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 3 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Fisher Early Learning Center, 1999
Four children play with shovels and toy construction equipment at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fisher Early Learning Center on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver General Classroom Building - Construction and Moving In, 1967
Four men lift shovelfuls of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the General Classroom Building (later part of Sturm Hall) on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with an artist's rendering of the building displayed on an easel in the background.
University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Construction, 1957
A man drives a bulldozer to begin construction of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) after the groundreaking ceremony on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. University representatives are talking and a brass band is playing in the background.