Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Denver, Colo.)
Biography
Est. 1959 as part of the American Medical Center, Denver, Colo. Ground breaking ceremony held Nov. 16, 1959, but construction was never completed. In 1961, as a project of the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation, Inc., it became part of the the University of Colorado Medical Center (renamed the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1979). The Foundation also established two other research centers (no longer in existence) at the Universitty of Utah Medical Shcool, and the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. The Foundation and the Denver Institute later merged. In 2003 the Institute became part of the University of Denver, under a shortened name, the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI). Do not confuse with the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (presumably of Hyde Park, N.Y.) founded 1972 as a successor to the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation, which initiated and cosponsored projects to celebrate and perpetuate the values of Eleanor Roosevelt, esp. in fields of peace, youth, and social policy, and which merged with the FDR Four Freedoms Foundation to form the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in 1979.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Members at Rockies Baseball Game, 1994 June 24
Outdoor Party, 1994 June 26
Contact prints of 35 millimeter roll of film. Frames 1-12: Individuals standing outside. Frame 13: Blank. Frames 14-21: Individuals standing outside. Frames 27-30: Individuals standing outside.
Outdoor Party, 1994 June 26
Contact print of 35 millimeter film roll. Frame 2: Man cooks using grill. Frames 3-22: Group stands outside. Frame 23: Hanging banner. Frames 24-36: Group stands outside. Final Frame: Two men stand for portrait while shaking hands.
Outdoor Party, 1994 June 26
Contact print of 35 millimeter film roll. Frames 1-2: Two men stand for portrait. Frames 3-4: Two men converse outside. Frame 5: Shadows on the ground. Frames 6-18: Group stands outside. Frames 19-21: Group stands for portrait. Frames 22-33: Man addresses group from microphone.
Reception at Rockies Baseball Game, 1994 June 26
Contact prints of 35 millimeter film roll. Frames 1-11: Man addresses crowd from microphone. Frame 12: Three men stand for portrait. Man in center hold plaque. Frames 13-15: David Patterson shows box to other men. Frames 16-17: Two men speak to baseball player in dugout. Frames 18-26: Group stands for portrait.
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