University of Denver

Organization

Staff Only

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 2 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Football Fans at Broadway Park, 1910

Item

Identifier: U201.01.0033.0017.00005

Abstract

University of Denver (DU) football fans fill the stands at Broadway Park, located at South Avenue and Broadway Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1910

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 33: Campus Scenes - University Park Aerial Views / Campus - University Park Photos (3 of 3)

University of Denver University Hall Cornerstone Laying, 1890 April 3

Item

Identifier: U201.03.0011.0006.00001

Abstract

A crowd watches as a group of individuals lays the cornerstone for University of Denver (DU) University Hall in South Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1890 April 3

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / University Hall Groundbreaking