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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:

Residence Halls, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0022.00001
Abstract

The image depicts three unidentified individuals setting the dinner table in Aspen Hall, affiliated with the University of Denver, circa 1950.

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 132 / Students - Residence Halls (1950-59)

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0020.00017
Abstract

Students eat in the cafeteria of Johnson-McFarlane residence hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with snow-covered trees visible through the windows behind them.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 19: Buildings General Classroom Building - Law Center Library / Buildings - Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Interior

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