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University of Denver

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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Founders Day - 1954, 1954

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0098.0006
Abstract 20 black and white prints from Founders Day 1954 at the University of Denver, including Chancellor Chester Alter and Evelyn Hosmer; Evelyn Hosmer and Robert Selig; Mrs. Charles Haines (Nanaruth); Chester Alter, Francis Van Derbur and Nanaruth Haines; Dean McCoy, Evelyn Hosmer, and Al Williams; Francis Van Derbur, Chester Alter, Evelyn Hosmer, and Arvila Alter; Al Wiliams and Rabbi and Mrs. CEH Kaumer (?); Francis Van Derbur, Chester Alter, and Evelyn Hosmer; Robert McWilliams Jr.; Chester...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 98

Love, John A

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0012
Abstract

2 black and white prints of Colorado governor, University of Denver alumnus, and Board of Trustees member John A. Love.

Dates: 1793-2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140

Ross Pritchard, Walter Koch, Roger Knight, and John Love at Founders Day, 1981

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0026.00003
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Ross Pritchard and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Walter Koch present the Community Service Award to banker Roger Knight Jr. at Founders Day 1981 while Evans Award recipient, Colorado Governor John Love appluads. Love is seated at a long table with dishes from the Founders Day banquet, while the others are standing behind the table next to a podium decorated with the University of Denver seal.

Dates: 1981
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 120 / Trustees

The Evans Family Photographs VIP, 1963-1991

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0139.0018
Abstract Images of Colorado Governor and University of Denver founder John Evans and his family: 8 black and white prints, including headshot of Mrs. William P. Gray; headshot of John Evans; headshot of John Evans Sr.; headshot of an unidentified man; bird's-eye view of Evanston, Ill. in winter with John Evans' home; exterior view of Denver Union Station; exterior view of the Denver Railroad Building; and John Evans and his daughter Josephine, wife of Samuel Elbert. Color print of painting of Rachel...
Dates: 1963-1991
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 139

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