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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Edgar Everhart with Telescope in Chamberlin Observatory, between 1969-1985

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00017
Abstract

University of Denver astronomy professor Edgar Everhart poses in front of the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1969-1985

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1928-1960

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00019
Abstract

University of Denver math professor and Chamberlin Observatory director Albert Recht looks through the telescope at Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The view is taken from below, looking up at the opening of the dome, showing a daylit sky above.

Dates: between 1928-1960

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory - 100th Aniversary Celebration, 1994 November 23

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0033.00019
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives of DU professors Herschel Neumann and Robert Stencel holding a "Happy Anniversary" sign in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado for the observatory's 100th anniversary celebration.

Dates: 1994 November 23