Western History & Genealogy Blog
Exhibits
Three Great Authors Left in the Scribes, Scholars & Storytellers Series
Submitted by HEvans on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:11pm
If you have yet to join us for the Scribes, Scholars and Storytellers Series...Goodnews! There are three great authors left!!!
Life on Colorado Rails: The American Passenger Car Era, 1930 to 1970
Submitted by jrogers on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:03pm
Today's blog post is by Lauren Giebler, Curator of the Colorado Railroad Museum. She describes a great new exhibit at the museum that gives you a wi
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
Submitted by HEvans on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 1:45pm
Saturday, April 27, 12:30-3 p.m.
Activities for the whole family! Storytime, Arts & Crafts, and Face Painting Light Refreshments ~ Free and Open to the Public
Book Plates: Not the Kind You Think
Submitted by R Metz on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 1:27pm
For the Second Annual Booklover's Ball in 1999, the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation commissioned twenty three acclaimed children's book illustrators to design ceramic plates celebrating li
Black History Month Events Ending Soon....
Submitted by HEvans on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 5:18pm
Hurry in...these two exhibits will run through the end of the month:
Barbara Coopersmith and Civil Rights in Denver: Exhibit January 15 – March 31 2013
Submitted by Noel on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 6:21pm- News
- Events
- Exhibits
- Photographs
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL) -- Denver
- Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region
- Barbara Coopersmith
- civil rights activists -- American West
- civil rights activists -- Denver
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- Denver
- Republican Party -- Colorado
- voter registration -- Mississippi.
Join us for an exhibit of civil rights photos honoring the life of Barbara Coopersmith, the Denver civil rights activist, in the Gates Room of Western History and Genealogy.
African American Quilters and Collectors Guild Quilt Exhibit
Submitted by HEvans on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 4:41pm
Exhibit:
Exhibit: Fences Retrospective
Submitted by HEvans on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 5:09pm
Exhibit on the August Wilson 10-play canon and its historical significance to Colorado and director, Israel Hicks.
Exhibit: Fences Retrospective
Submitted by HEvans on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 4:49pm
Written in 1985, Wilson’s Fences premiered at
