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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 107 Collections and/or Records:

Colorado Women's College's Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower, between 1962-1982

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0031.0007.00058
Abstract

External view Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower on Colorado Women's College's Park Hill campus in Denver, Colorado. Shot was taken through a window looking out on the buildings.

Dates: between 1962-1982

Colorado Women's College's Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower, between 1962-1982

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0031.0007.00059
Abstract

External view Whatley Chapel and Olinger Tower on Colorado Women's College's Park Hill campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1962-1982

Contact Sheet of Weekend College at Colorado Women's College, 1988 November

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0076.0002.00003
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1988 November

CWC Dance Library

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0411.00002
Abstract

Black and white photographic negatives of books and individuals in the CWC Dance Library.

Dates: 1793-2009

CWC/DU Agreement 1982, 1982 February 2

 File
Identifier: U109.01.0001.0002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1982 February 2

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

Gladys Metcalf for Colorado Reflections, 1982

 Item
Identifier: couda-metcalf
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1982