The Daily Sentinel is available on microfilm from November 20, 1893 to December 31, 2010 with the exception of the following.
- January 1950 through March 1950
- July 1967 through August 1967
- February 1981
- January 1993
Daily Sentinel issues from January 2010 through August 2024 are available in PDF format on the microfilm computers in the lower level at the Central Library.
In addition to the Daily Sentinel, the following newspapers are also available on microfilm.
Grand Junction News
- October 28, 1882 to February 18, 1888
- May 26, 1888 to October 1, 1892
- January 2, 1892 to June 22, 1895
- January 23, 1897 to April 21, 1900
- April 28, 1900 to December 27, 1902
- January 3, 1903 to December 30, 1905
- September 11, 1909 to September 7, 1912
- September 14, 1912 to October 2, 1915
- October 9, 1915 to December 28, 1918
The Weekly Sentinel
- January 1, 1897 to January 25, 1902
- February 1, 1902 to January 19, 1907
- January 26, 1907 to September 30, 1910
- October 7, 1910 to April 25, 1913
- May 2, 1913 to March 17, 1916
- March 24, 1916 to September 27, 1918
Evening Sun and Grand Junction Star
- March 12, 1900 to August 24, 1901
- August 26, 1901 to April 29, 1902
Grand Valley Sun
- January 6, 1899 to December 27, 1899
Plateau Voice
- October 3, 1919 to February 17, 1922 - February 17, 1922 to October 23, 1925
- October 30, 1925 to January 25, 1929 - February 1, 1929 to May 29, 1931
- June 5, 1931 to September 7, 1934 - September 7, 1934 to February 12, 1937
- February 19, 1937 to March 24, 1939 - March 31, 1939 to April 11, 1941
- April 18, 1941 to December 30, 1927 - March 31, 1939
Denver Post
- September 11-20, 1996
Gunnison Review-Press
- May 15, 1880 to January 21, 1882
- October 12, 1881 to November 10, 1882
Non-newspaper items include the following.
- 1900 Census record for portions of Mesa, Mineral, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, and Phillips counties
- Partial 1910 Census record
- 1920 Census record for Mesa, Montrose, Morgan, and Park counties
- 1930 Census record for Mesa, Montrose, and Montezuma counties
- Mary Rait's thesis on the development of Grand Junction
- Colorado Marriage Index: approximately 1900 to 1939 - Martin, Edward to Martin, Antonio J. and Sasso, Pete to Schribner, Charles
- Rocky Mountain Official Railway: July 1887 to August 1898
Locked 352.078 C3852 - 1948
Locked 352.078 C3852 - 1954
Locked 352.078 C3852 - 1957
Locked 352.078 C3852 - 1977
Locked 352.078817 R425
2003 (issue 1), 2004 (issues 1 and 2), 2005 (issue 1)
2008 (OCT-DEC), 2009 (JAN-DEC), 2010 (JAN-DEC), 2011 (JAN-MAY, NOV, DEC), 2012 (NOV,DEC), 2013 (JAN/FEB, MAR, MAY/JUN, JUL-SEP, OCT/NOV, DEC), 2014 (JAN-DEC), 2015 (JAN-AUG)
Winter 2014-2015, Summer/Fall 2015
Winter 1997, Winter 1998/1999, Summer 1999, Winter 2000, Spring/Summer 2000, Fall/Winter 2001, Spring/Summer 2002, Spring 2003, 2014/2015 Vol. 8, 1,2) 2016 Vol. 9, 1)
1935 (AUG 1), (SEP 1,15), (OCT 1,15), (NOV 1,15), (DEC 1)
1936 (JAN 1,15), (FEB 1,15), APR (1,15), (MAY 1,15), (JUN 1,15), (JUL 1,15), (AUG 1,15), (SEP 15), (OCT 1,15), (NOV 1,15), (DEC 1,15)
1937 (JAN 1,15), (FEB 1,15), (MAR 1,15), (APR 1,15), (MAY), (JUN 15), (OCT 1), (NOV 1), (DEC 1)
1938 (JAN, MAR-DEC)
1939 (JAN, FEB, APR, JUN, AUG, OCT-DEC)
1940 (JAN-JUN, AUG-DEC)
1941 (FEB-DEC)
1942 (JAN-JUN)
- Special Children's Number by Indian Children
Some of this collection is available in the locked case in the Rashleigh Regional History Room. A much larger portion of the collection is available at the following link.
The Grand Junction city directories allow you to look up addresses and phone numbers. Some of the older directories also give you basic information about the owners or renters of businesses and residences.
Newer city directories contain a reverse phone number and address index.
The regional history room has city directories for the following years.
