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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 25 Collections and/or Records:

Jeanne Abrams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B459
Dates: Coverage: 1980 - 2024

Languages and Literature Records

 Collection
Identifier: U069
Abstract

Collection contains applications for German professorship from the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Denver.

Dates: 2004

Mary Dorcas (Ward) Walker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M389
Abstract

The papers contain Mary (Ward) Walker’s (1925-2017) personal papers from her time as a student at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1946 - 1947

Richard Wihera Woodstock West Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: M473
Abstract

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.

Dates: Other: May 5th-13th 1970

Robert Levy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B372
Abstract Dr. Robert Levy (1864-1945) began attending the University of Denver in 1880. Most of the signatures in the autograph album date from when he was a student at the university. He started practicing medicine in Denver in 1884 after training at Bellevue Hospital. He helped found National Jewish Hospital and Gross Medical College. He served as president of the Denver and Colorado medical societies. Publications in the collection by Dr. Levy are on medical education and on the effect of climate...
Dates: 1881-1945

Social Sciences Division Records

 Collection
Identifier: U091
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1946-1993

Strategic Issues Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: U344
Abstract

The Strategic Issues Program took place form 2013 and 2014, which produced a report to ideally assist the university in the future.

Dates: Other: 2005-2015

Student Protests Collection

 Collection
Identifier: U219
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1911-1991

University of Denver Board of Trustees Records

 Collection
Identifier: U114
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1864-2010

University of Denver Commencement Records

 Collection
Identifier: U138
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1881- 2017