The Vice President for Student Affairs Office Records, President's Office Records, Bob Dunham Files, Colorado Daily, Robert Greene, Steven Johnson, and the PhotoLab Collections are among the places one can look for not only Vietnam War Protests, but also demonstrations on a range of In Loco Parentis issues, as students...
Today, March 31st, is the day the US celebrates the legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist, César Chávez. Chávez was dedicated to improving the lives of farm workers through the use of non-violent practices such as boycotts and strikes. In the 1970s, Chávez and the United Farm...
d The first image of 1923 shoeboxes, that originally held portions of the James F. Willard collection (the progenitor of the CU Boulder Archives), while strange, are some of the more “acceptable” boxes in which materials have been sent to the archives. More commonly, probably due to their sturdiness, we...
Hazel Barnes (1915-2008), known as a " rock star of philosophy ," was a professor, translator, philosopher and America's preeminent Sartre scholar who coined the term "humanistic existentialism" to designate the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. She taught at the University of Colorado Boulder for 35...
Hope that some of you had some time this break to hit the slopes! In January of 1938, George F. Dobbins was the University of Colorado's representative to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Union's first meeting, at which the groundwork for intercollegiate skiing competitions was established. The University of Colorado...
After the Battle of Tinian in August 1944, most in the Pacific thought the war would last until 1948 – “Golden Gate in 48,” as the saying went. So what to do with 4,000 children in a displaced camp on Tinian in the Marianas? Lt. Telfer Mook, a Navy Japanese...
Out of town for Spring Break with the squad? Bet you don't have this level of style! The Clifford and Therese Westermeier Papers held at the CU Boulder Archives contain research from Clifford's career in history and art. His specialty was the cowboy, the rodeo, wild west shows, and Teddy...
Robert Godfrey was a mountain climber, photographer, film maker, teacher, and writer. Born in Yorkshire, England, he came to the U.S. in 1968 and joined the staff of Outward Bound Mountain School in Colorado, while pursuing an M.A. in Physical Education at Colorado State University and a PhD in Education...
Professor of education and anthropology, Frank E. Thompson (1871-1969) facilitated acquisition by the University of Colorado of mountain property, originally named the University Camp, that later became the site for Science Lodge and research station for the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research. Established on Forest Service land west of...
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948), professor of zoology at the University of Colorado from 1904 to 1934, was an internationally known naturalist who researched and published prolifically in zoology, botany, ecology, and paleontology. He is best known for his work on bees. This digital collection focuses on his field work...
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