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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 267 Collections and/or Records:

June Timms and International Students, 1952 July

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0015.00005
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver student June Timms sitting on a couch and having tea with two unidentified international students.

Dates: 1952 July

Korbel, Josef

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0032
Abstract

Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver GSIS Dean Josef Korbel.

Dates: 1793-2009

Korbel, Josef (Photos) 2 VIP, 1951-1959

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0007
Abstract Contains a glass plate positive image of Josef Korbel that is incredibly fragile and undated. Also found in this folder are 33 black and white images of and relating to Josef Korbel. These images include numerous headshots of Josef Korbel, a black and white undated image of Mrs. Korbel, a smaller image of Korbel recieving his honorary degree from Chancellor Mitchell, Korbel with students and other professors, and images of Korbel speaking at different events. Many of these images are...
Dates: 1951-1959

Korbel, Josef - VIP, 1951-1967

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0005
Abstract

Contains black and white images and negatives of images relating to Josef Korbel. The images are taken throughout his life time and include portraits, images of him with students, and images of him speaking. There is an image of Korbel speaking at the dedication of Cherrington Hall in 1967. Many of the images are undated.

Dates: 1951-1967

Korbel, Joseph (Photos) VIP, 1959-1976

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0006
Abstract Contains 19 black and white images of Josef Korbel. Among these images are Korbel recieving an honorary degree from Chancellor Mitchell, Korbel in a group with other faculty lecturers, Korbel with Supreme Court Justice White, with the Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynn, with Dr. Alfred "Pete" Nelson, and other group and individual photos. The file folder also contains 14 sleeves of black and white contact sheets and negatives of images of Josef Korbel and images of the award given in his...
Dates: 1959-1976

Lamont Faculty Chamber Ensemble, 1957 February

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0086.0016.00002
Abstract

Photographic image of the Lamont Faculty Chamber Ensemble, from left to right: Earl Schuman, Wilhelm Schwarzott, and Fred Hoeppnex, at an unidentified place, for the University of Denver, on Feb 1957.

Dates: 1957 February

Learning Effectiveness Program, 1997-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0090.0019
Abstract

Black and white negatives and contact sheets; and color negatives, contact sheets, and prints relating to the Learning Effectiveness Program at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1997-1998

Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP), 1988 October

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0087.0001.00005
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified student and faculty member reading a book together as part of the Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1988 October

Miller, Dr. Wilbur C. Photos, 1958-1973

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0022
Abstract Images of Dr. Wilbur C. Miller, alumnus, vice-chancellor, and acting chancellor of the University of Denver and president of Drake University: 21 black and white prints, including Miller receiving the Chancellor's medallion from student Jeffrey Supinger; with Chancellor Maurice Mitchell; with US Navy Cmdr. Scott Carpenter at groundbreaking ceremonies for NASA building; with Allen D. Breck; and with a drawing of the propsed business administration building. 3 black and white contact sheets...
Dates: 1958-1973

Modern Dance doing Peter and the Wolf (Frame 0A), 1970 February 20

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0071.0011.00002
Abstract

Four dancers strike various poses in a modern dance production of "Peter and the Wolf" at the University of Denver. The dancers are wearing tight-fitting costumes that cover their whole bodies and are dancing around a tree in a park, with unidentified buildings visible in the background.

Dates: 1970 February 20