Library News
Auraria Library Poetry Reading
Collection Management and Discovery Division
Come celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading at Auraria Library! The reading will feature students and faculty from Metropolitan State University of Denver, Community College of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver including Brian Barker, Dr. Alicita Rodriguez, Charlotte Annie, Robert Kloss, Grace Wagner, Bret McCauley, and Steven Vigil-Roach.
Monday April 16th, 1-3 at the Library's Discovery Wall
Light refreshments will be provided.
Unearthed: Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrated by Gustave Doré
Special and Digital Collections Unit
We recently digitized Milton's Paradise Lost with Illustrations by Gustave Doré. This 1898 edition of John Milton's epic 17th century poem is one of several in our collection illustrated by legendary French artist, painter, printmaker, and engraver, Gustave Doré. Doré illustrated hundreds of works of literature, including Don Quixote de la Mancha, Dante's Inferno…
Unearthed: Directory of Ninth Street Historic Park
Special and Digital Collections Unit
Special Collections and Digital Initiatives recently unearthed a somewhat forgotten relic from the survey of Auraria's very own Ninth Street Historic Park. Prior to the demolition of the Auraria neighborhood, Ninth Street was the center of a densely-populated portion of Auraria, a small tract of which was preserved and is still in use today. The Directory of Ninth Street Historic Park, 1924-1973 was written by David J. Luebbers, a local researcher, for use by MSU…
New Digital Collection: MSU Denver Honors Theses
Special and Digital Collections Unit
Metropolitan State University of Denver Honors Thesis Collection collects and preserves Honors Program theses, capstones, and other terminal works generated by said program's graduate. This nascent collection will grow each year as the MSU Denver Honors Program prepares and submits accepted honors theses each semester.
From the MSU Denver Honors…
New Digital Collection: UCD School of Public Affairs Capstones
Special and Digital Collections Unit
The University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs Collection contains capstones and terminal graduate works created by SPA students.
From Wendy Boylard, facilitator of the SPA Capstone Program:
"The Capstone course is where students synthesize…
