A Window to History: Hate in America

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) over 550 newspaper titles are broken down by categories: from Ghost Town publications to Ethnic Newspapers, CHNC has it all. As part of the… (Search hits: 12 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 266.69)

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: 8 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 264.52)

Important Tips and Tricks for Correcting CHNC Text

…correct an incomplete word or word connected by hyphen, for example “depart-ment”? If the word has a hyphen the system will search the word by removing the hyphen and join… (Search hits: 16 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 305.63)

In Their Own Words

…through their drawings, rather than their words, while Tell Me, Grandmother, passes down the oral traditions of the Arapaho people. Other documents in their own words include Frederick Chapin’s Colorado,… (Search hits: 2 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 314.99)

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: 2 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 248.99)

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: 4 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 247.65)

CHNC: Over 900,000 Pages and Going Strong!

…219,000 new pages. Our latest addition of newspaper content included additional issues of the Palisade Tribune (Mesa County), the Salida Mail (Chaffee County), the Mountain Mail (Chaffee County), the Colorado… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 257.04)

Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado

…in 1948. Jackson’s niece remained in Dearfield until her death in 1973. A few of the buildings still exist today. Historic Newspaper Articles About Dearfield News Items Negro Town for… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 255.46)

Topics in History: Baseball

…about Baseball Local Baseball News There will be a meeting Rocky Mountain News February 5, 1866 Base Ball Rocky Mountain News February 28, 1866 The National Game Rocky Mountain News (Search hits: 7 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 254.79)

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: 5 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 250.03)

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: 250.03)

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: 250.03)

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: 250.03)

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: 6 in body, 1 in title, 1 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 259.14)

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: 4 in body, 0 in title, 1 in categories, 1 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 247.65)

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: 247.65)