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Colorado Women's College

 Organization

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 16 Collections and/or Records:

Colorado Women's College (1888-1982) Records

 Collection
Identifier: M130
Abstract Colorado Woman's College was conceived as a "Vassar of the West" by its founder, the Rev. Robert Cameron, who wanted to establish a women's college in the Western United States that would offer high-level academics to women. Cameron was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Denver. The sponsoring body was inadvertently incorporated in 1888 as the Woman's College Society (amended to Colorado Woman's College Society the following year), though it did not open until 1909. Located in...
Dates: 1888-1982

Elaine Zook Westblade Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M408
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1943-1945

Emma Corinne Gunsaullus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M254
Scope and Contents

Personal and school papers belonging to Emma Corinne Gunsaullus (1922-2006) who graduated from CWC in 1941.

Dates: Other: 1939-1941

Eugene Dawson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M116
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Exie Pearl White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M223
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Joyce Axton Jamison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M405
Abstract

Joyce (Axton) Jamison was a student at the Colorado Women's College from 1949-1951. She remained active in the alumni community. She married Francis (Frank) Jamison, a Denver judge and graduate from the University of Denver Law School in 1956. Her older sister Virginia Axton Hughes was also an alum of the Colorado Women's College.

Dates: 1949-2000; Majority of material found within 1949-1951

Judy Adair Baker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M407
Abstract

Judy Adair Baker attended the Colorado Women's College from 1955-1957 and was active in Delta Tau Kappa. She submitted her papers when there was a request for memorabilia from alumnae.

Dates: 1955-1957

Louise Bieri Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M409
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1921-1923

Marjorie Bell Chambers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M124
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection contains general correspondence to and from Dr. Chambers during her tenure as president and papers concerning fund-raising efforts. Other major areas covered are interviews and employment at Colorado Women's College, Chambers' inauguration and resignation, and newspaper clippings regarding Colorado Women's College’s near-closure in 1976.

Dates: 1976-1978