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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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