Colorado Women's College
Dates
- Existence: 1888 - 1973
- Usage: 1973 - 1982
- Usage: 1888 - 1966
- Usage: 1966 - 1973
Biography
College created in 1888 as Colorado Woman's College. Its name changed to Temple Buell College in 1966, and changed again to Colorado Women's College in 1973 and merged into the University of Denver in 1982.
Sources
Card Catalog. Administration- Board of Trustees.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Admin - CWC
Contains black and white photographic prints of administration at events involving the Colorado Women's College at the University of Denver.
Aerial View of Colorado Women's College Campus, circa 1910s
An aerial/high-angle view of Colorado Women's College, including Treat Hall. The buildings are surrounded by largely vacant lots.
Aerial View of Colorado Women's College Campus, circa 1930s-1940s
Aerial view of Colorado Women's College campus, looking east. Treat Hall takes up the center, with three other buildings flanking it. Other buildings are built on other visible lots, while the two blocks to the west of Treat Hall are vacant.
Aerial View of Colorado Women's College Grounds, undated
Aerial view of a residential subdivision. In the center are large open lots and a large parcel with several larger buildings built upon it, that are identifiable as the layout of the Colorado Women's College.
Buildings - Colorado Womens College, 1981-1982
Black and white negatives related to buildings of the Colorado Women's College, absorbed by the University of Denver in 1982, and developed as its Park Avenue Campus. Later sold to Johnson & Wales University in 1999.
Contact Sheet of Weekend College at Colorado Women's College, 1988 November
Black and white contact sheet of 24 frames of Weekend College program for the University of Denver, at Colorado Women's College, in 11/ 1988.
Elaine Zook Westblade Papers
Elaine Zook Westblade's papers consist of one (1) scrapbook documenting her time at the Colorado Women's College in 1943-1945. Zook is her maiden name.
Louise Bieri Papers
Louise Bieri was a student of the Colorado Women's College in 1921. She graduated in 1923 and became a teacher. In 1950, she graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor's in Education. Her daughter, Grace von Ehrenkrook Walker, also graduated from CWC in 1948 and from CU in 1950. She donated her mother's scrapbook to the archives.
Panoramic View of Lawn and Buildings at Colorado Women's College
Two prints pasted together to form a panoramic view of a lawn shaded by trees. Walkways lead in three directions towards three different buildings, all obscured by the frame of the shot or the trees in the photo.
Scrapbook, May 1976- December 1976
A notebook of clippings from 1976. There are clippings from newspapers such as Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post. There are newsletter clippings from the Colorado Women's College as well as the Martha Faure Carson Dance Library. There are also other various clippings from other sources.