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Digital Colorado

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.

Get To Know CSL: Leigh Jeremias on Archives, Digital Collections, and Our Connections to History

In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado State Library (CSL) derive meaning …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News, Plains to Peaks Collective

Michael Peever

July 15, 2020

A Window to History: CHNC’s Extraordinary Brightside Newspaper

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has a lot of gems in its archives. Brightside, I would say, is a …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

July 7, 2020

Pomp & Circumstances That are Out of Our Control: Commencement 2020

Each year, as spring turns to summer, colleges and high schools hold graduation ceremonies to commemorate academic achievement and slide …

CSL News, Digital Colorado

Marisa Wood

April 11, 2021

CHNC Contest Results and More Text Correcting Opportunities!

CHNC’s Competition Results The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) text correction competition was a roaring success, with 66 volunteers correcting …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

March 14, 2025

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Front Range Community College Digital Archive

Originally the North Campus of the Denver Community College system, which was created in 1967 by an act of the …

CVL Collections, Plains to Peaks Collective

Marisa Wood

January 25, 2023

Transcribing Women’s Suffrage in Colorado

Many libraries, archives and museums are supported by a volunteer workforce. During this time of social distancing many of these volunteers …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, Digital Colorado

Leigh Jeremias

April 10, 2021

Pedestrianism – A 19th Century Quirk for 21st Century Life?

Today – the first Wednesday in April – just so happens to be National Walking Day. It’s a timely marker …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

April 9, 2021

Stories of Colorado: Social Distancing Diaries

Looking for an activity to keep you busy, and connect with friends and family? Consider creating an oral history via …

CSL News, Digital Colorado

Marisa Wood

March 26, 2020

How Gunnison Dealt with the 1918 Flu Pandemic

The year was 1918 and a flu pandemic was in full swing. The disease would, all told, claim many millions …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

February 14, 2023

Colorado Libraries in the 2010s: Online Presence is Library’s E-Branch

Throughout January 2020, we will be taking a look back at the 10s and Teens in Colorado libraries. Our series …

CSL News, Digital Colorado

Marisa Wood

November 2, 2020

CHNC and the Online Historic Newspaper Landscape

With over 1.7 million digitized pages representing nearly 400 newspaper titles stretching back to Colorado’s beginnings as a territory, the …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

October 6, 2020

Impeachment: The View from Colorado’s Historic Newspapers

Whether it concerns moments in Colorado’s local history or happenings in the national arena or on the world stage, the …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

August 25, 2022

Touring Colorado’s Collections: The Art of Eugene George Standingbear

This guest post was written by Bethany Williams, Collections Access Coordinator, History Colorado. Content from “Between Two Worlds: The Life and …

Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

April 3, 2025

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Clear Creek County Digital Collection

For a lot of Coloradans, Clear Creek County is a place that you spend a lot of time while you …

CVL Collections, Plains to Peaks Collective

Marisa Wood

January 25, 2023

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Early Denver Dental School Featured in Medical History Collection

This guest post was written by Paul Andrews, Collection Development Technician, The Strauss Health Sciences Library. The Strauss Health Sciences …

Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

October 14, 2022

Our Historic Story Keeps Growing…..

The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently grew to over 260,000 historic items now available for searching in the national …

Digital Colorado, Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

January 25, 2023

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Voices of Ignacio Digital Collection

If you haven’t spent time exploring the southwestern part of our state, you may not be familiar with Ignacio Colorado. …

CVL Collections, Plains to Peaks Collective

Marisa Wood

January 25, 2023

Share Your Community’s Story Online with CVL Collections

The Colorado State Library is pleased to announce the launch of the CVL Collections program. This program was created to …

CSL News, CVL Collections

Marisa Wood

January 25, 2023

New Wyoming Collections added to the Digital Public Library of America

The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently added new historic Colorado and Wyoming collections to the Digital Public Library of …

Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

November 8, 2022

Topics in History: Intersectionality in Colorado: Women’s Rights are Human Rights

As we continue to celebrate women’s history month here in Colorado and across the world, it is vitally important that …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

April 3, 2025

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