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 263 Collections and/or Records:
Josef Korbel Receiving Honorary Doctorate from Chancellor Mitchell, 1976
Black and white print of University of Denver professor Josef Korbel receiving an honorary doctorate from Chancellor Maurice Mitchell at the 1976 commencement ceremony.
Last Ride on University Park Tramway Line
Dewey Flint, Alfred C. Nelson, John Gorsuch, Philip Gilliam, and Francis Van Derbur take a ceremonial last ride on the University Park tramway line before it closes. They are leaning out the windows of car number 303, and Flint is waving to the camera.
Letter of Thanks to Faculty, 1917 November 24
Library - Penrose Development, 1970
Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver administrators.
Madeleine Albright with Chester Alter and Daniel Ritchie
Black and white print of U.S. Secretary of State and University of Denver alumna Madeleine (Korbel) Albright with University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie and former Chancellor Chester Alter.
Maurice Bernard Mitchell, between 1967-1978
University of Denver thirteenth chancellor Maurice Bernard Mitchell poses for a portrait. Mitchell served as chancellor from 1967 to 1978.
Maurice Mitchell at Nelson Rockefeller Campaign Rally (Frame 6A), 1968 May
University of Denver Chancellor Maurice B. Mitchell speaks at a rally for New York Governor and Republican presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller at the University of Denver in 1968. The University of Denver podium bears a sign reading "Rocky has never lost an election."
Maurice Mitchell with Civil Rights Commission, 1969 February 14
Group portrait of the members of the United States Commission on Human Rights on February 14, 1969, including University of Denver Chancellor Maurice B. Mitchell.
Maurice Mitchell with Frankie Freeman
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Maurice Mitchell on a Civil Rights Commission panel with Frankie Freeman and an unidentified man.
McDowell, William Photos, 1890-1899
Images of William Fraser McDowell, second chancellor of the University of Denver and later a bishop of the Methodist church, during his tenure at DU. Images include 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet; 2 medium-format black and white negatives with accompanying prints on cardboard backing (one signed by McDowell); 5 more recent enlargements of the same black and white print with contact sheet. Also includes 3 black and white prints of McDowell as bishop.