3     1.7    Jim Dyer, congratulatory correspondence, 1988.
4     1.7    Jim Dyer, congratulatory correspondence, 1989-1990.
5     1.7    Jim Dyer, congratulatory correspondence, 1991-1995, some undated.

Series 1.8: Jim Dyer campaign files, Box 1
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1986.
2     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1987-1988.
3     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1988.
4     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1989-1990.
5     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1990.
6     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1991-1992.
7     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1992.
8     1.8    Campaign files: contributions, 1993-1996, some undated.
9     1.8    Campaign files: editorials, speeches and notes, 1983.
10    1.8    Campaign files: editorials, speeches and notes, V. Reichman campaign, 1984.
11    1.8    Campaign files: editorials, speeches and notes, 1986.
12    1.8    Campaign files: editorials, speeches and notes, 1990.
13    1.8    Campaign files: letters of endorsement, 1986-1988.
14    1.8    Campaign files: letters of endorsement, 1990, 1996.
15    1.8    Campaign files: letters of intent to run for office, 1986-1994.
16    1.8    Campaign files: opponent's materials, Lonnie Nations, 1986.
17    1.8    Campaign files: opponent's materials, Amanda Bandy, 1990.
18    1.8    Campaign files: order forms for publicity materials, 1986-1988.
19    1.8    Campaign files: other candidates' materials (A), 1986-1994.
20    1.8    Campaign files: other candidates' materials (B), 1986-1994.
21    1.8    Campaign files: others- Ben Nighthorse Campbell, publicity materials, 1986-1994.
22    1.8    Campaign files: others- Tim Foster, publicity materials, 1992-1996.
23    1.8    Campaign files: others- Jerry Kopel, publicity materials, 1988-1992.
24    1.8    Campaign files: others- Scott McInnis, publicity materials, 1990-1994.
25    1.8    Campaign files: publicity materials, budgets, 1986.
26    1.8    Campaign files: publicity materials, budgets, 1988.
27    1.8    Campaign files: publicity materials, budgets,1990 (A).
28    1.8    Campaign files: publicity materials, budgets, 1990 (B).
29    1.8    Campaign files: publicity materials, budgets, 1994.
30    1.8    Campaign files: policymaking and leadership, notes, articles (A).
31    1.8    Campaign files: policymaking and leadership, notes, articles (B).
32    1.8    Campaign files: policymaking and leadership, notes, articles (C).
33    1.8    Campaign files: sample ballots, 1988-1990.
34    1.8    Campaign files: polling data, charts, 1986.
35    1.8    Campaign files: polling data, 1986.
36    1.8    Campaign files: polling data, targeting analysis, 1986.
37    1.8    Campaign files: polling data, 1990.
38    1.8    Campaign files: polling data, election results, 1990.

Series 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13: Box 1

Series 1.9: Jim Dyer business and I.D. cards
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.9    Business and I.D. cards, many undated.

Series 1.10: Jim Dyer daily summaries, appointment books and calendars
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.10    Weekly appointment book, 1979.
2     1.10    Weekly appointment book, 1980.
3     1.10    Weekly appointment book, 1985.
4     1.10    Weekly appointment book, 1987.
5     1.10    Daily schedules (A), most dated only by day--see note at beginning of folder.
6     1.10    Daily schedules (B)
7     1.10    Daily schedules (C)
8     1.10    Daily schedules (D)
9     1.10    Daily schedules (E)
10    1.10    Daily schedules (F)
11    1.10    Daily schedules (G)
12    1.10    Daily schedules (H)
13    1.10    Daily schedules (I)
14    1.10    Daily schedules (J)
15    1.10    Daily schedules, planner pages, 1997-1999.
16    1.10    Daily schedules, planner and calendar, 2000
.

Series 1.11: Elective official lists
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.11    Elective official lists.

Series 1.12: Jim Dyer financial disclosure statements
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.12    Financial disclosure, printed, correspondence, 1988-1993.

