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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 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chancellor Ritchie and VIPs at Facilities Management Groundbreaking, 1994 September 27

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0004.00001
Abstract

Photographic image of men in suits wearing hard hats and holding shovels full of dirt: [left to right] Cal Cox (Project Contractor), Keith Heaton (DU), Jeff Bemilin [sp] (DU), Chancellor Ritchie, Rod Davis (Architect), at the groundbreaking of the Facilities Management building on the campus of the University of Denver on 9/27/1994.

Dates: 1994 September 27

Ross Pritchard, Melvin Calvin, and Walter Koch at Seeley Mudd Building Groundbreaking, 1979

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Identifier: U201.02.0140.0038.00001
Abstract

Melvin Calvin and Walter Koch, chair of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver, pose with shovels at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Seeley Mudd Science Building on the University Park campus of the University of Denver while Chancellor Ross Pritchard picks up his shovel.

Dates: 1979

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00027
Abstract

Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00028
Abstract

A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Groundbreaking, 1957 June 4

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Identifier: U201.01.0019.0013.00002
Abstract

Chancellor Chester Alter speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Johnson-McFarlane Residence Hall (J-Mac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, as a group of officials, including Robert Selig, Chair of the Board of Trustees, looks on.

Dates: 1957 June 4