University of Denver
Organization
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 folderFound in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lowell Thomas Copies, between 1915-1950
Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0018.00002
Abstract
Contact sheet of DU alumnus Lowell Thomas photograph copies.
Dates:
between 1915-1950
Lowell Thomas in Lhasa, Tibet, 1949
Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0018.00001
Abstract
Photographic image of University of Denver alumnus (B.A., M.A. 1912), journallist, broadcaster, and world traveler Lowell Thomas, with a Caucasian man believed to be Lowell Thomas, Jr.; and three unidentified Tibetan men. The photo is matted and this inscription is on the mat, in what is likely Thomas' own hand: "To the Jack Chapmans-Greetings from Lhasa. 1949. Lowell Thomas". The Tibetan Potala Palace is in the rear of the photograph. Thomas was invited to Tibet by the Dalai Lama. This...
Dates:
1949