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Manuscript Monday: The 23 Club

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:48pm

Manuscript Monday is back with...stuffed birds? Read on about the 23 Club!

T he 23 Club, also known as The Crow's Nest, was a men’s s

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Kibitzers, you're ten years too late!

Submitted by abrown on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 12:57pm

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Manuscript Monday: Symphony Orchestra Figurines

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 5:30pm

Greetings manuscript friends. Today’s collection is a very unique one: the Powell orchestra figurines.

Meet the Denver Miniature Symphony Orchestra, a miniature collection of figurines created by Dr. and Mrs.

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Manuscript Monday: Edwin Palmer Hoyt

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 2:42pm

Welcome back to Manuscript Monday. Forgive the absence last week as we were busy processing, planning, and plotting. This week’s feature is the Edwin Palmer Hoyt collection, a diverse collection from former editor of the Denver Post.

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Creating Your Community Survey

Submitted by kinsey hamilton on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:23pm

The Creating Communities team here in WHG are working diligently to build an exciting new website, and would love your input! We've compiled a short survey below. If you have a couple minutes to help us out, we'd greatly appreciate it!

You can jump to our survey here: Creating Your Community Survey

(We promise it's short and won't take long.)

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Manuscript Monday: Denver's first house?

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 5:27pm

There are conflicting accounts of who built the first “house” in Denver. This week’s collection highlights Anselm Holcomb Barker, thought to have built the first permanent house in the city. What do you think?

Anselm Holcomb Barker, born 1822, was an Ohio native. Early in his life he was a blacksmith, and later became a businessman.

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Manuscript Monday: Corky Gonzales

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 4:56pm

Corky Gonzales was a Denver-born, Mexican-American activist, poet, sportsman, and much more. Learn more about him in this week's Manuscript Monday.

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The Women Of The Wild West

Submitted by kcutsfor on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 2:00pm

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Horse Racers Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy

Buffalo Bill's Wild West cowgirls were some of the most talented women to ever entertain a crowd.

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Call for Nominations: 2011 Western History Award

Submitted by lauriekm on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 10:57am

The Denver Public Library Commission invites nominations for the 2011 award.

The annual Eleanor Gehres Award recognizes an individual or organization that has made a significant gift of library material (books, manuscripts, photographs, maps or other items), scholarship, se

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Buffalo Bill Salutes You!

Submitted by kcutsfor on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 11:57am

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William Frederick ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody (1846-1917) was an iconic figure in the Old West and in American historical lore.

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