1904, 1907, 1909-1913, 1916-1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930-1932, 1935, 1937, 1939-1941, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1959-1966, 1968-1981, 1983-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-2002, 2004-2024
2009 (Summer, Fall), 2010 (Summer), 2011 (Spring), 2011/2012 (Winter), 2012 (Summer), 2012/2013 (Winter), 2013 (Spring, Summer, Autumn), 2013/2014 (Winter), 2014 (Spring, Summer), 2015 (Spring, Summer, Autumn), 2015/2016 (Winter), 2016 (Spring, Summer, Autumn), 2017 (Summer), 2018 (Spring, Autumn), 2018/2019 (Winter), 2019 (Spring, Summer), 2019/2020 (Winter), 2020 (Spring, Summer), 2020/2021 (Winter), 2021 (Spring, Summer, Autumn), 2023 (Summer - 2,3), 2024 (Winter)
A copy of this survey is available in the Rashleigh Regional History Room. It can be accessed by appointment only. For additional information, please contact librarian Ike Rakiecki at 970-683-2449.
The survey can also be accessed online at the following link.
Years are complete unless otherwise noted.
1981 (issue 1), 1982 (issue 2), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (issues 4 and 2), 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (issues 1 and 3), 1997 (issues 2 and 3), 1999 (issues 1 and 2), 2000 (issues 1, 2, and 4), 2001 (issue 4), 2002
1986 (1-4) 1987 (1-4), 1988-2001(1-4) 2002 (1)
1939 (3), 1940 (MAR,JUN), 1941 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1942 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1943 (MAR,JUN,SEP), 1944-1946 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1947 (MAR,JUN,DEC), 1948-1951 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1952 (JUN,SEP,DEC), 1953 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1954 (MAR,SEP,DEC), 1955 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1956 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1957 (MAR,JUN,SEP), 1958 (DEC), 1959-1964 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1965 (JUN,SEP,DEC), 1966 (JUN,SEP,DEC), 1967 (MAR,JUN,SEP), 1968 (DEC 1967/MAR, JUN, SEP, DEC), 1969-1971 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1972 (MAR,JUN/SEP,DEC), 1973-1975 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1976 (SEP,DEC), 1977 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC) 1978-1980 (MAR/JUN,SEP,DEC), 1981-1984 (MAR,JUN,SEP,DEC), 1988-1989 (March, June, September, December) 1990 (Winter, March, Summer, Fall), 1991 (Spring,Winter), 1992-1996 (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall), 1997 (Winter, Summer) 1998 (Spring, Summer, Fall), 1999 (Winter, Summer, Fall), 2000 (Winter, Summer, Fall), (2001) (Spring), 2003 (Winter), 2004 (Summer), 2005 (Spring, Summer, Fall), 2006 (Winter, Summer, Fall), 2007 (Spring, Summer, Fall), 2008 (Summer,Fall/Winter), 2010 (Summer), 2015 (Summer,Fall), 2016 (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall), 2017 (Winter,Spring,Summer,Fall) 2018 (Spring,Summer,Fall), 2019 (Fall), 2022 (Winter), 2023 (Spring)
1935/1936, 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1939/1940, 1940/1941, 1941/1942, 1942/1943, 1943/1944, 1944/1945, 1945/1946, 1946/1947, 1946 (NOV), 1947 (JAN,MAR), 1947/1948. 1950 (DEC), 1951 (NOV/DEC), 1952 (JAN/FEB,SEP/OCT), 1954 (1,2-4), 1955 (DEC), 1956 (MAY,NOV), 1957 (FEB,JUN,OCT,DEC), 1958 (FEB,APR,DEC), 1959 (FEB,APR,DEC), 1960 (FEB,APR,OCT,DEC), 1961 (FEB,APR,OCT,DEC), 1962 (APR,OCT/DEC), 1963 (APR,DEC), 1964 (FEB,OCT), 1965 (APR,OCT), Index (1935-1965), 1966 (FEB), 1968 (APR), 1969 (FEB,DEC), 1970 (FEB,Fall), 1971 (Summer,Fall), 1972 (Winter, Spring,Fall), 1973 (Winter,Fall), 1974 (Spring/Summer,Fall/Winter), 1975 (Spring), 1976 (Winter,Spring/Summer), 1977 (Winter,Spring/Summer,Fall), 1978 (Spring/Summer,Fall), 1979 (Summer,Fall/Winter), 1981 (Spring,Summer,Fall/Winter), 1982 (Spring,Summer), 1983 (Spring), 1984 (Spring/Summer), Index (1975-1985), 1986 (Fall), 1987 (Winter,Spring,Fall), 1988 (Winter,Summer), 1990 (1,3,4), 1991 (2-4), 1992 (1,3,4), 1993 (1-4), Index (1985-1995), 1996 (1-3), 1997 (1,3,4), 1998 (2,4), 1999 (2-4), 2000 (1,2,4), 2001 (3,4), 2002 (1,2), 2003 (1-4), 2004 (1-4), 2005 (1-4), 2006 (1-4), 2007 (1-4), 2008 (1,3,4), 2009 (1,2,4), 2010 (1-4), 2011 (1-3), 2012 (3), 2013 (1,2,4)
1939 (May, June)
1940 (January, March/April), July, August, November/December
1941 (January/February, March/April, July)
The following local phone books can be found in the Regional History Room.
