Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folder
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Identifier: B007
Abstract
Abraham J. Kauvar graduated from the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado in 1935 and earned a Doctor of Medicine in 1939 from the University of Chicago. He served as Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of University of Colorado Medical School, and conducted research at the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research. He was instrumental in founding the Neighborhood Health Program in 1965. He was manager of the Denver Department of Health and Hospitals and also served as director...
Dates:
1930-2000
Collection
Identifier: M054
Abstract
The collection consists of oral histories by residents of the University Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado and recount life in the south Denver neighborhood from early 1900 to the mid-1980s as part of 14-year old Barry Matchett's 1986 Eagle Scout project. Residents relate the history of University Park including the trolley that served the area, grocery stores and holiday celebrations. The subdivision was platted in 1892 and the University of Denver moved to its University Park Campus...
Dates:
1986
Collection
Identifier: U359
Abstract
The Center for Sustainability is an administrative unit within the University of Denver (DU) that connects networks across campus and the Denver community. The bulk of records in this collection have been generated by the Sustainability Council, an administrative unit within the University of Denver Center for Sustainability. They consist of elected and apppointed members, as well as volunteers, who engage with groups across campus to share ideas and information. This collection contains...
Dates:
2014-
Collection
Identifier: M123
Abstract
The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...
Dates:
1931-2015
Collection
Identifier: U150
Abstract
Collection contains information on and records from the Credit Union at the University of Denver.
Dates:
Other: 1979-1995
Collection
Identifier: M133
Abstract
The Cree and Weiser families were associated both as pioneers in Georgetown, Colorado and as early supporters of the University of Denver. John Cree (1810-1893) was a Methodist minister, a founding trustee of the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary), and Postmaster of Georgetown. Dr. Reuben Bossart Weiser (1846-1922) was a Colorado State Senator, Georgetown dentist, and Dean of D.U. Dental College. The papers contain biographical and genealogical material about those men and their...
Dates:
1840-1980
Collection
Identifier: U156
Abstract
The University of Denver was a participant in the Urban Observatory, a collaboration of city officials and colleges and universities to study the research resources and needs of an urban city. The project began in 1970 with support from the National League of Cities and funding from various Federal Agencies. The reports of the project describe the economic and social situation in Denver, studying attitudes of the citizens to various urban problems.
Dates:
1968-1981
Collection
Identifier: M281
Abstract
Born in Leetonia (now part of Hibbing), Minnesota, Eddie Miller was a hockey player and coach. He was a member of the first hockey team at the University of Denver, and in 1952 became the first DU player to win All-American honors. He played on the US national hockey team in 1958 and later coached high school hockey in Baudette and Wayzata, Minnesota. The Eddie Miller Papers contain material related to his sports career at the University of Denver and elsewhere. The material was gathered...
Dates:
1949-2000
Collection
Identifier: M353
Abstract
Bound collection of 39 photoprints on [collodion?] printing-out paper (mounted on cardboard). Includes interior and exterior views of the University of Denver and Haish Manual Training School buildings, scenic and industrial views around Colorado, with an unmounted glossy black and white portrait of the photographer inserted loose.
Dates:
between 1889-1892; Majority of material found in 1890
Collection
Identifier: U043
Abstract
Collections contains records related to the Honors Program at the University of Denver. The bulk of the collection is honors theses arranged alphabetically by author.
Dates:
Other: 1958-1965
