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 81 Collections and/or Records:
DU Students Playing Frisbee Football, between 1998-2005
University of Denver (DU) Ultimate player blocks as the opposing team tries to pass the disc.
Intramural Soccr [sic], 1971 November 17
Partial roll of 35 mm. photographic negatives taken during an intramural soccer match at the University of Denver (DU) stadium in Denver, Colorado on November 17, 1971.
Intramural Sports, 1972 November 15
Partial roll of 35 mm. photographic negatives taken during a University of Denver intramural volleyball game on November 15, 1972 in Denver, Colorado.
Log Climbing, 1999
University of Denver (DU) student prepares to jump and attempt to ring bell during a ropes course. Fellow students watch from the ground.
Miss Mabel Rilling : Supervisor of Children's Play, Stories for Children, between 1912-1930
Program detailing University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling's participation in Chautauquas, an education movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes brief biography of Rilling and personal endorsements from organizers of Chautauquas in Illinois, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Henry Augustus Buchtel, DU chancellor.
Phipps House, 1988 June
Roll of 35 mm. photographic negatives taken of University of Denver student recreational activities, as well as interior and exterior views of what is now known as the Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center (which includes the Phipps Mansion and Phipps Tennis Pavillion) in June 1988.
Student Jumping in the Air to Catch the Frisbee, 1998
University of Denver (DU) recreational male Ultimate player jumps in the air to grab a disc.
Student Part of the Equestrian Club, 1999
A member of the University of Denver (DU) Equestrian Club rides a horse on an English saddle in 1999. A barn is visible in the background.
Student Playing Frisbee on the Lawn, 1998
University of Denver (DU) recreational male Ultimate player prepares to throw a disc.
Students Playing Ultimate Frisbee, 1999
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers student throws a disc during a recreational game of Ultimate.