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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 9 Collections and/or Records:

Feldman Documents, ''Liszt Notes'' for ''Chopin's Bones'', between 1993-1994

 File
Identifier: M145.09.0021.0005
Abstract

This folder contains notes about Franz Liszt for a fiction project by Burton Feldman called ''Chopin's Bones.'' The story is a murder mystery featuring Feldman's stock characters Wrist and Emma Carew.

Dates: between 1993-1994

Feldman Documents, Notes and Drafts of ''Fame Book'' Intro, circa 1970-1990

 File
Identifier: M145.05.0012.0015
Abstract

This folder contains notes and drafts for the introductory chapter of Burton Feldman's book on ''Fame''. The chapter introduces the bulk of the themes that will be covered in the work.

Dates: circa 1970-1990

Feldman Documents, Notes and Outlines, ''The Rise of Modern Mythology'', between 1955-1975

 File
Identifier: M145.06.0013.0001
Abstract

This folder contains notes and outlines for Burton Feldman and Robert D. Richardson's project ''The Rise of Modern Mythology.'' A good portion of these notes are devoted to the ideas of myth in the years following 1870, a span of time which the final book did not actually cover.

Dates: between 1955-1975

Feldman Documents, Notes and Research on Goethe (1 of 2), circa 1965-1980

 File
Identifier: M145.05.0012.0008
Abstract

This folder is the first of two containing Burton Feldman's research on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The research is broad, but has a good deal of focus on Goethe's optics, Faust, and some elements of mythology.

Dates: circa 1965-1980

Feldman Documents, Notes and Research Regarding Novels (5 of 8), between 1987-1998

 File
Identifier: M145.09.0020.0006
Abstract

This is the fifth of eight folders containing notes and drafts of fiction projects by Burton Feldman. The stories are mostly short detective fiction.

Dates: between 1987-1998

Feldman Documents, Notes for ''Kill Karl Marx'' Novel, between 1991-1994

 File
Identifier: M145.09.0021.0022
Abstract

This folder contains notes and drafts on a short story project by Burton Feldman called ''Kill Karl Marx.'' The novel features Feldman's stock characters of Emma Carew and Wrist. Within the process of this novel's creation, Wrist is combined with another character called Doogan. The notes on this change are in this folder.

Dates: between 1991-1994

Feldman Documents, Notes for ''Uganda'' Novel, between 1988-1992

 File
Identifier: M145.09.0020.0016
Abstract

This folder contains notes on a novel about ''Uganda'' by Burton Feldman.

Dates: between 1988-1992

Feldman Documents, Poetry and Poem Drafts (3 of 18), between 1991-1992

 File
Identifier: M145.10.0022.0022
Abstract

This folder is the third of eighteen containing notes and drafts on Burton Feldman's poetry projects. Many of these pages were used for single lines of text that were later incorporated into larger works, or were central themes around which works were later created. This folder also contains a few pieces done by Peggy Feldman.

Dates: between 1991-1992

Feldman Documents, ''The Nobel Prize,'' Physics Prize Research, Notes, and Drafts (3 of 7), 1994-2000

 File
Identifier: M145.07.0016.0014
Abstract

This folder is the third of seven containing Burton Feldman's research on the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Dates: 1994-2000