Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872

…Colorado Daily Chieftain – July 9, 1872 “The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore” – Rocky Mountain News – July 11, 1872 “Woodhull and Claflin Arrested” – Rocky Mountain News –… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 257.77)

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 Newspapers Collection! That’s an impressive number and with that in… (Search hits: 8 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 257.77)

Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History

Newspaper Articles/Ads About Rocky Ford Melons La Junta Tribune, Volume 21, Number 41, August 15, 1900 Middle Park Times, July 12, 1912 Aspen Daily Times, August 25, 1908 Historic Newspaper… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 254.84)

The Altrurian, Montrose County’s Cooperative Newspaper, Joins the CHNC!

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection continues to grow as we happily welcome our newest title, The Altrurian, to our online catalog! This title is especially unique not only because it… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 253.67)

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 a whopping total of 121,267 lines of text between April… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 253.67)

CHNC Proudly Welcomes The Denver Voice!

This month, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection welcomed the Denver Voice to its online catalog and we could not be more excited! Our users will now have access to nearly… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 253.61)

Topics in History: Leadville’s 1896 Crystal Carnival and Palace

…gold. The Pikes Peak Gold Rush or Colorado Gold Rush brought prospectors to the area where they founded a town called Oro City. Unfortunately, the gold in this “gold city”… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 252.58)

OCR Correction Makes Our Shared History More Accessible to All

the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC). Over the past three years, we have added more than 600,000 pages of historic newspapers to the collection, including 91 new titles, 5 new… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 252.99)

Want to become a Top Journeyman Editor?

Maybe what you’re really asking yourself is what is a Journeyman Editor? In the world of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC), a journeyman editor is a text corrector. Correcting… (Search hits: 4 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 251.29)

LGBTQ History Now Included in CHNC

…on Colorado that cannot be found in other newspapers, and will be invaluable to students and researchers searching historic newspapers and those researching the LGBTQ community. CSL staff member, Mike… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 251.22)

A Window to History: Alternative Newspapers from 1969-1980

I might have extolled the virtues of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) diverse titles once or twice before, and this month’s Window to History is no exception. Today, we… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 251.22)

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 to its slogan “Experience Colorado as It Happened”… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 250.6)

CHNC Comes to Marmot

…well as how fascinating and entertaining old newspapers can be), and may not realize that lots of historic newspapers are available to them at the click of a button. Making… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 250.6)

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 Newspapers Collection (CHNC) lives up to its slogan “Experience Colorado… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 250.6)

Topics in History: Valentine’s Day

Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary sources. For this and other topics, please visit the Colorado Historic Newspapers Topics page. For questions about CHNC, contact Leigh Jeremias, ljeremias@colordovirtuallibrary.org… (Search hits: 4 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 248.83)

Black History is Colorado History

Photo from The Statesman June 19, 1909 The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is more than just an online catalog for Colorado’s Historic news publications. It is an open educational resource… (Search hits: 4 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 248.22)