Topics in History: Leadville’s 1896 Crystal Carnival and Palace
The City of Leadville was founded in much the same way as many Colorado mining…
Digital Colorado
SIPA is Here to Help
The SIPA (Statewide Internet Portal Authority) recently opened applications for its 2019 Micro-Grant program. The…
Big Opportunities for Small Libraries: IMLS Launches New Special Initiative
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has launched a new special initiative, Accelerating Promising Practices…
John Charles Frémont: Senator, Governor, Presidential Candidate, and Explorer
When: 1813-1890 Where: Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains Why important: Explorer, Presidential Candidate, Civil…
Teacher Librarian Day 2019 – Registration open
Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region is proud to announce the 15th…
Temporary Discount on Newspaper Digitization Costs
As part of a promotional effort, one of the digitization partners working with the Colorado…
Free Online Professional Development in Digital Local History
Creating Local Linkages is a free online professional development resource for public librarians developed by historians…
DPLAfest 2019 Call for Proposals Now Open
DPLA is seeking proposals for DPLAfest, a gathering that will explore how libraries, archives, museums,…
Colorado’s Cultural Newspaper History
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection has once again grown by thousands of pages thanks to…
Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History
As Thanksgiving approaches, there’s a chance you may be swapping recipes with friends, recreating an…
Otto Mears: Pathfinder of the San Juans
When: 1840 – 1931 Where: Born in Russia and came to America at the age of…
DU’s Weekly Peanut and The Hesperus Student Newspapers Join the CHNC!
As our list of university newspapers continues to grow, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is…
Topics in History: The Coffee Myth and the Power of Advertising
In today’s health obsessed culture of fit watches and online trainers, it seems that most…
CHNC Proudly Welcomes The Denver Voice!
This month, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection welcomed the Denver Voice to its online catalog…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Historical Publications from the State of Colorado
You may not realize that one of the State Library’s own divisions is a treasure…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Greetings from Southwest Colorado!
Today quick messages and family updates are sent by text message, Facebook, Instagram or other…
CHNC News: Holy Cross Trail
For many Coloradans, climbing a fourteener is a rite of passage. There are 53 fourteeners…
Ready… Set….Go!
Earlier this month the Plains to Peaks Collective went live with its first collection in…
Plains to Peaks Collective Shares Historic Collections from Colorado and Wyoming with the Digital Public Library of America
The Colorado State Library is happy to announce that historic collections from Colorado and Wyoming…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pine River Library and the Stories of Bayfield, CO
A small town with a long history is a community with stories to tell; stories…