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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Apartments, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0005.00017
Abstract

Two students watch as a man and a woman with shovels participate in the ground breaking ceremony for a University of Denver apartment-residence hall in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950.

Dates: 1949-1950

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Construction, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0015.00011
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) nearing completion on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with cars parked in a dirt lot in the foreground.

Dates: 1957