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 47001 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1900-1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Four girls laugh together as they look through the telescope.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Photograph of the certificate for the Chamberlin Observatory when it was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1970-1979
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Janet Roundtree Lesh looks through the telescope, a man looks on.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1975
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Janet Roundtree Lesh looks on as a man looks through the telescope.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1981
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Four young men use the telescopes.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Two young boys in the foreground.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1920-1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Two young boys in the foreground.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1900-1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. A professor helps points to a students textbook.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1900-1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. A professor helps a student with the telescope.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1900-1980
Interior view of the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. Smaller photographs of a professor assisting a student.