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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 21 Collections and/or Records:

Miss Mabel Rilling : Supervisor of Children's Play, Stories for Children, between 1912-1930

 Item
Identifier: M195.01.0001.0001.00001
Abstract

Program detailing University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling's participation in Chautauquas, an education movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes brief biography of Rilling and personal endorsements from organizers of Chautauquas in Illinois, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Henry Augustus Buchtel, DU chancellor.

Dates: between 1912-1930

University of Denver Administrator Mabel Rilling, between 1909-1925

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Identifier: M195.01.0001.0001.00001.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling poses for a formal portrait.

Dates: between 1909-1925

University of Denver Female Student in Baseball Uniform, 1957 October

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0004.00145
Abstract

A University of Denver (DU) female student poses in a baseball uniform, holding a bat.

Dates: 1957 October

University of Denver Intramural Female Archer, 1951 October

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0004.00139
Abstract

A University of Denver (DU) recreational female archer poses with her bow and armband in October 1951 in Denver, Colorado. Reproduced in the 1952 Kynewisbok, page 110.

Dates: 1951 October

University of Denver Intramural Female Archer, 1951 October

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0004.00140
Abstract

A University of Denver (DU) recreational female archer poses with her bow and armband in October 1951 in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1951 October

University of Denver Recreational Female Archer, 1953 May

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00234
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) female recreational archer poses with bow and arrow on University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado in May 1953. Snowy mountains in background.

Dates: 1953 May

University of Denver Recreational Female Archer, 1953 May

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00235
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) female recreational archer poses with bow and arrow on University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado in May 1953. Snowy mountains in background.

Dates: 1953 May

University of Denver Recreational Female Archer, between 1940-1960

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00238
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) female recreational archer poses with bow drawn, arrow aimed at a circular target on an archery range on the University of Denver campus, Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1940-1960

University of Denver Recreational Female Archer, 1960

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00239
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) female archer wearing a dark-colored sweater over white uniform poses with arrow drawn on University of Denver campus, Denver, Colorado. Observers stand in the background.

Dates: 1960

University of Denver Recreational Female Archers, between 1940-1960

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00236
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) female archer in a white uniform poses while removing an arrow from a target located on the University of Denver Campus, Denver, Colorado. In the background, two other female DU students practice on the archery field. University Park United Methodist Church (Denver, Colorado), 2180 South University Boulevard, can be seen in the background.

Dates: between 1940-1960