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 37 Collections and/or Records:
Engineering Day - 1958, 1958
Black and white photograph of a crowd of University of Denver affiliates watching an Air Force missile being transported on a truck.
Engineering Day - 1958, 1958
Black and white photograph of a group of students looking at a model of a truss bridge during Engineering Day at the University of Denver in 1958.
Iraqi Students on Tarmac with Airplane, between 1948-1959
University of Denver students Ihssan Astrabadi and Shamsi Hassan, both from Iraq, pose on the tarmac with Denver industrial workers Kemp D. Haynes and Marvin J. Graves and United Air Lines steward Irene Eastin. All of them except Eastin are in traditional Arabian costumes.
Social Work - Migrant Housing Project (Frame 0), 1971 March 12
Three unidentified persons clean a large metal storage contained as part of a social engineering project on migrant housing by the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver.
Tricycle Race at Engineering Day
Black and white photograph of University of Denver affiliates competing in a tricycle race at the Engineering Carnival/Day while a crowd cheers them on. The participants are wearing slacks, shirt, and ties, with D.U. Alpine numbered bibs on over them.
Two Unidentified Students Working with Faculty Member
Black and white photograph of an unidentified male and female student working with electronic equipment with an unidentified faculty member pointing out a graph displayed on the screen of the equipment. One of the students is wearing a T-shirt reading "University of Denver Engineering Club," and a blackboard with diagrams and equations is visible in the background.
Wind Tunnel Demonstration at Engineering Day, circa 1957
Black and white photograph of an unidentified University of Denver affiliate demonstrating a wind tunnel at Engineering Day at the University of Denver.