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 131 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; male students gather around a record player to share music. The Mary Reed building is visible out the window across a snowy lawn. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; two students work together on homework in their university apartment. Mary Reed building is visible out the window of the room. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; male students congregate in the living room of their University of Denver apartment. The four are talking and laughing over teacups. One is wearing a frilly apron. Mary Reed building is visible in the rear through the room's window. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. Several three story brick buildings sit behind a large grassy lawn.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. A large dirt parking lot under construction is in the foreground, and three story brick apartments stand in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1950
Exterior view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; students sit and walk on the sidewalk in front of the buildings. The three-story red brick building has numerous windows and a large grassy, well-kept lawn surrounds the building in the forefront.
University of Denver Apartments, 1951
Exterior view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado. Multiple brick buildings are visible with a large grass lawn in the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado. Four apartment buildings, possibly dormitories, are visible, plus another unidentified building. A large lawn is prominent in the foreground. Students walk on sidewalks.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; students gather on a patio outside the dorms, sitting at tables and talking. Three female students carrying tennis rackets walk on a sidewalk in the background. Five apartment buildings or dormitories are visible.
University of Denver Apartments, 1951
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; the parking lot between the Student Union and Columbine Hall under construction n the early 1950s.