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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 18 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Boettcher Center, 1965

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0002.00004
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Students working at tables, viewed through windows at night.

Dates: 1965

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Exterior, between 1963-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0032.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Night picture of the center lit up.

Dates: between 1963-2008

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Tower, between 1983-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0016.00032
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel tower in Denver, Colorado. Tower with tree branches in the foreground.

Dates: between 1983-2008

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Tower, between 1983-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0015.00006
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Tower in Denver, Colorado. Tower is silhouetted at twilight at night.

Dates: between 1983-2008

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Tower, between 1983-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0015.00007
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Tower in Denver, Colorado. Close up of the top of the tower, silhouetted at night.

Dates: between 1983-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1949

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00016
Abstract

Group portrait of five unidentified men stand in Observatory Park in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at night.

Dates: 1949

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Slides, between 1966-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0009.00057
Abstract Exterior nighttime view, from the east, of Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with trails from car headlights. 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...
Dates: between 1966-2008

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Slides, between 1966-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0009.00067
Abstract Exterior view of Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at dusk. 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 Edwin Francis died during...
Dates: between 1966-2008

University of Denver Curtis Hall, between 1980-1998

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0026.00005
Abstract

Exterior view of the entrance Curtis Hall on the Park Hill Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at night.

Dates: between 1980-1998

University of Denver Driscoll Center, between 1984-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0005.00009
Abstract

Exterior view of William T. Driscoll Student Center on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado at night, taken from the northeast, showing the pedestrain bridge over Evans Avenue.

Dates: between 1984-2008