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 90 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado, burned out after the fire. View from the back.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 20
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Firemen in a ladder basket aim water between the towers as smoke rises around the building.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 20
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Smoke rises about the ruins of the chapel.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 20
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. The chapel smokes immediately after the flames are extinguished, before the roof falls all the way in.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 20
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. The chapel smokes immediately after the flames are extinguished, before the roof falls all the way in.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1983-2001
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Tower with silhouetted tree branches in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1910-1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Close up view of one of the towers.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1910-1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Tower with orange leaves in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1910-1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Diagonal side view with two students in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Tower, between 1983-2008
Exterior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Tower in Denver, Colorado. Silhouetted tree branches in the foreground.