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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Freshman Dorm Basement, 1954
The image depicts two unidentified students hanging laundry on water pipes in the basement of a residential building at the University of Denver, in 1954.
Students - Dorm PJ Party
This image depicts two unidentified students participating in the University of Denver student dorm pj party, undated. The individual on the left is wearing a plaid beret, striped tie, no shirt, and a bath robe, holding a cup. The individual on the right is wearing a white nightgown. There is an unidentified student in the background.
Students - Dorm PJ Party
The photograph depicts an unidentified student participating in the University of Denver's student dorm PJ party, undatd. The student is wearing a floppy hat with a white ball at the point of the hat, a onsie nightgown, and holding a stuff animal.