Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Exposing Newspapers in Your Library Catalog
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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.
A Window to History: Exploring Huerfano County’s Historic Newspapers
It’s no secret that the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is a gold mine for regional news; in fact, the …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: New Wyoming Collections join the DPLA
Wyoming Historic Landscape Expands The Wyoming State Archives and the Campbell County Rockpile Museum recently became partners of the Plains …
A Window to History: Exploring Colorado’s College Newspapers
College newspapers occupy a sweet spot in the world of newspapers. The freedom their creators have, unlike most traditional newspapers, …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …