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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 27 Collections and/or Records:

Crimson and Gold Dance Ensemble, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0074.0007.00001
Abstract

Group portrait of the Crimson and Gold Dance Ensemble from Winter 1983 at the University of Denver. The members of the ensemble are striking various dance poses; the men are wearing khaki pants, button-down shirt, and bow ties, while the women are wearing long, flowing dresses.

Dates: 1983

Crimson and Gold Dance Ensemble, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0074.0007.00003
Abstract

Eight members of the winter 1983 Crimson and Gold Dance Ensemble from the University of Denver perform a lift. The men are wearing khaki pants and button-down shirts, and the women, being lifted into the air, are wearing long, flowing dresses with buckled sashes.

Dates: 1983

Dance Class, circa 1981

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0074.0007.00002
Abstract

Group portrait of members of a dance class at the University of Denver in the 1980s. The dancers, both male and female, are wearing tights and tank tops and are stuffing themselves in lockers against the wall in various acrobatic poses.

Dates: circa 1981

Dancing at Pioneer Day

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0010.00010
Abstract

Unidentified University of Denver students hold hands and dance in small circles for a Pioneer Day activity while a crowd looks on. The male students are wearing jackets and knee-length pants, with bare feet, while the female students are wearing long dresses with white tops and dark sashes.

Dates: 1945-1993

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

DU Lamont School of Dance Publications, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: D025.01.0001.0002
Abstract

Denver University,Lamont School of Dance Publications, featuring photographs created by Marshall Brooks.

Dates: 1956-1959

Dudes and Dames, 1951 March

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00001
Abstract

The photograph depicts four females holding hands while being held up by four males, all in western costume, while three other individuals watch a few feet away, outside of unidentified location, for the University of Denver's Dudes and Dames, in 3/51.

Dates: 1951 March

Dudes and Dames, 1951 March

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00002
Abstract

The photograph depicts three males lifting three females outside of the Mary Reed Building, for the University of Denver's Dudes and Dames, in 3/1951.

Dates: 1951 March

Dudes and Dames, 1952

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00003
Abstract

This photograph depicts 16 students dancing in front of the University of Denver's Mary Reed Building, for the Dudes and Dames organization, in 1952.

Dates: 1952

Dudes and Dames, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00004
Abstract

The photograph depicts 12 students dancing on the west side of the University of Denver's Mary Reed Library Building, for the Dudes and Dames, circa 1950. The image shows the mountains in the horizon while the students twirl on the sidewalk, while wearing western costumes.

Dates: circa 1950