Preserving History. Creating Knowledge.
The Center for Colorado & the West (CC&W) at Auraria Library advances understanding of Rocky Mountain history. Signature projects enrich educational experiences for students on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus and beyond. Students selected as Kenneth King Foundation Fellows and interns work with faculty supervisors to build unique digital research collections, oral histories, and mini-documentaries. Active partnerships with Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society ensure coordinated efforts to further public history scholarship on Colorado and the West.
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Mary Somerville, MLS, PhD Center Co-Director University Librarian Library Director | Tom Noel, MLS, PhD Center Co-Director |
Advisory Board
Holly Arnold, The Fort Restaurant, Morrison
Polly Baca Co-Chair, Colorado Latino Forum and former Colorado State Senator
*William J. Convery, Colorado State Historian
Dana Crawford, Urban Neighborhoods
*Dana EchoHawk, University of Colorado Denver History Graduate Student and Executive Director of Colorado Scholarship Coalition, Louisville
Steve Friesen, Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden
Janice Fritsch, Secretary/Program Officer, Kenneth King Foundation
Dennis Gallagher, Auditor, City of Denver
Rich Grant, Director Communications, VISIT DENVER: the Convention and Visitors Bureau
Jim Hare, Executive Director, Colorado Preservation, Inc.
*Pam Holtman, Chief of Resource Management, Colorado National Monument
Ernest House Jr., Executive Secretary, Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs
*James Xavier Kroll, Manager, Western History Department, Denver Public Library
Stephen J. Leonard, Professor and Chair, History Department, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Ed Nichols, President and CEO, Colorado Historical Society
Robert S. Pulcipher, Denver Posse of Westerners
Duane A. Smith, Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango
Robert F. Sweeney, President/Director, Kenneth King Foundation
Joan Trocolli, Denver Art Museum
*Christine Whitacre, National Parks Service Program Manager, Intermountain Regional Heritage Partnerships
Sid Wilson, Beckwourth Mountain Club and Black American West Museum
*University of Colorado Denver history MA graduates