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 222 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; three students select music for their open house in the dorms. A female student is seated next to a record player and two other students stand and look at records. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; three male students relax in their dorm room. Two recline on top and bottom bunks and the third sits at a desk, holding a book entitled "The United States". Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; four female students study together in their apartment. Three recline on top and bottom bunks and one sits at a desk. Circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, 1950
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; two girls relax in the living room of their apartment in the early 1950s. One is seated in a chair, the other on a couch; a coffee table sits between them holding a radio, radio, plant, and notebooks.
University of Denver Apartment Interiors, circa 1950
Interior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado. Two men cook at a stove in their dorm room's kitchen, circa 1955.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. Several three story brick buildings sit behind a large grassy lawn.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950. The three story brick building is on the left of the image, the Student Union on the right. Students walk on sidewalks crisscrossing a grassy lawn.
University of Denver Apartments, 1950
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment building under construction in Denver, Colorado, in 1950. The unfinished three story brick building stands in the middle of a dirt lot.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1950
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950; a female student walks along the shaded sidewalks in front of a three story university apartment.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1950
Aerial view of two of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. The three story red brick buildings sit midground, with numerous trees and the Rocky Mountains in the background. A large grassy lawn, trees, sidewalks, and dirt road, and an outbuilding are visible in the foreground.