University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Astronomy Students Using Telescope in Chamberlin Observatory, 1947
A male student looks through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, while a female student looks on.
Edgar Everhart with Telescope in Chamberlin Observatory, between 1969-1985
University of Denver astronomy professor Edgar Everhart poses in front of the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory
Black and white print of three unidentified men assembling or repairing a telescope lens inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September
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".
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1986 February
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.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1986
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.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-2008
View of the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1985
Interior view of the telescope and viewing platform inside the dome of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1948
University of Denver student Nancy Mossman looks through a sextant while sitting on the steps of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory - 100th Aniversary Celebration, 1994 November 23
An unidentified man speaks to a crowd from a podium in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado for the observatory's 100th anniversary celebration.