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View of a huge dark cloud of dust possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A house and line of trees is barely visible. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

Keeping Libraries Relevant One One-of-a-Kind Item at a Time

A man reads at a table in the Western History department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Maps and large, bound books are on the table. Bookcases, filing cabinets, and model of a Colorado Midland locomotive and coal car are in the room.

Catalog Speak: What Does “C MSS” Mean? And What’s A Finding Aid?

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