University of Denver
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 folderFound in 9 Collections and/or Records:
ACU - Music - Marching Band
Black and white negatives related to the marching band program at the University of Denver.
Cheerleaders Dancing at Football Game
Four female cheerleaders dance on the sidelines at a football game at University of Denver Stadium while a male cheerleader looks on. The cheerleaders are wearing sneakers, knee-length skirts, DU sweaters, and headscarves. Football players standing on the sidelines, piles of snow, and the South High School building are visible in the background.
Cooper, Gordon Roger, between 1949-1951
Black and white print of Gordon Roger Cooper, wide receiver on the University of Denver football team from 1949-1951.
Freshman Orientation, 1954
The image depicts two unidentified students bending down and waving on the football field, at the University of Denver, in 1954.
Homecoming Traditions - Students in Football Costumes, 1957 October
Black and white print of four apparently female students dressed up in football uniforms for Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver. The students are wearing bandages on their faces and legs, and of them is preparing to snap the football to another. The room behind them is decorated with streamers, University of Denver pennants, and signs reading "No More Broadway Park!", "Press Box," and "Coach Crying Towel Ser[vice?]."
Sports - Football, 1908-1989
Black and white negatives and prints; and color prints and slides of football at the University of Denver.
Traditions - May Days 1951-1952, 1951-1952
Black and white negatives related to May Days activities from 1951-1952 at the University of Denver.
University of Denver Football Team, 1954, 1954
University of Denver Student Athlete Gordon Cooper, between 1949-1952
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers student athlete Gordon Cooper poses for a photograph while preparing to catch a football.