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 340 Collections and/or Records:
Chancellor Smith and Evans Chapel, circa 1987
Photographic print of Chancellor Dwight Smith sitting on a stone wall with Evans Chapel in the background. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1987.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1953 November
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A girl and boy stand near the raliing and face the cross in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1940
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Congregants look at people on stage.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1953 November
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A male and a female kneel behind a railing and look at a cross.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1910-1983
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from behind two seated congregants, showing choir and pipe organ.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1925-1983
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of an empty brick hallway with elaborate architectural arches.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1952
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. The choir performs at the front of the chapel under the pipe organ.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1952
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. The choir performs at the front of the chapel.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from behind the choir on stage looking back toward the door at the rear of the sanctuary.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Congregants enter the foyer area of the chapel before a religious service; a young man welcomes a woman in a hat.