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 222 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; two students stand silhoutted in front of an open window with Mary Reed Hall in the background. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; male students gather around a record player to share music. The Mary Reed building is visible out the window across a snowy lawn. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; two students work together on homework in their university apartment. Mary Reed building is visible out the window of the room. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; male students congregate in the living room of their University of Denver apartment. The four are talking and laughing over teacups. One is wearing a frilly apron. Mary Reed building is visible in the rear through the room's window. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Photograph of negatives of University of Denver apartment interiors and exteriors. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. A three story brick building is in the rear and students stand in groups or walk on sidewalks in the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, 1954-1957
Exterior view of the University of Denver dormitories in Denver, Colorado; three men outside, with backs to the camera, talk with four girls who stand on a Johnson-McFarlane Residence Hall balcony, in 1954.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Aerial view of two of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. The three story red brick buildings sit midground, with numerous trees and the Rocky Mountains in the background. A large grassy lawn, trees, sidewalks, and dirt road, and an outbuilding are visible in the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1950
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950; students do homework on the grass in front of the University of Denver apartment buildings, which stand in the background. Students stand and converse nearby. A grassy lawn is in the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950. The three story brick building is on the left of the image, the Student Union on the right. Students walk on sidewalks crisscrossing a grassy lawn.