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

 Person

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 167 Collections and/or Records:

Pioneer Astronomer: The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Chapter 7, Twilight years (continued) : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1922 and 1923 diaries, 2000 May 15

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00017
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1922 and 1923 diaries recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 May 15

Pioneer Astronomer: The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Chapter 7, Twilight years (continued) : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1924 and 1925 diaries, 2000 June 12

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00018
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1924 and 1925 diaries recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 June 12

Pioneer Astronomer: The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Chapter 7, Twilight years (continued) : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1926 diary, 2000 August 10

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00019
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1926 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 August 10

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Chapter 7, Twilight years : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1920 diary, 2000 April 24

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00015
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1920 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 April 24

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Continuation of Chapter 6, 2000 January 26

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00011
Abstract Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1916 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life. Includes special mention of: Colorado becoming a dry state on January 1; the closing of the University Park Post Office on January 16, with subsequent delivery...
Dates: 2000 January 26

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Continuation of Chapter 6, The War Years, 2000 January 15

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00010
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1915 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 January 15

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Transcript of Herbert A. Howe's 1918 diary, 2000 February 26

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00013
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Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1918 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 February 26

Pioneer Astronomer : The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver : Transcript of Herbert .A. Howe's 1919 diary, 2000 March 10

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Identifier: M010.04.0005.00014
Abstract

Transcribed printout of Professor Howe's 1919 diary recounting his brief weather and astronomical observations, administrative and teaching activities at the University of Denver, entertainment of visitors to the Chamberlin Observatory, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life.

Dates: 2000 March 10

President William Howard Taft at University of Denver, 1911 October 11

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00025
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William Howard Taft speaks from a stage. Seated behind him amongst a group of men are visible chancellor Henry Buchtel and Herbert A. Howe.

Dates: 1911 October 11

Scrapbook, 1881-1900

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Identifier: M010.08.0014.00001
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Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to Howe, Chamberlin Observatory and the University of Denver

Dates: 1881-1900

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Universities and colleges 83
Denver (Colo.) 70
Faculty 68
University Park (Denver, Colo.) 65
Astronomy 64