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Colorado Historic Newspapers

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 5 million digitized pages, representing more than 800 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 2024. New titles and issues are added on a regular basis. And best of all the CHNC can be browsed and searched for free!CHNC logo

Newspapers within the collection come from throughout the state, and include papers published in English, German, Italian, Japanese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. CHNC provides access to over 5,000,000 digitized pages from these newspapers. Digitization of additional newspapers continues through a local fund-raising model with contributions made by local libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations. Newspapers are digitized from microfilm or from the original newspaper.  For more information about the CHNC, see our help and forums page.  To explore the database of over two million pages of historic newspapers, check out CHNC yourself.

To explore Colorado and Wyoming Newspapers, check out the Plains to Peaks Historic Newspapers.

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Regan Harper

January 21, 2025

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!) …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Leigh Jeremias

November 13, 2024

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

November 4, 2024

“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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Leigh Jeremias

October 23, 2024

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

December 17, 2024

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

November 7, 2024

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

Michael Peever

March 19, 2024

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, Library Research Service

Sara Wicen

January 24, 2024

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Regan Harper

December 30, 2023

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Leigh Jeremias

November 8, 2023

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). …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Leigh Jeremias

November 28, 2023

“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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

April 3, 2025

Not Your Average Publication! New and Unique Additions to CHNC

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) team recently added two new publications — Camp and Plant,1901-1904, and The Cycling West, …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

June 5, 2023

CHNC Reaches 3 Million Pages: Thank you for the Support!

Two years ago, almost to the day, I wrote about Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) reaching 2 million pages. We …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

May 22, 2023

When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

April 3, 2025

Free Access to Digitized Historic Newspapers: Colorado and Beyond

Most of you know that Colorado offers free online access to historic newspapers through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC). …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

March 6, 2023

Rocky Mountain JIHO: Japanese American Life in Colorado

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently added the Rocky Mountain JIHO, 1969-1997, to the 650+ publications included in the …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

April 3, 2025

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2022 Fast Facts

Check out the first Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by LRS here! The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) lives up …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, Library Research Service

Sara Wicen

March 7, 2023

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Adding Newspapers to Your Library Catalog

Do you want to provide access to free historic newspapers directly from your library catalog? Meet Colorado State Library’s CHNC …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Amy Hitchner

December 9, 2022

University of Colorado Receives Grant to Digitize Colorado Daily Student Newspaper

This guest post was written by University of Colorado Boulder, University Libraries Archives. The University of Colorado Boulder, University Libraries …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

March 20, 2025

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