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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 24 Collections and/or Records:

Buildings - Social Work, 1975 September 3

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0018
Abstract

Black and white negatives from the groundbreaking ceremony for the Social Work Building at the University of Denver on September 3, 1975.

Dates: 1975 September 3

Buildings - Stadium

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0021
Abstract

Black and white negatives related to the groundbreaking ceremony for the old stadium at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1793-2009

University Hall - Groundbreaking, 1890 April 3

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0034.00001.00001
Abstract

The image depicts the groundbreaking for the University Hall, at the University of Denver, on 4/3/1890.

Dates: 1890 April 3

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Groundbreaking, 1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00007
Abstract Black and white contact sheet with images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis was selected for the design of the building, which was built by the Pinkard Construction Company. Perkins and Will Architects took over...
Dates: 1966

University of Denver Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking, 1965 December

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00008
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet of images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1965 December

University of Denver Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00001
Abstract Black and white print of groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, CO, with Mary Reed Building in the background. Ben Cherrington, left, turns a shovelful of dirt as Josef Korbel, center, and Chancellor Chester M. Alter, right, look on. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis...
Dates: 1966

University of Denver Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00006
Abstract Black and white print of the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. A crowd of attenders listens to a speaker at the podium, with the Boettcher Center and Johnson-McFarlane Hall in the background. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis was selected for the design...
Dates: 1966

University of Denver Fisher Early Learning Center, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0026.00003
Abstract University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie (third from right), Donne and Sue Fisher, and University Architect Mark Rodgers participate in the groundbreaking of the Fisher Early Learning Center on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado. Children with construction hats and shovels play in the foreground, including Isabelle Rodgers, Ian Loefgren, Christopher Rodgers, and Lindsay Fisher. Other adults in the picture include Toni Linder, Ellie Katz, and the new director of the...
Dates: 1999

University of Denver Fisher Early Learning Center, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0026.00004
Abstract

Four children play with shovels and toy construction equipment at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fisher Early Learning Center on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999

University of Denver Fisher Early Learning Center, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0026.00005
Abstract

Set of color negatives with contact sheets with images from the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fisher Early Learning Center at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999