When did the Denver Public Library begin collecting Western Americana?
• The beginning of the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library goes back to the early 1900s when the Library established a Colorado collection for the purpose of bringing together books and pamphlets by Colorado authors. By 1934 the collection had increased in size and quality to warrant the establishment of a separate Department under the direction of City Librarian Malcolm Glenn Wyer. In January 1935 the Western History Department was opened to the public.
