Colorado newspapers in Special Collections
Garden Level Storage
Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette 1873 - 1906; 1924 - 1942
Colorado Springs Gazette (daily) Feb. 1877 - 1946
Colorado Springs Gazette - Telegraph (daily) Feb. 1946 - Aug. 31, 1970
(lacks May 1972 and December 1975)
Gazette Telegraph Sept. 1, 1970 - July 31, 1976
Colorado Springs Republic and Telegraph Jan 3 - Feb 28, 1893
Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph 1893 - 1946 (called the Colorado Springs Evening Herald from Nov. 1909 - July 1910)
Special issues (in boxes), including: No. 503; Dec. 18, 1879; No. 5507; Jan. 1, 1896; Out West 100th Anniversary, 1872-1972; Colorado Rush to the Rockies Centennial Edition, 1859/1959; Golden Anniversary Edition, July 31, 1921; Souvenir Edition, Nov. 6, 1806; New Year's Editions for 1899-1900 and 1905-1906; Evening Telegraph Annual Edition, January 25, 1903; Evening Telegraph for Jan. 1, 1906; Gazette Telegraph special section commemorating the 75th anniversary of Colorado College, January 31, 1949; covers for: Fifty-Thousand Population Edition; Tourist & Investment Edition, July, 1899; Carnival Edition, Sep. 1899; Quarto Centennial, 1876-1901.
Second Floor South
Pikes Peak Herald Oct. 1887 - March 1893 (becomes.)
Colorado Springs Weekly Telegraph March 16, 1893 - Dec 26, 1902
Colorado Springs Daily Republic Sept. 1881 - Aug. 30, 1893
Colorado Springs Republic (tri-weekly) Jan. 1887 - June 1889
Colorado Springs Republic (daily) July 1889 - May 1891 (becomes.)
Colorado Springs Republic and Telegraph July 1, 1891 - Dec. 1892
Colorado Mountaineer Sept. 13, 1876 - Nov 14, 1877
Colorado Springs Weekly Republic and Mountaineer Jan - Dec 1893 (becomes Colorado State Republic)
El Paso County Republic Jan 1889 - May 1891
Colorado Springs Evening Mail April - Nov 1901
Colorado Independent April 16, 1942 - Dec 31, 1953
El Paso County Democrat Oct. 6, 1894 - July 6, 1923 (becomes...)
Colorado Springs Farm News July 13, 1923 - Dec. 24, 1935 (becomes...)
Colorado Springs News Jan. 1, 1936 - Oct 29, 1955 (becomes...)
Week End Nov. 5, 1955 - July 12, 1957
Green Mountain Falls Echo Feb. 1888 - Feb 1890 (incomplete) and Vol. 6, No. 17 [March 1893?]
Pikes Peak Journal 1944 - 1985; 1987 - 2002
Sam's People and Politics Aug. 1958 - April 1959
Colorado Springs Free Press Feb. 1947 - Dec. 1962 - March, 1967
Colorado Springs Observer September 12, 1926 - September 29, 1926
Cripple Creek newspapers (bound together into three volumes)
Cripple Creek Crusher Dec. 1892 - July 1894 (incomplete)
Cripple Creek Weekly Miner Jan. - Aug. 1895
Cripple Creek Mail Aug. 1895 -1898 (incomplete)
Cripple Creek Tribune, 1899 (incomplete)
Cripple Creek Prospector, 1893 (incomplete)
other Cripple Creek papers and articles
Short runs and single issues of Colorado newspapers, in boxes, Second Floor South
Box 1
Camp Carson Mountaineer, Colorado Springs
Vol. 1, No. 1-6, Sep. 10- Oct. 15, 1942; No. 8-17, Oct. 29- Dec. 31, 1942; No. 18-52, Jan. 17- Sep. 2, 1943
