Western Colorado History Revisited
by Paul Reddin and Don MacKendrick
which was published for seventeen years by the staff and students at what was then Mesa State College, now Colorado Mesa University.
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- History
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- Colorado
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About this book
Western Colorado History Revisited is credited to Paul Reddin and Don MacKendrick. Our catalogue record is short. Its description says only that the material relates to a publication that was put out for seventeen years by the staff and students at what was then Mesa State College, now Colorado Mesa University. The record gives no subject headings, no page count and no year, so this page sticks to what can be checked elsewhere.
The college publication in question appears to be the Journal of the Western Slope, a history journal from Grand Junction. Colorado Mesa University's library guide to the journal says it ran for seventeen years, with a final issue dated Winter 2002 and 63 issues in all. It says history professor Paul Reddin conceived the journal, and that it was first published jointly by the Mesa College Historical Society and the Alpha Gamma Epsilon chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honorary. Later the university's Media Board took over as publisher.
The same guide says Don MacKendrick wrote the editor's introduction to the first issue and the farewell in the Winter 2002 issue, by which time he was a professor emeritus. It also states that Reddin and MacKendrick each served on the editorial board for all 63 issues. That makes the two names on this book's cover the people most closely tied to the journal from its first issue to its last.
Who it is for
This one is for readers of western Colorado history and of the Grand Junction area's college history writing.
Ways to use this book
Looking for the journal behind the book
Start with the university's library guide to see how the journal was published, then ask the Tomlinson Library at Colorado Mesa whether and how a particular issue can be consulted. Note the issue date first, because that makes the request easier for a librarian to answer.
Getting the geography straight first
Before reading regional history, skim the two Colorado Encyclopedia overviews so you know where the Western Slope sits and what Grand Junction is. Then open the History category in our /library/ and compare how other books from the region frame the same ground.
Go deeper
The journal behind this book came out of a Grand Junction college, so the most useful companions are the university's own guide to it and reference pages that place its home region on the map.
Journal of the Western Slope library guide
Colorado Mesa University's library guide to the journal, which tells the story of its publishers, editors and 63 issues.
Western Slope, Colorado Encyclopedia
A reference article on the Western Slope, commonly defined as the part of Colorado west of the Continental Divide.
Grand Junction, Colorado Encyclopedia
An overview of the city the article calls the largest on the Western Slope, with photographs from the 1920s.
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