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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:

Howe Expense Book, 1895-1913

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Identifier: M010.06.0006.00023
Abstract

Howe's personal and family expenses were recorded daily.

Dates: 1895-1913

Howe Expense Book, 1913-1926

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Identifier: M010.06.0006.00024
Abstract

Howe's personal and family expenses were recorded daily.

Dates: 1913-1926

Howe Family Expenses, 1884-1891

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Identifier: M010.06.0006.00025
Abstract

Howe's family expenses were recorded daily.

Dates: 1884-1891

Howe Family Expenses, 1893-1915

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Identifier: M010.06.0006.00026
Abstract

Howe's family expenses were recorded daily.

Dates: 1893-1915

Howe Family Expenses, 1916-1926

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Identifier: M010.06.0006.00027
Abstract

Howe's family expenses were recorded daily.

Dates: 1916-1926

Howe, Herbert Alonzo (Astronomy) Photographs - Family (VIP), 1958

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Identifier: U201.02.0139.0029
Abstract 6 black and white prints of Herbert Alonzo Howe, astronomy professor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and interim acting chancellor at the University of Denver, including Howe with telescope; with wife Fannie Shattuck Howe; and headshots of Howe. Also includes 5 black and white prints of people and places connected to Howe, including Doris Howe (granddaughter of Herbert Howe); dean Joseph C. Shattuck; Shattuck's house in Greeley, Colo.; the Fitzroy Mansion in University Park;...
Dates: 1958

Howe Thesis: ''Kepler's Problem'', 1883

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Identifier: M010.02.0002.0007
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials related to the building of the Chamberlin Observatory and the Saegmuller telescope: contracts, specifications, bills and receipts, drawings, and observatory account books. This series also includes publications, articles, clippings, announcements and photographs as well as his thesis on Kepler's Problem and several essays and articles written by Howe.

Dates: 1883

Lesson Plans Book (Mathematics), Undated

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Identifier: M010.05.0006.00021
Abstract

The book contains outlines for course lectures on mathematics.

Dates: Undated

Notes on Saegmuller telescope, 1890-1894

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Identifier: M010.07.0007.00002
Abstract

Howe's notes on the Saegmuller telescope that includes his 1890 trip to see buildings and instruments and the 1894 trip to get the telescope.

Dates: 1890-1894

Observation Book, 1899 February-April

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Identifier: M010.07.0008.00007
Abstract

Howe's observations from Chamberlin Observatory for February – April 1899

Dates: 1899 February-April

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Archival Object 166
Collection 1
 
Subject
Universities and colleges 83
Denver (Colo.) 70
Faculty 68
University Park (Denver, Colo.) 65
Astronomy 64