University of Denver
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 folderFound in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Altar in Buchtel Memorial Chapel
Black and white print of Communion altar in Buchtel Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Denver (DU) in Denver, Colorado. The altar is covered in a white lace tablecloth and holds a tall candle, a Bible, and another book. A taller shelf behind it holds two candles and a metal cross, and bears the words "This do in remembrance of me."
Bldgs - Buchtel Chapel (Exterior)
Black and white negatives of exterior shots of Buchtel Chapel at the University of Denver.
Buildings - Evans Chapel, 1970
Black and white negatives related to the Evans Chapel at the University of Denver.
Chancellor Smith and Evans Chapel, circa 1987
Photographic print of Chancellor Dwight Smith sitting on a stone wall with Evans Chapel in the background. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1987.
Evans Chapel
Black and white prints related to religious events in the Evans Chapel at the University of Denver.
Students Exiting Buchtel Memorial Chapel, 1952
A crowd of students walks out the front entrance and down the steps of Buchtel Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos, 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being dismantled from its original location on the downtown campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, next to Grace Church, to be relocated to the University Park campus. Two workers are standing in a basket labeled "Sputnik" suspended from a crane, and all the stone blocks of the walls are labeled in order for reassembly.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, between 1961-2008
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in summer, taken from the patio of Mary Reed Building, with people talking on the sidewalk and Mount Evans in the background.