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CAROLINE BANCROFT HISTORY PRIZE COMMITTEE NAMES 2020 WINNER

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 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