Touring Colorado’s Collections: Free Online Access to Aspen History
Aspen may be known as a destination for the rich and famous but its history is rooted in the humble …
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.
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 …
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). …
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 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 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 …
DEI in Libraries and Archives: Lessons Learned from a Reparative Description Project
This guest post is written by Nancy Henke. Henke earned her MA in Literature from Colorado State University and taught …
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 …
Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal of digitized historic collections from …
The Denver Public Library Brings the Rocky to CHNC
The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s oldest newspaper. Founded by William Byers during the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush, the …
19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women were finally guaranteed the universal …
New Online Discovery Tool to Search and Explore Colorado-Wyoming’s Historic Collections
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently launched a new search and discovery interface (ppc.dp.la) providing a single point of …
Evaluating Copyright and the Use of Standardized Rights Statements
The Plains to Peaks Collective, the Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America, works with its partners …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pines & Plains Libraries Digital Collection
Elbert County, named for Governor of the Territory of Colorado Samuel Hitt Elbert, was created in February of 1874 from …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center Finds Support for Collection Digitization
The Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center recently became a partner of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing …
CHNC: New Lower Pricing for Newspaper Digitization
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has recently lowered its pricing for digitizing newspapers and adding them …
Important Tips and Tricks for Correcting CHNC Text
Since 2015 there have been 827 CHNC users who have corrected over 5,521,820 lines of text in the Colorado Historic …
A Window to History: News from Amache – Colorado’s Japanese Concentration Camp
Camp Amache, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center, was a Japanese concentration camp located in Granada, Colorado from …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: City of Thornton Archive Digital Collection
“Situated at the foot of the rockies, Thornton will rise majestically on the heights overlooking Denver” proclaims the marketing materials …
April 23: CHNC Reaches 2 Million Pages and Celebrates Historic News
April 23, 1859 proved to be one of the most exciting days in the history of Colorado journalism. On this …