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 25 Collections and/or Records:
Jeanne Abrams Papers
Languages and Literature Records
Collection contains applications for German professorship from the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Denver.
Mary Dorcas (Ward) Walker Papers
The papers contain Mary (Ward) Walker’s (1925-2017) personal papers from her time as a student at the University of Denver.
Richard Wihera Woodstock West Photographs
Richard Wihera (BA, 1973) was a Mass Communications undergraduate during the Woodstock West protest in 1970 working as a reporter with DUTV, a closed circuit television station for the University of Denver campus run by the Mass Communications department. Wihera had a press pass and this allowed him to take photographs sometimes behind police lines. The collection consists of slides of photographs taken at the University of Denver during the Woostock West protest.
Robert Levy Papers
Social Sciences Division Records
The Social Sciences Division Records at the University of Denver contain material that relates solely to the Social Science Department while a stand-alone unit and after its incorporation into the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Department. Although not complete, the records do include annual reports, meeting minutes and information on the curriculum.
Strategic Issues Program Records
The Strategic Issues Program took place form 2013 and 2014, which produced a report to ideally assist the university in the future.
Student Protests Collection
The Student Protests Collection is a collection of materials related to student protests, whether against the University, as in the case of a tuition protest, or American policies, as in the case of Woodstock West and anti-draft demonstrations. The collection includes newspaper clippings as well as University documents and other published material.
University of Denver Board of Trustees Records
The Board of Trustees Records include the records of the Board of Trustees of Colorado Seminary, an entity created by Legislative Charter in 1864 which holds legal title to University property, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Denver, the corporation that grants degrees earned in the University. It also includes minutes, associated documents of committees of the boards, and reports to the board.
University of Denver Commencement Records
Contains invitations, programs, correspondence, speeches, press clippings and miscellaneous materials related to commencement exercises of the University of Denver and its constituent units. Some law commencment materials (programs) included in this collection, but the majority of publications and records related to law commencement are in the Sturm College of Law Records (U057).