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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 120 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1920-2000

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00016
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: between 1920-2000

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1979 October 22

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00017
Abstract

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

Dates: 1979 October 22

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1994

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00018
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: 1994

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1913

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00019
Abstract Exterior view of the University of Denver (DU) Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. 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. Howe based the design on the Goodsell Observatory in Northfield, Minnesota. A dirt road and prarie grass are visible in...
Dates: 1913

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1954

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00001
Abstract

Black and white print of four young women looking at the 20-inch refracting telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado in 1954.

Dates: 1954

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1894-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1956 September

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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