Women -- Education (Higher) -- Colorado
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Colorado Women's College (1888-1982) Records
Collection
Identifier: M130
Abstract
Colorado Woman's College was conceived as a "Vassar of the West" by its founder, the Rev. Robert Cameron, who wanted to establish a women's college in the Western United States that would offer high-level academics to women. Cameron was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Denver. The sponsoring body was inadvertently incorporated in 1888 as the Woman's College Society (amended to Colorado Woman's College Society the following year), though it did not open until 1909. Located in...
Dates:
1888-1982
Elaine Zook Westblade Papers
Collection
Identifier: M408
Abstract
Elaine Zook Westblade's papers consist of one (1) scrapbook documenting her time at the Colorado Women's College in 1943-1945. Zook is her maiden name.
Dates:
1943-1945
Louise Bieri Papers
Collection
Identifier: M409
Abstract
Louise Bieri was a student of the Colorado Women's College in 1921. She graduated in 1923 and became a teacher. In 1950, she graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor's in Education. Her daughter, Grace von Ehrenkrook Walker, also graduated from CWC in 1948 and from CU in 1950. She donated her mother's scrapbook to the archives.
Dates:
1921-1923
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Louise Bieri Papers
Nancy Hall Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: M413
Abstract
Nancy Hall Chase attended the Colorado Women's College from 1962-1964 and received an AA. She then transferred to University of Denver and finished her business degree in 1967.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1962-1964