Get To Know CSL: Leigh Jeremias on Archives, Digital Collections, and Our Connections to History
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
Colorado Historic Newspapers
A Window to History: CHNC’s Extraordinary Brightside Newspaper
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has a lot of gems in its archives. Brightside,…
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…
Transcribing Women’s Suffrage in Colorado
Many libraries, archives and museums are supported by a volunteer workforce. During this time of social…
Pedestrianism – A 19th Century Quirk for 21st Century Life?
Today – the first Wednesday in April – just so happens to be National Walking…
How Gunnison Dealt with the 1918 Flu Pandemic
The year was 1918 and a flu pandemic was in full swing. The disease would,…
CHNC and the Online Historic Newspaper Landscape
With over 1.7 million digitized pages representing nearly 400 newspaper titles stretching back to Colorado’s…
Impeachment: The View from Colorado’s Historic Newspapers
Whether it concerns moments in Colorado’s local history or happenings in the national arena or…
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,…
CHNC’s Text Correction Champions
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) is an outstanding resource for researchers and genealogists to…
Black History is Colorado History
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is more than just an online catalog for Colorado’s Historic…
Topics in History: Five Points: The Heart and Soul of Denver
In recent decades, the city of Denver has undergone a drastic transformation both aesthetically and…
OCR Correction Makes Our Shared History More Accessible to All
We at the State Library are honored to be partnering with the cultural and civic…
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…
Topics in History: The Lake County War
The Lake County War, as it has become known, was not actually a war at…
Topics in History: Leadville’s 1896 Crystal Carnival and Palace
The City of Leadville was founded in much the same way as many Colorado mining…
Temporary Discount on Newspaper Digitization Costs
As part of a promotional effort, one of the digitization partners working with the Colorado…
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…
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…