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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Campus Scenes 2, 1979-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0137.0004
Abstract

Black and white prints of various scenes on the University of Denver campus, as well as color slides of stained-glass windows in Whatley Chapel.

Dates: 1979-1998

Campus - Scenes 1980s Folder 2, 1973-1987

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0137.0001
Abstract

Black and white negatives and contact sheets of various scenes on the University of Denver campus in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1973-1987

Misc. Images - Buildings & Some Events & Athletics, 1950-1997

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0003
Abstract Miscellaneous images of athletics, buildings, and traditions at the University of Denver: 1 color print of Sigma Kappa house. 13 black and white prints of unidentified buildings; Buchtel Chaptel tower; Leo Block Alumni Center; the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house; portraits of DU hockey players and coaches, including Murry Armstrong, Jim Brown, Con Collie, Wayne Klinck, Rodney Schenck, Murray Massier, Livingstone, and Sharp; student drinking Coors beer; students in front of the Sigma Chi house;...
Dates: 1950-1997