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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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

April 14, 2021

Time Machine Tuesday: I-70 Glenwood Canyon

The Glenwood Canyon highway construction project still ranks as one of the most ambitious engineering projects in our state’s history. …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

April 6, 2021

Time Machine Tuesday: The Day Colorado Had Three Governors

116 years ago today occurred one of the strangest events in Colorado political history — and now, thousands of pages …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

March 16, 2021

Historic Streetcar Systems of Colorado

A century ago, streetcars were used across America as one of the primary modes of transportation, particularly during the period …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

February 17, 2021

Borderlands of Southern Colorado

A new exhibit on view at the History Colorado Center “explores the shifting geopolitical history of southern Colorado.” While examining …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

February 11, 2021

LGBTQ History Now Included in CHNC

The Colorado State Library (CSL) and History Colorado (HC) are excited to announce the addition of the first 15 years, …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

February 1, 2021

Interview with OUT FRONT Magazine Co-owner, Addison Herron-Wheeler

Addison Herron-Wheeler is the editor-in-chief and co-owner of OUT FRONT Magazine (OFM), an LGBTQ magazine and daily online publication based …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

February 1, 2021

Touring Colorado’s Collections: University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries Joins the DPLA

The University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries recently joined the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), the Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of …

Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

January 27, 2021

Missing the Stock Show? Learn About Livestock, Virtually

The National Western Stock Show is one of Colorado’s oldest traditions. This January would have been the 115th annual Stock …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

January 21, 2021

Time Machine Tuesday: Denver Parks and Parkways

Visitors and those new to Denver often remark on the city’s miles of tree-lined parkways and extensive park system. In …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

December 22, 2020

Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100

The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be marking a century at the …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

December 8, 2020

Colorado Governors: Davis Waite

Colorado’s only third-party governor, Davis Hanson Waite, served in office from 1893 to 1895. Waite was a member of the …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

November 13, 2020

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 …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

November 3, 2020

Touring Colorado’s Collections: What’s in a Wildlife Researcher’s Toolbox?

This guest post was written by Sara Szakaly, MLS, Archivist & Records Manager for the APHIS Wildlife Services, WS National …

Plains to Peaks Collective

Leigh Jeremias

November 3, 2020

Where Do Coloradans Come From? And Where Do They Go?

Using census data from the past 150 years, the Colorado State Demography Office has prepared two new data visualization tools …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

October 21, 2020

CHNC: Making Historic Newspapers Easily Available to Your Patrons

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has partnered with many libraries and cultural heritage institutions around the state of Colorado …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Michael Peever

October 8, 2020

Time Machine Tuesday: Roaring Fork Valley Ghost Towns

Located near Aspen, Colorado, are the ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, two fascinating reminders of the mining boom era …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

September 22, 2020

Colorado Women in World War II

World War II wasn’t just won by our soldiers. Women played a huge role in the war, including serving in …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

September 17, 2020

LiDAR Scanning: A New Way of Looking at Old Places

If a historic or archaeological site disappears or changes, how will we remember what it looked like and how it …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

September 3, 2020

Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House

139 years ago this week, on September 5, 1881, occurred what was arguably the most anticipated event in Denver’s history …

Colorado State Publications Blog

Amy Zimmer

September 1, 2020

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