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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 478 Collections and/or Records:

Student Worker (Frame 10 top), between 1980-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0003.00002.00001
Abstract

An unidentified University of Denver student works in an office with a computer, a telephone, and large rolls of film.

Dates: between 1980-1989

Students, 1906-1968

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0014
Abstract 7 black and white prints of students at the University of Denver engaged in various activities, including the 1906 junior class dressed in bathrobes and head bands to mock the seniors' caps and gowns; Betty Osgood walking a tightrope on campus for the 1927-28 YMCA circus; students reading in an unidentified room; students cooking in a kitchen; student mixing chemicals in a laboratory while playing a double bass; and Colorado Women's College students in a water fight. 1 black and white...
Dates: 1906-1968

Students (1880-1889), 1880-1909

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0035
Abstract

Black and white negatives and prints of group portraits of University of Denver students, especially from the 1880s.

Dates: 1880-1909

Students (1890-1899), 1880-1899

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0036
Abstract

Black and white contact sheets and prints and cyanotype prints of portraits of University of Denver students, especially from the 1890s.

Dates: 1880-1899

Students (1900-09), 1885-1910

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0037
Abstract

Black and white prints of group portraits of University of Denver students, especially from 1900-1909.

Dates: 1885-1910

Students (1910-19), 1910-1964

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0038
Abstract

Black and white prints of group portraits of University of Denver students, especially from the 1910s, including portraits of alumni from those years at later reunions.

Dates: 1910-1964

Students (1920-29), 1920-1969

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0001
Abstract

Black and white prints of portraits of University of Denver students from the 1920s, including alumni from those years at later reunions.

Dates: 1920-1969

Students (1930-39) Students (1950-59), 1900-1959

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0002
Abstract

Black and white prints of group portraits of University of Denver students and of yearbook clippings, especially from the 1930s and 1950s, as well as a copy of the 1939 commencement activities schedule.

Dates: 1900-1959

Students - 1940's, 1940-1949

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0003
Abstract

Black-and-white prints of portraits of University of Denver students, especially from the 1940s.

Dates: 1940-1949

Students 1950-59, 1950-1959

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0005
Abstract

Black and white negatives, prints, and slides of University of Denver students from the 1950s.

Dates: 1950-1959