Vol. 2, No. 1-14, Sep. 9- Dec. 9, 1943; No. 16-17, Dec. 23- Dec. 30, 1943; No. 18, Jan. 6, 1944; No. 20-27, Jan. 20- March 9, 1944; No. 29-52, March 23- Aug. 31, 1944
Vol. 3, No. 1-2, Sep. 7- Sep. 14, 1944; No. 5-8, Oct. 5- Oct. 26, 1944; No. 10-17, Nov. 9- Dec. 28, 1944; No. 18-30, Jan. 4- March 29, 1945; No. 32-49, April 13- Aug. 9, 1945; No. 51, Aug. 23, 1945
Vol. 4, No. 1-17, Sep. 7- Dec. 28, 1945; No. 18-23, Jan. 14- Feb. 15, 1946
Box 2
Colorado Daily Mountaineer, Colorado Springs Vol. 1, No. 2, June 27, 1879; No. 16, Jul. 15, 1879
Colorado Methodist, Colorado Springs (bimonthly)
Vol. 1 No. 2 - 12 (missing 6 and 9), Jan. 1 - Jun 1 1882
Vol. 2 No. 32, April 1, 1883
Colorado Mountaineer, Colorado Springs (Weekly)
Vol. 3, No. 8, Oct. 21, 1875
Vol. 4, No. 1, Aug. 30, 1876; No. 2, Sept. 6, 1876
Vol. 6, No. 20, Jan. 8, 1879; No. 31, March 26, 1879; No. 34-35, April 16-23, 1879; No. 37, May 7, 1879; No. 45, Jul. 6, 1879
Vol. 8, No. 19, Jan. 28, 1881 (4 copies)
Colorado Presbyterian Monthly, Colorado Springs Jan., Feb., and April, 1882
Daily Republic, Colorado Springs (many with 2 copies)
Vol. 1, No. 4-15, Sep. 7- Sep. 20, 1881; No. 17-27, Sep. 22- Oct. 5, 1881; No. 29-34, Oct. 7- Oct. 13, 1881; No. 37-38, Oct. 17- Oct. 18, 1881; No. 41-51, Oct. 21- Nov. 2, 1881; No. 53-54, Nov. 4- Nov. 5, 1881; No. 66-67, Nov. 19- Nov. 21, 1881; No. 70-73, Nov. 25- Nov. 29, 1881; No. 76-77, Dec. 2- Dec. 3, 1881; No. 80-81, Dec. 7- Dec. 8, 1881; No. 85-86, Dec. 13- Dec. 14, 1881; No. 88-93, Dec. 16- Dec. 22, 1881; No. 95, Dec. 24, 1881; No. 98, Dec. 29, 1881; No. 100, Dec. 31, 1881; No. 104, Jan. 5, 1882; No. 106, Jan.7, 1882; No. 109, Jan. 11, 1882; No. 111, Jan. 13, 1882
Vol. 2, No. 21-22, March 24- March 25, 1882; No. 81, June 2, 1882; No. 103-107, June 28- Jul. 3, 1882; No. 109-112, Jul. 5- Jul. 8, 1882; No. 114-124, Jul. 11- Jul. 22, 1882; No. 126-131, Jul. 25- Jul. 31, 1882; No. 133-140, Aug. 2- Aug. 10, 1882; No. 142, Aug. 12, 1882
Daily Times, Colorado Springs
Vol. 1, No. 30, May 5, 1884; No. 33-34, May 8- May 9, 1884; No. 36-37, May 12- May 13, 1884; No. 57, June 5, 1884; No. 100, Jul. 26, 1884
Vol. 2, No. 30, Nov. 5, 1884
Daily Transcript, Colorado Springs 20th year, No. 41, Feb. 18, 1914
Box 3
Colorado Springs Advertiser Vol. 4, No. 16, Aug. 15, 1941
Colorado Springs Chronicle Vol. 1 No. 1 (all published?), 1969 (souvenir newspaper)
Colorado Springs Independent, West Colorado Springs Vol. 41, No. 2, Feb. 8, 1924
Colorado Springs Sentinel 1969: Aug. 28, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, Vol. 1 No. 5-9
Colorado Springs Sun (formerly Free Press)
Vol. 1, No. 1, April 5, 1970
Vol. 3, No. 191, July 9, 1972 (Centennial Progress and Silhouette Magazine)
Vol. 4, No. 24, Jan. 24, 1973
Vol. 5, No. 221, Aug. 9, 1974
Colorado Springs Times Vol. 7, No. 15, Feb. 8, 1974
The Cheyenne News and the Ivywild Times June 13, 1913
The Falconews, U.S. Air Force Academy June 5, 1963
Labor News, Colorado Springs Vol. 13, No. 29, Jul. 9, 1914
The Magnet, Colorado Springs
