Our Historic Story Keeps Growing…..
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently grew to over 260,000 historic items now available…
digital collections
New Wyoming Collections added to the Digital Public Library of America
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently added new historic Colorado and Wyoming collections to…
Topics in History: Intersectionality in Colorado: Women’s Rights are Human Rights
As we continue to celebrate women’s history month here in Colorado and across the world,…
Caroline Nichols Churchill: Activist, Suffragist, Author
When: 1833-1926 Where: Born in Canada, but accomplished most of her work in Denver, Colorado…
Black History is Colorado History
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is more than just an online catalog for Colorado’s Historic…
New Colorado and Wyoming Collections Join the DPLA
The Plains to Peaks Collective – a partnership of the Colorado State Library and the…
CHNC Welcomes the Westminster Journal with help of SIPA & New Content Support Program!
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is proud to welcome Westminster’s first local news publication, The…
CLIR: Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Grant Available.
Council on Library and Information Resources: Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Digitizing Hidden Special…
Topics in History: The Lake County War
The Lake County War, as it has become known, was not actually a war at…
New Year, New Newspaper Support Program
CHNC New Content Support Program The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is excited to announce…
SIPA is Here to Help
The SIPA (Statewide Internet Portal Authority) recently opened applications for its 2019 Micro-Grant program. The…
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…
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…