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 345 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Congregants enter the foyer area of the chapel before a religious service; a young man welcomes a woman in a hat.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, before 1925
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the front of the chapel before the pipe organ was installed.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Construction, between 1908-1917
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Construction of the roof in the sanctuary area.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Bookshelves filled with books damaged by fire and water.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Pile of notebooks and papers on the floor in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Singed and damp books on a bookshelf.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado; image appears to be a basement room with rubble piled in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Rubble in the basement after the December 1983 fire.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Rubble in the basement after the December 1983 fire.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Filing cabinets damaged in the December 1983 fire.