Vol. 1 No.10 (2 copies) June 9, 1880
Vol. 2 No. 3 April 13(20), 1881
The Manitou Item, Vol. 1 May 27, 1882 (reproduction)
The Mining Investor Colorado Springs Vol. XLVII September 23, 1907
The New West Colorado Springs No. 1 December 1878 (4 copies)
Pikes Peak Journal, Manitou Springs Vol. 53, No. 17, April 26, 1935 (Spring Tourist Edition)
Pikes Peak News Vol. 1 Manitou Springs Season of 1891
Pikes Peak Oil News, Colorado Springs
Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 17/24, 1920; No. 2, March 2, 1920; No. 4-5, March 16- March 23, 1920; No. 11, May 4, 1920; No. 13, May 18, 1920; No. 15, June 1, 1920; No. 17, June 15, 1920; No. 22-24, Aug. 3- Aug. 31, 1920
Presbyterian News, Colorado Springs Vol. I, No. 1, Aug. 11, 1910 and No. 2, Sept. 11, 1910
Public Opinion, Colorado Springs Oct. 17, 1914, Feb 26, 1916, Oct. 28, 1916
Recall News, Colorado Springs No. 1, Jan. 25, 1919
The Times Journal Colorado Springs Vol. 1-4, 10-12 March - May 1974
Ute Pass Weekly Vol. 5 No. 1-8 July 7, 1922 - September 8, 1922 (2 sets)
Box 4
Cripple Creek Citizen
Vol. 2, No. 507, Jan. 4, 1899; No. 510, Jan. 7, 1899 (2 copies); No. 536, Feb. 7, 1899 (2 copies); No. 558, March 4, 1899; No. 560, March 7, 1899; No. 572, March 21, 1899; No. 587, April 7, 1899 (3 copies); No. 608, May 2, 1899; No. 610, May 4, 1899; No. 639, June 7, 1899; No. 665, Jul. 7, 1899
Vol. 3, No. 684, Sep. 2, 1899; No. 677?, Aug. 2, 1899; No. 688, Sep. 7, 1899 (3 copies); No. 691, Aug. 7, 1899; No. 700, Sep. 21, 1899; No. 709, Oct. 2, 1899; No. 714, Oct. 7, 1899; No. 736, Nov. 2, 1899; No. 762, Dec. 2, 1899; No. 766, Dec. 7, 1899; No. 778, Dec. 21, 1899 (2 copies); No. 788, Jan. 2, 1900
Cripple Creek Prospector, Fremont, El Paso County Vol. 1, No. 1, Dec. 8, 1891
Cripple Creek Sunday Herald Souvenir Edition, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1895
Cripple Creek Times, Cripple Creek, El Paso County
Vol. 1, No. 32, Oct. 29, 1896
Vol. 2, No. 14, June 17, 1897; No. 32, Oct. 21, 1897; No. 42, Dec. 30, 1897
Vol. 3, No. 4, March 31, 1898; No. 17, June 30, 1898; No. 24, Aug. 18, 1898; No. 37, Nov. 17, 1898; No. 41(?), Dec. 15, 1898
Vol. 5, No. 48, Feb. 14, 1901
Aug. 23, 1902; June 15, 1902
Vol. 7, No. 44, Jan. 22, 1903
Vol. 9, No. 35, Nov. 24, 1904 (2 copies)
15th year, Dec. 22, 1905
18th year, Sep. 12, 1909
Cripple Creek Times/ Victor Daily Record
Times 21st / Record 14th Annual Edition, Jan 1, 1913
Times Vol. 25, No. 1/ Record No.-, 24th Annual New Year's Edition, Jan 1, 1916
Daily Press, Cripple Creek & Victor.
Cripple Creek: Vol. 3, No. 195
Victor: Vol. 3, No. 304, Aug. 23, 1902
Morning Times, Cripple Creek Vol. 3, No. 319, April 26, 1896
Morning Times-Citizen, Cripple Creek
1900: Aug. 25, Oct. 18, Nov. 5, Nov. 7; 1901: March 20, March 26, April 17; 1902: Jan. 1 (10th Annual Review)
Times-Record, Cripple Creek Vol. 47, No. 151, Jul. 24, 1939; Vol. 57, No. 8, Feb. 25, 1949
Aspen Times, Aspen. Vol. 66, No. 43, Oct. 23, 1947
Boulder County News Vol. 8, No. 43, Sep. 7, 1877
Chaffee County Republican, Buena Vista.
