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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 folder

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Construction, 1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0010.00005
Abstract Black and white print of two students in front of Ben M. Cherrington Hall under construction on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, CO. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis was selected for the design of the building, which was built by the Pinkard Construction Company. Perkins and Will Architects took over the project when...
Dates: 1966

University of Denver General Classroom Building - Slides, 1984

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0001.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of the General Classroom Building (later part of Sturm Hall) on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students walking across Driscoll Green being re-sodded after the construction of Driscoll Student Center.

Dates: 1984

University of Denver General Classroom Building - Slides, between 1969-2000

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0001.00016
Abstract

Exterior view of the General Classroom Building (later part of Sturm Hall) on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students walking on the sidewalk in the foreground across Driscoll Green being re-sodded after the construction of Driscoll Student Center.

Dates: between 1969-2000