Since 1961 she has reviewed regional books for The Denver Post.Ī fine friend of the Denver Public Library, Sandra has donated her valuable photos of Colorado buildings and many other materials, as well as serving on DPL's Acquisitions Committee. As a member of Historic Denver's Publications Committee, Sandra also helped publish books celebrating historic preservation. She is a member of the Denver Woman's Press Club, the Western Writers of America, the Women's Forum of Colorado, Women Writing the West, the Denver Posse of Westerners, the First Presbyterian Church of Georgetown, and served on the boards of Historic Denver, Inc., Historic Georgetown, the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, and the Denver Visiting Nurse Association. Sandra has been named 'Colorado's Exceptional Chronicler of Western History' by the University of Denver and the Denver Public Library. They have two daughters, Dana, a lawyer in New Orleans, and Povy Kendal, a professional photographer in Golden. on June 11,1939, Sandra graduated from the University of Denver in journalism and married fellow DU graduate Robert T. Sandra's novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned by Hollywood.īorn in Washington, D.C. A reporter and the first woman bureau chief for Business Week magazine, she is also a New York Times best-selling author. 'Sandra Dallas has produced 13 adult novels, 2 children's novels, and 10 non-fiction books. Here is Tom Noel's profile of Sandra Dallas: The Award honors an individual who or organization that has made a significant contribution of library materials (books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, works of art or other items), scholarship, life-long service, or bequest, thereby enhancing the Western History Collection and its value to the community.

Her passion for enlarging library audiences and developing a remarkable research collection inspired the creation of the Eleanor Gehres Award, first bestowed on her shortly before her death in 2000. In 2014, Sandra Dallas was chosen as the recipient of the annual Eleanor Gehres Award, for her contribution to the historical record. In 1999, the Denver Public Library Commission established the Eleanor Gehres Award in recognition of her longtime service and contributions to the Western History/Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library. Among the many 'documentary' shots of important historical locations around the state are lots of close ups of prosaic details: doorknobs, light fixtures, wallpaper, and fireplaces, that impart the often overlooked, less tangible parts of history that we miss in classically framed photographs. The 370 Sandra Dallas photographs in the Western History Digital Collection are mostly of architecture and architectural details in Denver, Colorado, and many smaller Colorado towns and Ghost Towns.

Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas