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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:

Art Student with Works, 1957 July

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0043.0020.00008
Abstract

Still image of female student seated in front of architectural drawings and curtains hanging in an exhibit. More artworks hang on the wall in the background. At the Denver Art Museum.

Dates: 1957 July

Man with Statue, circa 1955

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0043.0020.00006
Abstract

Still image of a man with arms resting on a chest-high platform. On the platform stands a white statue of a giraffe. Other works of art are visible in the background of a room which appears to be a gallery. On the campus of the University of Denver.

Dates: circa 1955

University of Denver Art Class Portrait, between 1880-1915

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00031
Abstract

11 women and two men pose for a portrait. In an enclosed handwritten note, the two men are identified as Professor Preston Powers and Mr. Thompson, and one of the women is identified as Miss Hilda Hager. The note and photo are both undated.

Dates: between 1880-1915