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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 19 Collections and/or Records:

Traditions - Homecoming 1998, 1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0035
Abstract Images from Homecoming 1998 at the University of Denver: 4 sets of color negatives with contact sheets, including images of Homecoming registration and parents programs in Driscoll Student Center; alumni reception at Alumni House; Homecoming lunch; and Allen Breck speaking at the Chancellor's Breakfast. 9 color slides, including alumni with class year signs in the Homecoming parade; student wearing "Just DU it" T-shirt; students on twirling Sooper Hoop; a caricature artist; students eating...
Dates: 1998

University of Denver Art Class Portrait, between 1880-1915

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00031
Abstract

11 women and two men pose for a portrait. In an enclosed handwritten note, the two men are identified as Professor Preston Powers and Mr. Thompson, and one of the women is identified as Miss Hilda Hager. The note and photo are both undated.

Dates: between 1880-1915

University of Denver Old Art Building, Exterior, circa 1965

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0015.00006
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's old Art Building in Denver, Colorado. Metal sculpture in the foreground. Students sit and stand on the lawn surrounding the building.

Dates: circa 1965

University of Denver Recreational Martial Arts, between 1980-1990

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0003.00111
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) students (right pair) Ben Waite (kicker) and Jeremiah O'Connor (holder) practice martial arts in an empty room.

Dates: between 1980-1990

University of Denver Recreational Martial Arts, 1985 April

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0003.00112
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) martial arts instructor demonstrates a Tae Kwon Do move in a room in April 1985.

Dates: 1985 April

University of Denver Schwayder Art Building, Dedication, 1975 February 6

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0013.00058.00001
Abstract

Still image of a statue in a mostly empty, white-walled, brightly lit gallery. Photos and other works of art lean against the wall, waiting to be hung. On the University of Denver campus, 2/6/1975.

Dates: 1975 February 6

University of Denver Schwayder Art Building, Dedication, 1975 February 6

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0013.00058.00002
Abstract

Still image of art gallery on the University of Denver campus, 2/6/1975. The walls are white and bright lights are overhead. Pieces of art lean on walls and lay on the floor, prepatory to being hung.

Dates: 1975 February 6

University of Denver Shwayder Art Building, Construction, 1979

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0018.00005
Abstract

Raising a sculpture into place near the University of Denver's Shwayder Art Building in Denver, Colorado, near the time of the opening of that building.

Dates: 1979

University of Denver Shwayder Art Building, Gallery, 1998 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0019.00032
Abstract

Negatives and a photograph of the negatives depicting the 20th aniversary celebration of the University of Denver's Shwayder Art Building in Denver, Colorado. Some images are of posed groups and some of visitors looking at art. Two frames show a harpist playing her instrument.

Dates: 1998 September

University of Denver Shwayder Art Building, Gallery, 1996 June

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0019.00033
Abstract

Negatives and a photograph of the negatives depicting interior views of the Art School art gallery while empty. Additional frames show students working on their art projects, looking at slides on a light table. Also shown are file drawers, at the University of Denver's Shwayder Art Building in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1996 June