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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 43 Collections and/or Records:

1967 May Day Queens, 1967 April

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0003.00001
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet of group and individual portraits of 1967 May Day queens at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1967 April

1967 May Day Queens (Frame 14A), 1967 April

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0003.00001.00001
Abstract

Group portrait of six unidentified women selected as 1967 May Day queens at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1967 April

1967 May Day Queens (Frame 15A), 1967 April

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0003.00001.00002
Abstract

Group portrait of six unidentified women selected as 1967 May Day queens at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1967 April

Barbecue on Ski Slopes at Steamboat Springs, 1983 January 31

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0019.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) students line up to eat at an outdoor barbecue at the base of the ski slopes in Steamboat Springs, Colorado during Winter Carnival 1983. Several persons wearing aprons are cooking on grills surrounded by a fence, and two ski lifts and several hotel buildings, including the Ptarmigan Inn, are visible in the background.

Dates: 1983 January 31

Crowning of Founders Week Queen Barbara Schmaedeke

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0029.00006
Abstract

Black and white print of Barbara Schmaedeke, named Founders Week Queen at the University of Denver in an unknown year, wearing a sequined cape and a tiara and holding a bouquet of roses.

Dates: 1974-1987

Dancing at Pioneer Day

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0010.00010
Abstract

Unidentified University of Denver students hold hands and dance in small circles for a Pioneer Day activity while a crowd looks on. The male students are wearing jackets and knee-length pants, with bare feet, while the female students are wearing long dresses with white tops and dark sashes.

Dates: 1945-1993

Daniel Ritchie Skiing with Students, between 1989-2005

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0018.00001
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie pauses with students at the top of a ski slope at the University of Denver's Winter Carnival.

Dates: between 1989-2005

Dwight Smith Serving Food to Students at Spring Carnival, between 1984-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0016.00001
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith serves food to students at the Spring Carnival Chancellor's Barbecue on Driscoll Green on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Smith is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, a dark apron, and an oven mitt; one of the students is wearing a Broncos shirt, and an unidentified man is wearing an apron reading "Chancellors BBQ."

Dates: between 1984-1989

Homecoming 1953 Schedule, 1953

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0008.00002
Abstract

Black and white print of a female student with a poster listing the schedule of events at Homecoming 1953 at the University of Denver. The poster reads, "Homecoming at Denver University, Say it with Music" followed by the schedule of events for November 11-14, 1953.

Dates: 1953

Homecoming Traditions - Bus in Parade (Frame 20), 1990 October

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0029.00001
Abstract

Black and white negative depicting a school bus decorated for the University of Denver's 1990 Homecoming parade. The bus is decoreated with balloons and with a large banner reading "Don't miss the bus! Homecoming '90! Catch the spirit." Several people are looking out the windows of the bus or sitting atop it.

Dates: 1990 October