University Records

Over the years, a number of diplomas have been given to the Archives by their recipients or their descendants.  Most of the diplomas are from this institution.  In each case the recipient is a graduate of this institution.  Occasionally those graduates have given us diplomas they have received from other institutions.

Any diploma which was for a degree granted to a non-graduate or faculty member of this institution would be located as part of a special collection.

File 1

Framed diplomas

Helen (Genet) Garrigues

June 2, 1904

Bachelor of Pedagogy.  Signed by President Snyder, State Superintendent of Schools, Boulder County Superintendent, officers of the Board of Trustees and 25 members of the faculty. (17 x 20")

June 7, 1906

Master of Pedagogy.  Signed by President Snyder, the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, the State Superintendent of Schools, County Superintendent, Superintendent of the Training School, & Director of Post Graduate (work). (16 x 21")

James Garcia. 1902. First Hispanic surnamed graduate

June 5, 1902

Bachelor of Pedagogy.  Signed by President Snyder; State Superintendent of Schools; Thera H. Satterlee, County Superintendent of unknown county; Officers of the Board of Trustees; and Faculty members. (17 x 20")

see also -- Alumni biographies/clippings (RG18 S16 F1, Folder – Garcia, James)

File 2

Unframed diplomas

Ruth E. Barry

August 22, 1919

Completed the Two-Year Course of Study. Group Course: General. Signed by President Crabbe, State and County Superintendents, and President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees.

Clara S. Bliss

June 4, 1891

Completed the Course of Study and Practice, rank of Teacher.  Signed by President Gray, State and County Superintendents, and President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. (Slight tear and water damage, gold seal.)

Mame C. Allen

June 6, 1895

Bachelor of Pedagogy.  Signed by President Snyder and 20 others. (Gold seal)

Chrestomathean Literary Society Diploma, giving honorary membership.  Signed by President and Secretary of the Society. (Slight tear)

See also RG3 S20 F18 Folder --Alumni/Homecoming (for negatives)

Lucy Bowen Delbridge

June 6, 1901

Bachelor of Pedagogy.

June 2, 1898

Greeley High School diploma in Latin.

Lois Sophie Godley

June 8, 1905

Bachelor of Pedagogy.

Luella Norris 

June 7, 1906

Bachelor of Pedagogy.

Luna Smith

July 27, 1910

Master of Pedagogy and Grad Certificate

July 24, 1914

B.A.  Grad program, articles by Hazel Johnson 4‑15‑75, Rose Mary Koob 6‑20‑73, Photo 1910, correspondence.

Edith Castle

March 16, 1917

The State Teachers College of Colorado and letter. (On loan to the Judy Farr Alumni Center)

Nora Charlotte Roop Collins

March 20, 1919

Colorado Teachers College. 2 Year Course of Study

June 1922

Colorado Teachers College. Bachelor of Arts in Education

June 6, 1917

Denver High School--North Side

Nora Charlotte Roop Collins scrapbook transferred to: RG20 S16

see also -- 1954-1978. Nora Roop Collins scrapbook -- RG20 S1 F9

Sophia Maria Inge

June 11, 1919

Two Year Course, life license to teach in Colorado.  Signed by President Crabbe and four others. On back, clipping of news article from La Junta Tribune-Democrat , June 9, 1973, with picture of Mrs. (Maria Inge) Dicks.

Christine M. Albrecht

Aug. 23, 1923

Colorado State Teachers College. BA in Education.

March 13, 1930

Colorado State Teachers College. MA.

March 15, 1930

Colorado State Teachers College. Life Certificate.

Ruby Alberta Bell

June 2,1926

Bachelor of Arts in Education and Life Certificate. Includes correspondence, commencement and Baccalaureate programs, and 4-1-25 and 5­20­26 Mirrors.

Lavada Ratliff

August 25, 1928

Bachelor of Arts

August 25, 1928

Four year course, Life Certificate

August 22, 1931

Master of Arts

1904-1905

Klondike High School Report (Klondike, TX)   

June 12, 1926

Texas State Teachers Association, Certificate of Life Membership

July 25, 1945

Certificate of Approval Superintendents and Principals issued by The State Department of Education The State of Texas.

1959

“SNEA Establishes Fund; Group Honors Dr. Ratliff.”  Montgomery Herald (Fayette County, WV),1959.

1961

Picture of Photo of Lavada Ratliff Hanging  in Ratliff Hall.    

July 20, 1961

“$500,000 Tech Women’s Dormitory to be Completed by Mid-August.”  Montgomery Herald (Fayette County, WV), July 20, 1961, pp. 1, 7.    

October 21, 1961

Dedication and Open House Lavada Ratliff Hall, West Virginia Institute of Technology.  Program.

Stella Witter

May 14, 1897

Diploma -- May 14, 1897 -- Chrestomathean Literary Society

Nellie Marie Ray Leckington

March 14, 1931

Bachelor of Arts, Colorado State Teachers College

March 14, 1931

Life Certificate to teach, completed 4 year course of professional training at Colorado State Teachers College

December 10, 1946

State Teachers Certificate, Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education

August 11, 1962

Certificate of Attendance, The University of Virginia Summer Institute, Charlotteseville, Virginia

See also -- Leckington Photograph Collection -- RG20 S1 F10

Arthur LeRoy Anderson

March 7, 1958

Arthur LeRoy Anderson. Master of Arts, Colorado State College. March 7, 1958.

May 29, 1966

Arthur LeRoy Anderson. Doctor of Education. Colorado State College.

Albert Joseph Martin

August 31, 1949

Albert Joseph Martin. Bachelor of Arts, Colorado State College of Education. Photocopy. See: SC 82, Folder 7.

File 3

Certificates not from this institution:

Ethan Allen Cross

August 18, 1898

Teaching certificate, Department of Public Instruction, State of Illinois

1917?

Diploma (part of diploma is missing)

January 18, 1917

Letter from Mary C. C. Bradford to Mr. Cross.

1926

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University

Magistri in Artibus, Universitas Chicainiensis, CD D CCCCVI

Deioptimi Maximi, Universitatis Rerum Fontis Ac Orignis Ad Gloriam, Councilum Supremum Counciliorum Orbis Terrarum Parens

Frederick W. Ireland

Jan. 19, 1920

Architect Examination.

Mary Louise Schermerhorn

April 1911

Certificate, The Michigan State Board of Registration of Nurses.

May 17, 1898

U.B.A. Home and Hospital Training School for Nurses (location not given).

April 27, 1912

Certificate Colorado State Board of Nurse Examiners.

(No Date)

Certificate Post Graduate Hospital of Chicago.