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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1: Meeting Minutes
This folder contains
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Marcy M. Marconi Papers
Marcy M. Marconi (Class of '89) was a History Major at the University of Denver when she contacted numerous women who had graduated from DU during the 1920s and asked them to fill out a questionnaire about being a female student at DU during that time. This small collection consists of 35 quesionnaires filled out by the alumnae.
University of Denver Women's Archery Class, 1958
Two University of Denver female students, both wearing white physical education uniforms, remove arrows from an archery target on the DU campus in spring 1958 in Denver, Colorado. University Park Methodist Episcopal Church is visible in the background.
University of Denver Women's Archery Class, 1958
Two University of Denver female students, both wearing white physical education uniforms, remove arrows from an archery target on the DU campus in spring 1958 in Denver, Colorado. University Park Methodist Episcopal Church is visible in the background.