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 1070 Collections and/or Records:
Physical Education - Tumbling
A University of Denver student throws another student into the air in a tumbling exercise. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
Physical Education - Tumbling
A group of male students participate in a tumbling exercise at the University of Denver. One of the students is doing a headstand, a second is grabbing his ankles and swinging over him, and while a third is preparing to catch him. The students are standing on a large cloth in an open grassy area, with Buchtel Memorial Chapel visible in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
Pioneer Cards, 1986-1995
Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints relating to Pioneer Cards and to Pioneers in the Rockies events at the University of Denver.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1956
This image depicts 14 unidentified students partificapting in the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers organization, in an unidentified gymnasium, in 1956. Five of the students are sitting on the ground, while holding hands with their partners, who are standing underneath a basketball hoop.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, circa 1950
This image depicts six unidentified students from the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers, dancing outside with a view of the mountains in the background. The females are wearing long dresses while the males are wearing cowboy boots. The photograph is undated.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1942
The image depicts 24 unidentified individuals standing on stage in western costume beneath a Chesterfield cigarettes ad, for the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers, in 1942.
Pioneer Club - Square Dancers
The image depicts a dog and 15 Pioneer Square Dancers in full costume posing for the photographer in front of a stone wall and spruce trees at an unidentified location, for the University of Denver's organization, undated.
Pioneer Days, 1980 September 16
The contact sheet depicts images of Pioneer Day outside on the University of Denver campus, on 9-16-80.
Pioneer Days, 1980 September 16
The image depicts multiple unidentified individuals surrounding a stage set up outside of Sturm Hall building at the University of Denver, on 9-16-80.
Pioneer Face Off Classic 2002 Disc 1, 2002
The bulk of the records in this collection have been generated by the Media Relations unit, which is an administrative unit within the University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation. These records include: media guides, game programs, team rosters, press releases, photographs, and related promotional materials.