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 148 Collections and/or Records:
Feldman Documents, from ''Notes 1/1 to 1/100 etc.'' Binder, between 1960-1970
This folder contains more than one hundred drafts by Feldman of the introduction to ''The Rise of Modern Mythology: 1680 - 1860'' that have been extracted from a large binder. Each draft is numbered with the notes that contributed to the changes.
Feldman Documents, from ''Themes 1 - 85, Notes 1/2 to 1/20'' Binder, between 1960-1970
This folder is the contents of a binder labeled ''Themes 1 - 85, Notes 1/2 to 1/20''. The contents pertain to Burton Feldman's research on mythology that would eventually become ''The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680 - 1860''. The notes and drafts are a collection of 85 different themes in mythology compiled by Burton.
Feldman Documents, ''Liszt Notes'' for ''Chopin's Bones'', between 1993-1994
This folder contains notes about Franz Liszt for a fiction project by Burton Feldman called ''Chopin's Bones.'' The story is a murder mystery featuring Feldman's stock characters Wrist and Emma Carew.
Feldman Documents, ''Notes A - Z'' Binder, between 1960-1970
This folder is the contents of a binder labeled ''Notes A - Z''. The contents consist of a series of notes and drafts, kept alphabetically, by Burton Feldman pertaining to a future project that would chronicle the history of mythology from roughly 1700 to the ''present,'' then being about 1960. These are early notes that eventually would be used in his work ''The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860''.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Drafts of ''Josephus Play'', between 1950-1960
This folder contains notes and drafts of a play. The piece is called ''Josephus Play,'' and is based loosely on a few historical Judaic figures.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Outlines, ''The Rise of Modern Mythology'', between 1955-1975
This folder contains notes and outlines for Burton Feldman and Robert D. Richardson's project ''The Rise of Modern Mythology.'' A good portion of these notes are devoted to the ideas of myth in the years following 1870, a span of time which the final book did not actually cover.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Research Regarding Novels (1 of 8), between 1990-1992
This is the first of eight folders containing notes and drafts of fiction projects by Burton Feldman. The stories are mostly short detective fiction.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Research Regarding Novels (2 of 8), between 1988-1992
This is the second of eight folders containing notes and drafts of fiction projects by Burton Feldman. The stories are mostly short detective fiction, and this folder also contains a notebook with story ideas.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Research Regarding Novels (4 of 8), between 1987-1998
This is the fourth of eight folders containing notes and drafts of fiction projects by Burton Feldman. The stories are mostly short detective fiction.
Feldman Documents, Notes and Research Regarding Novels (5 of 8), between 1987-1998
This is the fifth of eight folders containing notes and drafts of fiction projects by Burton Feldman. The stories are mostly short detective fiction.