Series 1.13: Jim Dyer invitations accepted and meetings attended lists
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.13   Invitations, 1986-1987
2     1.13   Invitations, 1988
3     1.13   Invitations, 1989
4     1.13   Invitations, 1990
5     1.13   Invitations, 1991
6     1.13   Invitations, 1992
7     1.13   Invitations, 1993
8     1.13   Invitations, 1994-2000, some undated
9     1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1986
10    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1987-1988
11    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1989
12    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1990
13    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1991
14    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1992
15    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1993
16    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1994
17    1.13   Meetings, appearances, retreats, 1995

Series 1.18: Jim Dyer ephemera, Box 1
1.18 Ephemera: item inventory follows:

Name tags (45 items):
34- Jim Dyer
8- Shari Dyer
2- Matt Dyer
Membership/ID Cards (9 items):
1-State of Colorado, Department of State
1-Civil Air Patrol Membership
1-Mensa, International High IQ Society
1-Marine Corps League
1-The American Legion, 1993
1-Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, 1993
1-Cliff Young’s Restaurant, Member Legislative Call
1-State of Colorado identification card (1 item)
1-Café punch card (1 item)
Tee-shirts (6 items):
1-red and white “Third Battalion, Tenth Marines
1- red, white and blue 1991 Memorial Day Road Race

1- purple and red "Vote Democratic"
1- blue, red and black "Jim Dyer/1886-1986 Cortez"
1- white, green and blue "Scott McInnis"
1- yellow "The Storm is Over, God Bless America!"
Awards/ Tags (3 items):
1- pink "Fourth Premium"
1- blue "Fort Lewis Raider"
1- white tag "Narrow Gauge Ten Mile Run"

Awards/Plaques (2 items)
      1-Jim Dyer, 1996 NFIB/Colorado, Guardian of Small Business
      1-Jim Dyer, 1987-1988 NFIB/Colorado, Guardian of Small Business

Flags/Banners (10 items):
1- bright pink Kiwanis banner
1- mauve KRSJ/ KIUP radio statioin banner
1- white paper/ blue paint Jim Dyer banner
1- white paper/ blue and red paint Jim Dyer for State Representative banner
1- American Flag given by the Elks Lodge
1- white and purple University of Northern Colorado
1- yellow/ turquoise fringed "Welcome to Taipei R.O.C" flag
1- red "Second Battalion Twelfth Marines FMF" flag
1- red, white and blue "Shari, Matt, Jim Dyer" banner
1-"Dyer-Colorado Senate-Elect a True Republican" campaign banner
(poster for the Republican, Fredrick James (Jim) Dyer, who was in office during some of the same time as Edward James Dyer)
Campaign and lobbyist buttons, bumper stickers...etc. (76 items):
39- campaign buttons
4- tie pins
11- bumper stickers
3- leather patches
24- plaques, stationery, materials and pins
Pins (8 items):
1-blue and gold with flag pin, 50th anniversary of the Korean War attached to businesscard of Frank N. Bales
1-white with blue lettering, CACCB
1-green with gold lettering, Colorado State University
1-green organ and tissue donor pin
1-white, gold and purple, “Colorado Proud”
1-yellow with gold with heart, awareness pin
1-gold bell with blue ribbon
1-red with white lettering, pin/button that says, “Simplify”
Colorado license plates (6 items):
2-green and white Colorado license plate, R-59-State Representative
1-green and white Colorado license plate, S-6, Senator
2-white with symbol Colorado license plate, R-59, "Colorado State Representative"
1-red with symbol, Colorado U. S. Marine Corps, "OOO-XXX"

Other:

15-inch red, white, blue and clear ruler saying “13th Annual Denver Advertising Federation Legislative Breakfast” (1 item)

"H" letter on a blue sweater, player #5 (1 item)

Paper flower of appreciation (1 item)

1-shirt patch, gold and white with brown eagle and American flag symbol, “National US& R Response System, Federal Emergency Managements Agency”

Glass name plate (1 item)

Jim Dyer “Political Science” door plate (1 item)

Golden Eagle “Welcome to Hong Cong” free drink card (1 item)

DHS Red Pride Band Booster bumper sticker (1 item)

Black miniature cowboy hat (1 item)

