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Poster gathered near Civic Center Park in Denver after a protest that took place in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder. The text reads "I couldn't breathe" and shows a drawing of George Floyd.

Assembling the George Floyd Protest Collection at DPL

Photo of first iteration of WHG research room in 2021.

Special Collections and Archives opens new service point at DPL's Central Library

View of a trash can in Denver, Colorado; letters read: "Rubbish." Advertisements read: "Balsam for Colds," and "Cordove Cigar Co."

How Early Denver Dealt With Its Garbage

Rocky Mountain News - December 6, 1952

OF FLYING SAUCERS AND FRAUD: THE SILAS M. NEWTON STORY

[William N. Byers] [art original].

William N. Byers: Contributing to a Massacre

Portrait of Magdalena Gallegos as a young woman, the local historian and author poses with her hands on her hips in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.

Magdalena Gallegos (1935 - 2021)

Juneteenth - June 19, 1865

Juneteenth: The Other Independence Day

Aerial view of a flooded Arkansas River, damaged buildings and rail yards in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Pueblo Smelter, the Nuckolls Packing Company building, standing water identified as "Death Lake", a flooded Missouri Pacific Railway Company rail yard, Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad bridges, and City Hall with a domed cupola.

Anniversary of the Great Pueblo Flood of 1921

Train #101, City of San Francisco; 14 cars, 75 MPH.               Photographed: near Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30, 1939.

Amtrak's 50th and the Longevity of Passenger Trains

A Chinese man poses on a wooden sidewalk near a business district possibly in Colorado. A nearby sign on a building reads: "[?]ng Lee [La]undry".

What happened to Denver's Chinatown, and its residents?

An epson scanner connected to a mac desktop, archival papers are laid out on the desk, a pair of white gloves are used to handle the archival papers.

Staff Spotlight: Stevie Gunter, Archivist Librarian

Cleo Parker Robinson 1981

Cleo Parker Robinson (1948 - )

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