1933, 1934, 1936-1969, 1971-1973, 1975-2004, 2006-2009, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021-2023
1918-1926, 1928-1961
​Central High School
1951-1982, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-2011
Fruita Monument High School
1952, 1953, 1960-1962, 1964, 1966-1982, 1996/1997, 1997/1998, 1999/2000, 2002, 2004/2005
Grand Junction High School
1911, 1913, 1916, 1921-1923, 1925-1932, 1934-1969, 1970, 1973-1983, 1985-1992, 1994-1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008-2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
Palisade High School
1936, 1964, 1969, 1970-1974, 2000-2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010-2012
Plateau Valley High School
1965, 1968, 1970-1991, 1997
Cedaredge High School
1950, 1951, 1973-1978
Montrose High School
1957
Glenwood Springs High School
1968-1979
Basalt High School
1967
Grand County High School (Utah)
1968-1978, 1982
Colorado Mesa University
1947-1949, 1954-1959, 1961, 1963-1970, 1972, 1976-1980
East Junior High School
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979/1980, 1981
Bookcliff Middle School
1970, 1984
Grand Junction Junior High School
1959/1960, 1960/1961, 1963, 1963/1964
Western Colorado University
1960, 1961
Fort Lewis College
1941, 1948
Colorado School of Mines
1968, 1971
Colorado State University
1941, 1950, 1959
University of Colorado
1947, 1949
Mt. Garfield Middle School
2004-2005, 2006, 2007
Orchard Mesa Junior High School
1972-1974
Climax High School
1951
Gateway Public School
1955
Fruitvale High School
1938, 1939, 1945/1946
Colorado College
1947
North High School (Denver, Colorado)
1938-1939
Cherry Creek High School (Arapahoe County, Colorado)
1988
Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado)
1961, 1962
Fairview Junior High School (Boulder, Colorado)
1958-1959
Douglass Junior High School (Boulder, Colorado)
1960
Cheraw High School (Otero County, Colorado)
1977
Otero Junior College (La Junta, CO)
1966
Texas A&M University
1976
West Lafayette High School (Indiana)
1974
Canyon High School (Texas)
1951
Fort Madison High School (Iowa)
1960
University of New Hampshire
1960, 1962
De Beque yearbooks for the following years are available at the De Beque Branch Library.
2000-2004, 2006-2015, 2017-2021
The following yearbooks can be accessed in PDF format at the microfilm computers at the Central Library.
Central HS
1952-1966, 1968-1974, 1976-1981
Fruita Monument HS
1944-1952, 1954-2018
Grand Junction HS
1909-1917, 1919-1932, 1934-2015
Palisade HS
1936, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1964-1968, 1970-1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988-1998, 2000-2003, 2008-2010
Plateau Valley HS
1965, 1968, 1970-1991, 1997
Fruitvale HS
1945-1946
Gateway School
1955
Grand County HS (Utah)
1968, 1969, 1970-1978, 1982
Climax HS
1951
1923 (1,2) 1924 (2-7) 1925 (1,2) 1926 (1-4) 1927 (1-5) 1928 (1-5) 1929 (1-5) 1930 (1-3, 5,6) 1931-1933 (1-6), 1934 (1-5), 1935-1948 (1-6) 1949-1976 (1-4) 1977 (1-3) 1978 (1-2) 1979 (1-2) 1980 (annual) Index (1923-1960,1966, 1971,1972,1973)
1997 (JUN-DEC), 1998 (JAN-APR,JUL-DEC), 1999 (FEB-AUG, OCT-DEC), 2000 (JAN-JUN, AUG-DEC), 2001 (FEB-MAY, JUL-DEC), 2002 (MAR-DEC), 2003 (MAR-DEC)
1999 (DEC), 2002 (JAN,FEB,MAR/APR,MAY,Summer Special,AUG,SEP,OCT/NOV,DEC), 2003 (JAN/FEB)
1938 (MAY,JUN,JUL,SEP), 1939 (JAN,APR)
1995 (JANUARY, FALL),1996 (SPRING, FALL), 1997 (SPRING, FALL), 1998 (SPRING, FALL), 1999 (SPRING, FALL), 2000 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL, SPECIAL EDITION), 2001 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2002 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2003 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2004 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2005 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2006 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2007 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2008 (WINTER, SPRING, FALL), 2009 (WINTER, SPRING, AUTUMN), 2010 (WINTER, SUMMER), 2011 (WINTER, SPRING, AUTUMN), 2012 (WINTER, SPRING, AUTUMN), 2015 (WINTER, AUTUMN), 2016 (WINTER, SPRING, AUTUMN), 2017 (SPRING, AUTUMN)