Welcome!

Welcome to the Trinidad Carnegie Public Library's page for the Shared Memories Project!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation, Trinidad Carnegie Public Library is partnering with the Pueblo City-County Library District to preserve and share our region's unique history. The Shared Memories Project provides libraries with the equipment and resources they need to digitize local historical collections—from photos and documents to oral histories.

Through this project, community members are empowered to become the historians, bringing their personal and family archives to life online. This site serves as a central hub where you can explore these digitized collections.

We invite you to browse the shared memories of our community and discover the rich, diverse stories that make up southern Colorado's history.

To begin browsing contributed material, please click the "Browse" button.

Equipment and Scanning

The Trinidad Carnegie Public Library Digital Memory lab can digitize the following formats:
• 35mm and large-format negatives
• 35mm slides
• Photographic prints
• VHS tapes
• VHS-C tapes
• Audio cassettes
• 3.5-inch floppy disks

Trinidad Carnegie Public Library is 1of 6 partner organizations taking part in the Shared Memories Project. Shared Memories is a Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge Program grant-funded project led by the Pueblo City-County Library District to preserve the history and culture of the Southeastern Colorado region, with an emphasis on historically underrepresented cultures and peoples, through the deployment of digital memory labs.