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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1940-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00010
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1940-2008

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

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1910-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1910-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1970-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00006
Abstract

View of Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado, showing an empty soccer field with Chamberlain Observatory and the smaller "students' observatory" in the background.

Dates: between 1970-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00007
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with children playing baseball in Observatory Park in the background.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1984

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00008
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1984

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1930

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00011
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1894-1930

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00012
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with men playing a rugby match in Observatory Park in the foreground.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1920

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00013
Abstract Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a dirt road (later Warren Avenue) in the foreground and a farmhouse in the background. The observatory is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is named for Humphrey B. Chamberlin, a local land developer who donated $50,000 toward the project. The observatory was designed by Denver astronomer Herbert A. Howe, and the architect was Robert Sawyers Roeschlaub....
Dates: between 1894-1920

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1997

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0031.00015
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the smaller "Students' Observatory" in the foreground.

Dates: 1997