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 341 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Congregants enter the foyer area of the chapel before a religious service; a young man welcomes a woman in a hat.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, before 1925
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the front of the chapel before the pipe organ was installed.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1925
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the stage dominated by the newly installed pipe organ.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1952 October
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Two men enter the chapel as another man passes out programs.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1940
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A man speaks on stage with a group of women behind him.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, 1953 November
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A male and female kneel at a railing with a cross and candles before them.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1962
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from the stage over the organist to congregants sitting in pews.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A man speaks at a podium and a large map is on the stage wall. The map shows North, Central, and South America with the names of each country shown. The map is titled: "Judicial Equality-Economic Cooperation-Continental Solidarity".
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Close up of female organist playing.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1925-1970
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the stage, empty chairs fill the stage and the organ pipes dominate the upper half of the photograph.