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 252 Collections and/or Records:
Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Eighty-fourth Year, University Stadium, June twelfth, 1948, 1948 June 12
Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Twelfth, Nineteen Forty-eight. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor James F. Price.
Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Eighty-ninth Year, University Park Campus, June Thirteenth, 1953, 1953 June 13
Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Seventy-Eighth Year, Denver Chapel, August Twenty-first, 1942, 1942 August 21
Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, August Twenty-first, 1942. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr.
Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Seventy-fifth Year, Denver City Auditoriun, June seventh, 1939, 1939 June 7
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June seventh, 1939. Honorary degree recipients: Anne Evans, Doctor of Fine Arts; Mary Dean Reed, Doctor of Humanities; Florence Rena Sabin, Doctor of Science. Conferring degrees: Chancellor David Shaw Duncan.
Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Seventy-Ninth Year, Denver City Auditorium, June Fourth, 1943, 1943 June 4
Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Fourth, 1943. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr.
Dwight Smith Serving Food to Students at Spring Carnival, between 1984-1989
University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith serves food to students at the Spring Carnival Chancellor's Barbecue on Driscoll Green on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Smith is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, a dark apron, and an oven mitt; one of the students is wearing a Broncos shirt, and an unidentified man is wearing an apron reading "Chancellors BBQ."
Edited University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-First Year, 1915 June 3
Homecoming 1953 Schedule, 1953
Black and white print of a female student with a poster listing the schedule of events at Homecoming 1953 at the University of Denver. The poster reads, "Homecoming at Denver University, Say it with Music" followed by the schedule of events for November 11-14, 1953.
Homecoming Traditions - Bus in Parade (Frame 20), 1990 October
Black and white negative depicting a school bus decorated for the University of Denver's 1990 Homecoming parade. The bus is decoreated with balloons and with a large banner reading "Don't miss the bus! Homecoming '90! Catch the spirit." Several people are looking out the windows of the bus or sitting atop it.
Homecoming Traditions - Homecoming Dance, 1960 October
Black and white print of couples dancing at the 1958 Homecoming dance at the University of Denver.