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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 35 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Chancellor- Part 1, 1967-1996

 File
Identifier: M028.05.0013.0001
Abstract

Types of Materials: newspaper clippings

Dates: 1967-1996
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M028, Maurice B. Mitchell Papers / Newspaper Clippings / Box 13

University of Denver Chancellor- Part 2, 1967-1996

 File
Identifier: M028.05.0013.0002
Abstract

Types of Materials: newspaper clippings

Dates: 1967-1996
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M028, Maurice B. Mitchell Papers / Newspaper Clippings / Box 13

University of Denver Founders Day Award Recipients and Administrators, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00002
Abstract University of Denver (DU) Founders Day award recipients pose with the Chancellor and President of the DU Board of Trustees at Founders Day in Denver, Colorado. Standing, left to right: Robert W. Selig (President of DU Board of Trustees, 1959) and Clarence A. Myrhe. Seated, left to right: Randolph McDonough (President, DU Alumni Relations), Eugene T. Halaas (Professor, DU Finance and Banking), Jane Gould (Chief Circulation Librarian and DU Assistant Professor of Librarianship, Joseph Lohman...
Dates: 1959
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Founders Day 1959

Wilbur D. Engle, between 1914-1928

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00012
Abstract

University of Denver vice chancellor and acting chancellor Wilbur D. Engle poses for a portrait. Engle served as vice chancellor starting in 1914. He also served as acting chancellor for two separate terms, first from 1920-1922 (between chancellors Buchtel and Harper), then from 1927-1928 (between chancellors Harper and Hunter).

Dates: between 1914-1928
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 413

William Fraser McDowell, between 1890-1899

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00008
Abstract

University of Denver second chancellor William Fraser McDowell poses for a portrait. McDowell was DU's chancellor from 1890-1899.

Dates: between 1890-1899
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 413

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