University of Denver
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 13 Collections and/or Records:
ACU - Music - Band
Black and white negatives related to the band program at the University of Denver.
AcU - Music Band Photos, 1949-1996
Contains black and white images, negatives and contact sheets of images relating to music band.
ACU - Music - D.U. Band - early 50's, 1950-1959
Black and white negatives related to the band program at the University of Denver in the early 1950s.
Boz Scaggs at the University of Denver, 1972 October 6
Black and white photograph of Boz Scaggs on stage during the October 6, 1972 Steve Miller Band concert at the University of Denver (DU) playing an electric guitar singing into a microphone.
Drummer at Steve Miller Band Concert, 1972 October 6
Black and white photograph of unidentified drummer (possibly John James King) on stage during the October 6, 1972 Steve Miller Band concert at the University of Denver.
Fall 1947 - 'D' Club Dance, 1947
Black and white photograph of University of Denver students dancing at the 'D' Club Dance in the fall of 1947. A band, consisting of a piano, bass, drums, vocalist, four trumpets, and three saxophones, is performing onstage.
Homecoming Traditions - Jazz Combo, 1951 October
Black and white print of seven jazz musicians gathered around a microphone, with a crowd of people listening in the background. The instruments in the combo include piano, string bass, trumpet, and several saxophones.
Kizumba Performing at Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 1995 May
Two singers and an electric guitar player perform on the steps outside the Driscoll Student Center on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Several young children are playing on the steps in front of them. (from caption on back): The Afro-Caribbean band "Kizumba" performs at DU's celebration of Cinco de Mayo/May Daze. The event was sponsored by the Latino Student Alliance, the DU Programs Board, and the Office of Minority Affairs.
Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs Concert, 1972 October 6
Black and white print of a view from backstage at the October 6, 1972 Steve Miller Band concert at the University of Denver. Visible between the curtains are a grand piano, two keyboards, a drum set, and speakers onstage and a large crowd in the audience.
Student Activities Bluegrass Orchestra Concert, between 1960-1979
Black and white photograph of five unidentified men on a stage under a scoreboard playing (from l to r) a fiddle, banjo, mandolin, string bass, and acoustic guitar for an unknown event. The banjo player is wearing a cowboy hat, and a sticker on the bass reads "Clean Up Air Pollution [Play] Bluegrass Mu[sic]."