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 5 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. Children play on a slide and swingset to the left. A parking lot with cars parked is on the front right. People walk on a sidewalk throughout.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; children play on a playground (slide, swingset, teeter totter) in front of an apartment building.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1995
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with children playing in the artificial pond in Harper Humanities Gardens in the foreground and Mount Evans in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1995
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with children playing in the artificial pond in Harper Humanities Gardens in the foreground and Mount Evans in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1995
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a young child running on the grass in the foreground with a butterfly net.