_contracts = new _widgetCollections.Contracts();
_contractDropDown = new _widgetViews.contractDropDown({
    collection: _contracts
});




And in a seperate file this is the collection definition:



(function (m, $, undefined) {
    (function (c) {
        (function (criteria) {
            (function (widgets) {
                (function (models) {
                    models.Contract = Backbone.Model.extend({
                        Value: "",
                        Text: ""
                    });
                }(widgets.models = widgets.models || {}));

                (function (collections) {
                    collections.Contracts = Backbone.Collection.extend({
                        model: widgets.models.Contract,
                        parse: function (xhrResponse) {
                            var r = _.map(xhrResponse, function (contract) {
                                return {
                                    Text: contract.Text,
                                    Value: contract.Value
                                };
                            })

                            return r;
                        }
                    });
                }(widgets.collections = widgets.collections || {}));

                (function (views) {
                    views.contractDropDown = Backbone.View.extend({
                        tagName: "select",
                        template: "<option value='{{id}}'>{{name}}</option>",
                        initialize: function () {
                            _.bindAll(this, 'render');
                            this.collection.bind('refresh', this.render);
                        },
                        render: function () {
                            var
                            self = this,
                                contractCombobox = $('#ContractList').data('tComboBox');

                            if (contractCombobox !== undefined) {
                                var telerikDs = _.map(self.collection.models, function (c) {
                                    return c.toJSON();
                                });
                                contractCombobox.dataBind(telerikDs);
                            }

                            return this;
                        }
                    });
                }(widgets.views = widgets.views || {}));


            }(criteria.widgets = criteria.widgets || {}));
        }(c.criteria = c.criteria || {}));
    }(m.c= m.c|| {}));
}(window.m= window.m|| {}, jQuery));