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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 156 Collections and/or Records:

Rilling Athletic Club, 1946

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0031.00001
Abstract

The image depicts 19 individuals, the front 8, from left to right are: Josephine Lynch, Carlson, unknown, Ruth Drumm [illegible], Mrs. Gursuch, Mrs. Girault, Mrs. Nelzer, with arms hooked, dressed in different costumes in the University of Denver's gymnasium, for the Rilling Athletic Club in 1946.

Dates: 1946

Special Events, 1968-1999

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0003
Abstract

Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints related special events at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1968-1999

Student activities - dance marathon (1972), 1970-1972

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0019
Abstract

Contains images, negatives and contact sheets of images relating to dance marathon. Many of the images are not dated.

Dates: 1970-1972

Students At a Social Dance, between 1950-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0020.00002
Abstract

Black and white photograph of University of Denver students dancing in an unknown location during a student activites event from the 1950s.

Dates: between 1950-1959

Students - Dancing, 1947-1985

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0020
Abstract

Contains black and white images relating to dancing. Some of the image are undated.

Dates: 1947-1985

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0002.0006.00034
Abstract

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

Dates: 1959

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0002.0006.00035
Abstract

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

Dates: 1959

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0002.0006.00037
Abstract

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

Dates: 1959

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0002.0006.00038
Abstract

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

Dates: 1959

The "D" Club, circa 1945

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0017.00001
Abstract

Film transparency depicts an image of unidentified individuals dancing on a dance floor while Verne Byers and His Orchestra plays on a stage next to emergency doors to the left. The image is connected to The "D" Club affiliated with the University of Denver, circa 1945.

Dates: circa 1945