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 100 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Men's Football Coach John W. Baker, between 1948-1952
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football head coach John W. Baker poses for a portrait.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach John W. Baker, between 1948-1952
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football head coach John W. Baker poses for a portrait.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach Percy Locey, between 1932-1935
University of Denver men's football coach Percy Locey poses in a crouched position in the DU stadium in Denver, Colorado. Halftone photomechanical print.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach Rusty Fairly, between 1956-1960
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football coach and former DU football player Harold 'Rusty' Fairly poses for a photograph on the field.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach Rusty Fairly, 1958
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football backfield and freshman coach and former DU football player Rusty Fairly poses for a portrait.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach Rusty Fairly and Willy Schaeffler, between 1956-1960
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football coach and former DU football player Rusty Fairly rests his left leg in a hot tub as coach Willy Schaeffler watches closely.
University of Denver Men's Football Coach Tom Benich, between 1956-1960
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football coach Tom Benich poses for a photograph on the field. Rusty Fairly is standing in the background.
University of Denver Men's Football Coaches, 1958
University of Denver Pioneers men's head football coach, John Roning, kneels with a clipboard and speaks to DU assistant football coaches (from left to right) Jerry Nawrocki, J. D. Roberts, John Shelley, Bill Heiss, and Rusty Fairly.
University of Denver Men's Football Coaches, between 1955-1958
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football coaches pose for a group portrait in letterman's jackets on the field at the DU football stadium in Denver, Colorado. Standing (l-r) are Bill Heiss, Dale Hardy, and Cal Stoll. Kneeling (l-r) are head coach John Roning and John Shelley.
University of Denver Men's Football Coaches, between 1953-1955
Contact sheet with two group portraits of University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football coaches. In the above image, the coaching staff, including coach Bob Blackman, pose with Chancellor Chester M. Alter. In the image at the bottom, Coach Bob Blackman, holding a football, poses with a young boy in a football helmet, who is also holding a football.