Expand your knowledge: These are all open to the public.
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Chicago-Colorado Colony Records, which tell the story of the 1870 colony that settled in, and eventually became, modern-day Longmont. (Norlin Library special collections) -
The David F. Day collection features microfilm of his diary from his time as “chief of scouts” for General Blair during the Civil War. (Norlin Library special collections)
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For pictures of the first ascent of Jagged Mountain in 1933, and other Colorado climbing firsts, check out the photo albums of Dwight Lavender. (Norlin Library)
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The early phonograph record collection has over 100 recordings from 1912-1940. (American Music Research Center)
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An extensive map collection which consists of around 200,000 maps. (Earth Sciences & Map Library)
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Visit CU’s “living library” with a collection of over 535,000 plants, lichens and mosses. (CU Herbaruim)
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The Grauman’s Theatre scores, with over 4,000 sheets of silent movie “soundtracks.” (American Music Research Center)
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An extensive materials collection contains everything from types of woods to geosynethics, most traditionally used in construction and design. (Engineering, Math and Physics library)
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A photograph collection by Henry Asa Allen, who President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched to document the construction of the Panama Canal. (Norlin Library special collections)
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The Red Scare collection contains FBI files on professors and administrators from anti-communist investigations. (Norlin Library)
Photo by Glenn Asakawa
