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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 164 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0016.00020
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with Dr. Essie White Cohn, Dorothea Appleton, and an unidentified man standing on the sidewalk in front of the building as its construction nears completion.

Dates: 1957

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0016.00021
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students eating at tables on the patio.

Dates: 1958-1959

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall, between 1957-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0017.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in winter.

Dates: between 1957-2008

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Construction, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0015.00011
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) nearing completion on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with cars parked in a dirt lot in the foreground.

Dates: 1957

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Groundbreaking, 1957 June 4

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Identifier: U201.01.0019.0013.00002
Abstract

Chancellor Chester Alter speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Johnson-McFarlane Residence Hall (J-Mac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, as a group of officials, including Robert Selig, Chair of the Board of Trustees, looks on.

Dates: 1957 June 4

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Plans, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0014.00001
Abstract

Artist's rendering of the proposed design for Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1957

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Slides, between 1963-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0021.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane residence hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with Mount Evans in the background.

Dates: between 1963-2008

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Slides, between 1963-2000

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0021.00014
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane residence hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a wooden sign in front of the building reading, "Granville B. Johnson Residence Hall, Ida Kruse McFarlane Residence Hall."

Dates: between 1963-2000

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Slides, 1987

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0021.00015
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane residence hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in autumn, with the Rocky Mountains in the background.

Dates: 1987

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Slides, 1985

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0021.00016
Abstract

Exterior view of Johnson-McFarlane residence hall (JMac) on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with Mount Evans in the background.

Dates: 1985