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The National Archives at Denver holds the historically significant records of Federal Government agencies and courts in MT, ND, SD, WY, CO, UT, and NM.
Broomfield, CO
Joined June 2018
In one case it was an educational angle. Others provide history lessons. And yet in others – pure fantastical entertainment. In this blog we explore examples of plays put on by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, fragments of which can be found in our holdings!.
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Hunger enters stage right wearing a tight fitting black costume, a skeleton painted on the front and back. Hunger walks to the edge of the stage purposefully, then in a strolling fashion back to th…
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If you missed the premiere of "From the Territory of Montana to the Republic of South Vietnam; Researching Native American Veterans in the National Archives, 1881-1966" back in May, not to worry! The talk can be found on our YouTube channel!.
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RT @USNatArchives: Students and recent graduates, have you applied for the National Archives' Voluntary Internship Program yet? Submit your….
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In the winter of 1944 the Empire of Japan began releasing thousand of intercontinental balloon bombs destined for the American mainland. This is that story, as seen in our Bureau of Indian Affairs holdings!.
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Today’s post is by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives at Denver Let’s take a trip back…80 years ago…to 1945. It is 8:00 PM in the late spring evening, so the endless Montana sky still l…
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We’re halfway through National Ice Cream Month and there are just too many choices!. This 1946 menu found in our Office of Price Administration holdings showcases the variety of ice cream delicacies sold by The Bungalow in Bozeman, MT. We especially like the prices!
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Our hearts were broken with this weekend’s news of the fire destruction at the @GrandCanyonNPS North Rim. While many iconic structures enjoyed by millions over the decades may have been lost, they live on in our holdings!
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Oregon Caves National Monument turns 116 years old today! One of the highlights of the park is the impressive Oregon Caves Chateau. We like this April 1946 photo we found in our @usbr holdings.
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#OTD Happy 135th Birthday Wyoming! Here’s Cheyenne’s center in 1873 from the Surveyor General’s POV when it was the territorial capital. It has grown a bit since then!
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Wishing you all a very happy 4th of July and hope you get to take in some great fireworks!. From the @usbr, here we see a show at Grand Coulee Dam in 1950. Employees had pooled funds to host the show, shot from the dam roadway over the reservoir for all the guests to enjoy!
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RT @USNatArchives: From Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, to celebrate Independence Day 🇺🇸, the National Archives will displa….
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Today we’d like to recognize the work of some remarkable folks! This notebook was kept by the @usfs Intermountain region dispatcher in the summer of 1960 & remember, all that people-shuffling was done by telephone! #NationalWildlandFirefighterDay
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For #USPostageStampDay we're highlighting stamped envelopes from case US v Kiyoshi Okamoto, et al; a criminal case found in our USDC Wyoming holdings involving Japanese-American prisoners resisting the draft. 3¢ stamp "Win the War" was printed July 4, 1942.
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Happy 119th Mesa Verde! We found this advertisement which was run for your 50th in 1956 in your records. Also a great congrats from the Director of the @natlparkservice! Glad you saved them for us to enjoy! #OTD
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Is this your type? The typewriter was patented #OTD in 1868. By 1893, the US government had implemented the new tech. Our Navajo Agency holdings show the Smith Premier Typewriter Co. promoting their version, and yes, we like this type, too!
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Nothing says summertime like freshly harvested fruit! In 1943, this young farmer picked a bounty at his family's orchard and today is found in our @usbr Boise Project holdings. Happy summer!
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We're paddling through #NationalRiversMonth by showing off our @usbr holdings featuring Kootenai River Falls in Libby, Montana and Hell Gate Dam on the Boise River.
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Happy Flag Day! . We love this unique 48 star flag found in a National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company brochure from our @forestservice holdings. Dating from 1916, it also highlights how their braid wool can be dyed.
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Raise a glass along with these cadets for #NationalDairyMonth! . While this 1963 photograph from our @af_academy holdings is uncaptioned, newspapers reported that the 1963 American Dairy Princess, Sandy Tibeau, visited the campus in February of that year.
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Ever wonder how all those records get added to our online catalog? Months of scanning has finally led to this index for Colorado naturalizations being fully available:
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