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Mary Reed Building (Denver, Colo.)

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Biography

University of Denver. 2199 S. University Blvd. Denver, Colorado 80208. Date built: 1931. Gross square feet: 77,293. Use Mary Reed Library 1931-1971. Use Mary Reed Building 1972-. Built in 1931 as the library for the University of Denver.

Biography

Groundbreaking for Mary Reed Building on September 5th, 1931.

Sources

University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. Card Catalog. Buildings- Mary Reed Library.

Biography

Cornerstone for Mary Reed Building on February 11, 1932.

Sources

University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Contents list of Cornerstone. [U123.01.0005.0002]

Biography

Dedication of Mary Reed Building on October 26-28, 1932.

Sources

University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Contents list of Cornerstone. [U123.01.0005.0002]; University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Dedication program. [U123.01.0005.0005].

Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:

Cheerleaders in Humanities Gardens (Frame 12), 1973 April 9

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Identifier: U201.01.0130.0012.00006.00001
Abstract

Black and white portrait of ten University of Denver (DU) cheerleaders posed on the edge of the artificial pond in the Mary Reece Harper Humanities Gardens in front of Mary Reed building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The cheerleaders are wearing shirts labeled with a capital D and are holding giant pom-poms.

Dates: 1973 April 9

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh, 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh in Harper Humanities Gardens near Evans Memorial Chapel.

Dates: 1980 July 7

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh (Frame 31), 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001.00001
Abstract

Black and white image depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh talking in Harper Humanities Gardens, with Mary Reed Building in the background.

Dates: 1980 July 7

Chester Alter in Humanities Gardens, 1959

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter seated on a chair in the Harper Humanities Gardens on the campus of the University of Denver, with Mary Reed Building in the background.

Dates: 1959

Chester Alter Opening Time Capsule with Russell Porter, 1964

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0004.00004
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and Professor of Theatre Russell Porter open a time capsule, placed in 1951, at the university's centennial celebration in 1964, in front of Mary Reed Building.

Dates: 1964

Contact Sheet of Student Protesters, 1969 February 21

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Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet with negatives of images from a student demonstration at the University of Denver, including of students sitting on the lawn and walking around between Evans Memorial Chapel and Mary Reed Building.

Dates: 1969 February 21

Container 8: Mary Reed Library Drawing, 1948 June 3

 File — Drawer B187.03.0008: Series B187.03 [Barcode: U186023281170]
Identifier: B187.03.0008
Abstract

Pencil drawing on paper of the Mary Reed Library building of the University of Denver campus in 1948; mounted to mat board. The drawing is of the Southeast entrance to the building showing wooden revolving doors, two stories of elaborate Collegiate Gothic Architecture and a woman sitting reading a book by the entrance. The door is colored with brown pencil and the brick is red oil crayon or pencil. The white lines of the brick have been painted on.

Dates: 1948 June 3

DU University Park Campus, circa 1935

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Identifier: U201.01.0029.0025.00003
Abstract

Aerial view of the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, taken at a bird's-eye view from the southeast. Buildings visible include University of Denver Stadium, Margery Reed Building, University Hall, Buchtel Memorial Chapel, the Iliff School of Theology Mary Reed Building, and Science Hall.

Dates: circa 1935

Female ROTC Affiliates in front of Mary Reed Building, 1955

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Identifier: U201.01.0095.0009.00005
Abstract

Black and white print of four unidentified women in military officer's uniforms in front of Mary Reed Building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1955

International Students Reading on Lawn in Front of Mary Reed Building, between 1948-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0130.0015.00006
Abstract

Four international students read while sitting on the lawn in front of Mary Reed Building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1948-1959