Touring Colorado’s Collections: Free Online Access to Aspen History
Aspen may be known as a destination for the rich and famous but its history is rooted in the humble beginnings of a mining camp …
Plains to Peaks Collective
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) is the Colorado and Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA. The Plains to Peaks Collective helps libraries, archives, and museums share unique digital collections with a wider audience.
This page features news about the Collective and the digital collections of Colorado and Wyoming. To learn more about the Plains to Peaks Collective, and how your institution can participate, visit the website PPC.cvlsites.org.
DEI in Libraries and Archives: Lessons Learned from a Reparative Description Project
This guest post is written by Nancy Henke. Henke earned her MA in Literature from Colorado State University and taught composition and literature there for …
Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal of digitized historic collections from Colorado and Wyoming, recently launched …
New Online Discovery Tool to Search and Explore Colorado-Wyoming’s Historic Collections
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently launched a new search and discovery interface (ppc.dp.la) providing a single point of access to Colorado and Wyoming’s …
Evaluating Copyright and the Use of Standardized Rights Statements
The Plains to Peaks Collective, the Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America, works with its partners to make their historic digital …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center Finds Support for Collection Digitization
The Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center recently became a partner of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing over 8,300 historic photographs with …
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 the Digital Public Library of …
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 Wildlife Research Center located in …
Touring Wyoming’s Collections: New Wyoming Collections join the DPLA
Wyoming Historic Landscape Expands The Wyoming State Archives and the Campbell County Rockpile Museum recently became partners of the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) sharing …
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 State Library (CSL) derive meaning from their work, as well …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News, Plains to Peaks Collective
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Front Range Community College Digital Archive
Originally the North Campus of the Denver Community College system, which was created in 1967 by an act of the Colorado State Legislature, Front Range …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: The Art of Eugene George Standingbear
This guest post was written by Bethany Williams, Collections Access Coordinator, History Colorado. Content from “Between Two Worlds: The Life and Art of Eugene Standingbear”, Colorado …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Clear Creek County Digital Collection
For a lot of Coloradans, Clear Creek County is a place that you spend a lot of time while you are on your way somewhere …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Early Denver Dental School Featured in Medical History Collection
This guest post was written by Paul Andrews, Collection Development Technician, The Strauss Health Sciences Library. The Strauss Health Sciences Library at the University of …
Our Historic Story Keeps Growing…..
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently grew to over 260,000 historic items now available for searching in the national platform – the Digital Public …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Voices of Ignacio Digital Collection
If you haven’t spent time exploring the southwestern part of our state, you may not be familiar with Ignacio Colorado. Nestled in the southeast corner …
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 the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The PPC, the …
New Colorado and Wyoming Collections Join the DPLA
The Plains to Peaks Collective – a partnership of the Colorado State Library and the Wyoming State Library – is excited to announce that our …
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 trove of historical information on Colorado. The State Publications Library …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Greetings from Southwest Colorado!
Today quick messages and family updates are sent by text message, Facebook, Instagram or other social media posts. But before social media and cell phones, …