Kerry Baldwin Research

15/10/2023

This is a good one! I browsed through so many bison pics for this episode.

If you missed part 1 of "Colorado Experience: Return of the Buffalo" you can stream it any time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feBV9fpWdK8

Part 2 of this epidoes airs Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on Rocky Mountain PBS!

25/07/2023

I'm trying to work from home today (researching Denver buildings). This is Olive, and she will not be ignored until I turn on videos of budgies 💛💚💛

12/07/2023

Here is a good opportunity, remote work with flexible part time hours. Basically, I send you a couple addresses each week and then help you to discover and report on the history of the buildings. I know some of you already do this for fun without getting paid!

The Discover Denver Research Associate performs historical research on buildings for the Discover Denver citywide building survey project. A partnership between Historic Denver and the City and County of Denver, Discover Denver is focused on identifying buildings throughout the city having historica...

23/05/2023

My work is never done! 

I recently had the opportunity to fact-check and update a chapter about sports in a well-known book about Colorado history (more on that when the new version is released). 

I guess I already need to update the section on basketball, yay! Go Nuggets!!!

BTW, did you know: 

Basketball was invented by James Naismith, director of the Denver YMCA

An early amateur league in Denver was called the Piggly Wigglys, AKA the Pigs

A team called the Larks (Colorado state bird) was re-named the Rockets and in 1972 became the Nuggets

25/04/2023

Thank you Denver City Council! If you watched last night's meeting, you may have heard several mentions of Discover Denver, a city-wide architectural survey. Some of the buildings are identified for further research, and that is my job! I work with an amazing team of volunteers to find the stories of Denver's buildings and communites.

The Denver City Council made its vote in the debate over whether to preserve an old Denver home or allow the owner to demolish it.

27/02/2023

I love when the stories of amazing women are highlighted.

Women and people of color are seriously underrepresented in historic photos, which made finding images for this episode especially challenging, but worth every second.

Meet the trailblazing women of the Santa Fe Trail.

28/11/2022

I looked at a lot of horse images for this one, not complaining 🐎

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3zeF6ChThe history of our country has always been told from the colonizers’ perspective. One mythology is th...

18/11/2022

Now this was a fun research project. Anybody else wish the ski jump was still there?

26/08/2022

Sitting here reading the early Rockys, and I can read every single word. Thank you DPL and CHNC!

They've landed! The first issues of the digitized Rocky Mountain News are available FOR FREE from the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, and boy, are they just beautifully clear. As CHNC said, "New and improved scans = improved OCR text = an improved search experience." This is the first of several installments; check back in the coming months for more updated scans! https://bit.ly/3CpSw3d



Alt Text: Front page of Daily Rocky Mountain News from September 3, 1860

22/06/2022

This is where I'll be on Saturday. Excited to hear stories from our Westwood neighbors.

Discovery Day in the Westwood Neighborhood This Saturday!

Join us this Saturday, June 25 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and learn about the Discover Denver citywide building survey and what we've discovered in neighborhoods throughout the city! The event will be held at the Southwest Improvement Council building, in Sam Sandos Hall.

Click this link for more information and directions to the event: https://www.discoverdenver.co/event/discovery-day-westwood-neighborhood

We invite you to bring historical information, old photographs, brochures and memories of the Westwood neighborhood (or, other parts of Denver) to share with the Discover Denver project. We'll have project volunteers and equipment on site to scan documents and to capture stories.

The information you provide can help Discover Denver communicate what makes Westwood, and Denver, special! We hope to see you there!

A partnership between Historic Denver, Inc. and the City and County of Denver, Discover Denver is a citywide building survey focused on identifying the buildings that are historically, architecturally or culturally significant. Click the following link for more information and to find out how you can get involved: https://www.discoverdenver.co

12/05/2022

The article I need for research is on the back side of this newspaper cover, but the front is so lovely, I just had to share.

Denver Post, Empire Magazine, September 15, 1945. Denver Public Library newspaper clippings.

07/04/2022

Premiering tonight at 7pm on Rocky Mountain PBS!

Finding images and video for the Glenwood Canyon Highway episode of Colorado Experience was fascinating. I learned so much about native trails, environmental concerns, interstate planning, and more.

It was also challenging: "Hey Kerry, can you find a public domain video of a Model T car going backwards up a mountain road?"

https://youtu.be/hb8RXqacqv4