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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:

Bldgs - Buchtel Chapel (Exterior)

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0135.0036
Abstract

Black and white negatives of exterior shots of Buchtel Chapel at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1793-2009

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0013.00025
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being dismantled from its original location on the downtown campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, next to Grace Church, to be relocated to the University Park campus. Two workers are standing in a basket labeled "Sputnik" suspended from a crane, and all the stone blocks of the walls are labeled in order for reassembly.

Dates: 1959

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, between 1961-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0018.0022.00042
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in summer, taken from the patio of Mary Reed Building, with people talking on the sidewalk and Mount Evans in the background.

Dates: between 1961-2008