Celebrating Black Voices with the Book Club Resource
The Colorado State Library would like to invite everyone to celebrate Black History Month with our newly updated Book Club Resource! Over the past year, …
for schools
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 …
Computer Science Resource Bank
There’s no question that computer science is becoming an increasingly important subject in today’s schools. If you’re a computer science teacher, be sure to check …
Hey Teachers – Amazing Primary Sources and Source Sets Available Online
Want to capture the attention and imagination of your students, and get them involved in history in an immersive way – explore incorporating primary sources …
CHNC News! Historic African American Newspapers Now Available
In a few short years CHNC has grown tremendously and made some exciting changes. We have a new and improved website, reached 1 million pages …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Upping your Engagement – Getting More From the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Colorado has an interesting and colorful history. Whether you are interested in our mining past, railroad development and growth, livestock activity, agriculture, historic tourism, or …
CHNC Reaches Millionth Page Milestone
Growth of Database Causes Great Excitement. New Titles Added – More Counties Represented. DENVER COLORADO. August 13, 2017 — Although careful planning and hard work …
Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado
The town of Dearfield, located 30 miles east of Greeley, was established on May 5, 1910 by Oliver Toussaint Jackson, as a self-sufficient African American …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Topics in History: Baseball
The Colorado Rockies, Colorado’s major league baseball team, played their first home game in front of 80,227 fans at the now historic Mile High Stadium …
Topics in History: Women’s Suffrage
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, giving women the right to vote. On Election Day of that year, …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Mailing Lists 101
Consider the humble mailing list: it may look like regular email, but this communications workhorse has the power to create communities centered around specific topics. …
CHNC: Over 900,000 Pages and Going Strong!
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection recently reached over 900,000 pages of historic Colorado content. Since launching our new online database a little over a year …
Topics in History: National Western Stock Show
National Western Stock Show The first National Western Stock Show was held January 29 through February 3, 1906 at the Denver Union Stockyards. Since then, …
Topics in History: 1918 1919 Influenza Pandemic in Colorado
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Topics in History: Halloween
Halloween This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of …
CHNC News: We’ve added a new county!
Huerfano County history can now be found in CHNC. The Walsenburg World, published in Huerfano County from 1889 to 1933, has recently been added to …
Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Chicano Community Newspaper added to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is pleased to announce the addition of La Cucaracha, a Chicano Community Newspaper. Over one hundred issues from May 1976 …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Remembering Salida
Colorado has a long and rich history. That history is often told through the unique collections held at libraries, archives and museums found throughout the …
How do I…Start a Minecraft program?
Today’s post was written by guest author Stephen Tafoya, Technology Trainer at Garfield County Library District. I think the running joke now is, if you …