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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:

Freshman Orientation, 1954

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0022.00010
Abstract

The image depicts two unidentified students bending down and waving on the football field, at the University of Denver, in 1954.

Dates: 1954

University of Denver Bradford House, 1984

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0006.00004
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Bradford House in Denver, Colorado. Students outside the Bradford house.

Dates: 1984

University of Denver Football Game and Stadium, between 1945-1960

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0004.00128
Abstract

Copy negative with two images. Top image: University of Denver men's football game at the DU stadium in Denver, Colorado. Bottom image: Aerial view of the University of Denver stadium during a men's football game in Denver, Colorado. Veterans' housing and Quonset huts are visible in the foreground.

Dates: between 1945-1960