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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Founders Day, 1974-1987

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0029
Abstract Miscellaneous images from Founders Day celebrations at the University of Denver: 29 black and white prints, including Charles and Dolly Korsoski; Chancellor Dwight Smith; Chancellor Daniel Ritchie; Founders Week queen Barbara Schmaedeke; a Founders Week queen with time capsule; DU alumnus and donor Lowell Thomas speaking at 1974 Founders Day banquet; poster with headshots of the deans of the College of Business Administration (John Bart Geijsbeek 1908-1913, George Alfred Warfield, 1913-1936,...
Dates: 1974-1987
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 97

University of Denver Law Center - Dedication, 1959 March 06

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0030.00012
Abstract

University of Denver chancellor Chester M. Alter, College of Law dean Harold Hurst, and trustee Bob Selig hold a tray with a glove and a chunk of sod for the livery of seisin ceremony at the dedication of the Law Center building on the University's Civic Center Campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1959 March 06
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 19: Buildings General Classroom Building - Law Center Library / Buildings - Law Center - Dedication, 1

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