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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

DU Dance Collective, 1996 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0031.00001
Abstract

The image depicts four pairs of unidentified legs tap dancing on an unidentified stage for the University of Denver Dance Collective in 1996. The four unidentified individuals wearing beige tights and leotards.

Dates: 1996 May

DU Dance Collective, 1996 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0031.00002
Abstract

The image depicts six unidentified students dancing on an unidentified stage wearing baseball caps backwards, jeans, and tank tops for the University of Denver Dance Collective, in 5/1996.

Dates: 1996 May

Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1956

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0026.00001
Abstract

This image depicts 14 unidentified students partificapting in the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers organization, in an unidentified gymnasium, in 1956. Five of the students are sitting on the ground, while holding hands with their partners, who are standing underneath a basketball hoop.

Dates: 1956

Pioneer Club Square Dancers, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0026.00002
Abstract

This image depicts six unidentified students from the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers, dancing outside with a view of the mountains in the background. The females are wearing long dresses while the males are wearing cowboy boots. The photograph is undated.

Dates: circa 1950

Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1942

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0026.00003
Abstract

The image depicts 24 unidentified individuals standing on stage in western costume beneath a Chesterfield cigarettes ad, for the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers, in 1942.

Dates: 1942

The "D" Club, circa 1945

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0017.00001
Abstract

Film transparency depicts an image of unidentified individuals dancing on a dance floor while Verne Byers and His Orchestra plays on a stage next to emergency doors to the left. The image is connected to The "D" Club affiliated with the University of Denver, circa 1945.

Dates: circa 1945