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  • Dr. Edward U. Condon
    Dr. Edward U. Condon (1902-1974), professor of physics and astrophysics and fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) at the University of Colorado, was well-known for his participation in the development of radar and nuclear
  • Students gather to listen to a protest leader outside Norlin in the 1970s
    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
  • 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
  • Old cardboard shoe boxes
    dThe 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
  • Hazel Barnes
    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
  • Young children at the Tinian School set up by CU Japanese Language School graduate, LT Telfer Mook in 1944.
    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
  • Several women in rodeo outfits from the Westermeier Collection
    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
  • Rock climbing photo from Colorado Outward Bound Program
    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
  • Handwritten notes by the last Prof. Frank Thompson
    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
  • Helianthus coloradensis, also known as the Cockerell sunflower
    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
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