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Pauline Robinson
Librarian
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

Taken during the Italian campaign, the photograph shows two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers relaxing in a haystack by reading magazines. In the background are mountains and leafless trees.

Western History and Genealogy Blogs: Staff Favorites from 2020

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

Denver’s Historic African-American Community in Photographs

How Denver Cleaned Up After the Blizzard of 1913

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

Taking a Trip on the Navajo Trail Highway

Dos Apellidos: When Families Have Two Surnames

Photograph of Charles Boettcher School student June Goodrich, age 18, working at a mimeograph at the Charles Boettcher School in Denver, Colorado.

Behold! Mobile Scanning Apps

View of the Pioneer Monument at the intersection of Colfax Avenue, Cheyenne Place, and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A statue on top of the monument depicts a man on horseback. A sign on a building reads: "AAA Auto Club."

Denver's Pioneer Monument and a Legacy of Controversy