Department of History

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These digital collections contain theses, dissertations and student publications from the Department of History. Also included are images used in the CSU Story Map Project.

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Laurel Hall, 1921
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1921) Unidentified photographer
Photo of Laurel Hall from page 66 of the 1921 Silver Spruce yearbook.
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Shooting pool at the Student Union, 1945
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1945) Unidentified photographer
A group of female CSU students plays pool in the Student Union.
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Campus development plan, 1945
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1945-02) Unidentified mapmaker
A map of the proposed changes to CSU's campus in 1945.
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Veteran's Village, 1946
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1946) Unidentified photographer
A temporary housing structure built at Veteran's Village on CSU's campus, 1946.
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Veteran's Village and Green Hall, 1955
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1955) Unidentified photographer
Aerial view of Green Hall and the Veteran's Village on CSU's campus, 1955.
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Veteran's Village Quonset Hut, 1956
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1956) Unidentified photographer
A Quonset hut built on CSU's campus as temporary housing. Photo taken in 1956.
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Student Center / Lory
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1964) Unidentified photographer
Student Center / Lory.
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Chemistry building
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1969) Unidentified photographer
Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings (1881-1985): Box 2, 14-16 (Chemistry Building #150) 1969-1979.
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Anatomy-Zoology building
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1969-10-29) Unidentified artist
Architectural drawing of CSU's new Anatomy building. CSU Collegian, October 29, 1969.
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Grasslands Ecology Research Lab
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1970) Unidentified photographer
Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings (1881-1985): Box 5, 10 (Grasslands Lab #141) 1970-1980 e47 items.
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Anatomy-Zoology building
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1970) Unidentified photographer
Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings (1881-1985): Box 1, 8-9 (Anatomy/ Zoology #143) 1970-1976.
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Chemistry building
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1970-06-19) Unidentified photographer
Photo of New Chemistry building under construction. CSU Collegian, June 19, 1970.
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Anatomy-Zoology building
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1972-03-23) Unidentified photographer
Photo and caption of new Anatomy-Zoology Building, 60% complete. CSU Comments, March 23, 1972.
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Grasslands Ecology Research Lab
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1973-02-22) Bleikamp, Joan, author
Article about the Pawnee National Grasslands: location of CSU study. CSU Collegian, February 22, 1973.
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Grasslands Ecology Research Lab
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1978-08) Unidentified photographer
The Grasslands Ecology Research Laboratory.
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Student Recreation Center, 1990
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990) Olson, Eric, photographer
Exterior photo of the Student Recreation Center.
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Feminism comes to campus: women at CSU 1960-1971
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994) Russo, Andrea E., author
During the sixties students protested everything from restrictive social regulations to the Vietnam War. In this changing environment women, relying on skills learned in mainstream and protest activities, demanded changes for themselves. By the end of the decade these factors converged to foster the emergence of a feminist consciousness among some CSU women. In addition this thesis examines the important role of male student leaders, who had both a provocative and paternalistic relationship with women, in the development of feminism on campus. Relying upon the student newspaper, the CSU Collegian, oral interviews, and other university materials from that era I demonstrate the importance of the campus to the emergence of feminism in the sixties and early seventies. Chapter One examines the early protests of women and men against restrictive housing regulations and demonstrates that the fights against parietal rules was important for the formation of strategies and tactics that would be used later when feminists explicitly challenged gender-specific forms of university discrimination. Chapter Two explores how local and national events of the mid-sixties influenced women activists at CSU and nurtured a budding feminist consciousness on campus. Chapter Three, through an examination of women's organizations, shows that a feminist consciousness was clearly present on campus by 1968.
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The development of the Fort Collins Mormon community during the twentieth century
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000) McGehee, Linda C., author; Leyendecker, Liston E., advisor; Hansen, James E., 1938-, committee member; Boyd, James W. (James Waldemar), 1934-, committee member; Fiege, Mark T., committee member
Separated by the formidable Rocky Mountains from Brigham Young's Utah stronghold, the northern Colorado town of Fort Collins was not numbered among the western settlements founded by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nevertheless, followers of this sect would be drawn to Fort Collins in ever-increasing numbers. Early Mormons in the town lacked the well-established religious traditions of their Utah counterparts and struggled to define their group identity. Later, the growth of the L.D.S. congregation paralleled the increase in Fort Collins population, as the rapid expansion of Colorado State University attracted large numbers of Latter-day Saint students and faculty after the second world war. The Fort Collins Mormons gathered often for religious and social activities. They gradually formed a community that fit the definition given by Thomas Bender, who describes "community" as a deeply meaningful social network, bound together by close emotional ties, solidarity and communion with other members of the group. Fort Collins Latter-day Saints found a sense of connection through three major influences: shared religious beliefs, development of strong emotional ties, and organizational structure provided by the church headquarters in Salt Lake City. Utilizing primary source material from church records, local newspapers and personal interviews, this thesis traces the history of the Latter-day Saints in Fort Collins, examining ways in which church members created a close-knit, identifiable Mormon community in this northern Colorado city.
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Beet borderland: Hispanic workers, the sugar beet, and the making of a northern Colorado landscape
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2002) Standish, Sierra, author; Fiege, Mark T., advisor; Orsi, Jared, 1970-, committee member; Ore, Janet, committee member
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the arrival of the sugar beet industry wrought change in northern Colorado. The sugar beet was a totally new plant-it was unlike corn, wheat, alfalfa and other crops that local farmers were familiar with. The biological characteristics of the beet required a particular style of intensive labor, indeed shaping the daily life of laborers. Hispanic migrants to Fort Collins worked and lived under the influence of the sugar beet, but they were not passive participants in the story; they effectively transplanted some of their cultural traditions and left their own imprint in the landscape. Two years after the turn of the twentieth century, the Fort Collins landscape still bears the mark of the sugar beet. Yet even as landscape tells history, history must help explain landscape. Adobe houses still stand in some old neighborhoods, suggesting that Hispanic inhabitants once played a part in the early chronicles of Fort Collins. This thesis endeavors to flesh out that story-to explain the origins of Hispanic beet workers; how the beet changed their lifestyle, bodies, and public identity; and in what ways they modified their environment.
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"That young girl should be in school, not out drilling wheat!" The Germans from Russia, race, and Americanization in northeastern Colorado
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2005-12-13) Legg, Kathleen, author