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Digital Collections

These digital collections provide online access to images, documents, audio and video about the history and development of Colorado.

Statewide

CollectionHostDescription


Colorado Session Laws Digital Collection

University of Colorado-Boulder, William A. Wise Law LibraryLaws enacted by the General Assembly of Colorado, 1861-1992.
Colorado State Publications Library: a collection of born digital publications from Colorado state agencies.


Colorado State Publications Library Digital Repository

Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of EducationA collection of digital publications from Colorado state agencies.
Meet the Inductees in the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.  Nominate in odd numbered years; inducted in even numbered years.


Colorado Women's Hall of Fame

Colorado Women's Hall of FameMeet the Inductees in the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Nominated in odd numbered years; inducted in even numbered years.


Denver Public Library Digital Collection

Denver Public LibraryHistoric photographs, illustrations, and maps from Colorado and the American West.


Colorado Historic Newspapers

Colorado State LibrarySearchable database of 194,000 pages from around 200 Colorado newspapers, 1859-1923.
Open access to online collections from six major Colorado universities and University of Wyoming. Documents and topics vary widely.


Mountain Scholar

MultipleOpen access to online collections from six major Colorado universities and University of Wyoming. Documents and topics vary widely.


Archive.org

Archive.orgOpen-source internet archive with millions of historic documents, videos, photos, films, and audio. Link automatically generates results of a search for "Colorado."


History Colorado Online Collection

History ColoradoSearchable database of photos, artifacts, documents, and art from Colorado's past.


Western Waters Digital Library

MultipleProvides access to a wide range of significant resources on water in the Western United States, including Colorado. Includes  water literature, legal transcripts, maps, reports, personal papers, water project records, photographs, audio recordings, and videos. 

Regional

CollectionHostDescriptionRegion


Pikes Peak Library District Digital Collections

Pikes Peak Library DistrictSearchable database of resources on the Pikes Peak region.Pikes Peak


Digital Collections, Center of Southwestern Studies

Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis CollegeIncludes more than 12,000 historic images of the American Southwest.Southwest Colorado


970West Digital Collection

Mesa County LibrariesContains thousands of photos, videos, and artwork related to life in Western Colorado.Western Slope

County

CollectionHostDescriptionCounty


Boulder County Latino Oral History Collection

University of Colorado-BoulderA collection of interviews with Boulder County Latinos, c. 1900-2013. Topics include discrimination, employment, Los Seis de Boulder, and Latino culture in Colorado.Boulder County


Maria Rogers Oral History Program

Boulder Public LibraryA collection of audio and video interviews with residents of Boulder and Boulder County.Boulder County


JeffCo Stories

Jefferson County Public LibraryA collection of oral histories, transcripts, and photographs of Jefferson County, Colorado.Jefferson County


Colorado State University Digital Collections

Colorado State UniversitySets of resources on Colorado State University and Fort Collins/Northern Colorado. Topics include sugar beet industry, Germans from Russia, photographs, CSU history, maps, agriculture, water history, feminism, and jazz.Larimer County


Museum of Northwest Colorado

Museum of Northwest ColoradoOral histories of Moffat County residents. Topics include ranching, auto industry, development of Craig, mining, schools, farming, and hunting.Moffat County


Pueblo Legacy Oral Histories

Pueblo County Community Library DistrictMore than 1,600 hours of oral histories of the Pueblo area, recorded from the 1970s-1990s.Pueblo


Weld County Images Collection

High Plains Library DistrictHistoric photos from Weld County and the Colorado High Plains.Weld County

City

CollectionHostDescriptionCity


Archive Aspen

Aspen Historical SocietyIncludes sets of historic photos, oral histories, historic directories and other records, and historic newspapers.Aspen


Fort Collins History Connection

Fort Collins Museum of DiscoveryIncludes online exhibits and resources related to the history of the Fort Collins area.Fort Collins


Longmont Museum Online Collection

Longmont MuseumContains historic photos of the Longmont area dating to 1871.Longmont


Steelworks Center of the West Online Collections

Steelworks Center of the WestIncludes historic images and other resources from the Colorado Fuel & Iron steel plant and related topics on Pueblo, CO.Pueblo