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 391 Collections and/or Records:
1907-1908 University of Denver Men's Basketball Team, between 1906-1907
1907-1908 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's basketball team pose for a photograph. Coach John Koehler is pictured in the back row, far right. Reproduced in the 1908 Kynewisbok, page 100.
1913 University of Denver Men's Basketball Team, 1913
1913 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's basketball team poses for a team portrait. Back row (left to right): manager Myron Smith, unidentified, coach Hiram Wilson, Ben Pierce, and Guy Brubaker. Second row: Wesley Kemp, Elmo Robinson, captain Horatio Ramsey, Carl Melzer, and Harold Trunk. Laying down: Harry 'Swifty' Stender. Reproduced in the 1914 Kynewisbok, page 124.
1913 University of Denver Men's Basketball Team, 1913
The 1913 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's basketball team poses for a group portrait indoors. Back row (left to right): manager Myron Smith, unidentified, Guy Brubaker, Ben Pierce, and coach Hiram Wilson. Second row: Wesley Kemp, Elmo Robinson, captain Horatio Ramsey, Carl Melzer, and Harold Trunk. Laying down: Harry 'Swifty' Stender. Photographic print, reproduced from a halftone print in the 1914 Kynewisbok, page 124. Re-photographed 20th century.
1935 University of Denver Men's Football Team, 1935
1935 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football team poses for a group portrait. Coach Percy Locey is pictured in the back row, far left, and Coach Clyde ''Cac'' Hubbard is pictured in the back row, far right. Reproduced in the 1936 Kynewisbok, page 128.
1953-1954 University of Denver Ski Team, 1954
1956 University of Denver Men's Freshman Football Team, 1956
1957-1958 University of Denver Men's Ice Hockey Team, between 1957-1958
1958 University of Denver Men's Hockey Coach Murray Armstrong, 1958
Contact sheet with two images of University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's hockey coach Murray Armstrong. Top image: Murray Armstrong poses with the trophy for the eleventh annual National Collegiate Hockey Championships for 1958. Bottom image: Similar image with brighter lights and less contrast and focus of Murray Armstrong posing with the trophy.
1958 University of Denver Men's Ice Hockey Team, 1958
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ice hockey team and 1958 NCAA National Champions pose for a group portrait. Front row (left to right): Alan Cook, Wayne Klinck, Coach Murry Armstrong, Ed Zemrau (captain) and Rodney Schneck; Middle row (L-R): Murray MacDonald, Gordon Cresswell, Bruce Walker, Con Collie and Dennis Slinn; Back row (L-R): Blair Livingstone, Barry Sharp, Al Barnhill, Walt Dingwall, Murray Massier, Jim Brown, John Godfrey and John MacMillan.