Old Sidwell

The Ultimate Collection of Historic Sidwell Relics

The following information has been gathered from former employees and is presented here for all to see and to perhaps bring back some memories.

I had collected most of the newsletters and other documents over my 42+ years at Sidwell. Several items were provided by Denise & Tom Lester and Gary Lobdell. I know that I am missing "Sidwell Map News # 122". Please contact Dave Larson (contact info below) if you have additional materials that you would like me to scan and include here.

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Newsletters: Inside Sidwell (1975)

  • Inside The Sidwell Company 1975 Winter (credit to Denise Lester)

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Newsletters: Sidwell Map News 1977 - 1984

Newsletters: Sidwell GIS News 1988 - 1990

Newsletters: The Sidwell Flyer 1995 - 1997

Newsletters: News from Sidwell 1997 - 1999

Newsletters: The Source 2003 - 2004

Meiborg's Musings

Bob Meiborg was a long-term Sidwell employee and he was in charge of Photogrammetry for quite some time. He sent several of these documents to Denise and she shared them with me. One of the reasons he put these documents together was to help keep his memory fresh.

  • Meiborg Employee Whereabouts1 (credit to Denise Lester)

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  • Meiborg Employee Whereabouts2 (credit to Denise Lester)

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  • Meiborg Twilight of Sidwell Photogrammetry (credit to Denise Lester)

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  • Meiborg Rise and Decline of Sidwell (credit to Denise Lester)

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Promotional Materials

Miscellaneous Documents

Videos

Photos

  • Wall Map from North Ave Building. This map showed old Native American trails and settlements. Where is it today? It was donated to the Schingoethe Center of Aurora University. (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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Photogrammetry-related Photos

  • Tech working on Sidwell SFOM Plotter - Bob Meiborg, technician, and Jerry Phillips ca. 1968 (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Old stereoplotters? (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Sidwell Airplane at Hangar - Bill Syring (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Topographic Map Negative (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Alignment of contact prints? (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Kern PG-2 Stereoplotter connected to Intergraph Workstation.jpg (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Zeiss Stereoplotter - Chris Wason (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • PC-Based Stereo Compilation Workstation - This worked by alternately flashing left/right images synched with special shutter glasses to see the stereo image. - Bob Sifferd (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Sidwell Booth - Jennifer Barlas (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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Employee Photos

  • Bob Nelson (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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  • Sidwell Employee Photo year:20xx? (credit to Gary Lobdell)

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It was created and is hosted by David Larson (updated 3/27/2025 11:55). You can contact me by email at this address:[email protected]