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 19 Collections and/or Records:
Business Administration Students, 1940-1959
Still image of classroom full of business administration students and professor. The professor stands at the front of the room in front of a blackboard. Each student is seated at a desk using a different machine; some appear to be adding machines or typewriters, along with other unidentified machines. Large windows line one side of the classroom. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.
Business Administration Students in Typing Class, 1940-1959
Still image of female professor standing over five business administration students seated at typewriters. The professor is leaning over, pointing at a paper, and smiling at a female student, who smiles back and also points at the paper. A blackboard in the backgrounds reads: "Please don't move the typewriters" in cursive. What appears to be a typing instruction poster is to the right of the written words. It is titled: "Diagrammatic Chart Royal", with other illegible words below.
Business Administration Students Looking at Map, 1940-1959
Business Business Administration Students with Film Projector, 1951 July
Still image of business administration faculty and students gathered around a film projector. The group of about fifteen are standing in the middle of a classroom and appear to be looking at the inside of the projector. On the University of Denver campus, July, 1951.
Graduate School of Social Work, 1985 May
Contact sheet with images of Graduate School of Social Work in class.
Graduate School of Social Work Students, 1985 May
Still image of a female student seated in front of a computer; she is gesturing as she speaks to a female next to her. Two males look on. At the University of Denver campus.
Graduate School of Social Work Students, 1985 May
Still image of three female Graduate School of Social Work with a number of other students in the background. Two females are standing and chatting with the third female who is seated in front of a computer, with her back to the camera. On the campus of the University of Denver.
Ruth Underhill Radio Broadcast, 1952 January
Photographic image of Anthropology Professor Ruth Underhill during a radio broadcast in a classroom, with students looking on. A young male with headphones on appears to be handling the broadcasting equipment and two older men stand behind. On the University of Denver campus, January of 1952.
University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-1965
Interior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Robert Amme teaches a physics class of male students.
University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1965-1969
Interior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Students sit at desks and listen during their class in the Boettcher Center. A professor gestures at the front, standing near a blackboard covered with equations.