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Stacks of large volumes on a wooden table

Help Us Digitize the Rocky Mountain News

Native American Ute girls pose at wooden desks and a sofa reading books inside their dorm, Southern Ute Agency school, Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado.

Native American Boarding Schools: Essay Contest Winner

Interior view at the Community Vocational Center at the Cosmopolitan Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; children listen to a Black (African American) woman read a story. Sign reads: "The Gold Star Reading Club."

Special Collections and Archives Blogs: Staff Favorites from 2022

Illustrated portrait of Harry L Freeman

Harry Lawrence Freeman: Seeking Documentation on an Important Event in 19th-century African American Music History

An interior view of the Clear Creek County Courthouse (?) in Georgetown, Colorado, including five Victorian rocking chairs lined up, a woman in slacks and a peasant blouse looking out the window, another rocking chair (partially visible), and wallpaper with small print. The chairs and floor shine from the window's light.

Civic Duty: Colorado Women and the Jury Box

May Arno Schwatt, n.d., courtesy of Charles E. Spivak

May Arno, “Musician, Author, Teacher, Actress”