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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 8 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel Ritchie Skiing with Students, between 1989-2005

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Identifier: U201.01.0120.0018.00001
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie pauses with students at the top of a ski slope at the University of Denver's Winter Carnival.

Dates: between 1989-2005

Dwight Smith Serving Food to Students at Spring Carnival, between 1984-1989

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Identifier: U201.01.0120.0016.00001
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith serves food to students at the Spring Carnival Chancellor's Barbecue on Driscoll Green on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Smith is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, a dark apron, and an oven mitt; one of the students is wearing a Broncos shirt, and an unidentified man is wearing an apron reading "Chancellors BBQ."

Dates: between 1984-1989

Program of the Inaugural and Commencement Ceremonies University of Denver August 18, 1978, 1978 August 18

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Identifier: U138.0004.0013.00001
Abstract

Program for the University of Denver Inaugural ceremony for the charge and investiture of Ross Pritchard as the Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Denver as well as for the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 18, 1978. Honorary degree recipient: Allan O. Pfnister, Doctor of Laws, former executive vice chancellor and acting chancellor of the University of Denver. Remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.

Dates: 1978 August 18

University of Denver Football Stadium Groundbreaking, 1925

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Identifier: U300.01.0387.00299
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers football stadium groundbreaking ceremony featuring administrators of the school.

Dates: 1925

University of Denver Football Stadium Groundbreaking, 1925

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Identifier: U300.01.0387.00301
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers football stadium groundbreaking ceremony featuring administrators of the school.

Dates: 1925

University of Denver Football Stadium Groundbreaking, 1925

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0387.00302
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers football stadium groundbreaking ceremony featuring administrators of the school.

Dates: 1925

University of Denver Football Stadium Groundbreaking, 1925

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0387.00303
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers football stadium groundbreaking ceremony featuring administrators of the school.

Dates: 1925

University of Denver Students at Founders Day, 1959

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00001
Abstract University of Denver (DU) students cut a cake as Board of Trustees President Robert W. Selig speaks at a podium during the 1959 DU Founders Day celebration in Denver, Colorado. Chancellor Chester M. Alter (to right of Selig) and award recipients look on. Students, left to right: Jeanette Dale (1959 Miss DU and President of Associated Women Students), Jim Sorenson (President of Student Senate), Edythe (Edie) Goldstein (President of Coed Journalists), and Steve LeSatz (Pioneers men's...
Dates: 1959