Digital Collections: New Addition to Camp Amache Collections!

Special Collections and Digital Initiatives

The latest addition to our Camp Amache collections is a book report on the history of communication and transportation submitted to Amache High School history teacher Katherine Odum by a Japanese-American student identified as "M. Miura." Miura's report is a breathtaking example of the talent and drive exhibited by so many of the internees at Campa Amache, and is replete with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations…

Illustration of Camp Amache Internee in History of Transportation scrapbook.

More Access to Anthropological Writings!

Researcher Support Services

The Library now offers access to Anthropology Plus, a subscription suggested by a number of Anthropology professors. Anthro Plus supplies indexing to many journal titles previously not covered by Auraria Library databases. 

Anthropology Plus supplies indexing of global publications in the fields of social, cultural, medical, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, as well as ethnology, ethnography, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary…

Photograph of Islamic Art piece.

Preparing for finals? Auraria Library is here to support you! 

Auraria Library

The Auraria Library will stay open later from May 1st through May 12th.

  • Monday: 7:30am - 12am
  • Tuesday: 7:30am - 12am
  • Wednesday: 7:30am - 12am
  • Thursday: 7:30am - 12am
  • Friday: 7:30am - 8:00pm
  • Saturday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
  • Sunday: 9:00am - 8:00pm

Students study in the Auraria Library, image source @ CU Digital Assets

Join Us in Celebrating National Poetry Month

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Events in the Library

April 17, 2017  |  1:00pm – 3:00pm  |  Discovery Wall

Auraria Library is hosting an Auraria Campus Faculty & Student Poetry Reading in honor of National Poetry Month on April 17th at the Auraria Library Discovery Wall from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Faculty poets scheduled to read include Sommer Browning, Ramon Del Castillo, Brian Dickson, Sandra Doe, Wayne Miller, and Kona Morris. Student poets scheduled to read include Carol…

Black and white sketch along side of Yo Soy Joaquin poem

Digital Collections: Granada Pioneer - Camp Amache's Newspaper

Special Collections and Digital Initiatives

The latest addition to Auraria Library Digital Collections is The Granada Pioneer, the official internee-run newspaper of Camp Amache. Our holdings consist of a straight run from October 1942 until March 1943. The paper itself was printed and distributed in Camp Amache every three days (sometimes more frequently) and had both English and Japanese-language text. The Granada Pioneer was essential in keeping…

Image of from page for Granada Pioneer newspaper from 1942.