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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 105 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0003.00013
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1955
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Apartments, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1962

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1961-1962
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A crane hauls a piece of stone up to the roof.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00018
Abstract

Exterior view of the contruction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A fork lift hoists material up to the roof.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0026.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A man guides the hooks on a crane.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 2

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1962

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0026.00006
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Exterior stair well before railings were added.

Dates: 1961-1962
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 2

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0026.00007
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Builders work on the foundation and plumbing.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 2

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1984

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00010
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. After the demolition of the chapel, repairs on the remaining tower. Cement truck in the foreground.

Dates: 1984
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 15: Buildings Boettcher Center - Business Administration / Buildings - Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 2

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Construction, 1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0010.00004
Abstract Black and white print of two workers on the roof of Ben M. Cherrington Hall under contrusction on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, CO, with Johnson-McFarlane Hall and Aspen Apartments in the background. 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...
Dates: 1966
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 17: Buildings Centennial Towers - DU Curb Stone / Buildings - Cherrington Hall - Construction

University of Denver Daniels College of Business - Construction, 1997-1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0036.00009
Abstract

University of Denver chancellor Daniel Ritchie speaks through at the topping-off ceremony for the construction of the Daniels College of Business building as a group of construction workers in hard hats stand by.

Dates: 1997-1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 17: Buildings Centennial Towers - DU Curb Stone / Buildings - Daniels College of Business - Construction

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