Colorado Women's College was conceived as a "Vassar of the West" by its founder, the Rev. Robert Cameron. Cameron was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Denver. The college was incorporated in 1888, though it did not open its doors until 1909. Located in northeast Denver, the school changed its name in 1967 to Temple Buell College, after a Denver philanthropist who had announced plans to endow the school with a twenty five million dollar gift. However, before the gift could be realized, debts increased and enrollment fell. In 1973, the institution was renamed Colorado Women's College, and in 1982, it merged with the University of Denver.

The archives of Colorado Women's College contain trustee minutes and reports, financial records, scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs and slides, audio tapes, and student publications such as the school newspaper, The Western Graphic.

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