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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 5 Collections and/or Records:

Collins, Clem

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0036
Abstract

Black and white print of headshot of Clem Collins, dean of the College of Business Administration (1936-45) and member of the board of trustees at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1793-2009

Founders Day, 1974-1987

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0029
Abstract Miscellaneous images from Founders Day celebrations at the University of Denver: 29 black and white prints, including Charles and Dolly Korsoski; Chancellor Dwight Smith; Chancellor Daniel Ritchie; Founders Week queen Barbara Schmaedeke; a Founders Week queen with time capsule; DU alumnus and donor Lowell Thomas speaking at 1974 Founders Day banquet; poster with headshots of the deans of the College of Business Administration (John Bart Geijsbeek 1908-1913, George Alfred Warfield, 1913-1936,...
Dates: 1974-1987

Gifts and Bequests Committee Meeting, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0026.00002
Abstract

University of Denver Trustees John Gorsuch, Judge Phillips, George Rainsford, Al Gould, and Gordon Johnston sit around a table set for a meal at a Gifts and Bequests Committee Meeting in 1957.

Dates: 1957

Tramway Tech PHOTO, 1966-1992

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0025
Abstract

Images related to the old University Park tram line in Denver, Colorado: 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of Streetcar #8 and old tram tracks being torn up on Evans Avenue. 1 black and white contact sheet without negatives of an old streetcar. 1 undated black and white print of Dewey Flint, Alfred C. Nelson, John Gorsuch, Judge Philip Gillian, and Francis Van Derur taking the last ride on the #8 University Park tramway line.

Dates: 1966-1992

University of Denver Law Center - Dedication, 1959 March 06

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0030.00012
Abstract

University of Denver chancellor Chester M. Alter, College of Law dean Harold Hurst, and trustee Bob Selig hold a tray with a glove and a chunk of sod for the livery of seisin ceremony at the dedication of the Law Center building on the University's Civic Center Campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1959 March 06