Ephemera Collections
Ephemera are free or inexpensive printed materials that were never intended to last, such as menus, playbills, train tickets, zines, postcards, and much more. Ephemera can be of great value to researchers, and CC Special Collections began a concerted effort to collect in this area in 2001.
Colorado menus Menus from Colorado restaurants and events, 1891-present. Most are from Colorado Springs. Some are digitized.
Colorado Springs playbills and programs Theater, church, and concert programs chiefly from Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak area, 1881-present. We have a separate collection of Colorado College playbills and programs in the CC Archives.
Colorado tourist brochures Tri-fold booklets for recreational attractions in Colorado and the Southwest, including the Manitou Incline, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak, 1900-present.
Colorado bumper stickers Bumper stickers expressing state, regional, and local issues and attitudes.
Colorado College Zine Collection Zines published in Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, and elsewhere.
maintained by Special Collections; last revised, 4-2026, jr.