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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:

Foreign Students Dinner with Art Display, between 1948-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0015.00001
Abstract

Five unidentified University of Denver students, some or possibly all international students, sit at a table set with china and silverware in front of a a large display board with drawings and paintings of various scenes.

Dates: between 1948-1959

Student Activities - Art Show (SPLIBS), 1988

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0011
Abstract

Black and white prints related to SPLIBS and senior art shows at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1988

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