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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 5 Collections and/or Records:

Engineering Day - 1955, 1955

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0021.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two University of Denver students seated next to an unidentified piece of equipment for Engineer's Day 1955.

Dates: 1955

Engineering Day - 1958, 1958

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0021.00002
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of University of Denver affiliates watching an Air Force missile being transported on a truck.

Dates: 1958

Engineering Day - 1958, 1958

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0021.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a group of students looking at a model of a truss bridge during Engineering Day at the University of Denver in 1958.

Dates: 1958

Iraqi Students on Tarmac with Airplane, between 1948-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0016.00002
Abstract

University of Denver students Ihssan Astrabadi and Shamsi Hassan, both from Iraq, pose on the tarmac with Denver industrial workers Kemp D. Haynes and Marvin J. Graves and United Air Lines steward Irene Eastin. All of them except Eastin are in traditional Arabian costumes.

Dates: between 1948-1959

Two Unidentified Students Working with Faculty Member

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of an unidentified male and female student working with electronic equipment with an unidentified faculty member pointing out a graph displayed on the screen of the equipment. One of the students is wearing a T-shirt reading "University of Denver Engineering Club," and a blackboard with diagrams and equations is visible in the background.

Dates: 1968-1998