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 13 Collections and/or Records:
Audience in Observatory Park, 1956 September
A large audience of unidentified persons sits in chairs set up on the grass to listen to an astronomy presentation near Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado.
Physical Education - Tumbling, 1923
A University of Denver student throws another student over two others in a tumbling exercises. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
Physical Education - Tumbling
A University of Denver student throws another student into the air in a tumbling exercise. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1940-2008
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1949
Group portrait of five unidentified men stand in Observatory Park in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at night.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1910-2008
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1970-2008
View of Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado, showing an empty soccer field with Chamberlain Observatory and the smaller "students' observatory" in the background.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1983
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with children playing baseball in Observatory Park in the background.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1984
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1930
Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.