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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:

University of Denver Alpha Phi Alpha Members in Tuxedos, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0006.00002
Abstract

The image depicts four unidentified students singing and playing the piano, in an unidentified place, affiliated to the University of Denver, circa 1950. Three of the students are standing next to the grand piano, wearing top hats, tuxedos, gloves, and holding canes, while the other student is wearing the same clothes but playing the piano.

Dates: circa 1950

University of Denver Student Loretta Norris, circa 1970

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0010.00002
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) student Loretta Norris poses for a portrait outside a building on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado. Norris majored in math and came to DU from Greenville, Alabama.

Dates: circa 1970