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Chamberlin Observatory

 Organization

Scope Note

Use for: University of Denver. Chamberlin Observatory.

Biography

Ground Breaking for Chamberlin Observatory (H.B. Chamberlin, donor; Cost, about $40,000) in June 13, 1888.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76); Steve Fisher, "University Park's Utopian Start," University of Denver magazine, Winter 2008; University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Certificate. [U123.01.0002.0016]

Biography

Cornerstone for Chamberlin Observatory in 1890.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76).

Biography

Chamberlin Observatory completed in 1894.

Biography

University of Denver Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 4, April, 1923, page 15.

Biography

On March 27, 1980, Chamberlin Observatory is added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Citation:
University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. NHRP Certificate.

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00003
Abstract

Black and white print of a boy looking through a telescope at the Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, while a woman walks up the steps to the platform. The sign on the platform reads, "Caution Platform holds 2 persons only".

Dates: 1956 September

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00004
Abstract

A group of unidentified people wait in line to look through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Two men are going up the steps to the platform, and two more are coming down the steps on the other side.

Dates: 1956 September

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00005
Abstract

A group of unidentified people wait in line to look through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. A woman is climbing the steps up to the platform, while another woman is descending the steps on the other side.

Dates: 1956 September

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00006
Abstract

A group of of unidentified persons, including several young children, wait in line to look through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1956 September

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00007
Abstract

A group of unidentified persons wait in line to look through the telescopre inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1956 September

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1986 February

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00009
Abstract

Interior view of a telescope under the partially opened dome of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1986 February

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1986

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00010
Abstract

View of a telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, taken from below, looking up towards the opening in the dome, showing the photographic guide tube alongside the main tube.

Dates: circa 1986

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1981

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00011
Abstract

An unidentified man looks through a telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the dome open to daylight above.

Dates: circa 1981

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1950-1990

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00014
Abstract

An unidentified man looks through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1950-1990

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1949

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00016
Abstract

Group portrait of five unidentified men stand in Observatory Park in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at night.

Dates: 1949

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 186
Collection 2
 
Subject
Colorado 172
Denver (Colo.) 172
Built environment 113
College buildings 113
Astronomical observatories 112