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Mary Reece Harper Humanities Garden (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

University of Denver. Garden on the University of Denver campus located west of the Mary Reed Building. Dedicated September 5, 1965. Dedication attended by First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson.

Biography

The Denver Clarion (Volume 70, Number 1) states that the Garden was completed and dedicated on September 10, 1965 by the First Lady of the Nation, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (aka Lady Bird Johnson).

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Aerial View of University Park Campus, between 1973-1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0033.0020.00005
Abstract

Aerial view of a portion of the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The bird's eye view looking northeast includes Aspen Hall, Cherrington Hall, Evans Chapel, the Humanities Gardens, Mary Reed Building, Carnegie Hall, Science Hall, Penrose Library, Buchtel Chapel, University Hall, Margery Reed Hall, and I-25 in the background.

Dates: between 1973-1983

Cheerleaders in Humanities Gardens, 1973 April 9

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Identifier: U201.01.0130.0012.00006
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives of ten University of Denver cheerleaders in various poses in the Mary Reece Harper Humanities Gardens in front of Mary Reed building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1973 April 9

Cheerleaders in Humanities Gardens (Frame 12), 1973 April 9

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Identifier: U201.01.0130.0012.00006.00001
Abstract

Black and white portrait of ten University of Denver (DU) cheerleaders posed on the edge of the artificial pond in the Mary Reece Harper Humanities Gardens in front of Mary Reed building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The cheerleaders are wearing shirts labeled with a capital D and are holding giant pom-poms.

Dates: 1973 April 9

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh, 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh in Harper Humanities Gardens near Evans Memorial Chapel.

Dates: 1980 July 7

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh (Frame 31), 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001.00001
Abstract

Black and white image depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh talking in Harper Humanities Gardens, with Mary Reed Building in the background.

Dates: 1980 July 7

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh in Humanities Gardens, 1980

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0005.00002
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver former chancellor Chester Alter and professor of law Lucy Marsh in the Mary Reece Harper Humanities Gardens on the campus of the University of Denver.

Dates: 1980

Chester Alter in Humanities Gardens, 1959

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter seated on a chair in the Harper Humanities Gardens on the campus of the University of Denver, with Mary Reed Building in the background.

Dates: 1959

Contact Sheet of Student Protesters, 1969 February 21

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Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet with negatives of images from a student demonstration at the University of Denver, including of students sitting on the lawn and walking around between Evans Memorial Chapel and Mary Reed Building.

Dates: 1969 February 21

International Students in Humanities Gardens, between 1948-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0130.0016.00004
Abstract

Six unidentified international students wearing various international costumes, including Japanese kimonos, talk and laugh in the Mary Reece Harper Humanities Gardens on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1948-1959

Student Protesters in Front of Cherrington Hall, 1969 February 21

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Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004.00007.00002
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet image of students sitting on the lawn in the Harper Humanities Gardens in front of Ben M. Cherrington during a student demonstration at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1969 February 21