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Community life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 276 Collections and/or Records:

Aimee Peyser Strauss , 1911-1956

 File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0019
Abstract

Aimee Peyser was born in 1899 in Denver and was an active member of the Jewish community in Denver for the rest of her life. She was one of the first women to hold an office on the board of directors of Temple Emanuel and worked for years as an educator of Jewish immigrants in West Denver. She married Melvin Strauss in 1923 and passed away in 1990.

Dates: 1911-1956

Bishop Mote Presents a History of St. Mary's Church in Denver, Colorado, 1986

 Item
Identifier: M054.01.0002.00007
Abstract Bishop James Mote shares the history of St. Mary's Anglican Catholic Church, which moved to the University Park area of Denver, Colorado in the 1930s. St. Mary's Church withdrew from the Episcopal Church on November 28, 1976 under his direction and joined other parishes in the Diocese of the Holy Trinity, which later became known as the Anglican Catholic Church. Bishop Mote also comments on the expansion of Denver's city limits to the south and to the east since his arrival in 1951, and...
Dates: 1986

Candid Photographs, 1910, 1920, 1920

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Identifier: D037.02.0003.0003
Abstract

File contains snapshot photographs of Maxine Lower and her friends. Also inlcudes some informal dance pictures.

Dates: 1910; 1920; 1920

Candid Photographs, 1940 - 1950

 File
Identifier: D037.02.0003.0017
Abstract

File contains multiple candid photographs of Maxine Lower Williamson and friends.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Church Dances

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Identifier: D030.01.0013.0004
Abstract

File contains various papers and materials relating to dance Gwen engaged with her church.

Dates: 1930-2012

Community Relations

 Collection
Identifier: U142
Abstract

Collection contains posters and newspaper clippings from the community relations department at the University of Denver.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Dr. Allen Breck Presents a History of the University Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0001.00005
Abstract Dr. Allen Breck discusses the University Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Breck notes that although a number of professionals still live in the area, there are not as many University of Denver faculty members with homes in the neighborhood as there were in past years. He speculates that this may be due to the fact that University Park houses are more expensive. He discusses schools in the area, and the positive effect that living in the neighborhood has had on his life. He also...
Dates: 1986

Herbert A. Howe 1880 Diary, 1880

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Identifier: M010.03.0003.00002
Abstract

Professor Howe's diary for 1880 recounts his brief weather and astronomical observations, teaching activities at the University of Denver, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life. Howe accepted an appointment to teach mathematics and astronomy at the University of Denver beginning in the fall. At the end of the book there is a monthly Cash Account where Professor Howe records some of his spending.

Dates: 1880

Herbert A. Howe 1881 Diary, 1881

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Identifier: M010.03.0003.00003
Abstract

Professor Howe's diary for 1881 recounts his brief weather and astronomical observations, teaching activities at the University of Denver, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life. At the end of the book there is a monthly Cash Account where Professor Howe records some of his spending.

Dates: 1881

Herbert A. Howe 1882 Diary, 1882

 Item
Identifier: M010.03.0003.00004
Abstract Professor Howe's diary for 1882 recounts his brief weather and astronomical observations, teaching activities at the University of Denver, participation in events in University Park and elsewhere in Denver, his family and religious life. Special mention includes: observing the Transit of Venus on December 6, and writing articles for the Denver and Chicago newspapers about it; various misdeeds of students, and his personal resolution to become more amiable, in response to objections from some...
Dates: 1882