Inside inscription by MLK Jr. to his parents

Celebrating MLK Day with the Archives

Jan. 21, 2019

Today we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose powerful writings and speeches denounced the brutal injustices of racial segregation, while also inculcating a sense of hope and moral responsibility that each of us has in creating a truly equal American society. The following historical...

Photo courtesy of Professor David E. Fishman of books rescued by Jewish inmates during the Holocaust

The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto

Jan. 10, 2019

CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, with a free public lecture by visiting scholar David E. Fishman, professor of history at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Fishman’s talk, “The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Chapter in Spiritual...

Jared Polis

Governor-elect Jared Polis Donates Congressional Papers to CU Boulder Archives

Jan. 2, 2019

Gov.-elect Jared Polis will archive his congressional papers in the CU Boulder Libraries Special Collections, Archives and Preservation department. The donation will make Polis’ archived website and social media available for the public in early 2019. Other congressional papers will be available in 2050, following an embargoed period commonly requested...

A sampling of works entering the public domain in 2019

Public Domain Day 2019

Dec. 31, 2018

For the first time in over twenty years, we will see an abundance of creative works pass into the public domain. On January 1, 2019, a wealth of literature, art, music, movies, and other creative works that had an authorized copyright in 1923 will lose their copyright protections and enter...

Wes and Linda as graduates.

A Love Story, With Maps

Dec. 10, 2018

One recipe for enduring love: A classroom encounter, a typewriter and a 1902 map of Colorado.

One of the pieces of the exhibit.

More than Geography: Panel Conversation of the Mapping Home/Collecting Truths Exhibition

Nov. 5, 2018

In honor of Geography Awareness Week , the Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library invites you to a reception and panel on Thurs, Nov 15, at 3:30 p.m., More Than Geography . The discussion, which begins at 4 p.m., engages the libraries’ current exhibition Mapping Home/Collecting Truths and...

Students looking at an exhibit case at the UMAS celebration.

UMAS Celebrates 50 Years in collaboration with CU Archives

Oct. 15, 2018

The University of Colorado's predominantly white campus was a culture shock for Ashly Villa-Ortega. Now a senior, she began studying at CU in the fall of 2015, mere months after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. She wanted to get involved somehow, because his vitriolic rhetoric upset her, and...

Artwork and photographs of the environment from the exhibit

Mapping Home / Collecting Truths: Works by Indigenous and International Artists

Oct. 8, 2018

CU Boulder University Libraries invites you to Mapping Home / Collecting Truths: Works by Indigenous and International Artists at the Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library , in Benson Earth Sciences . The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular library hours . Melanie Yazzie...

UMAS 50th Anniversary

United Mexican American Students to Host 50th Anniversary Celebration

Sept. 14, 2018

Community members are invited to attend a series of events marking and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Mexican American Students at CU Boulder, starting at 4:30 pm, Friday, September 14, in the Center for British and Irish Studies.

Boulder Prep students working with government information documents and maps.

Boulder Prep High School Students Explore Indigenous History

Aug. 15, 2018

Students from Boulder Prep High School visited CU Boulder’s Earth Sciences & Map Library and CU Boulder’s Government Information Library as a part of their intensive summer classes . David Atekpatzin Young teaches an Indigenous Studies class at the high school, and initiated the trip to view CU Boulder’s map...

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