Chamberlin Observatory
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:
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1986 February
Interior view of a telescope under the partially opened dome of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1986
View of a telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, taken from below, looking up towards the opening in the dome, showing the photographic guide tube alongside the main tube.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1981
An unidentified man looks through a telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the dome open to daylight above.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1950-1990
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, 1949
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.
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.
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