Vol. 74, No. 1, March 19, 1954
Vol. 75, No. 1, March 25, 1955
Vol. 76, No. 1, Mar, 25, 1956
Clear Creek Mining Journal, Idaho Springs.
Vol. 17, No. 32, Sep. 8, 1939
Vol. 32, No. 29, Aug. 17, 1956
Colorado Central, Golden. Vol. 1, No. 5, Aug. 3, 1878
Colorado Chieftan, Pueblo. Vol. 5, Whole No. 1219, April 15, 1876
Colorado City Iris Vol. 23, No. 42, Oct. 18, 1912
Colorado City Journal Vol. 1, No. 18, Nov. 28, 1861
The Courier, Gunnison County. Vol. 17, No. 55, Sep. 9, 1948
Daily Journal, Breckenridge., Vol. 2, Whole No. 386, No. 75, Oct. 18, 1881; Whole No. 391, No. 80, Oct. 24, 1881
Del Norte Prospector (Creede Candle consolidated)
Vol. 70, No. 44, Dec. 1, 1944
Vol. 79, No. 32, Sep. 11, 1953; No. 33(?), Sep. 18, 1953
Durango-Cortez Herald April 1959
Durango Herald-News Vol. 6, No. 191, Aug. 14, 1957
El Paso County Courier
Vol. 1 1st Edition July 15, 1965
Vol. 2 2nd Edition July 29, 1965
Estes Park Trail Vol. 30, No. 46, March 2, 1951
Fairplay Sentinel, Fairplay, Park County Vol. 3, No. 30, Dec. 30, 1875
Garfield Banner, Tin Cup, Gunnison. Vol. 1, No. 6, Oct. 15, 1881
(Georgetown, Clear Creek County.)
Vol. 78, No. 5, June 17, 1954
Vol. 80, No. 13, Aug. 16, 1956; No. 15, Aug. 30, 1956
Vol. 81, No. 3, June 6, 1957; No. 23, Oct. 3, 1957
Georgetown Courier
Vol. 1, No. 15, Aug. 30, 1877; No. 18, Sep. 20, 1877; No. 19, Sep. 27, 1877; No. 21, Oct. 11, 1877; No. 25-32, Nov. 8- Dec. 27, 1877
Vol. 2, No. 41, Feb. 28, 1879; No. 44, March 13, 1879
Vol. 6, No. 50, April 26, 1883
Gilpin County Miner, Central City.
Vol. 3, No. 22, Jul. 13, 1939; No. 30, Sep. 7, 1939
Golden Globe, Golden, Jefferson County Vol. 10, No. 10, May 13, 1882
Greeley Tribune Oct., 1886
Gunnison News Champion Vacationland Guide
May 3, 1951
5th Annual, Vol. 75, No. 19, May 7, 1953
6th Annual, Vol. 76, No. 17, April 28, 1954
75th Anniversary Edition, Jul. 13, 1955 (2 copies)
Las Animas Leader, Bent County 75th year, No. 1, May 21, 1947, Anniversary Edition
The Leadville Democrat July 24, 1881
The Leadville Herald-Democrat August 31, 1887
Manhattan Prospector Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 17, 1887
Mountain Echo, Green Mountain Falls
Vol. 1, No. 18-22, Aug. 1- Oct. 14, 1976
Vol. 2, No. 1-9, Nov. 8, 1976- June 30, 1977
Mountain Mail (formerly the Salida Daily Mail- Record), Salida.
Vol. 17, No. 117, Oct. 17, 1955
Vol. 76?, No. 263, June 11, 1956
Oct. 26, 1957
North Park Union, Walden, Larimer. Vol. 3, No. 27, Feb. 10, 1899
Box 5
Nucla Forum, Nucla.
