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 76 Collections and/or Records:
Colorado Women's College's Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower, between 1962-1982
External view Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower on Colorado Women's College's Park Hill campus in Denver, Colorado.
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.
CWC Dance Library
Black and white photographic negatives of books and individuals in the CWC Dance Library.
CWC/DU Agreement 1982, 1982 February 2
This file contains the legal document that records the University of Denver's acquisition of Colorado Women's College. The document describes how the College would be continued within the University, and how the transition would take place.
Gladys Metcalf for Colorado Reflections, 1982
Gladys Metcalf, a graduate of Colorado Women's College, describes her involvement with the creation of "Early Aurora," a book about Aurora, Colorado. Metcalf explores the growth and history of Aurora, including economic and architectural history, and the role of transportation in the growth of Aurora.
Mary Kirke Wilson for Colorado Reflections
Mary Kirke Wilson reflects on her memories of Canyon City, Hugo, Hardin, and Denver, Colorado. Wilson recalls memories of her father's laundry business and general store, the fashions of the 1920s, music on the radio in the 1910s and 1920s. Wilson attended Colorado Women's College and reflects on her experience in college. Finally, Mary Kirke Wilson discusses her career as a school teacher.
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.
Park Hill, 1982 August 4
Exterior view of the Women's College University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Park Hill, 1983 April 18
Exterior view of Colorado Women's College (CWC) at University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Including Houston Fine Arts Center, Foote Hall, Porter Hall, Curtis Hall, Whatley Chapel, Houston Fine Arts.
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.