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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 in Homecoming Parade, 1995 November

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0033.00001
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie riding in the front of a covered wagon in DU's Homecoming parade in November 1995. Both Ritchie and the driver of the wagon are wearing cowboy hats and boots, and the wagon bears signs reading "[illegible] Marshall" and "Wagons furnished by Cowboy Metal."

Dates: 1995 November

Chancellor Ritchie in Parade, circa 1995

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0001.00006
Abstract

Photographic image of a parade with Chancellor Ritchie riding in the back of a Jeep with no top; a male student is driving and a female student stands in the passenger side. A line of vehicles carrying students stretches down the street behind them; balloons adorn almost every car. In the far rear a band and cheerleaders are visible. On or near the University of Denver campus, circa 1995.

Dates: circa 1995

ROTC Parade in Downtown Denver, 1918

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00003
Abstract

Dr. David Shaw Duncan (later University of Denver chancellor), Granville Johnson (professor of physical education), Earl Engle, and Reuben Borgeson march in an ROTC parade in downtown Denver, Colorado during World War I.

Dates: 1918

Traditions - Homecoming 1979, 1979

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0022
Abstract

2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets with images from the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. Also includes 5 black and white prints with images from Fallfest 1979, including Chancellor Ross Pritchard and Ann Richardson; Gordon Stone in a dunk tank; and dancers from Panama.

Dates: 1979

Traditions - Homecoming - 1995 PHOTO, 1995-2005

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0033
Abstract Images from Homecoming 1995 at the University of Denver: 2 color prints, including the class of 1995 10-year reunion. 13 black and white prints, including images from the bonfire/pep rally; an alumni float in the Homecoming parade; Denver Boone singing with a band onstage at a BBQ on Driscoll Green; the class of 1970 25-year reunion; images from the Homecoming parade; alumni in front of their double decker bus for the Alumni Parade; Chancellor Daniel Ritchie riding in covered wagon in...
Dates: 1995-2005