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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 1070 Collections and/or Records:

Business Administration Students, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00006
Abstract

Still image of business administration students working with machines.Four female students are either seated in front of or standing and looking at what appear to be adding machines. A male stands to the right, looking on.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00008
Abstract

Still image of classroom full of business administration students and professor. The professor stands at the front of the room in front of a blackboard. Each student is seated at a desk using a different machine; some appear to be adding machines or typewriters, along with other unidentified machines. Large windows line one side of the classroom. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students and Faculty, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: U201.01.0049.0001.00001
Abstract

Still image of students and faculty of the Business Administration department in the 1930s. A group of 21 females and 23 males stands on the stairs of a brick building, surrounding a statue of two women reading. Group includes Dean of Business Administration, George A. Warfield.

Dates: between 1930-1940

Business Administration Students Cleaning Windows, 1951 May

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Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00005
Abstract

Still image of 3 female business adminstration students. They are standing on the outside of a glass door, looking in, and cleaning it with rags. All three are laughing. On the University of Denver campus, May 1951.

Dates: 1951 May

Business Administration Students in Class, 1940-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00002
Abstract

Still image of an instructor standing and pointing to a chart with multiple graphs on it. Four male and one female student are seated at tables immediately in front of him. The chart is titled: "Salient Features of the Postwar Transition".

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students in Typing Class, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00001
Abstract

Still image of female professor standing over five business administration students seated at typewriters. The professor is leaning over, pointing at a paper, and smiling at a female student, who smiles back and also points at the paper. A blackboard in the backgrounds reads: "Please don't move the typewriters" in cursive. What appears to be a typing instruction poster is to the right of the written words. It is titled: "Diagrammatic Chart Royal", with other illegible words below.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students Looking at Map, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00013
Abstract Still image of two rows of nattily dressed men sitting in armchairs watching a man standing and gesturing to a large wall map with a pointer. The walls are covered with various charts, some of which are titled "Estimated Operations Forecast", "System Weather Weather Forecast Next 24 Hours", "Equipment Status", "Aircraft Out of Service". The right side is dominated by the large wall map, which goes almost floor to ceiling. It is marked with strong black lines and three clocks are hanging on...
Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students on Sundeck, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00012
Abstract

Still image of two female and two male business administration students on the sundeck of the business administration building on DU's downtown campus. Three are seated at a white picnic table and the fourth leans over, talking to them. On the table are books and Coca-Cola bottles. In the background Colorado's capital building is prominently featured.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students with Machine, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00006
Abstract

Still image of a group of eight business administration students and faculty, standing and gathered around an unidentified machine. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Business Administration Students with Film Projector, 1951 July

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00004
Abstract

Still image of business administration faculty and students gathered around a film projector. The group of about fifteen are standing in the middle of a classroom and appear to be looking at the inside of the projector. On the University of Denver campus, July, 1951.

Dates: 1951 July