All Denver Public Library locations will close early at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, and will be closed all day on Thursday, December 25, in observance of Christmas. More information.

News & Events

Leslie's Illustrated 1879

Homeless in Denver

Interior view of Harry M. Rhoads in his dark room; also shows a bellows camera.

Photo Sales Going All-Digital

Interior view at Dahlia Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; a Black (African American) man sits at the counter. Paintings top bookshelves.

New Black History Titles in the Blair-Caldwell and Western History Collections at DPL

Pauline RobinsonLibrarian N.A.A.C.P. freedom activist in her college years; responsible for the integration of Lakeside Amusement Park; coordinator of Children's Services, Denver Public Library; 1964, recipient of the Nell I Scott Memorial Award for outstanding Library service; college instructor, guest lecturer. Listed in Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in the West, and Who's Who in Library Services. Inducted 1973.

Pauline Short Robinson (1915 - 1997)

Pliny of the Plains: Marciano Aguayo and a Lifetime of Letters

Rolled and damaged paper

Resources for Preserving Your Archives at Home

An exterior view of the Park Hill Branch Library located on Dexter and Montview Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The Park Hill branch library building was built by architects M.R. & Burnham Hoyt and features spanish tiled roof, stucco exterior walls. Two vases are on either side of the brick steps.

Library Built On Heels Of Flu Pandemic Turns 100 During COVID-19 Pandemic

Dwight, Ed (1st black selected astronaut – sculptor)

Denver’s Historic African-American Community in Photographs

Denverites dig out from the Blizzard of 1913

How Denver Cleaned Up After the Blizzard of 1913

George Elbert Burr woodblock print of the Chicago World's Fair

Colorado, Racism, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

Taking a Trip on the Navajo Trail Highway

Photo of Cordova family

Dos Apellidos: When Families Have Two Surnames