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 26 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1950
Aerial view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, under construction circa 1950. Multiple buildings in differents states of construction are visible with tree-lined neighborhoods in the background. The buildings are surrounded by dirt lots, many used for parking. A few people are visible in the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the construction of one of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. A construction worker wearing a hat and smoking a pipe uses a hammer on top of a cement wall. A second construction worker is also on top of the foundation. Mary Reed Building is in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1953
Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Spruce Hall in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Half complete buildings sit on a dirt lot. A truck is parked on the street in the foreground. The Mary Reed building is visible in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1953
Aerial view of the University of Denver apartments under construction in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Taken from the roof of the Mary Reed building, multiple apartments are in various stages of being built. The surrounding neighborhood and Rocky Mountains are visible in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, 1949-1950
Two students watch as a man and a woman with shovels participate in the ground breaking ceremony for a University of Denver apartment-residence hall in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Aerial view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; photograph of a model for proposed University of Denver housing, circa 1955.
University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-2008
Exterior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Fountain in the foreground.
University of Denver Daniels College of Business Construction, between 1997-1999
Construction workers sign the main support beam of the Daniels College of Business building on the campus of the University of Denver at the topping-off ceremony for the building's construction.
University of Denver Identified Apartments, Spruce Hall, between 1945-1950
Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Spruce Hall in the late 1940s. Mary Reed Hall is visible in the background.
University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Construction, 1957
Exterior view of the construction of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.