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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

Affirmative Action - Photos, 1971-1981

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0076.0021
Abstract

Contains black and white photographic prints and contact sheets of affirmative action events at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1971-1981

Central City Opera House Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M123
Abstract The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...
Dates: 1931-2015

Finley Orson Gose Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M455
Abstract

This collection consists of a commencement program and a photograph of Dr. Finley Orson Gose.

Dates: Other: 1896-1940

Mitchell, Maurice B. – Awards and Honors, 1969-1978

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0009.0001
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence, certificates, programs, photographs

Dates: 1969-1978

Residence Halls - Students, 1976 November 24

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0026.00002.00001
Abstract

The image depicts an unidentified individual wearing headphones and spinning a record while talking into a microphone, affiliated with the University of Denver, on 11-24-76.

Dates: 1976 November 24

Ruth Underhill Radio Broadcast, 1952 January

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0019.00001
Abstract

Photographic image of Anthropology Professor Ruth Underhill during a radio broadcast in a classroom, with students looking on. A young male with headphones on appears to be handling the broadcasting equipment and two older men stand behind. On the University of Denver campus, January of 1952.

Dates: 1952 January