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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 489 Collections and/or Records:

Student Papers - Hilger Spectograph, 1954

 File
Identifier: M043.03.02.0002.0013
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Bryon Cohn subseries University if Denver Teaching materials contains course materials, student papers and class record books.

Dates: 1954

Student Papers - Miscellaneous, 1938-1962

 File
Identifier: M043.03.02.0002.0014
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Bryon Cohn subseries University if Denver Teaching materials contains course materials, student papers and class record books.

Dates: 1938-1962

Student Protests Collection

 Collection
Identifier: U219
Abstract

The Student Protests Collection is a collection of materials related to student protests, whether against the University, as in the case of a tuition protest, or American policies, as in the case of Woodstock West and anti-draft demonstrations. The collection includes newspaper clippings as well as University documents and other published material.

Dates: 1911-1991

Student Union - Dedication, 1950 September 30

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0028.00001
Abstract

The image depicts five individuals including Chancellor Albert Charles Jacobs holding an oversized key, affiliated with the student union at the University of Denver, on Sept. 30, 1950.

Dates: 1950 September 30

Students - Classes - Students with Faculty, 1910-circa 1990

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0089.0006
Abstract

Contains black and white images of students with faculty. Most of the image are undated.

Dates: 1910-circa 1990

Students in Computer Lab, between 1980-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0001.00001
Abstract

Four unidentified students work on computers in a computer lab at the University of Denver in the 1980s while an instructor helps one of them.

Dates: between 1980-1989

Support - Faculty and Staff - Woodstock West, 1970

 File
Identifier: M028.07.0015.0015
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence, petitions

Dates: 1970

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00027
Abstract

Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00028
Abstract

A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

To the Faculty, 1970 May 7

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0003.0010.00002
Abstract

Memo to faculty that there is a faculty meeting at 12:00 in the Student Union.

Dates: 1970 May 7