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[[Image:1024px-Colorado rocky mtns.JPG|left|400px|File:1024px-Colorado rocky mtns.JPG]] '''History Colorado''', formerly known as the '''Colorado Historical Society''', is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of Colorado. It houses the state’s largest body of combined artifacts, documents, and photographs illustrating Colorado’s history and people. | |||
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The organization maintains 13 historic sites and 10 museum sites. Of greatest interest for Colorado genealogists is the Stephen H. Hart Library and Research Center, which has a newspaper collection, directories, indexes, access to Ancestry and digitized Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.<br> | The organization maintains 13 historic sites and 10 museum sites. Of greatest interest for Colorado genealogists is the Stephen H. Hart Library and Research Center, which has a newspaper collection, directories, indexes, access to Ancestry and digitized Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.<br> | ||
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== Collection<br> == | == Collection<br> == | ||
Research Center holdings include <br>'''* marked items found in online catalog:''' | Hart Research Center holdings include the following: | ||
<br>'''*marked items can be found in the online catalog:''' | |||
*Books on Colorado and Western history, biography and fiction <br> | *Books on Colorado and Western history, biography and fiction <br> | ||
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*Manuscript collections – papers of Colorado individuals, organizations, and businesses <br> | *Manuscript collections – papers of Colorado individuals, organizations, and businesses <br> | ||
*Newspapers – more than 1700 Colorado newspaper titles, including 150 current titles. *Serials covering industry, agriculture, archaeology, historic preservation, and social organizations <br> | *Newspapers – more than 1700 Colorado newspaper titles, including 150 current titles.<br> | ||
*Serials covering industry, agriculture, archaeology, historic preservation, and social organizations <br> | |||
Photography collections – approximately one million images of Colorado and the West, including the William H. Jackson glass negative collection and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad archives <br> | Photography collections – approximately one million images of Colorado and the West, including the William H. Jackson glass negative collection and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad archives <br> | ||
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C.W.A. Materials- reference files and interviews compiled by the Civil Works Administration and the Writer’s Project series <br> | C.W.A. Materials- reference files and interviews compiled by the Civil Works Administration and the Writer’s Project series <br> | ||
Artifact Collections- furniture, paintings, interior and industrial design, clothing, ethnography, archaeological collections, tools and machines, military items, and more <br> | Artifact Collections- furniture, paintings, interior and industrial design, clothing, ethnography, archaeological collections, tools and machines, military items, and more <br> | ||
== Services<br> == | == Services<br> == | ||
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