University of Denver

Organization

Staff Only

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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Freshman Orientation, 1954

Item

Identifier: U201.01.0131.0022.00010

Abstract

The image depicts two unidentified students bending down and waving on the football field, at the University of Denver, in 1954.

Dates: 1954

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 131 / Students - Orientation - Freshmen Week (1950-59)

Traditions - May Days 1951-1952, 1951-1952

File

Identifier: U201.01.0142.0010

Abstract

Black and white negatives related to May Days activities from 1951-1952 at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1951-1952

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 142