Services

Research Services

The Stephen H. Hart Library offers a basic reference package for patrons who are unable to come to the library. Our library staff can devote up to ½ hour of research per request and will send up to five photocopied pages of relevant material. Additional photocopied pages, if available, can be made. Please see fees listed below.

Basic Reference Package: (Includes up to 5 photocopied pages of relevant material + postage)
Colorado Historical Society member.........	$10.00
Colorado Resident..................................	$15.00
Out of State Individual.............................	$20.00
Commercial...........................................	$25.00
Additional Photocopied Pages:
6-25......................................................	$ .25 each
26-50....................................................	$ .50 each
51-100..................................................	$ 1.00 each
Additional Postage:	$2.00 for every 25 pages

We ask that you prepay with a check, money order or credit card number with expiration date (MasterCard, Discover, American Express or Visa). If you anticipate that your research project will result in more than five pages of photocopied material, please indicate on the research request form (below) the maximum amount you wish to spend.

Please make your request specific and include as much background information as possible. To effectively search for a newspaper notice of an event, such as a birth or death, we must have both the place and date. Although we can't guarantee that we will find what you are looking for, we will send a letter documenting our search and where possible, suggest alternative resources. If your request will require an extensive search, we will send a list of researchers with whom you can negotiate for a more detailed search.

Before requesting newspaper research, please check  Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection, a digital archive of Colorado's earliest newspapers,  to see if the article you need is available online. This is an ongoing digitization project that will eventually include Colorado newspapers up to 1924.

We appreciate your interest in Colorado Historical Society collections, and look forward to assisting you with your research.

Research Request Form

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