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Chamberlin Observatory

 Organization

Scope Note

Use for: University of Denver. Chamberlin Observatory.

Biography

Ground Breaking for Chamberlin Observatory (H.B. Chamberlin, donor; Cost, about $40,000) in June 13, 1888.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76); Steve Fisher, "University Park's Utopian Start," University of Denver magazine, Winter 2008; University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Certificate. [U123.01.0002.0016]

Biography

Cornerstone for Chamberlin Observatory in 1890.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76).

Biography

Chamberlin Observatory completed in 1894.

Biography

University of Denver Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 4, April, 1923, page 15.

Biography

On March 27, 1980, Chamberlin Observatory is added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Citation:
University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. NHRP Certificate.

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Aerial View of University of Denver Campus, between 1965-1975

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0029.0026.00009
Abstract Aerial view of the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The view is from overhead and slightly to the south and includes an area extending north to Iowa Avenue, west to Race Street, south to Wesley Avenue, and east to Monroe Street. Campus buildings visible in the photo include University of Denver Stadium, the Fieldhouse, Margery Reed Hall, Buchtel Chapel, University Hall, the Iliff School of Theology, Chamberlin Observatory, Mary Reed Building, Carnegie...
Dates: between 1965-1975

Albert Recht with Student at Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00015
Abstract

University of Denver astronomy professor Albert Recht looks at a telescope with a female student inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1957

Albert W. Recht Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M193
Abstract Albert William Recht was an astronomer and educator at the University of Denver from 1932 to his death in 1962. The collection includes tapes of various lectures used on "public nights" at Chamberlin Observatory, newspapers clippings, bulletins of the Chamberlain Observatory, a copy of "A Space Trip for the Joneses," Chamberlin Observatory publications, photographs, notes for Recht's address to the National Amateur Astronomers Convention held in Denver (1959) and...
Dates: 1930 - 1962

Astronomy Students Using Telescope in Chamberlin Observatory, 1947

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00012
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1947

Audience in Observatory Park, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00008
Abstract

A large audience of unidentified persons sits in chairs set up on the grass to listen to an astronomy presentation near Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1956 September

Campus Observatory Park, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0031.0006.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado. The image shows the Chamberlin Observatory to the right and a house in the background on the left side.

Dates: circa 1910

Chamberlin Observatory, 1889 - 1894

 File — Folder U123.02.0036: Series U123.02 [Barcode: U186023255381]
Identifier: U123.02.0036
Abstract

File consists of thirty-one (31) cyanontype blueprints and technical drawings of the Chamberlin Observatory telescope and dome, as well as of the Student Observatory. Also included in the file folder is a ripped fragment from the bottom left corner of a technical drawing blueprint. Material spans from 1889 - 1894.

Dates: 1889 - 1894

Chamberlin Observatory, 1889 - 1894, bulk 1889 - 1890

 File — Folder U123.02.0037: Series U123.02 [Barcode: U186023255399]
Identifier: U123.02.0037
Abstract

File includes twenty-four (24) architectural drawings of the Chamberlin and Student Observatory. The drawings are mainly of structural parts and each have an additional copy included within the file folder. Included is a set of ten (10) architectural drawings that were bound together. Material spans approximately from 1889 to 1894; however, the bulk of the drawings are from 1889 - 1890.

Dates: 1889 - 1894, bulk 1889 - 1890

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 186
Collection 2
 
Subject
Colorado 172
Denver (Colo.) 172
Built environment 113
College buildings 113
Astronomical observatories 112