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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 47 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00003
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. View of the sanctuary with the roof collapsed in and littering the floor.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00004
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. Half-burned papers litter the rubble.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00005
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. Boxes on shelves and debris on the floor appear water-damaged.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00006
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. Burned timbers litter the floor in front of a broken window.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00008
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. Burnt timber and singed papers litter the ground.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00009
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado during the fire. Fire fighters stand on a ladder and roof, looking over the building on fire.

Dates: 1983

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

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 21

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Looking at main entrance, caution tape in the foreground.

Dates: 1983 July 21

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0011.00014
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. The chapel smokes immediately after the flames are extinguished.

Dates: 1983