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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

Scott Brady, star of "Canon City," and Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of the Denver Post from 1946-1971, with a Denver Post newspaper, look at the headlines in an office in Denver, Colorado. A sheet with "The Denver Post Deadline Schedule" sits on the desk. The headline, about the 1947 prison break on which "Canon City" was based, reads: "2 Slain, 9 Captured, In State Pen Break, Stir Crazy Cons Lead Pen Break."

Special Collections and Digital Archives Blogs: Staff Favorites From 2021

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

How Do Librarians Work from Home?: Writing Solo

Bob Huff reads a Beadle's Half Dime Library dime novel titled "Fancy Frank of Colorado" in the Western History department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An illustration of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is on the novel.

Western History and Genealogy Blogs: Staff Favorites from 2019

Men and women work in the Bibliographic Center in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Books and stacks are nearby. A sign reads: "Please Do Not Close the C.B.I. and U.S. Catalogs Turn Pages Carefully."

Western History and Genealogy Blogs: Staff Favorites from 2018

At the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, John Milton targets a rolling graph paper with a mechanical pencil. The date on the paper is: "Jul 23 1968." The glass, metal, and rubber gasket cover is opened, and the surrounding metal frames have electronic components mounted in them. Gauges, toggle switches, dials, digital (mechanical) readouts, and RF cables front each of the instruments.

Bringing Western History to Life with Modern Analytics and Content Marketing Techniques

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