Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926

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Biography

"Serving concurrently as director of Chamberlin Observatory, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and dean of the Graduate College throughout most of the 1890s, he added the duties of acting chancellor when Dr. [William Fraser] McDowell resigned in 1899." Herbert Howe served as acting chancellor from June 1899 to December 1899, when Henry Augustus Buchtel was appointed.

Citation:

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, pp. 80, 277.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fake posthumous diary written by Howe's spirit

Item

Identifier: M010.07.0011.99999

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Observation books contain astronomical observations made at the Chamberlin Observatory from 1897 through 1925, including Halley's Comet in 1910. Observation notes include Howe's notes as well as other astronomers. The reference material is ''A List of Stars for Observations of Latitude with Approximate Zenith Distances for Chamberlin Observatory,'' complied by Charles Joseph Ling.

Dates: 1906-1912

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M010, Herbert Alonzo Howe Family Papers / Observation Books, Notes and Reference Materials / Box 11

Herbert A. Howe Journal, 1909 July-1912 January

Item

Identifier: M010.03.0004.00002

Abstract Howe's Journal includes copies of letters, drafts of articles, technical notes and clippings of his popular astronomy articles in local newspapers. Found between pages 144-145 (May 1910 observations) are undated astronomical position notes penciled on the back of two class schedules (one undated, the other for 1st Quarter 1909-10) and [March?] 4 [year not given] notes in ink on the back of an [1899?] circular from The Woman's Guild of the University of Denver, which was established in fall...

Dates: 1909 July-1912 January

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M010, Herbert Alonzo Howe Family Papers / Diaries / Box 4

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