First item in Hal Sayre Papers collection available

The first item in the Hal Sayre Papers collection from the UCB Archives is available in the CU Digital Library in the form of Sayre's handwritten, first-person diary recounting the Sand Creek Massacre. The print collection includes numerous diaries, extensive personal and business material, maps, legal papers and business records. A short description of the collection is available on the Archives website (p. 143) and in the MARC record in Chinook.

The Sand Creek diary is being published ahead of the rest of the collection to coincide with the Chief Niwot Exhibit at the Boulder History Museum, which runs through November 25, 2012.

As always, significant collaboration was required to present this material. Metadata Services worked with Debbie Hollis in Special Collections, Holley Long in Libraries IT, and Bruce Montgomery & Dave Hays in Archives to make the beginnings of this collection available, which will be amended over time with additional digitized material.

Please direct questions about the metadata portion of this digitization project to Michael Dulock.