Wooden miniature airplane from the Aviation Journal

Key chain, Colorado Child Care Association

Channel 9 News health fare bandage

Free Coffee token from restaurant in Cortez

Series 1.18 (Ephemera): Box 2

Desk mementos (11 items):
5- pens
4- pencils
1- sterling silver envelope opener
1- Denver Advertising Federation Legislative Breakfast Ruler
Mugs (10 items):
1- blue and gold ACSWA mug
1- black and gold Colorado Restaurant Association
1- white and blue C.S.F.F.A Diamond Anniversary Showmass 1992
1- off-white and brown 1989 Colorado State Fair
1- white and green "peace begins at home"
1- blue and gold Colorado County Agents Association
1- black and gold Colorado Dental Association
1- black, red, white, and blue Colorado Army National Guard
1- blue and gold Cyprus Amax
1- plastic, white and black Colorado State Fair coffee mug
Shirt ties (6 items):
1- burgundy with white and blue flowers
1- brown Brittsport
1- yellow Wembly
1- gray Designer Knit
1- navy blue with red stripes Brownstone
1- brown Inigo Jones
Food goods (6 items):
1- Gingerman cookie
1- Superbowl milk chocolate
1- Westman commission company sugar pack
1- Zip-lock bag of sugar cookies
1- metal container of "Curiously Strong Altoid" peppermints
1- sugar cookie given by Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Military mementos (6 items):
1- cheese ration
1- cracker ration
1- green fatigue shirt "G. E. Ferguson" (starched, long sleeved, in good condition)
1- green beret (with Marine pin)
1- brass medallion on fabric chain "DFM 1st class E. J. Dyer 1963"
1- blue patent jewelry case (contains four military bar/pins, one gold anchor pin, one silver military star, one loader pin )
Alcoholic beverages (2 items):
1- aluminum Coors Light can (empty)
1- Freixenet Cordon Negro white wine (full)
Baseball caps (5 items):
2- black children's caps
1- white cap with green ribbon attached
1- black adult cap "Foxy 50"
1- navy blue adult cap "NAVY"
College sports letters (2 items):
1- purple letter "B"
1- navy blue letter "H"
Miscellaneous ephemera (11 items)
1- clock calendar
1 - marble paperweight, with oversized brass key;  #2144 inscribed on the back
1- Fort Lewis College Alumni bumper sticker
1- letter written to Jim Dyer from Michael J. Stratton (contains one small purple pin)
3- Colorado State Representative license plates
1- State of Colorado Elected Official authorized parking sticker
1- RTD (Regional Transit--Front Range bus service) legislative pass for Jim Dyer (Colorado General Assembly)
1- graduation mortarboard, blue
1- crystal "Colorado Rural Electric Association" Christmas ornament
Series 1.18 (Ephemera): Box 3

1.18 One week's worth of lobbyists' materials received by Dyer (retained as a sample)

Series 1.18 (Ephemera): Box 4, Awards/Plaques/Certificates
Folder Series Folder title
Awards/Plaques
(11 items)
1      1.18   Four Corners 125th Anniversary, commemorative envelope, 2000 July 12 (1 item).

2      1.18   Disabled American Veterans, Department of Colorado, “Legislator of the 
             Year, 1988-89, State Representative Jim Dyer for Outstanding Service to 
             Veterans,” 1989 May 18
3      1.18   Colorado Public Affairs Council, “In Appreciation-Representative Jim
             Dyer, Business Legislator of the Year,” 1989
4      1.18   Sunnyside Gold Corporation, award presented to Jim Dyer for help with
             “the passage of Senate Bill #213,” 1987 Oct. 26
5      1.18   Colorado Division of Wildlife, “Jim Dyer-State Representative-In
             Recognition of your support to the people of Colorado for fish and wildlife 
             management during 1987”
6      1.18  The Council of State Governments, recognition for Jim Dyer “for
             outstanding achievement and service to state government, the high honor and 
             designation of Toll Fellow, Class of 1988”
7      1.18   The Colorado Bankers Association, award to Jim Dyer for support of the
             banking industry in 1987
8      1.18   United Veterans Committee of Colorado, recognition to Jim Dyer for
             “extraordinary effort during the 1989 legislative session”
8b    1.18   Colorado Wings, recognition to Jim Dyer, 1993    
9      1.18   Geological Heritage Award, 1994,  and Colorado Am. Institute of Professional Geologists award, 1997.
10     1.18   First Annual Dyer Award, “In recognition of outstanding service in the field of problem gambling,” 1998 Oct. 2.
11     1.18   Representative Jim Dyer, Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of 
             Independent Business (NFIB) Colorado awards,1990, 1992, 1986, 1987-88, and 1996.  (5 items)

Awards/Certificates (2 items)
12     1.18   Community Health Center Advocate Award, presented to Senator Jim Dyer “for support of 2000 Community Health Center Legislative Priorities,” 2001 Feb. 14.
13     1.18   State of Colorado, Certificate of Appreciation to Jim Dyer for leadership and commitment to consumer protection and insurance reform, 1992 Sept. 24.

 

Series 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 2.1: Box 1

Series 1.14: Jim Dyer questionnaires
Folder Series Folder title
1 1.14 Questionnaires

Series 1.15: Jim Dyer recommendations and commendations
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.15   Recommendations and commendations.
2     1.15   Recommendations, attaboys, 1986-1995.

Series 1.16: Jim Dyer position papers
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.16   Jim Dyer position papers, correspondence, 1986-1995.

Series 1.17: Jim Dyer state boards and commissions records
Folder Series Folder title
1     1.17   State boards and commissions, term expiration lists, 1987-1988.
2     1.17   State boards and commissions, appointment correspondence.
 



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