Vol. 1, No. 1, June 25, 1953; No. 3-5, Jul. 9- Jul. 23, 1953; No. 8, Aug. 14, 1953; No. 10-13, Aug. 28- Sep. 13, 1953; No. 15-19, Oct. 2- Oct. 30, 1953; No. 22-26, Nov. 20- Dec. 25, 1953; No. 27-47, Jan. 1- May 28, 1954; No. 50-52, June 4- June 18, 1954
Vol. 2, No. 1-7, June 24- Aug. 6, 1954; No. 9, Aug. 20, 1954; No. 11-25, Sep. 3- Dec. 17, 1954; No. 27-47, Jan. 7- May 27, 1954; No. 49-51, June 3- June 17, 1954
Vol. 3, No. 1-3, June 24- Jul. 8, 1955; No. 6-16, Jul. 15- Oct. 7, 1955; No. 18-22, Oct. 21- Nov. 25, 1955; No. 24-27, Dec. 9- Dec. 30, 1955; No. 28-32, Jan. 6- Feb. 3, 1956; No. 34-35, Feb. 17- May ll, 1956; No. 47-52, May 25- June 29, 1956
Vol. 4, No. 1, Jul. 6, 1956; No. 3-4, Jul. 20- Jul. 27, 1956; No. 5-9, Aug. 3- Aug. 31, 1956; No. 11-15, Sep. 14- Oct. 12, 1956; No. 17-21, Oct. 26- Nov. 23, 1956; No. 23-25, Dec. 7- Dec. 21, 1956; No. 41, April 12, 1957
Vol. 5, No. 23, Dec. 6, 1957; No. 32, Feb. 14, 1958; No. 35, March 7, 1958; Vol. 6, No. 4, Jul. 25, 1958; No. 10, Sep. 6, 1958; No. 15, Oct. 10, 1958; No. 18, Oct. 31, 1958; No. 24, Dec. 12, 1958; No. 25, Dec. 19, 1958
Box 6
The Occident Hillerton, Gunnison County, Colo. July 5, 1879 (facsimile)
Ouray County Herald Vol. 72, No. 33, Aug. 15, 1957; No. 38, Sep. 19, 1957
Park County Republican & Fairplay Plume, Fairplay. World Edition, with Hawaiian section, Summer 1960
Pueblo Chieftan Aug. 19, 1957
Rocky Mountain News, Denver. Final edition: February 27, 2009. Saguache Crescent, Saguache. Vol. 75, No. 31, Aug. 5, 1954; No. 46, Nov. 18, 1954
Salida Daily Mail- Record, Salida. Vol. 13, No. 30, Jul. 2, 1948
San Luis Valley Graphic & Monte Vista Reporter, Monte Vista, Rio Grande.
Vol. 32, No. 46-51, Aug. 18- Sep. 22, 1916
Vol. 33, No. 1-3, Oct. 16- Oct. 20, 1916; No. 5, Nov. 3, 1916
Silverton Standard & The Miner
Vol. 17, No. 18, March 24, 1906
Vol. 47, No. 19, March 27, 1936
Silverton Weekly Miner Vol. 31, No. 35, March 23, 1906; No. 36, March 30, 1906
Solid Muldoon Vol. 1, No. 1, Sep. 5, 1879
Steamboat Pilot, Steamboat Springs 75th year, No. 1, Jul. 30, 1959 (75th Anniversary & Progress Edition)
Summit County Journal, Breckenridge, Summit County. Vol. 57, No. 29, Aug. 7, 1936
Triangle Echo, Green Mountain Falls Vol. 1, No. 1-4, Nov. 20, 1975- Jan. 8, 1976; No. 6-10, Feb. 5- April 1, 1976; No. 12-16, May 6- Jul. 1, 1976
View, Colorado Springs Vol. I, No. I-VII, February - July 1987
Voter's Inning (Colorado edition) [1912?]
Weekly Register-Call, Central City Vol. 78, No. 9, Sep. 8, 1939
Box 7
San Miguel Forum (combining Telluride Tribune and Norwood Star), Telluride and Nucla.
Vol. 15, No. 6, March 30, 1956; No. 20, Jul. 13, 1956; No. 45-52, Jan. 25- Feb. 22, 1957; Vol. 16, No. 1-6, March 1- April 5, 1957; No. 8-17, April 19- June 21, 1957; No. 19-27, Jul. 5- Aug. 30, 1957; No. 30-43, Sep. 20- Dec. 27, 1957; No. 44-48, Jan. 3- Feb. 7, 1958; No. 50, Feb. 21, 1958; No. 53-58, March 14- April 18, 1958
Vol. 17, No. 7-15, April 25- June 20, 1958; No. 17-19, Jul. 4- Jul. 18, 1958; No. 21-25, Aug. 1- Aug. 29, 1958; No. 27, Sep. 12, 1958; No. 29-30, Sep. 26- Oct. 3, 1958; No. 32-33, Oct. 17- Oct. 24, 1958; No. 35-39, Nov. 7- Dec. 5, 1958; No. 42, Dec. 26, 1958
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