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 332 Collections and/or Records:
Memorandum to Senior and Graduate Students Concerning Graduation, 1970 May 13
Memorandum on alternative uses for cap and gown money.
"One Moment", 1954 June 11
Text of the commencement address "One Moment" by President of Student Senate Allen Keith Jackson delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1954.
Program for the University of Denver Commencement and Insignia Day: March Seventeenth, 1944, Memorial Chapel, 1944 March 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement and Insignia ceremony, March Seventeenth,1944. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington.
Program of the Inaugural and Commencement Ceremonies University of Denver August 18, 1978, 1978 August 18
Program for the University of Denver Inaugural ceremony for the charge and investiture of Ross Pritchard as the Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Denver as well as for the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 18, 1978. Honorary degree recipient: Allan O. Pfnister, Doctor of Laws, former executive vice chancellor and acting chancellor of the University of Denver. Remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
Second Annual Commencencement of the University of Denver, 1885 June 17
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, June 17, 1885, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. University address, The Rev'd Earl Cranston, D.D. (a DU Trustee, and later Bishop); salutatory, valedictory and student orations, Earl M. Cranston, George C. Manly, William A. Moore.
Sixth Annual Commencement, University of Denver, 1886 July 16
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, Wednesday, June 16, 1886, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. Commencement address was given by Rev. H. A. Buchtel, D.D.
Student Commencement, 1956
The image depicts students standing in a line for summer commencement and the University of Denver, in 1956.
Student Commencement, 1956
The image depicts the aisle with graduating students sitting on either side with a view of the University Hall and faculty on stage behind a podium, for the summer commencement at the University of Denver, in 1956.
Students (1930-39) Students (1950-59), 1900-1959
Black and white prints of group portraits of University of Denver students and of yearbook clippings, especially from the 1930s and 1950s, as well as a copy of the 1939 commencement activities schedule.
Tenth Annual Commencement of the College of Liberal Arts and the First of the Iliff School of Theology, 1893 June 7
The program from the tenth annual commencement of the College of Liberal Arts and the first of the Illif School of Theology of the University of Denver on June 7th, 1893 at Trinity M.E. Church.