It Takes a Village: New News for Weld and Pitkin Counties
We have long said that the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is truly a statewide collection – not grown by …
Digital Colorado
Colorado’s digital footprint is growing and there are many ways to get involved. Explore highlights and news from digital collections and initiatives found throughout the state.
Digital Collections Stewardship 2025-26
For the second year, CSL is leading participants through Digital Collections Stewardship, a free online course from OCLC/Webjunction designed specifically to support the needs of small cultural institutions.
Socialism and a Denver Suburb: New Additions to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is fast approaching 6 million pages. Generally, the content added to CHNC is funded …
Desperately Seeking High School Newspapers – for CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) houses over 875 newspaper titles from every corner of the state, including many created …
CVL Collections: 2024 Year in Review
The CVL Collections program began in 2016 to help organizations in Colorado and Wyoming share their unique historic collections online …
2025 Support for Newspaper Digitization
CHNC New Content Support Program 2025 Don’t worry we know it’s still 2024! We decided to give everyone (including ourselves!) …
An Appreciation of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
This guest post was written by Jim England – lawyer, historian, and Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection top journeymen editor (correcting …
“Journalism is the first rough draft of history” – Philip L. Graham
Expanding Access to the Rocky Mountain News Collection The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s premier newspaper for nearly 150 …
Watch and Learn: Value-Added! Digitizing your Community’s Historic Newspapers
Historic newspapers hold information about past people, places and events. This important community history is often not recorded in any …
That’s a Quote! Bookmarks for Promoting Your Local CHNC Titles
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has been growing at a magnificent rate thanks to partnerships with local organizations such …
Digital Collections Stewardship
Calling all CO & WY cultural heritage organizations: we are now accepting applications for this program! Enhance your knowledge of digital collections through this free collaborative learning opportunity.
4 MILLION+ Pages of Colorado Historic Newspapers!
Less than a year ago, we celebrated the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) reaching 3 million pages. Thanks to the support …
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2023 Fast Facts
Check out the second Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by Library Research Service at LRS.org! The Colorado Historic …
CVL Collections: 2023 in Review
Since 2016, the CVL Collections program has been helping organizations in Colorado (and now Wyoming!) share their unique historic collections …
Growing the Digital Historic Newspaper Footprint of Colorado
Giving to the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection grows access to Colorado history for everyone! Our modern society has become accustomed …
1886 Colorado Brand Book Now Digitized
Thanks to the helpful folks over at Denver Public Library, we were able to borrow the original 1886 Colorado Brands …
CHNC: The Largest Digital Collection of Colorado-based Japanese American Newspapers
You may remember that last January the CHNC team added the Denver Japanese newspaper the Rocky Mountain JIHO, 1969-1997. First …
Rare and Unique Newspaper Issues: Only Available Online at CHNC!
Our partner the Wilkinson Public Library recently added a number of new issues to the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, (CHNC). …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Arvada Historical Society
Arvada Begins The town of Arvada began as many Colorado towns did, in response to the gold rush of the …
“Chinatown Is Now a Mass of Ruins”: How the racial violence of 1880 was reported in Denver
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently reached 3 million digitized pages! The collection contains a breathtaking amount of news …