As you think about research topics for class assignments, Senior Thesis, and/or graduate seminar papers, consider exploring the various collections throughout the region. Explore! Travel! Research!
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library (Denver Public) The archival repository of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library houses more than 150 collections that come from an array of sources. The paper, audio, and visual materials include manuscripts, photographs, organizational records, broadsides, oral histories, and scrapbooks.
Colorado Division of Wildlife Research Library The Research Library was created in the late 1960s to provide support primarily to the wildlife research sections. The Library evolved to serve the broader information management needs of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff. Library collections are focused on wildlife ecology and associated ecological information and CPW public historical records such as Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting agendas and minutes.
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (CSPM) is the only institution researching, collecting and interpreting the robust history of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region.
Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections (Denver Public) This renowned online collection contains a selection of photographs, maps, broadsides, architectural drawings and other documents from the collections of the Western History/Genealogy Department chronicling the people, places, and events that shaped the settlement and growth of the Western United States.