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Durrance Collection: 2018.002
Margaret “Miggs” Durrance with her husband Dick Durrance, documented the evolution of Aspen from asmall town to a world-famous resort, 1947 through the 1990s.
Aspen Illustrated News Collection: 2007.022
Negatives from the Aspen Illustrated News, published from 1965 through 1969, includes photographers David Hiser, Cheri Jenkins, and John Smith.
Hiser Collection: 2021.053
A curated collection by nationally recognized photographer, David Hiser, includes people, events and local establishments from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
Chris Cassatt Collection: 1991.009
Chris Cassatt’s cartoons and images of Aspen/Snowmass were featured in the Aspen Times, from the 1970s through 1990s. Also captured many portraits of community members.
Map Collection
The Collection consists of maps showing vast landscapes to the minutiae of mineral layers and ranch ownership to recreational opportunities.
Aspen Flyer Collection: 2020.002
Negatives from the Aspen Flyer, published from the late 1950s until early 1980s, the collection mostly covers the 1960s in Aspen.
Aspen Times Collection: 1998.034
A collection of photographs and cartoons, covering all walks of life, published in the Aspen Times from the 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Cooper Family Collection: 2018.040
Negatives from the early 1900s to 1950s of the Aspen area and family used for postcards sold in their Cooper Book & Stationery store.
Spachner Collection: 2022.017
Collection of photographs, programs, newspapers, souvenirs, and 16mm films documenting the Goethe Festival, the music festival and Devil's Doorway.
Grover Collection: 2011.017
Charles Grover, born in Aspen in 1914, documented Aspen during the Quiet Years and into the emergence of the ski industry. 1930s-1950s.
Ringquist Collection: 1995.093
Loey Ringquist arrived in Aspen in the late 1940s, documenting life in Aspen and the Snowmass area in the 1940s and ‘50s.
Lindner Collection: 2004.010
Rick Lindner came to Aspen as a ski bum in 1965 and documented skiing life, wine cabin parties and ski racing in the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Robert M. Chamberlain Collection
Robert Chamberlain, a professional photographer and artist, who documented life in Aspen since the 1960s.
Kaeser Collection
Fritz Kaeser, served in the 10th Mountain Division, moving to Aspen in the 1940s where he opened a photography studio.
Mary Eshbaugh Hayes Collection
Mary began chronicling Aspen in 1952 for the Aspen Times leaving behind a legacy of iconic images from more than six decades.
Joan Lane Collection
Joan Lane moved to Aspen in the 1950s as a reporter for the Aspen Times taking images of Aspen from the 1950s through the 1990s.