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 114 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1920-1990
An unidentified man looks through the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1928-1960
University of Denver math professor and Chamberlin Observatory director Albert Recht looks through the telescope at Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The view is taken from below, looking up at the opening of the dome, showing a daylit sky above.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-2008
Interior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the telescope pointed at the moon in the night sky.
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, 2000
Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of various unidentified persons viewing a lunar eclipse through the telescope at 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, between 1894-1930
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Two copies of print, each attached to mounts of brown cardstock.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1930
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, before much of the University Park neighborhood was built.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1910-2008
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1932
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado.