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 7 Collections and/or Records:
Athletics - Football, between 1945-1981
Newspaper articles, pictures, rosters, schedules, results, statistics, and memorandum regarding DU football, also season by season results sheet from 1897-1946.
Athletics - Football - Proposal, 1979
Proposal to reinstate football at DU, memorandums, budgets, correspondence, and letters.
''First Football Team of the West'', 1938
Articles about DU being the first school in the west to be represented by a football squad including a team roster from 1884-1885.
Skyline Conference History and Record Book, 1958
Photocopies of Skyline Conference football history and record book from 1958 featuring schedules, results, and records.
University of Denver Basketball History and Record Book, 1959
Photocopy of men's basketball history and record book from 1958 featuring schedules, rosters, results, and records.
University of Denver Football History and Record Book, 1958
Photocopies of men's football history and record book from 1958 featuring rosters, schedules, results, and records.
University of Denver Men's Football Ephemera, 1954
DU men's football laminated football tickets, photocopies of newspaper clippings, football scholarship reports, and eligibility form.