Colorado Newspaper
Colorado Governor William Lee Knous
Newspaper Clippings ... The William Lee Knous collection comprises approximately 51 cubic feet ofrecord material spanning his two terms from 1947-1950. Major record seriesincluded in the collection are the Executive Record ; correspondence;reports; newspaper clippings; and administrative files. There is also a fileentitled "Papers of Judge Knous" (1934-1946). ... The collection includes 4 cubic feet of newspaper clippings. ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor Ralph L. Carr
There is also a separate collection entitled "The Governor's Council ofDefense," which has material spanning Carr's term during the first few years of WorldWar II. The "Council of Defense" collection has extensive documentationconcerning both World War I and World War II. It comprises 80 cubic feet of records andincludes publications; press releases; pamphlets and posters; correspondence; reports;subject files; newspaper clippings; memorandums; as well as numerous other record types. ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor James Peabody
Newspaper Files of James H. Peabody. Denver Public Library WesternHistory Collection. ... Newspaper Articles ... As the strike continued, it became warfare for unconditional surrender. Theclimax to the violence occurred on June 6, 1904, when Harry Orchard, who wasemployed by the union, dynamited the railroad station at Independence, Colorado,killing 13 non-union miners. The mine operators moved in and took over the pressof the Victor Record , which was a newspaper that had remained friendly tothe union. They also rounded up strikers and either confined them in theinfamous "bullpens" or took them under guard to the Kansas border andabandoned them there. Dozens were arrested without warrants and held withoutformal charges. General Sherman Bell of the Colorado National Guard shouted,"Habeus Corpus, hell! We'll give 'em post mortems." ... [Read More]
Clarence Morley
Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera ... The Clarence Morley Collection comprises 16 cubic feet of material, most of which spanshis term of office from 1925-1927. One cubic foot covers 1935-1945 when Morley wasarrested and sent to federal prison for mail fraud. Record series included in thecollection are applications and appointments to office, correspondence, the ExecutiveRecord , extraditions and requisitions, reports, speeches and messages, newspaperclippings and ephemera, photographs, and a special series "U.S.A. vs. Morley/MailFraud Case and Correspondence." Most of the collection is in its original format andis in good condition. ... [Read More]
Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Representing Colorado's First District: Homepage
Read Diana's column "Insurance Reform Must be Part of Liability Debate" in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. ... [Read More]
colorado.gov
A special note to Colorado newspaper or television web site administrators: If your site is not listed, please let us know by using the comments link on this page . Be sure to include your website's name/call letters and URL. ... [Read More]
Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations
Permanent files were transcribed with each record being placed on a registration card.Information was gathered county by county from all sources possible. In conjunction withinvestigation of burial plots and cemetery records, the research included many publicrecords, newspaper files, city and county records, assessors books, church records,morticians records, records of service and patriotic organizations, contact with friendsand relatives of the deceased veterans and county histories when available. Serviceconnections were checked with the Official Roster of Colorado Soldiers who served in theCivil War, local records of the Grand Army of the Republic and rosters of the the otherstates in the Union (3). ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
1859 A.D. Gold is found by George A. Jackson along Chicago Creek on present site of Idaho Springs. March 9, first stagecoach with mail for Cherry Creek settlements leaves Leavenworth, Kansas. April 23, first newspaper in the region, the Rocky Mountain News , is published by William N. Byers. May 6, John Gregory makes famous gold-lode strike on North Clear Creek, stimulating rush of prospectors, who establish camps of Black Hawk, Central City and Nevadaville. October 3, O.J. Goldrick opens first school, at Auraria. Jefferson Territory is organized without sanction of Congress to govern gold camps; officers are elected. Prospectors spread through mountains and establish camps at Boulder, Colorado City, Gold Hill, Hamilton, Tarryall, and Pueblo. ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor John Vivian
Governor Vivian enjoyed two hobbies, the first of which was writing. While atBoulder he worked as state editor of the Boulder branch of the old DenverTimes . He also wrote for the Rocky Mountain News as a city editor inmetro Denver. He quit writing for newspapers in 1911 to follow a career as alawyer, but would keep on writing prose and verse. In 1937, his poems andepigrams started to see publication in many nationally circulated newspapers andmagazines, including the Chicago Tribune and New York Times . Hewas criticized in some social circles as being snobbish for not publishing hiswork in the local papers, while his reputation for simple verse seemed too"yocal local" for the publishing elite. He transcended this problem bythe use of a pen name: Vivian Varian. John Charles Vivian always referred tohimself as a newspaperman at heart. Teller Ammons and Ralph Carr were the onlyother governors to share the occupation as newspapermen. ... [Read More]
United States Newspaper Program
The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
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