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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Parent-Student Photograph at Parents Weekend, between 1960-1969
An unidentified man takes a photograph of two women, apparently a University of Denver student and her mother, at the bottom of the bleachers in University of Denver Stadium during Parents Weekend.
Parents Weekend, 1969 October 24
Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of images of events at Parents Weekend 1969 at the University of Denver.
Parents Weekend (Frame 0), 1969 October 24
Black and white negative depicting parents walking into the Student Union at the University of Denver for a 1969 Parents Weekend event. A large banner above the door reads "Welcome Parents, University of Denver Parents Weekend."
Parents Weekend - Parents Meeting, between 1960-1969
Black and white print of Mr. and Mrs. David Schaps of E. Rockaway, N.Y. at a parents meeting during Parents Weekend at the University of Denver. My. Schaps is smoking a pipe, and Mrs. Schaps is holding a large handbag.