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Creating Communities

Creating Communities gets new grant funding

An Established Community with a Proud Future: Park Hill c 1966
University of Denver scenic illustration overlooking University Park neighborhood, circa 1890
Auraria Historic Tours Brochure, 1977
Restaurant license for David Mallard in Five Points, 1932
Baist's real estate atlas of surveys of Denver, West Colfax Neighborhood: Plate 23, 1905
Lake Junior High School Grades 7 and 8, 1938

It has always been said that all good things must come to an end.

So it is that I report that phase one of the Creating Communities project is ending on the 30th of September.  For all of t

Creating Communities Website: Let Us Know What You Think!

Creating Communities Website: Let Us Know What You Think!

Have you visited the Creating Communities website from the Western History Genealogy Department yet?

We've gathered information about seven of Denver's historic neighborhoods in the Neighborhood Histories section of the site.

Snow Baths and Elephant Hunts...

From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 10 Numbers 5 and 6, 1927 May-June
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 13 Numbers 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 13 Numbers 7 and 8, 1930 July-August

Did you ever try to take a snow bath on a hot summer day?

It’s 9:00 in the morning and as I sit in the air-conditioned photo lab of the Western History Department, I’m thinking that it’s about time to put my sweater on.  Yes, you he

Creating Communities Website Launches August 1st!

Creating Communities Website Launches August 1st!

The Creating Communities Website launches August 1st! We encourage you all to explore the website and learn more about the history of Denver.

The Western History Genealogy Department, in partnership with the City of Denver, History Colorado, Auraria Library, and University of Denver Penrose Library has brought together a number of histor

Did you go to Gove in 1924?

Did you go to Gove in 1924?
Did you go to Gove in 1924?

These folks did.

Sure we have lots of old photos, but ...

This one has names of each individual on the back.

Don't you wish your grandparent went to Gove?

 

Creating Communities Beta Website is Live!

Creating Communities  Beta Website is Live!

The Creating Communities beta website launched in June! Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Western History Genealogy Department, in partnership with the City of Denver, History Colorado, Auraria Library, and University of Denver Penrose Library has brought together a number of historic resources and digitized archival materials. We encourage you all to explore the website and learn more about the history of Denver.

The website is available at: creatingcommunities.denverlibrary.org. The official launch is in August.

WHG receives a DAM

Western History receives a DAM

A new digital asset management system for Western History!

The Western History and Genealogy Department is proud to announce that OCLC's CONTENTdm (Cdm), a digital asset management system, or DAM will be coming to the Department.

Tis the Season...

From "Park Hill Topic" newsletter October 13, 1933.
From "Park Hill Topic" newsletter October 13, 1933.
A football player poses in uniform near a house in Denver, Colorado. circa 1900
During a football game on Main Street Breckenridge circa 1900
circa 1903
circa 1910
Football squad Durango High School, Durango, Colo. circa 1930
Little American Football League in a gym in Denver, Colorado.  circa 1950

Want to know what a real circus is? Just go to a football game.

With the holidays in full swing I’ve realized that we as a country have developed unique traditions during this time of year.  Sure our holidays are still centered around family, friends

The Legend of Nettie Moore

The Legend of Nettie Moore
The Legend of Nettie Moore

 Sometimes finding a treasure is really more a matter of stumbling than strategic planning!

 

Creating West Colfax

West Colfax Welcome Sign (Denver, Colorado)
Stuart Street Historic District (West Colfax, Denver, Colorado
Western Hills Motel, West Colfax neighborhood (Denver, Colorado)

As part of the Creating Communities project here at DPL we are scanning materials in the library’s archive and using these materials to tell the story of neighborhoods in the