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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 11 Collections and/or Records:

Finley Orson Gose Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M455
Abstract

This collection consists of a commencement program and a photograph of Dr. Finley Orson Gose.

Dates: Other: 1896-1940

Group Portrait of Cadets, circa 1917

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00008
Abstract

Group portrait of unidentified persons, likely ROTC cadets, in front of an unidentified building.

Dates: circa 1917

Lowell Thomas Copies, between 1915-1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0018.00002
Abstract

Contact sheet of DU alumnus Lowell Thomas photograph copies.

Dates: between 1915-1950

Military Exercises, circa 1917

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00001
Abstract

Black and white negative depicting a row of soliders training with firearms in an open space, with two unidentified buildings in the background, as part of military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917

ROTC Drill on Campus, circa 1917

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00006
Abstract

Blakc and white print of ROTC and SATC cadets, and a few men in civilian clothers, marching in a drill with rifles on the University Park campus of the University of Denver during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917

ROTC Parade in Downtown Denver, 1918

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00003
Abstract

Dr. David Shaw Duncan (later University of Denver chancellor), Granville Johnson (professor of physical education), Earl Engle, and Reuben Borgeson march in an ROTC parade in downtown Denver, Colorado during World War I.

Dates: 1918

Soldiers Running

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033.00002
Abstract

Soliders run in a double line down a wooden sidewalk next to an unidentified building as part of military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I.

Dates: 1918

University Archives Collection on World War I, World War II and the Korean War

 Collection
Identifier: U198
Abstract This is an artificial collection containing material relating to the University of Denver experience during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. The University of Denver was involved in training both soldiers and technical support during the Wars and participated in retraining programs between and after the wars. The University also had a Reserve Officers Training Corps on campus during World War II and the Korean War. The collection contains the administrative records of the...
Dates: 1917-1988

University of Denver ROTC Group Portrait, 1918 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0034.00001
Abstract

Group portrait of University of Denver ROTC cadets in May 1918.

Dates: 1918 May

World War I, 1918

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0033
Abstract

Images related to World War I training at the University of Denver: 16 black and white prints, including Chancellor David Shaw Duncan, Granville Johnson, Earl Engle, and Reuben Borgeson at an ROTC parade; ROTC cadets in training drills; ROTC cadets on parade; and group portraits of ROTC cadets. 1 medium format black and white negative.

Dates: 1918