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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 172 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1928-1960

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00019
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1928-1960

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00020
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1894-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00021
Abstract

View of the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1894-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 2000

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00022
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2000

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1985

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00023
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1985

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1930

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00001
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1894-1930

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1930

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1894-1930

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1910-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00003
Abstract

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

Dates: between 1910-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1932

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00004
Abstract

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

Dates: between 1894-1932

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00005
Abstract

Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with two people standing on the balcony above the south entrance.

Dates: circa 1910

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